T-29 Dioptase - $295
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm
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A colorful, showy diop miniature with sharp, extremely lustrous crystals to 7.5 mm. VERY NICE for the price!




T-43 Dioptase on Calcite - $450
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 9 x 5 x 4.5 cm

A colorful, showy diop specimen with sharp, discrete and isolated, extremely lustrous crystals to 6 mm. VERY attractive and showy (better in person)!




T-64 Dioptase - $475
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature, 4 x 4 x 3.25 cm
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A colorful, showy diop miniature with sharp, extremely lustrous crystals to 1.6 cm. Some damage to back and sides (contact mostly) but it has a fine display face and is VERY NICE for the price!




T-59 Dioptase on Calcite - $1950
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature, 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm
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A CHOIEC miniature with exceptional dioptase xls to almost 2 cm, arranged to almost solidly cover an underlaying plate of calcite. Excellent relief in person, when mounted vertically, and one of the best mini's for under 2k I have been able to offer!




T-71 Dioptase on Calcite - $1750
Tsumeb, Namibia
Cabinet, 10 x 6 x 5 cm
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A superb diop specimen with sharp, extremely lustrous crystals to 1.5 cm spaced out a bit on contrasting matrix , that is coated with drusy calcite that serves to enhance the contrast. VERY NICE for the price!




T-110 Dioptase on Wulfenite with Molybdofornacite - $2000
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature, 6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm


An unusual miniature with a sharp color contrast between a bright orange wulfenite crystal and the dioptase. The largest dioptase crystal, to the left of the wulfenite, measures 1.8 cm in size. The wulfenite measures approximately 2.5 x 2.2 x 1 cm in size and is heavily overgrown with dioptase. It is undamaged although there are a few small pockmarks on the wulfenite's exposed area where small dioptase crystals have been removed. 2 corners are visible poking out , as well as bits and pieces of the upper and leftmost faces of the wulfenite crystal. Wulf/Diop association pieces are uncommon and this is a very attractive example, in a good size and price range. You just don't even SEE such pieces, of any quality, but rarely! As a bonus, there is a rich area of microcrystalline Molybdofornacite on the backside , as confirmed by Gebhard and Sussman. and it is a rich specimen for this rare mineral. BETTER IN PERSON (shot with my old camera)!




T-111 Dioptase - $1350
Tsumeb, Namibia
Cabinet, 12 x 6 x 5 cm

A huge 3-dimensional specimen completely covered by bright green diop crystals, all around! A big piece for the price! BETTER IN PERSON (shot with my old camera)!




T-112 Dioptase on Calcite - $1450
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm

A bright, colorful, 3-dimensional specimen with complete coverage of dioptase crystals to about 7-8 mm. A LOT of "green" for the price! BETTER IN PERSON (shot with my old camera)!




T-113 Dioptase on Calcite - $950
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature, 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm

Lustrous, bright dioptase crystals to 1.5 cm associated with rhombohedral calcites in back. The calcites that show on the front are coated directionally by drusy dioptase microcrystals, which contrasts sharply and dramatically with the larger (darker-green) dioptase crystals. Some damage, but mostly on the periphery and base. BETTER IN PERSON (shot with my old camera)!



 
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