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Smithsonite On Fluorite

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Smithsonite On Fluorite

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Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Orange-brown smithsonite on contrasting pale purplish crystals of fluorite, a very unusual combination from Lavrion. The piece comes from a small lot that I acquired recently and there only is a very limited number or such specimens available.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

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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Greece
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Europe
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Rest of the World
14