Smithsonite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Carbonate
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Density
- Heavy (3.2 to 5)
- Occurs in
- Ore veins
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- White, Yellow, Green, Blue
- Lustre
- Glassy, Pearly
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Smithsonite is named after James Smithson, the English chemist whose bequest founded the Smithsonian Institution.
- Smithsonite is an ore of zinc, and old miners once confused it with other zinc minerals under the name calamine.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q152400 · All stones · All entries