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Dioptase & Malachite

Field trip 2005

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Description
Locality: 
Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Very showy miniature with deep emerald green lustrous and partly transparent dioptase crystals accompanied by grass green acicular malachite on quartz matrix.

Nice paragenesis specimen from the famous Omaue mine.

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...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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