AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Smithsonite with Calcite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 56050 |
Mineral: | Smithsonite with Calcite |
Locality: | Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent white rhombohedral smithsonite crystals to 0.5 mm with translucent colorless bladed calcite crystals to 10 mm on brown matrix. The smithsonite crystals are transparent with white phantom internal zones. |
Overall Size: | 4.5x3.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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