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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Agrileza Mines, Sounion, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 2.7 cm
Description

Olive green, lustrous, translucent, rounded crystals of smithsonite on brown matrix. These kind of smithsonite specimens were found many years ago, over 25 years ago. It is a very rare smithsonite variety and is unique in the quality of crystallization they have. They are classified in the best and rare quality of the Smithsonite type. But this piece comes from a new find in October 2020 where this type of smithsonite was re-found.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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