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Dioptase on Chrysocolla from Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona

 
Dioptase on Chrysocolla from Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona

Dioptase on Chrysocolla from Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona

Dioptase on Chrysocolla from Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 72138
Mineral:Dioptase on Chrysocolla
Locality:Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent green dioptase crystals over blue-green chrysocolla-rich breccia. The dioptase crystals vary from dark-green to medium-green and are patches scattered over front and rear of the specimen. Collected by John Mediz ca. 1985
Overall Size:33x20x20 mm
Crystals:micro to 1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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