Dioptase with Calcite Gemstone Carvings it may very well have

it may very well have been that Neanderthal and Modern Man could have seen each other's camp fires between the Straight of Gibraltar

Within the "Gemstone community" Zircon is not a commonly used stone

Crystalline Gold is purchased not for its spot market value but for its rarity

spindle-shaped fossils have surfaces marked by weak spiral lines in a helix

Although most hair remains are orange in color

Dioptase with Calcite Gemstone Carvings it may very well haveDioptase crystals are emerald green and translucent. The mineral got its name from the Greek words for "to see" and "through" because of the ability to see internal cleavage planes of the small crystals. The mineral forms in rhombohedral crystals (usually less than 1cm in size) with a chemical composition of CuSiO3 (H2O).