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Dioptase
Description:
One of our favorite minerals at Hands of Spirit Gallery is Dioptase. We have pieces at the Gallery that will make many an Emerald fan convert. This mineral can have the most mesmerizing green color and looks spectacular when set in jewelry in it’s rare cabochon form. It forms where copper veins have been altered by oxidation. The best pieces can be transparent and weakly pleochroic. The more intensely colored specimens can be translucent.
The finest specimens of all were found at the now-closed Tsumeb Mine in Tsumeb, Namibia. Excellent Dioptase also is found in Kazakhstan and the Congo.
Dioptase is a copper cyclosilicate mineral. Its formula is CuSiO3•H2O (also reported as: CuSiO2(OH)2). It has a Moh’s hardness of 5.
Metaphysical:
Dioptase is one of the best healing stones of this age. It powerfully gets to the heart of the matter and heals it. It eliminates feelings and situations of scarcity and oppression. It assists in the enrichment of ones life, environment, and planet. Living in the moment is the energy of this lovely mineral.
