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Monheimite & Chalcedony

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Description
Locality: 
San Valentín Quarry, Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
24.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of crystals of this rare variety of smithsonite called monhemite on chalcedony and greenalite matrix which was the typical ore of the blue mantles from this famous Spanish deposit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monheimite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

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