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Smithite vs Smythite - What's the difference?

smithite | smythite |

In mineralogy terms the difference between smithite and smythite

is that smithite is a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, silver, and sulfur while smythite is a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral pinkish cream mineral containing iron, nickel, and sulfur.

smithite

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, silver, and sulfur.

    • References

    * Smithite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Smithite.shtml]

    smythite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral pinkish cream mineral containing iron, nickel, and sulfur.

    • References

    * Smythite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Smythite.shtml]