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Smithsonite Var Monheimite

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Smithsonite Var Monheimite

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Description
Locality: 
Altenberg Mine, Kelmis, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Once the largest Zinc mine in Europe, the Altenberg Open Pit was closed in 1884 and specimens are nowadays very rare. This rare sample has a very rich coverage of small tan-coloured crystals of smithsonite on a typical yellowish-brown matrix. Labeled as monheimite, the iron-bearing variety of smithsonite.
An excellent specimen.

From my own collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Monheimite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Cartils Minerals

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