Smithsonite from selected localities.
USA | |
| Mineralogical Record, v. 28, no. 1, 1997 |
| Stuart Weller, Charles Butts, Louis W. Currier, Rollin D. Salisbury (1920) The geology of Hardin County, and the adjoining part of Pope County Illinois Geological Survey Bull. 41 |
| Mineralogical Record (1997) 28:3-49 |
| Smithsonite: Think Zinc (2010) Extra Lapis English No. 13 | |
| Alan Goldstein | |
| U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.; Fluorspar deposits of Kentucky By Ferdinand Julius Fohs; Min News (1988) 4:8 pp 3-4 | |
| Ross Lillie remembers these from Perry and Anne Bynum, collected in 1963. Lillie worked at the mines and is considered a leading expert. Held back until August 2015. Easy to identify, and have been tested he says. | |
| U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.; Mineralogical Record (1997) 28:3-49 |
Hastie's Quarry, Spar Mountain, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA