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Smithsonite & Adamite

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Smithsonite & Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 4.9 × 4.5 cm
Description

Here is an interesting specimen from the 2014 find. There is a layer of blue adamite crystals on marble matrix but it is covered with colorless, botryoidal smithsonite. The result is that the untrained eye will perceive this as a bluish smithsonite but it is a colorless, botryoidal smithsonite on rich blue, sparkling crystals on adamite!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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