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Dioptase

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Dioptase

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Description
Locality: 
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Region, Congo (Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Weight: 
3.00gr
Description

Single crystal of intense emerald green color with particularly shiny faces. On the back the termination of the crystal is in contact with the wall of the cerussite geode that contained it.

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...