Definition of Dioptase. Meaning of Dioptase. Synonyms of Dioptase

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Definition of Dioptase

Dioptase
Dioptase Di*op"tase, n. [Gr. ? = dia` through + ? to see: cf. F. dioptase.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Meaning of Dioptase from wikipedia

- Dioptase is an intense emerald-green to bluish-green mineral that is cyclosilicate of copper. It is transparent to translucent. Its luster is vitreous...
- fashioned into cabochons, later being set into jewellery.[citation needed] Dioptase Optical phenomena List of minerals Malachite Jade  One or more of the preceding...
- stalactites with bulls-eye banding Aventurine Brochantite Chrysocolla Dioptase Green pigments List of inorganic pigments Plancheite Pseudomalachite Turquoise...
- Datolite Descloizite Diamond Bort Ballas Diaspore ****insonite Diopside Dioptase Dolomite Dumortierite Ekanite Elbaite Emerald Trapiche emerald (var.) Enstatite...
- 2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2 55.1 Cuprite Cu2O 88.8 Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O) 37.9 Tennantite Cu12As4S13 51.6 Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)2 45.3 Enargite Cu3****4 48.4...
- hematite. Size: 9 x 9 x 4.3 cm. Zoned Cerussite crystal, 5.9 x 3.6 x 1 cm. Dioptase crystals on calcite, a classic Tsumeb specimen. Size: 8.2 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm...
- 99 154 142 H180L60C20 Petrol Green 180° 60% 25% 84 155 140 H180L60C25 Dioptase Green 180° 60% 30% 67 158 141 H180L60C30 Stamp Pad Green 180° 60% 35% 46...
- Diaboleite Diadochite Diamond Diaspore ****ite Digenite Dimorphite Diopside Dioptase Djerfisherite Djurleite Dmitryivanovite Dollaseite-(Ce) Dolomite Domeykite...
- Tsumeb dioptase, 2007 show...
- A specimen of dioptase and wulfenite from the old Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine...