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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Prismatic yellowish crystals of smithsonite with very good vitreous lustre. The specimen is completely free of damage.

From the Willy Israel collection, who bought it in Tsumeb in 1977.

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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