Smithsonite
Formula | ZnCO3 |
Origin | Kelly Mine, New Mexico (USA) |
Description | pink smithsonite |
Classification (Lapis) | Carbonates |
Crystal System | trigonal |
Hardness | 4,0 – 4,5 |
Colour | white, pale gray, dark gray, pale brown, brown, more rarely pale shades of red, pink, orange, yellow, green, apple-green, emerald-green, blue, bluish gray |
Streak | white |
Luminescence | green, blue-white |
Luster | vitreous |
Transparency (Opacity) | translucent |
Cleavage | perfect |
Fracture | uneven to conchoidal |
Magnetism | negative |
Geological Setting | a secondary mineral formed in the oxidized zone of zinc-bearing deposits and replacing adjacent carbonate rocks |
Specific Gravity | 4,43 g/cm3 |