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Dioptase was used to highlight the edges of the eyes on the three [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic B]] [[lime plaster]] statues discovered at '[[Ain Ghazal]], known as [[Micah, Heifa and Noah]].<ref name=bmMHN>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/l/lime_plaster_statues.aspx|title=Lime plaster statues |website=britishmuseum.org|publisher=British Museum|archive-date=May 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511103233/https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/l/lime_plaster_statues.aspx|url-status=dead|accessdate=November 19, 2020}}</ref> These sculptures date back to about 7200 BC.<ref name=bmMHN />
Late in the 18th century, copper miners at the Altyn-Tyube (Altyn-Tube) mine, [[Karagandy Province]], [[Kazakhstan]]<ref name=Mindat/> thought they had found the [[emerald]] deposit of their dreams. They found fantastic cavities in [[quartz]] veins in a
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