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Dioptase

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Description
Locality: 
Timna Mine, Timna Valley, Eilat, Southern District, Israel
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with small groups of dioptase crystals on matrix from this obscure and very hard to obtain locality for the species. Ex. Bob Rothenberg collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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