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Smithsonite

ex collection Eugen Kreidler, ex ...?
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Tarnowskie Góry, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 6 × 3.4 cm
Description

Well, this 'galmei' (old word for several zinc minerals) specimen is surely not a beauty, but it comes with a very old label, written in the old German handwriting 'Sütterlin' (or maybe 'Kurrentschrift'?). Early 20th century. Maybe late 19th ...

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

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