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dioptase

cyclosilicate mineral
Class type of: cyclosilicates Q413369

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
cyclosilicates
Chemical formula
CuSiO₃·H₂O[5]
Crystal system
trigonal crystal system[7]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dioptase (N.N.), c'est-à-dire, visible au travers, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15][16][17][18]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Dpt[20]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[8]
Mohs' hardness
+5[14]
Named after
dia-, seeing[3][4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.CJ.30[13]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.CJ.30[12]
Point group
trigonal-rhombohedral[9]
Space group
space group R-3[10]
Streak color
green[6]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/C.09[11]
Type locality (geology)
Karaganda Region[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en dioptase ar دیوبتاز cs dioptas cs kirgizit de Kupfersmaragd de Kieselkupfersmaragd el Διοπτάσιος es Dioptasa fa دیوپتاز fi dioptaasi fr kirghisite fr achirite fr achrite fr aschirite fr CuSiO3,H2O fr dioptasite fr rhombohedral emerald malachite fr smaragdo-chalcite it dioptasio ja 翠銅鉱
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dioptasecongo2.jpg ↗
Dana 8th edition
61.1.3.1
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
dioptase
Freebase ID
/m/03krgc
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
dioptas
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1957439
KBpedia ID
Dioptase
Kivid.info ID
535
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776918060
Mindat mineral ID
5.2k (1.3k–20k, n=4)
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/dioptase

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Crystal system 1
trigonal crystal system
Streak color 1
green
Subclass of 1
cyclosilicates
Type locality (geology) 1
Karaganda Region
← Made from material 1
copper
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Summary

dioptase is a mineral species[1]. dioptase is a type of cyclosilicates[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'f
    Sitelink count → 31
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|tr */ Diyoptaz, #temporary_batch_1793447141976"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → dia-, seeing
    Streak color → green
    Instance of → mineral species
    Point group → trigonal-rhombohedral
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: trigonal-rhombohedral, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269342|batch #269342]]"
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