<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: 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm.</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 very lustrous, very green, and translucent throughout. A sharp and special specimen, I think. Ex. Charlie Key.</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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