Specimen #1977

Name: Dioptase

Type: Micromount

Locality: Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro district, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size:

Weight:

Acquired: 2010-06-06

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Very, very fine pieces with sprays of lustrous blue green thin tabular crystals which appear "almost" acicular.

Minerals: Dioptase (CuSiO₂(OH)₂)

There is one picture on file

M01977-01.jpg:

Dioptase, Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro district, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile - FOV: 1.3 x 0.9 mm (16 stacked images)