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Italy, Sardegna,
Medio Campidano prov.,
Montevecchio mine
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Smithsonite
Orange rice grain, biterminated, on baryte. This kind of smithsonite, coming from the Iglesiente area, is called
monheimite;
the name (not a IMA valid one) seems to refer to an intermediate form
between smithsonite and siderite
8.5x5cm
Montevecchio mine, Arbus, Medio-Campidano. Italy
Specimen n.660
Another photo: a
bigger view
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Cerussite after phosgenite
Elongated XX of phosgenite replaced by cerussite. Not uncommon formation
in Montevecchio and Monteponi mines
7x5.5cm
Montevecchio mine, Arbus, Medio-Campidano. Italy
Specimen n.105
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Anglesite
Pale green XX of anglesite, well shaped, partially coated with iron oxides, on
a limonite matrix. Max edge is 0.9cm
6x8.5cm
Montevecchio mine, Arbus, Medio-Campidano.
Specimen n.682
Another photo: bigger
view
Another photo: entire
piece
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Cerussite
White intersecting cerussite XX up to 2 cm
long on matrix
4.5X4cm
Montevecchio mine, Arbus, Medio-Campidano. Italy
Specimen n.313
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Cerussite
White elongated XX up to 1.5cm, in a cavity of mineralized matrix; the
cavity area is 4x6 cm wide
9X8cm
Montevecchio mine, Arbus, Medio-Campidano. Italy
Specimen n.392
Another photo:
bigger view
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