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Cadmian Smithsonite

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Cadmian Smithsonite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sheshodonnell, The Burren, County Clare, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
56.00gr
Description

Limestone matrix with a lovely coverage of bright yellow botryoidal smithsonite. The colour is due to the prescence of the element cadmium. From a classic Irish locality which has sadly been completely destroyed by the landowner.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cadmian Smithsonite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

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

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