Dioptase

  
Dioptase on calcite.
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
Ex. Pete Bancroft collection
Sample size: 6.9 x 5.5 x 2 cm
 
  
Dioptase on quartz. Ex. Richard Hauck collection
  
Origin: Altyn-Tube, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan (type locality)
Sample size: 4.7 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (top), 5.6 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Reneville, Congo
Ex. Pete Bancroft collection
Sample size: 9.2 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm
 
  
Dioptase with cerussite and wulfenite
Origin: Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 6.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
 
  
Dioptase on calcite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Bill Severance collection
Sample size: 4 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
 
  
Dioptase on chrysocolla
Origin: Reneville ,Congo
Sample size: 8 x 6.8 x 2.4 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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