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Dioptase from
Cobra Mine, Pampa Nazca, Ica, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dioptase
Formula:CuSiO3 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Conichalciteⓘ13 photos of Dioptase associated with Conichalcite at this locality.
Chrysocollaⓘ12 photos of Dioptase associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Chalcedonyⓘ1 photo of Dioptase associated with Chalcedony at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Dioptase associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dioptase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cobra Mine, Pampa Nazca, Ica, Peru
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:290680
Long-form Identifier:1:3:290680:5
GUID (UUID V4):df67171a-2bc7-451d-ab3d-c676c7e59738
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n article appeared...Conichalcite on malachite, 10.5 cm across, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Fine spherules...green crusts of fibrous spheres at the Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France...chrysocolla and cuprite has come from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Conichalcite...conichalcite entirely coating dioptase with a second generation of dioptase on the crust. Another specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
80B filter, even with difficult-to-photograph dioptase. Similar lamps are available at Radio Shack. Again...Animal beads, Turquoise, Crystals, India wooden cobra stands, Gemstone watches NEW STOCK AMETHYST FROM
Journal (issue)
p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals 14 Longview...Wendell Wilson 173 Dioptase, Cerussite and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arkansas 71901. 7 miles west on U. S. 70. NEW GEM MINE in oldtime Pala. Pegmatite surprises all with gemmy...L D T R I P - F i v e pounds of crystal bearing mine rock for $10.00 (plus $2.00 for postage, handling...handling and insurance). From the Famous Christ­ mas Mine, Gila, County, Arizona. Direc­ tions: Careful breaking...of the following mineralsKinoite, Chrysocolla, Dioptase, Apophyl­ lite, Chalcotrichite, Calcite. DICK..., Ovals: $6.00 ea. CABOCHONS AMBER C L E A R Cobra Agates, Green Moss Agate, Pink Moss Agate (18 x
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
L D T R I P - F i v e pounds of crystal bearing mine rock for $10.00 (plus $2.00 for postage, handling...handling and insurance). From the Famous Christ­ mas Mine, Gila, County, Arizona. Direc­ tions: Careful breaking...of the following mineralsKinoite, Chrysocolla, Dioptase, Apophyl­ lite, Chalcotrichite, Calcite. DICK...Jadeite, 18 x 13mm., Ovals: $6.00 ea. CABOCHONS Cobra Agates, Green Moss Agate, Pink Moss Agate (18 x
Catalog/List
directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, ChaĂąaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It is difficult to believe that something this pristine...000-$3,000 52006 MIMETITE Var. CAMPYLITE Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
QUALITY SPECIMENS, new finds, closeouts, THE CRYSTAL MINE—minerals micro to cab­ inet size. List available...N E R A L S Send $1.00 for our catalog o f • Dioptase Robert W. Jones hundreds of minerals, fossils...Christiansen Minerals Continental Gems and Minerals Crystal Mine Cureton Minerals Dupont, Jim Earth Science Eaton...Jadeite, 18 x 13 mm., Ovals: $6.00 ea. CABOCHONS Cobra Agates, Green Moss Agate, Pink Moss Agate (18 x
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens from old locations, Ruggles mine, Gummite; Emery mine, Margarite; Bolton, Scapolite, Rowe, Gahnite..., Utah, $10.00; Vanadinite, Moroc­ co $15.00; Dioptase, S W A $50.00; Phantom Quartz, Brazil $5.00; Hemimorphite...Jadeite, 18 x 13 mm., Ovals: $6.00 ea. CABOCHONS Cobra Agates, Green Moss Agate, Pink Moss Agate (18 x
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Record Inc. copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ............................................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ........................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ........................................227 by M. Sprunger The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona.........................
