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Smithsonite & Gypsum

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Smithsonite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 12 × 3 cm
Description

Transparent gypsum crystals with light brown inclusions set on a film of gray smithsonite along with white carbonate (calcite or aragonite). Unusual combination from a single find of such specimens at Lavrion mines.Very nice display.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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