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Smithsonite Rosasite Hemimorphite & Calcite

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Smithsonite Rosasite Hemimorphite & Calcite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #6, Agrileza, Sounion, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.4 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
90.00gr
Description

Rich and beautiful crystallization and combination of gemmy, lustrous dark olive-green Smithsonite, coated partially by an aesthetic amorph white Calcite crystallization, associated with turquoise-blue acicular Rosasite microcrystals, some on the Smithsonite crystals, also covered partially by sharp, clear and lustrous Hemimorphite clusters of crystals, from the classic locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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