AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Smithsonite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 82431 |
Mineral: | Smithsonite |
Locality: | Silver Bill Mine, Courtland-Gleeson District, Cochise County, Arizona |
Description: | Translucent greenish-blue smithsonite crystals in rounded aggregates, with powdery blue rosasite rosettes to 1 mm, in a cavity in brown matrix. The surfaces of the smithsonite has silky texture due to microscopic crystal faces. Ex. Miller collection T2502 |
Overall Size: | 28x24x20 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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