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Smithsonite & Aurichalcite

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Smithsonite & Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

A small but astounding open vug lined with beautiful bluish-green chatoyant spherical crystals of smithsonite. Some crystals are with rice like grain shape - a habit that is among the most desirable. In association are fibrous micro crystals of sky-blue aurichalcite. Very colorful piece with good luster and fresh velvet appearance.

Fantastic miniature!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
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