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Monheimite & Quartz

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Monheimite & Quartz

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Valentín Quarry, Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of crystals of this rare variety of smithsonite called monhemite on a group of quartz crystals on greenalite matrix which was the typical ore of the blue mantles from this famous Spanish deposit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monheimite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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