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Smithsonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

One of the most important finds ever discovered from Lavrion were those adamite and smithsontie pieces containg Cerium and Dysprosium!This wonderful miniature is something you don't find in the market easily. The piece is a smithsonite aggregate with the most desired blue color of those! The aesthetics are extreme, with aragonite crystals on the smithsonite and the main are free of matrix and translucent with glow with minimum light behind the specimen! No damage, perfect, highest quality for the find!

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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