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Smithsonite & Gypsum

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Smithsonite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 5.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Nice specimen of brown smithsonite with very good luster on calcite matrix. The gypsum association is very unusual and adds to the specimen.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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