A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Smithsonite and hydrozincite from Inyo County, California |
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| Description | Smithsonite, ZnCO3 (zinc carbonate) can be just about any color and is often quite spectacular. Here it is nondescript gray. Smithsonite often grows in layers as it precipitates from water; it may have a botryoidal (grape-like) appearance. The white and yellow material in this specimen is hydrozincite, Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 which is a hydrated equivalent of smithsonite. This specimen is 8 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Inyo County |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #738. |
| Key words | hydrozincite, smithsonite, California |
| Tech details | 557 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 832 |
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