A grouping of lustrous deep emerald green dioptase on bull quartz is shown here. Pale blue chrysocolla thinly coats most of the matrix. There is damage on the outer edges of the crystal grouping. The overall dimensions are 1 5/8" wide by 3/4" tall by 1" front to back. The locality is Kandesei, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia.

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