Natural XXL Dioptase Specimen with Bright Emerald Green Crystals with Dolomite x 1 From Tantara, Congo

A NOTE FROM NICK 
Tantara has certainly produced some of the largest crystalline dioptase specimens known from Africa in the last 35 years. Specimens from this mine are even bigger than anything which came out of Tsumeb, Namibia. More collectors and museum grade specimens of Dioptase have been found in Africa in the last five years than in the previous two decades.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 

Dioptase On Dolomite from the Congo: Emerald Beauty

Dioptase is an rare mineral species and is world renowned for its bright emerald green crystals. The crystals often form in glistening drusy/sugary, classic cubic, or the rare prismatic forms. 

PRODUCT MINERALS 
Copper Cyclosilicate, Chrysocolla

PRODUCT FEATURES 
Trigonal, Rhombohedral 

PRODUCT COLOUR 
Green

MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
5

PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Tantara, Congo 
Grade = Very Good Grade
Size = 306 x 252 x 113 mm