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Cuprian Smithsonite

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Cuprian Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very old specimen from the Robert Whitmore collection. Blue, lustrous botryoidal smithsonite specimen, with smithsonite covering both sides of the piece. The smithsonite layers are unusually thick and the piece is very large for blue Lavrion smithsonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Smithsonite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)CO3