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Mixed Minerals

Sunday, 20 November 2022 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Mixed Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including metatorbernite, and smithsonite and more from places like Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari prov., Sardinia, Italy, and Kelly mine, Socorro Co., New Mexico, United States.

Metatorbernite

#AH59752
Locality
Arcu su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari prov., Sardinia, Italy 
Formula
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2
Availability
Available
Price
$25.00
Size
4 x 3 x 2.5 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
phosphate , copper  

Tiny, less than 0.5mm, tabular green Torbernite crystals.


Metatorbernite

Formula
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Adamantine 
Color
light green, dark green 
Streak
light green 
Class
Tetragonal - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
2.5 
Collection
Arnold G Hampson Collection

Smithsonite

#59538
Locality
Kelly mine, Socorro Co., New Mexico, United States 
Formula
ZnCO3 
Availability
Available
Price
$75.00
Size
4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
carbonate  

Light blue shimering Smithsonite. Excellent miniature from this hard-to-obtain lcoality.


Smithsonite

Formula
ZnCO3 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Botryoidal, Reniform, Earthy 
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, Perfect 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
grayish white, dark gray, green, blue, yellow 
Streak
white 
Class
Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
4.5 

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