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Monteponite & Smithsonite

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Monteponite & Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

my best sample of this rare specie featuring a vug filled with hundreds of yellow-brown balls of monteponite with colourless rhoms of smithsonite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monteponite

Formula: 
CdO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Smithsonite

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