Barite with Dioptase

Platy growths showing the so-called sawtooth shape, of Barite crystals with a very well marked geometrical color zoning, colorless and clear in the center and opaque white on the borders with reddish Hematite inclusions. Some of the crystals are partially coated by small crystalline Dioptase. Oumjrane area, Alnif, Errachidia Morocco (09/2011) Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.7 × 5.2 cm = 3.3” × 2.2” × 2.0”