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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Thick smithsonite crystal, up to 19 mm in size, of a pink colour with some faces coloured brown-red, on a matrix of massive sulphides.

Acquired in 1977, it is an Ex. Roger Gnat specimen.

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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