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Smithsonite On Fluorite & Quartz

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Smithsonite On Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

Smithsonite with fluorite is a very rare combination that most Lavrion collectors are looking for. The specimens at this seller page come from old finds in Sounion.

This is an  excellent example of greenish botryoidal smithsonite with very good luster & color, on fluorite that is covered with drusy quartz. The overall quality of this specimen is very good and it is also double sided with green botryoidal smithsonite on quartz at the back side as well.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White