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Smithsonite & Hemimorphite

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Smithsonite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #6, Agrileza, Sounion, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

Gorgeous sample!

Green smithsonite with tinny colorless hemimorphite 'stars'. Some smithsonite crystals have smaller crystals of a second generation.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania