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Calcite With Smithsonite

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Calcite With Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

From a recent find (no more than a month ago) comes this nice specimen of disc-form,light brown calcite crystals partly covered with white smithsonite crust.Matrix is an iron-rich material (probably goethite or limonite).
Simply perfect.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Smithsonite

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

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