| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Dioptase over Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72017 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase over Calcite |
| Locality: | Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona |
| Description: | Rich old-time specimen of lustrous transparent green dioptase microcrystals over lustrous transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 3 mm in a shallow cavity. The dioptase crystals look beautiful under magnification. Collected by John Mediz ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 7x5.5x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 3 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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