Specimen #685

Name: Dioptase

Type: Micromount

Locality: Christmas Mine, Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-06-02

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Superb lustrous glassy blue-green prismatic crystals on matrix of Calcite and/or Andradite.

Minerals: Dioptase (CuSiO₂(OH)₂)

There is one picture on file

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Magnification: 15X, Field of View: 9.0 x 6.0 mm