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MD-159535
Dioptase
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 8.1 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
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A showy and excellent Tsumeb specimen of very gemmy, emerald-green dioptase crystals to 5 mm aesthetically scattered as discrete crystals or in groups on a very vuggy gossan matrix beautifully accented by white calcite and a bit of green mottramite. This piece was donated by Bill Severance to the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences in 1980.