| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Dioptase on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 58471 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase on Quartz |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Four doubly-terminated emerald-green dioptase crystals to 12 mm on crystallized brown limestone coated with transparent quartz crystals to 1 mm. The dioptase crystals are lustrous and internally transparent. |
| Overall Size: | 18x17x11 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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