Smithsonite on Coronadite Stalactite
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Smithsonite stalactite D.27965. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 2 x 17 x 6 cm. Registered 1927. D.27965. George Smith Collection.
Image: John Chapman
© Mineralogical Society of New South Wales
© Mineralogical Society of New South Wales
These small, sugary, white smithsonite crystals are encrusting branching stalactites of coronadite (lead, manganese oxide).
This specimen and the one opposite are typical examples from the oxidised zone of the Broken Hill orebody.
Specimen details
Origin
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size
2 x 17 x 6 cm
Date
Registered 1927
Collection number
D.27965
Collection
George Smith Collection
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