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Smithsonite & Calcite

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Smithsonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.9 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Lustrous, yellowish, botryoidal smithsonite with wonderful formations of crystallized calcite on them. A fine smithsonite from the mine.

ex. Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos collection.

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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