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Dioptase & Mimetite

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Dioptase & Mimetite

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Locality: 
Collins Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

This specimen shows lovely sprays of lustrous green dioptase crystals on pale chrysocolla. There are also two nice examples of double terminated dioptase crystals as well as lots of bright yellow micro mimetite crystals.

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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...

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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