Calcite (w. dioptase inclusions)

TSNB970
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Calcite (w. dioptase inclusions); 29 mm.
Exhibit 1. Calcite (w. dioptase inclusions); 29 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Calcite (w. dioptase inclusions)

Associated Minerals

dioptase

Principal Mineral

Calcite

Size

Thumbnail; 29mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB970

Description

A group of sharp calcite rhombs (to 19 mm), colourless to off-white and slightly turbid, with shallow stoss-side inclusions of dioptase.

The specimen is in the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros. There is no formal record of location in the mine but the paragenesis is diagnostic for the second oxidation zone.