Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Smithsonite Adamite Calcite & Limonite

Views:
Watches:
AST732135

Smithsonite Adamite Calcite & Limonite

Pseudomorph

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 9 × 5 cm
Description

A mineralogically very interesting specimen. It is a double pseudomorph (pseudomorph of limonite after calcite crystals and additionally perimorphed by smithsonite).Fine transparent adamite spheres of glassy luster are richly spread on smithsonite. A great addition to a pseudomorph collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Calcite

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps