| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Dioptase on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72016 |
| Mineral: | Dioptase on Calcite |
| Locality: | Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona |
| Description: | Large plate of lustrous transparent green dioptase crystals to 1 mm intermixed with lustrous transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 15 mm. Under magnification distinct dioptase crystals are visible throughout. Collected by John Mediz ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 8.5x6.5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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