Journal (issue)
localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...Collection" labels list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results...thread, some taken from the surface of the American mine and some from its deepest workings indicating that...that depth does not change the character of the mine. One is impressed by the money as well as the scientific...quartz, interspersed with gold, but the owner of the mine, Mr. Walker, seeing the cabinet, said that the piece
Journal (issue)
had witnessed assorted and spasmodic efforts to mine corundum. The ground was scratched over, a few holes...inspire contempt. An Israelite showing a large dioptase to a London dealer explained that it was smuggled...in that respect resembling that found at Schoup’s mine, North Carolina. North Carolina has yielded more...worn moonstone will attract the notice of the “The Cobra” and he will carry it aloft upon his hood. The associate...mineral have been found near Franklin Furnace, N. J. Dioptase is found in the gold sands of Siberia, as deep
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens from old locations, Ruggles mine, Gummite; Emery mine, Margarite; Bolton, Scapolite, Rowe, Gahnite...fascinating folklore . . . current techniques used to mine it in the Baltic regions . . . and much more. Included...E D . Have many crystal and foreign specimens—dioptase, topaz, deman toid, huebnerite, woodhouseite,...Prefer crystals. Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. B I L L W A L L , 803...Jadeite, 18 x 13 mm., Ovals: $6.00 ea. CABOCHONS Cobra Agates, Green Moss Agate, Pink Moss Agate (18 x
Catalog/List
collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably... SESSION ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment...Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia Some of the best things to come from the Tsumeb Mine were...com/5236 57004 Mimetite Epimorph on Cerussite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia The multiple stages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens from old locations, Ruggles mine, Gummite; Emery mine, Margarite; Bolton, Scapolite, Rowe, Gahnite...fascinating folklore . . . current techniques used to mine it in the Baltic regions . . . and much more. Included...Prefer crystals. Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. B I L L W A L L , 803...E D . Have many crystal and foreign specimens—dioptase, topaz, deman toid, huebnerite, woodhouseite,...Jadeite, 18 x 13 m m . , Ovals: $6.00 ea. CABOCHONS Cobra Agates, Green Moss Agate, Pink Moss Agate (18 x
Journal (issue)
. . . . 507 by M. F. Makki Reinvestigation of dioptase-planchéite pseudomorphs after calcite from the...Toronto Technical College. He learned that the Tsumeb mine in South-West Africa was producing some very beautiful...the miners was nothing new at Tsumeb; they would mine around crystal pockets until lunchtime, then go...fill their oversized lunch boxes with specimens. Mine management looked the other way as long as operations...catalog of fine minerals on DVD Mimetite, Pingtuoling mine, China. Jeff Scovil photo. The Jackson’s Crossroads
Book (edition)
Hambergite 180 Lazuli te 192 Cordierite 180 Dioptase 194 Phenacite 180 Apatite 194 Dumortierite...Corundum Tansanite Amazonite Amblygonite Zirconia Dioptase Dolomite Tantalite Andesine Thulite Aventurine...6V2-7 Wolframite Galliant 6 1/2 6 1/2 Apatite Dioptase Eosphorite 5 Hemimorphite 5 Smithsonite 5...definition the same Emerald ^ Tourmaline as that Dioptase Determining the density of a gemstone with the...yellow-green, blue-green Bayldonite Chrysocolla Dioptase Gadolinite Gaspereite Hornblende Malachite Marcasite
Book
was one of the first to make a serious attempt to mine the Habachtal emerald deposit. It is reported that...to the Red Sea which passed through the emerald mine district, and it could have been a trading centre...According to Ball*, Colombian emerald was so common in Peru that for at least two centuries after the Conquest...Book on Precious Stones Los Angeles: Gemological ica. 338 pp. (1950) 5 SCHNEIDER, Greek, Etruscan, and...the 16th and 17th centuries as Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and New Granada THE MIRROR ES: STON TN The
Journal (issue)
Crystalis ninecm in length. the Mons Cupri Copper Mine, southwest of Whim Creek. After confirming its identity...Herbertsmithite has been found in the Kali Kafi mine, Anarak, Iran, in tiny (<0.1 mm) bright green grains...(Braitwaite et al., 2004). At the nearby Chah Khouni mine, Anarak, Iran, tiny (~0.1 mm) dark green hexagonal...quartzite, associated with gypsum, opal, and minor dioptase (Braitwaite et al., 2004). (Continues on page...its" ... only source of ore during the 30's was a mine in the desolate Pi Ibara District of western Australia
Journal (issue)
................. 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ....................................... 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ...........................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona ..........................123 L. Presmyk & M. Hay Treasures of the Magma mine, Pinal County, Arizona .................................... 147 W. E. Wilson & Mark Hay The Ford mine, Pinal County, Arizona ........................
