<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioptase" class="extiw" title="en:Dioptase">Dioptase</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz" class="extiw" title="en:Quartz">Quartz</a>
<dl><dd><dl><dd>Locality: Christoff Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunene_Region" class="extiw" title="en:Kunene Region">Kunene Region</a>, Namibia (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mindat.org/loc-212307.html">Locality at mindat.org</a>)</dd>
<dd>Size: miniature, 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
<dl><dt>Dioptase on Quartz</dt></dl></dd>
<dd>This small miniature is the most elegant piece we obtained, and looks like a snake coiled and rising up above its prey. The dioptase is floating, or hanging, or curling, upon this little shard of quartz at its core. All the dioptase is super-lustrous, very green, and translucent throughout. A sharp and special specimen, I think!</dd></dl></dd></dl>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56247090" class="extiw" title="d:Q56247090"><span title="mineral collector and dealer">Robert M. Lavinsky</span></a>
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