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Shattuckite With Dioptase

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Shattuckite With Dioptase

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Description
Locality: 
Steiner Mine, Farm Aussicht, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Nice blue spheroids of shattuckite with dioptase on and in matrix .

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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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