Smithsonite after Calcite
specimen number:
1653487
location:
Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England, UK
description:
Crystals of what were once calcite measuring to 1.5 cm in size now replaced by crystallized smithsonite. Many of these are hollow casts the calcite completely gone. A later generation of crystallized fluorite is present.
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