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MD-239942
Smithsonite, Calcite
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miniature, 5.0 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
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A really sparkling and unusual replacement from this locality. I have seen many other smithsonite pseudomorphs of calcite from here over the years, all of them that I can recall a sort of dull brown or rusty color. This, however, from a new find, is sparkling as if covered by fine grains of sugar. the color in person is beige/tan. It is opaque. The 3-dimensionality is really nice, as the crystals sit atop a knoll of galena-rich rock matrix. From a small find of June 2009.