Dioptase with Cerussite

Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
Thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Start Time: 06/29/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/06/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Good Dioptase specimens are always in demand, and the pieces from the Kaokoveld Plateau are some of the best modern-day Dioptase specimens out there. This beautiful thumbnail specimen features a predominant, 1.3 cm, sharp, lustrous, fine emerald green, gemmy trigonal crystal of Dioptase with a few tiny Dioptase crystals sitting on smoky Cerussite twins. Good shape all around (though the Cerussite is contacted on the base), and the association is certainly rare for the locality.

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