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Greenockite & Smithsonite

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Greenockite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm
Description

This is a very good and rich greenockite specimen.

Duzends of small brown greenockite microcrystals with white smithsonite crystals on galena rich matrix.

Greenockite from Tsumeb is very hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Greenockite

Formula: 
CdS
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Bishopton tunnel, Bishopton, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland, UK

Smithsonite

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