Book (edition)
Cerussite 208 Enstatite 208 Lazulite 208 Dioptase 210 Apatite 210 Sphene 210 Kyanite 212 Sphalerite...Citrine Cinnabar Corundum Davidite Dendritic Agate Dioptase Hawk’s-Eye Hematite IImenite Indicolite Jasper...Dickinsonite Dolomite Chlorapatite Euchroite Dioptase Eosphorite Fluorapatite Hemimorphite 5 Hydroxylapatite...Gemstones with the same density as ps Tourmaline Dioptase 3.20 that of the liquid are suspended in the...Epidote Hemimorphite Diaspore Jadeite Peridotite Dioptase Ekanite Jeremejevite Parascorodite Forsterite
Report (issue)
Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan and India .......6 0 Old Mine Emeralds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Maharajahs and Maharanis held large emeralds (see "Old Mine Emeralds" page 62). The Color of Islam Emerald...differentiate by color. Apatite is significantly softer. Dioptase, tourmaline and grossular exhibit clearly different...certainly also be confused with other minerals. Dioptase, for example, can look so similar to emerald in...color that it has been called copper emerald. Dioptase, however, generally occurs in i : ' The Finds
Book (edition)
208 Serpentine 218 Lazulite 208 Stichtite 218 Dioptase 210 _—_Ulexite 218 Apatite 210 Tiger’s-Eye Sphene...Citrine Cinnabar Corundum Davidite Dendritic Agate Dioptase Dolomite Dravite Elbaite Eudialyte Gaspeite Hawk’s-Eye...5 Bismutotantalite Childrenite Chlorapatite Dioptase Eosphorite Fluorapatite Hemimorphite 5 ) 5 5...the identification of gemstones. Tourmaline Dioptase Determining the density of a gem- stone with...Epidote Hemimorphite Diaspore Jadeite Peridotite Dioptase Ekanite Jeremejevite Parascorodite Forsterite
Journal (issue)
metal gold pans, as well as a replica of the famous mine carriage which is considered to be the oldest of...mining research (Wollmann, 2010) in hardly accessible mine galleries from Baia de Arieș (Dealul Vânăt, Dealul...native gold specimens, the size and beauty of its ”mine flowers” are the pride of many mineralogical collections...Europe. Roşia Montană witnessed the transition from mine digging by fire and water or chisel and hammer methods...Ruda-Barza ore deposit, together with „Ruda 12 Apostoli” mine are remnants of the oldest gold mining activities
Book
as one of the first to make a serious attempt to mine the Habachtal emerald deposit. It is reported that...to the Red Sea which passed through the emerald mine district, and it could have been a trading centre...According to Ball4, Colombian emerald was so common in Peru that for at least two centuries after the Conquest...the 16th and 17th centuries as Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and New Granada THE MIRROR OF STONES: IN WHICH...'the Promontory of Helen in the Province of Manta, Peru'. He also notes the 'Brazilian emerald' of Gesner
Book
invariably mineral from Kozemutz, is every unknown mine- mineral, by a we discovered substance for...analysis given, singular- Silex, 16-88 Alu- mine, 2. Magnesia, 10-37 Potash, 20. Water, *75 Nickel...to know the are still Again, place re- the mine- numerous; examination, Urawas VII taken ...Mica. considered long tase, and Hauy be to Dioptase, his among have probably Carbonate Freyberg...sulfure capillalre h, Antimoine en plumes Federerz b, Mine d’argent en plumes— w, mony iii. Oxide of Antimony
 
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