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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Masua Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Weight: 
98.00gr
Description

Historic sample of the classic yellow Cadmium Smithsonite; this calamina is typical of Masua, filling karstic cavities with mammellonar and columnar growths.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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