Chondrodite and Diopside - Warwick, New York
Contributed by: Chris Clemens
Date: Apr 30th, 2026
Locality: Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA (See on Mindat)
Size: 41 x 17 x 44 mm
Weight: 38 g
Description:
The Amity area of the Town of Warwick, in Orange County, New York, is located near the central region of the Franklin marble belt and is notable for the occurrence of a wide variety of mineral types, some of which are fluorescent. This specimen, collected from Amity, contains yellow/tan grains of chondrodite and grey diopside in a white groundmass of Franklin marble. Under shortwave UV the chondrodite fluoresces pale yellow and the diopside light blue.
Originally posted by Chris Clemens on Nature's Rainbows in 2017.
Summary of luminescence responses:
Chondrodite (Mindat) (RRUFF)
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Yellow
- Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Blue