| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Dioptase on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72005 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase on Calcite |
| Locality: | Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona |
| Description: | Rich specimen of lustrous transparent green dioptase crystals to 0.4 mm almost completely covering lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 2.2 mm. Collected by John Mediz ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x2.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 2.2 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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