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Dioptase and Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

 
Dioptase and Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

Dioptase and Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Dioptase and Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 19788
Mineral:Dioptase and Plancheite
Locality:Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia
Description:Shallow cavity lined with robin's-egg-blue crystals of plancheite with an emerald-green dioptase crystal.
Overall Size:6x6x3 cm
Crystals:.5-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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