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Smithsonite

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Locality: 
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Light to intense pink mammillary smithsonite covers the display surface.

There has been some dissolution so you can see the smithsonite's layered structure, that is due to multiple deposition episodes.

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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