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Smithsonite & Fluorite

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Smithsonite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm
Description

Fine, translucent, botryoidal smithsonite on fluorite. The shapes of the fluorite faces can be seen as the smithsonite was deposited on them.

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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