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Dioptase & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Harquahala Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.7 × 1.1 cm
Description

Fine specimen with lots of bluegreen crystal-clear dioptase crystals in association with a green malachite aggregate on a base of fine crystallized pseudomalachite.

The specimen comes from the collection of Dr. G. Jung, who received it from L. Perloff in 1980.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Provenance

Dr Gerhard Jung Collection

Tue, 2025-09-23 14:24 -- admin
Some History
Name: 
Dr. Gerhard Jung
Dates: 
19.03.1925- 
14.02.2018
Type: 
Collector/Collection
Specialisms: 
Phosphates of Hagendorf, Systematic Minerals
About

Dr. Gerhard Jung stands is renowned for his expertise in Hagendorf specimens and honoured by having the mineral Jungite named after him...

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Germany (insured parcel)
6.50
Worldwide (tracked)
10
USA (tracked)
12
USA (tracked, > 0,5 kg)
22
European Union (tracked, > 1 kg)
18

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