Smithsonite, Calcite
Antler Mine, Pine Peak, Hualapai Mining District, Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
9.4 x 6.0 x 4.9 cm. Monheimite is the rare Fe-bearing variety of smithsonite. Mineral specimens from the former, obscure copper-zinc Antler Mine of Mohave County, Arizona, are very uncommon and very rarely available. This striking and perhaps unique pseudomorph is composed solidly of bubbly, botryoidal, translucent, honey-brown, tiny monheimite ...
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