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Calcite On Smithsonite With Adamite

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Calcite On Smithsonite With Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Dump, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.3 × 8 × 2.5 cm
Description

This piece is full of detail!A large smithsonite matrix covered by gem calcite sprays!The groups of clacite crystals look like flowers and in person they are glittering!The color of the matrix underneath is visible and offers the illusion of colored calcite!The matrix is free in one point and a small but superb adamite yellow crystals is exposed!No damage on this beauty!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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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