Dioptase (RARE locality specimen)

Item Description

An incredibly hard to find Dioptase specimen from the lesser-known Cobrellama Mine in Peru featuring deep green trigonal crystals measuring up to 4 mm, on matrix. Nearly all of the crystals are undamaged, and are attractive to view up close. The color is not your typical emerald hue associated with Dioptase, it's more of a darker forest green, closer to Malachite. With very strong backlighting a bit of translucency can be seen inside the little crystals. A really cool piece for any fan of worldwide Dioptase specimens or minerals of Peru.
From the worldwide mineral collection of geologist, Demetrius Pohl (#1493).