Conichalcite (?) (w. calcite and dioptase)

TSNB995
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Conichalcite (?) (w. calcite and dioptase); 29 mm.
Exhibit 1. Conichalcite (?) (w. calcite and dioptase); 29 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Conichalcite (?) (w. calcite and dioptase)

Associated Minerals

calcite; dioptase; duftite (?)

Principal Mineral

Conichalcite

Size

Micromount; mmmm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB995

Description

A plate of white, intergrown rhombs of calcite, richly encrusted with dark green botryoidal conichalcite (?) and sparse, localised crystals of blue-green dioptase. The conichalcite (?) has not been analysed.

The specimen is from the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.