Due to the deep green color of the gem, they are sometimes referred to as Siberian emeralds, though they are on a mineralogical level completely unrelated, emerald being a precious stone and diopside being a semi-precious stone.
They are sometimes referred to as Siberian emeralds. This was due to the deep green color of the gem. They are on a mineralogical level completely unrelated. A mineralogical level is emerald being a precious stone. They diopside being a semi-precious stone.