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Dioptase

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Dioptase

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Description
Locality: 
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Region, Congo (Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Crystal of intense emerald green color 8 mm long, implanted on the top of a quartz matrix  with  globular intense blue aggregates of Plancheite

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...