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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: 
7.4 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

I really love this kind of Lavrion smithsonite. It has a perfect, natural luster, quite a big mass in the smithsonite's crystalline botryoids and good contrast with the matrix. You cannot find such values on most of the smithsonites from Greece, but some collectors think that if it is not blue/green it is not good. I beg to differ and state that this is great smithsonite. This particular specimen is quite rich and the smithsonite has different pastel color tones as seen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

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