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Smithsonite With Calcite & Malachite

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Locality: 
Nerchinsk, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 7 × 4 cm
Weight: 
197.00gr
Description

A lawn of white, blocky smithsonite crystals together with button-shaped calcite crystals on matrix. Under magnification, one can see tiny green balls of malachite perched on the smithsonite and calcite.

From old Dr. Krantz stock, somes with weathered label. The label means: 'Galmey auf Nertschinsk mit Kalkspat und Kunpfergrün'

Galmey is an old synonym for smithsonite or hemimorphite
Kalkspath is an old synonym for calcite
Kupfergrün is an old synonym for malachite or chrysocolla

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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