| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Dioptase |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60908 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| Description: | Cluster of many lustrous translucent-to-transparent dark-green dioptase crystals with select faces coated with microscopic crystals of an unidentified greenish-brown mineral, possibly duftite of mottramite. |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x2x1.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 26 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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