Mineral: Olivenite coating Goethite after Calcite
Locality: Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece
Dimensions: 9.5 x 12.5 x 5 cm

Description: Mass: 528 g MIM number: 1410 Probable year of extraction : 1997 Green spherules carpeting gray calcite scalenohedrons pseudomorphed into goethite. Photographer: MIM Museum Publications: "Lapis Jg,24 #7/8: Jul-Aug 1999", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés", "Griechenland Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany)

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