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MD-40495
Smithsonite
Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attiki (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
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A CLASSIC, OLD-TIME, tow-toned, sea foam-green and light blue-gray, lustrous, translucent, botryoidal smithsonite on matrix from the famous, ancient mines at Laurium, Greece. These deposits were considered ancient by the Classical Greeks! This piece comes with a Dr. A.E. Foote label, a very well-known worldwide dealer, who died in 1895. Ex. J. Cilen Collection. 6.0 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm