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Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8 × 4 cm
Weight: 
209.00gr
Description

An interesting old 'Galmei' specimen (an old german synonym for smithsonite and/or hemimorphite) - a brownish-beige crust of globular galmei crystals on larger rhombohedral crystals of calcite or siderite.

From old Dr. Krantz stock, comes with antique label in old german script dated around 1900.

Interestingly, the locality given on the label 'Tetiuhe Ostsibirien' refers to modern Dalnegorsk!
The historical name used around 1900 in connection with mining, which is very similar to the name “Tetiuhe,” was Tetyukhe (or Tetjuche, Russian: Тетю́хе). Background and mining history:
Historical name (until 1972): The settlement and the river were called Tetyukhe. As part of a large wave of name changes in the Primorye region that took place after the Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969, Tetyukhe was renamed Dalnegorsk (“Mountain of the Far East”) in 1972. The town is located in the Primorsky Krai region in the Far East of Russia, about 300 kilometers northeast of Vladivostok.
Mining around 1900: The history of modern mining in Tetyukhe began at the end of the 19th century. The deposits were discovered in 1897, and mining of lead, zinc, and silver ores began shortly thereafter by German entrepreneurs.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

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

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