A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Botryoidal smithsonite |
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| Description | This sample of smithsonite comes from an unknown location in Montana. It precipitated from water, giving it the botryoidal (grape like) appearance you see here. Smithsonite, ZnCO3, is a minor zinc ore mineral. There are few other minerals that can have this green color or habit; prehnite is the only relatively common one. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2001-06-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #717. |
| Key words | smithsonite, Montana |
| Tech details | 624 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera. |
| GeoDIL number | 902 |
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