{"id":8196,"date":"2025-04-26T20:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T03:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8196"},"modified":"2025-09-21T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:02:19","slug":"diopside-cr-v-bearing-fluorapatite-graphite-merelani-hills-lelatema-mountains-simanjiro-district-manyara-region-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/?product=diopside-cr-v-bearing-fluorapatite-graphite-merelani-hills-lelatema-mountains-simanjiro-district-manyara-region-tanzania","title":{"rendered":"Diopside (Cr &#038; V-bearing), Fluorapatite, Graphite: Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Species: Diopside (Cr &amp; V-bearing), Fluorapatite, Graphite<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Locality: Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Size: 8.5 x 5 x 3 cm.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Beautiful, unusual combination of well-crystallized chromium and vanadium-bearing emerald green colored diopside with small gem blue fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of well-crystallized graphite from the famous Merelani tanzanite mines in Tanzania! Rare! Mark Cross photo.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Species: Diopside (Cr &amp; V-bearing), Fluorapatite, Graphite Locality: Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania Size: 8.5 x 5 x 3 cm. Beautiful, unusual combination of well-crystallized chromium and vanadium-bearing emerald green colored diopside with small gem blue fluorapatite crystals on a matrix of well-crystallized graphite from the famous Merelani tanzanite mines in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8197,"template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/8196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}