| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Dioptase on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70527 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase on Calcite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent green dioptase crystals to 18 mm on colorless calcite microcrystals with minor green duftite. In the center of the dioptase group is an incomplete cerussite crystal. The dioptase crystals are large for the species |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 18 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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