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Dioptase Psm Calcite

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Dioptase Psm Calcite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.4 × 3 cm
Weight: 
57.00gr
Description

An outstanding classic pseudomorph piece that features casts of green dioptase and light blue chrysocolla after scalenohedral calcite. The casts forms a cavity that was abundantly filled by a thick aggregate of green fibrous malachite.

Old time Tantara specimen from the collection of Achiel Moors, a Belgian colonist in the DR Congo from 1957 to 1972.

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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...

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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