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Adamite & Smithsonite

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Adamite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 8 × 6.1 cm
Description

Sparkling green crystals of adamite, mixed with botryoidal smithsonite. The smithsonite has some interesting white lining on it.The whole piece is actually a big part of a small vug. It is undamaged, with the inevitable peripheral contacts as the vug had to opened in order to reveal the beauty within.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Smithsonite

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

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