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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 6.5 × 3.4 cm
Description

Yellow smithsonite with white/colorless calcite from the Jean Baptiste mine. The color is unusually good for Lavrion and those hollowed spherical formations the smithsonite was deposited on, are interesting and unusual.

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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