Dioptase, Malachite, Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Size: 8.4x5.2x3.2 cm
Species: Dioptase, Malachite, Calcite
Locality: Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Description: Three isolated dioptase crystals that are sharp and undamaged up to 1cm in length sit on a bed of calcite. Perched on the calcite are several sprays of chatoyant acicular malachite that is wonderful to behold under a scope. There seems to be some preferentially orientated inclusion of a tan color inside the calcite crystals I do not know what that may be.
ID: 26207
Size: 8.4x5.2x3.2 cm
Species: Dioptase, Malachite, Calcite
Locality: Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Description: Three isolated dioptase crystals that are sharp and undamaged up to 1cm in length sit on a bed of calcite. Perched on the calcite are several sprays of chatoyant acicular malachite that is wonderful to behold under a scope. There seems to be some preferentially orientated inclusion of a tan color inside the calcite crystals I do not know what that may be.
ID: 26207
Size: 8.4x5.2x3.2 cm
Species: Dioptase, Malachite, Calcite
Locality: Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Description: Three isolated dioptase crystals that are sharp and undamaged up to 1cm in length sit on a bed of calcite. Perched on the calcite are several sprays of chatoyant acicular malachite that is wonderful to behold under a scope. There seems to be some preferentially orientated inclusion of a tan color inside the calcite crystals I do not know what that may be.
ID: 26207
