SMITHSONITE ZnCO3 (trigonal) . waxy translucent botryoidal . Kelly Mine, New Mexico .

菱鋅礦 晶体多作細小菱形表面彎曲，亦作葡萄狀，鐘乳狀，結殼狀．硬度 4 - 4.5，其特有的臘狀光澤∼ melted wax glowing under a candle flame ∼讓眾多收藏者垂涎．常見 apple green, blue-green, lavender, purple, yellow and white 等色彩．重要產地∼Tsumeb, Namibia and the Broken Hill Mine in Zambia; the Kelly Mine, ; Idaho and Arizona, USA; Mexico; Laurion, Greece．
本礦外觀呈檸檬綠葡萄狀，若真有礦物大餐的話，甜點部份非它莫屬！

經典名礦欣賞 ．２．３．４．５
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