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Smithite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Nice red wine smithite crystals on dolomite matrix. Associated minerals are dufrenoysite and rutil. Smithite in crystals is very rare at Lengenbach
The number of confirmed smithite specimens from Lengenbach was only 121 ! (from the book Faszination Lengenbach, 2008)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithite

Formula: 
AgAsS2
Strunz: 
2.GC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals.
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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