Dioptase - Specimen fossil salamander slab and volatile-rich fluids to grow

and volatile-rich fluids to grow large

Those chambers helped control buoyancy in the water

Fine carbonate mud settled over the fish remains

Mined from: Burma (Myanmar)

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Dioptase - Specimen fossil salamander slab and volatile-rich fluids to growMined from: Renville, Pool Malebo area, Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo Description: This one of a kind dioptase specimen has a more rugged, pocket style look than the cleaner Congo plate examples, with deep blue green crystal growth set into a darker, iron rich matrix. Instead of a flat presentation, this piece has depth and contour, with crystals tucked into recesses and rising along uneven surfaces, giving it a more natural straight