Smithsonite - image 1

Smithsonite

$1,400.00

VisaMastercardAmerican ExpressPayPalPayPal Pay In 4Discover·
  • $40.00 shipping
  • Seller offers an extended return window of up to 30 days
  • USAShips from USA

Crystal Classics
Crystal ClassicsFeatured
Tucson, Arizona, USA
7,543 for sale·132 sold
Very large miniature in size, this Smithsonite from Tsumeb mine features several very large individual crystals, the largest reaching 2 cm across. These are colourless to white which indicates that they are very pure - even just traces of other metals in their structure can result in very different colours. They present a very good rhombic form, but as is typical of Smithsonite the crystals frequently show naturally quite rounded edges. They have a great resinous, to slightly pearlescent lustre too and slightly dense feel, due to their zinc content. A really well crystallized classic Smithsonite from Tsumeb mine which is in excellent overall condition. Ex Hettrich Collection.

Product details

Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.6 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
Listed on01/17/2026
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC54224

Learn more

Smithsonite
Mineral guide
Learn about Smithsonite
ZnCO3 with botryoidal and crystalline forms, silky to vitreous luster, pastel hues from cobalt to yellow; localities boost collecting appeal.
Smithsonite
Regional guide
Smithsonite from Tsumeb, Namibia
is one of the defining collector minerals of Tsumeb: not merely because it is common there, but because Tsumeb turns a usually massive or botryoidal zinc carbonate into a locality signature mineral with uncommon crystal variety, depth of color, and association. Tsumeb smithsonite spans the familiar apple-greens and blue-greens of copper-bearing material, soft pink to violet-pink cobaltoan and manganoan-looking rhombs, yellow-brown and chocolate-brown iron-rich crystals, pale grey to white crusts, colorless to translucent rhombs, and rare red-pink material from the deeper oxidized workings. The best specimens combine sharp rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals with the sculptural mineralogical theater for which Tsumeb is famous: galena-rich sulfide matrix, sugary dolomite, black tennantite and pyrite ore, cerussite, mimetite, malachite, wulfenite, duftite, dioptase, and willemite.