Smithsonite (smelter product)
specimen number:
8602650
location:
Joplin area, Missouri, USA
description:
From time to time I have come across these in Midwestern mineral collections and labeled as natural smithsonite. This yellowish green botryoidal solid mass is definitely a smelter product. Interesting historical piece.
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