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Smithsonite & Adamite

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Smithsonite & Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 9.5 × 5.4 cm
Description

Large and cool specimen with translucent, botryoidal smithsonite on mostly blue crystals of adamite. The piece is mostly covered with smithsonite but on the areas where the smithsonite has blue color, this is due to strong-blue adamite crystals underneath. In some areas, the adamite is visible and free of the smithsonite. Complex form.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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