Ko te Dioptase tētahi o ngā kōhatu kākāriki tino whakamīharo i te ao kōhatu. Nō te mea he rite tōna tae ki te emerara me tōna hanganga tioata pīataata, he maha ngā wā e mīharo ai te hunga e kite tuatahi ana i a ia.He kōhatu parahi cyclosilicate a Dioptase e mōhiotia ana mō tōna tae kākāriki hōhonu ki te kākāriki-puru. Ko tōna tae kaha i ahu mai i te parahi kei roto. I runga i te matū, he parahi, he silicon, he hāora, he hauwai hoki.Ahakoa te āhua rite ki te emerara, he momo kōhatu rerekē rawa a Dioptase. Ko tōna pūnaha tioata he trigonal, ā, he maha ngā wā ka puta he tioata pūataata ki te mārama, he tioata pīataata hoki me te kanapa karaihe.

Nā te mea he mārō ngāwari me te māwheratanga tino pai, e whakaarotia ana he pākiki te dioptase ki ngā kōhatu whakapaipai tawhito.Ka kitea te dioptase i roto i ngā hanganga tioata iti rawa. Ahakoa kei reira ētahi tauira nui ake, he uaua te kite i ngā wāhanga whānui, kore koha, nā reira ko ngā kōhatu whakapaipai he iti iho i te kotahi, e rua rānei karati. Ko tōna māwheratanga tino pai ka whakauaua ake te mahi tapahi, e tino uaua ana te hanga mata. Heoi anō, ka taea tonu e ngā tohunga tārai kōhatu te hanga i ngā kōhatu whakapaipai nui, ātaahua hoki mai i ngā papatanga mārama o te dioptase.
Ko te “Raruraru Tuakiri” o Mua
Mō ngā rautau, i hē te tautohutanga o te dioptase. I te mutunga o te rau tau 1700, i tukuna rongonui ki a Tsar Alexander I o Rūhia hei “emerald” nō Kazakhstan. Kāti noa i te tau 1797 i tautohua e te tohunga kōhatu Wīwī a René Just Haüy hei kōhatu motuhake, i te kitea e ia te iti o te pakeke me te nui ake o te taumaha whakatairite ki te beryl (emerald) pono.
He maha nga wa ka whakatauritea te Dioptase ki te emerara na te mea he rite te tae kākāriki. Heoi, he tino rerekē ēnei kohuke.
Ngā Tohu Tautuhi Matatau
Ko Te Pānga Pyroelectric: Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tino whakamīharo o te dioptase ko tōna āhua pyroelectric—ina whakamahanatia, ka puta he utu hiko i te karaihe.
Whakaurunga Ātaata I raro i te karu whakaroa, ka kite pea koe i ngā "wehenga tīmatanga"—he papa papatahi iti o roto e whakaata ana i te mārama, i ētahi wā ka puta mai ngā tae pokanoa rite ki te āniwaniwa.
Whakamātautau Whakapapa: Ahakoa he tohu whakamātautau te whakamātautau kiri (e puta ana he paura kākāriki-ki-kākāriki-puru), he whakamātautau whakakino, ā, kaua rawa e mahia ki runga i te kohatu whakapaipai kua oti.
Dioptase vs. Lookalikes
He maha tonu te rangirua o te Dioptase ki ētahi atu kōhatu kākāriki, engari ko ōna āhuatanga ahurei e whakaatu ana:
- Emerald: He uaua ake (7.5-8). Ko ngā tioata emerara he tapatoru-whārite te āhua, engari ko te dioptase he tapatoru-whārite hoki.

- Malachite: He mārama tonu, he rārangi motuhake. He mārama ki te mārama noa iho te Dioptase.

- Uvarovite (Kāriki Kāreta) Kāore ngā garnets i te wehenga tino pai o te dioptase, ā, he rerekē te āhua o te tioata (te tikanga he dodecahedral).

Te Rohe me te Uara
Ko te maina o Tsumeb i Namibia te "Paerewa Koura" o te ao kohuke; ko nga tauira mai i tenei waahi rongonui e whakanuia ana mo o ratou tioata nui, kakariki-emoera e pupuhi ana ki runga i te papa ma o te calcite, e whakahau ana i nga utu tino nui. He rereke, ko Altyn-Tyube, Kazakhstan, e mau ana i te mana hei "waahi momo"—te waahi i kitea tuatahitia ai te kohuke—a he mea tino pai tonu mo nga kaikohi e whakanui ana i te hiranga o te hitori me nga tautau tioata hohonu, tino tae.

Mō ngā hunga e rapu ana i te momo ātaahua, ko Kaokoveld, Namibia, e rongonui ana mō ōna hononga whakamīharo, he maha ngā wā e kitea ai ngā tioata dioptase e noho ana i roto, i runga rānei i te tioata mārama. I te wā, ko te United States (otirā ko Arizona) kua whakairo i tōna ake wāhi ki te mākete "micromount"; ahakoa he iti noa ngā tioata ki konei, ko tō rātou tino tika ā-āhua me ngā pito koi e tino hiahiatia ana e ngā kaikohi tohunga e whakamihi ana i te ātaahua i runga i te tauine iti.

Haumaru me te Pākākā
Nā te nui o te parahi i roto i te dioptase, me āta whakahaere i te wā e tapahi ana, e whakakoi ana hoki, nā te mea he paitini te puehu. Ko te whakauru i te puehu dioptase pai, te horomia rānei i te wā e tūponotia ana, ka puta he raruraru hauora whakapeka pērā i te pōuritanga o te manawa, te ruaki rānei, ā, mō te roa e pā ana, ka pēhia te ate me te whatukuhu. Nō reira, me tino tiaki ngā kaitapahi kōhatu me ngā kaiwhakakoi, tae atu ki te mau i ngā kānohi tiaki kounga teitei, me te whakamahi i te pouaka tiaki puehu hei pupuri i te puehu i te wā e tapahi ana, e whakakoi ana, e horoi ana. Heoi, me mōhio ko ēnei tūraru e pā ana ki te mahi whakahaere i te kōhatu anake; ina oti te kōhatu, ahakoa he kōhatu whakakoi, he tauira whakaatu rānei, kāore he raruraru hauora mō te kaipupuri ina mau ana, ina whakamahi ana rānei.
Tiaki me te Whakatikatika
Hei te pūkoro wai whai wai, he tino pāpā te dioptase ki ngā panoni taiao, me āta tiaki kia mau tonu tōna kanapa. Me karo rawa ngā kaipupuri i ngā miihini horoi ultrasonic, māmā rānei, nā te mea ko ngā wiri kaha me te wera ohorere ka pakaru noa i ngā tioata pākiki. He rite tonu te mōrearea o te whakapā matū; ka memeha te dioptase ki ngā waikawa—arā, tae noa ki te winika whare ka taea te whakapākoko me te whakapōrearea i tōna kanapa mata. Mō te tiaki haumaru, whakamahia anake te wai māhana me te kākahu tino ngāwari hei horoi mārie. Hei aha atu, hei ārai i te waruhanga ohorere, me rongoa motuhake te dioptase i ngā kōhatu tārewa pakeke pērā i te topaz, te taimana rānei, kia noho parakore tonu tēnei taonga parahi pākiki.
Nā te wehenga me te pakaru pea, me horoi noa iho te dioptase ki te paraihe ngāwari, te horoi māmā, me te wai mahana. Tirohia tā mātou He aratohi horoi whakapaipai kohatu mō ētahi whakaritenga tiaki atu anō.