Dioptase (large for Morenci)

Item Description

Morenci Mine and Arizona dioptases are difficult to obtain, in general, in large and fine specimens such as this. This CABINET plate is covered with very sparkly emerald-green and blue-green dioptase microcrystals on small, radial-growth clusters on the undulating surface. The trivial bit of contacting and spotted bruising is certainly not a detraction, for such rich coverage. IT LOOKS LIKE GREEN SUGAR, and is among the largest and richest such examples from a US locality I have seen. Dioptase is exceedingly rare, at Morenci and other Arizona locales. A cabinet sized plate is hard to come by, nearly unprecedented. Valued at $750-1000