Dioptase on Quartz

Item Description

Good Dioptase specimens are always in demand, and the pieces from the Kaokoveld Plateau are some of the best modern-day Dioptase specimens out there. This beautiful and aesthetic display specimen featues very good sized, sharp, lustrous, fine emerald green, translucent trigonal crystals measuring up to 2.6 cm aesthetically sitting on slightly smoky Quartz matrix. The piece is nearly damage free, with only a couple tiny nicks, but it's hard to find such showy and aesthetic display specimens like this from the Christoph Mine. The Dioptase crystals glows with color when backlit (the largest crystal is nearly WATER CLEAR at the termination!), and there are not a lot of Dioptase crystals that measure nearly 3.0 cm, so this is good sized for the species. A very worthwhile miniature specimen from this contemporary material from Namibia. Priced at $1800 in the inventory.