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Smithsonite On Celestine On Fluorite

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Smithsonite On Celestine On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Description

An outstanding specimen with unique aesthetics, consisting of fibrous light blue celestine that grew on transparent cubes of fluorite. The surface is richly spotted by lustrous smithsonite crystals of caramel brown colour that are mostly isolated and develop a "rice grain" style habitus.

Ex. P.Van Hal collection, acquired in 1999.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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