Welcome @jolyon ๐Ÿ‘‹ Here's some freshly-photographed, gemmy wee Scottish "chrome-diopside" grains, with black chromite in altered lherzolite from Ayrshire. Field of view about 2cm wide. #Mineral #Mantle #Geology
@FaithfullJohn @jolyon Too bad that it is so altered, but th Cr diopside is still nice.
@Thorium @jolyon there are fresh Scottish mantle xenoliths, but none I've seen have quite such nice chrome diopside. There is a non -mantle Cr-diopside locality too, but that's another story... ๐Ÿ˜Ž
@FaithfullJohn @jolyon Love to see/hear more about the fresh mantle xenoliths and chrome diopside if you're ever inclined. As a geologist who has only ever worked in IT, the hostname of my workstation has always been "xenolith".
@Thorium @jolyon #xenolith top name for workstation ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š