Dioptase from
Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:	Radiating crystal groups & sheaves partly coated by later chalcotrichite, with cubic pseudomorphs of fluorite (?).
Habit:	Clustered, radiating, sheaves
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 205.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Chalcotrichite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Dioptase data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

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