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Dioptase with Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

 
Dioptase with Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

Dioptase with Plancheite from Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 19793
Mineral:Dioptase with Plancheite
Locality:Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia
Description:Many lustrous emerald-green dioptase crystals on milky quartz matrix with minute bluish plancheite botryoidal crystals visible in the spaces between the dioptase. The dioptase crystals are transparent and have glassy faces.
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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