AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Algeria > Smithsonite on Willemite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 76722 |
Mineral: | Smithsonite on Willemite |
Locality: | Djebel Nador, Constantine, Algeria |
Description: | Layered formations of transparent green smithsonite over an earlier generation of white willemite which is identifiable because it fluoresces under shortwave UV illumination. This smithsonite-willemite may be secondary mineralization at this mine. |
Overall Size: | 28x25x24 mm |
Crystals: | 0.5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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