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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

A lovely specimen of 'duck-egg blue' smithsonite. Specimens from this locality come up less frequently these days and are consequently becoming more expensive. This is one of the less common colours. a nice display that sits on its own.

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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