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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Very nice blue-green botryoidal smithsonite on a sphalerite matrix. This is among the more sought after colours from Broken Hill. Some contacting as seen in the photos.

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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