Deposits of Diopside can be found world wide including; Myanmar (Burma), Finland, India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and USA.
Diopside is named from the Greek; "Double Appearance", because of its crystal shape.
Chrome Diopside is a variety of Diopside with a very strong emerald green color.
The Russian Chrome Diopside we are offering is, of course, of Russian Origin, but has a rich emerald green color better than anything we have seen before.
The images we are providing don't show the rich, vivid emerald green that the stone exhibits.