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Zinc, Smithsonite


Zinc, Smithsonite

Photo Copyright © Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Locality: Bagui village, Bafing river, Guinea
Field of view is 2x3 mm. Small nuggets of native Zinc covered by crystalline crusts of white sugar-like Smithsonite. They were extracted from a heavy concentrate of a gold placer. Material was uplifted from borehole from about 30 m depth. Collected by Oleg Khotylev. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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Photo added: 23rd Nov 2005



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