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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Several brownish spheres of smithsonite, a few with a light layer and some additional spheres with pale green color - three different colors of smithsonite on just one specimen. The piece is developed as floater and in fine condition all around.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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