| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Dioptase with Duftite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 62048 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase with Duftite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite) |
| Description: | Cluster of lustrous transparent deep-green dioptase crystals to 8 mm with green duftite microcrystals on the bottom where it was attached and inside an epimorphic cast after a scalenohedral calcite crystal that is in the center of the dioptase. |
| Overall Size: | 22x17x15 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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