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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Sheshodonnell, The Burren, County Clare, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A great example of very rare yellow cadmium smithsonite from probably the best smithsonite locality in the British Isles. The waste tips at the locality have now been bulldozed down the mine shaft, So no new material will be appearing on the market. This specimen has much better developed than normal (for the locality) botryoidal surfaces surrounding a core of fluorite matrix.

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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