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Cuprian Smithsonite

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Cuprian Smithsonite

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Locality: 
79 Mine, Chilito, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Very beautiful old moss-green cuprian smithsonite specimen. Both sides well developed. The white platy crystals in the upper right corner (not damage) look like baryte to me but mindat says there is none, so it might be celesine, hemimorphite or even something rare ...?

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Smithsonite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)CO3

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