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Smithsonite & Azurite

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Smithsonite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 8.3 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
384.00gr
Description

Small, partly double-termintaed pale green smithsonite with dark blue azurite crystals on gossan matrix. There's some other green mineral present in microscopic acicular crystals - maybe brochantite?

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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