Specimen #1725

Name: Dioptase

Type: Micromount

Locality: Altyn-Tyube (Altyn-Tube) deposit, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2009-11-13

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: TYPE LOCALITY! Bright emerald green euhedral crystals on matrix of lightly etched Calcite.

Minerals: Calcite (CaCO₃) Dioptase (CuSiO₂(OH)₂)

There are 2 pictures on file

M01725-01.jpg:

Dioptase, Altyn-Tyube (Altyn-Tube) deposit, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan - FOV: 4.2 x 2.8 mm (14 stacked images)

M01725-02.jpg:

Dioptase, Altyn-Tyube (Altyn-Tube) deposit, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan - FOV: 18.8 x 12.5 mm