Description
Smithsonite, a blue-green mamelonne mineral on nicely crystallized white smithsonite.
Harvested from the ancient Laurion mines in Greece.
The Laurion mining massif is located in southern Attica, Greece, and was mainly known in antiquity for its silver mines.
It was re-exploited in the 19th century by the Compagnie française des mines du Laurion.
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