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Smithsonite & Calcite

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Smithsonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Nice specimen with pastel bluish-greenish, thick smithsonite and a cute group of calcite crystals on it. There seems to be some etching on the piece but nothing that detracts. The smithsonite is translucent and glows when backlit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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