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Smithsonite With Adamite

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Smithsonite With Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Here's a fine example of what is now almost impossible to find!This piece with smithsonite and adamite crystals  belongs to a small find a few years ago of smithsonite and adamite included by rare earth elements!This makes is a new variety for the species and there are only a few representatives worldwide.Those are not only rare,but also super beautiful for the range of colors from deep green to  intense blue!The piece has both smithsonite and adamite on it and it's one the few I have remaining!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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