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Smithsonite On Calcite

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TBM1063813

Smithsonite On Calcite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.50cm
Weight: 
156.00gr
Description

Very nice liver-red Smithsonite replacing a 65 mm high scalenohedral Calcite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White