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Dioptase

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

Dioptase from famous Tsumeb Mine, Namibia.

Perfect green shining color and undamaged small dioptas.
Many small crystals are located closly together in combination with a bit white calcite.

Unfortunately my camera is not perpared for small details so I hope you can imagine the quality. It's just standard Tsumeb quality in color and brightness...

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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