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Dioptase

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Dioptase

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Description
Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube Deposit, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.8 × 4 cm
Description

Fantastic specimen of dioptase from Kazakhstan. The bright matrix is loaded in over a dozen deep green satturated crystals having a size of up to 13 mm across. They are super lustrous and nicely spread over mother rock.

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...

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