Specimen #782
Name: Zincite (man-made)
Type: Mineral
Locality: Silesia, Poland
Favorite? Y
Fluorescent? N
Size: 9.5 x 3 x 2 cm
Weight: 109
Acquired: 2008-08-27
Source: John Betts
Label: Y
Comment: weight w/stand. Neon-orange transparent zincite crystals with lustrous faces and mounted to an acrylic base for display. These zincite crystals are supposedly recovered from the chimney walls at the zinc smelter. Hard to obtain now because they are used in metaphysics. No damage. Ex. Robert C. Lambert #199. Overall size of mineral specimen: 9.5x3x2 cm. Size of individual crystals: 1-95 mm.
Minerals: Zincite ((Zn,Mn)O)
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