Dioptase, Calcite - image 1

Dioptase, Calcite

Unknown Owner
Help improve this recordNo owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.
Sign in to contribute
A colorful specimen with deep green dioptase inclusions twinkling inside clear calcite rhombohedra. The inclusions are, unusually, oriented along several planes of the crystal such that they leave a colorless rim of clear calcite around the included areas, except the center of some upper crystal faces where the inclusions do surface. Ex. Willy Israel Collection.

Product details

SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
Added on10/23/2024

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

Learn more

Calcite
Mineral guide
Learn about Calcite
diverse shapes, colors, and optical quirks; widely available yet scarce elite pieces from Elmwood and Charcas drive collecting value and display.
Regional guide
Calcite from Tsumeb
Sign in to contribute