Dioptase and Chrysocolla with Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81569
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| Mineral: | Dioptase and Chrysocolla with Quartz
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| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent greenish-blue dioptase crystals to 3 mm lying flat on pale-blue chrysocolla coating one face of matrix. Many lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 10 mm grew on the dioptase crystals. Originally acquired from Marshall Sussman; collected in 2019. This mine is now closed |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x4x3 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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