Smithsonite - image 1
Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil

Smithsonite

Do you know Marty Zinn?

Invite them to claim this profile and join EarthWonders.

Sign in to invite
Help improve this record

No owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

Sign in to contribute
Smithsonite, 5.3 cm, 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. Jeff Scovil photo.

Product details

SpeciesSmithsonite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.3 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Arizona, 79 Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Private Mineral Collections In Texas page 178
Current owner
Marty Zinn

Added by the community · Not a registered member

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 79 Mine, Arizona, USA
from 79 Mine, Arizona — apple to green botryoidal and crusted specimens prized for color, texture, and oxidized-zone locality in Gila County.
Locality guide
79 Mine
79 Mine, Arizona — classic oxidized Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag locality near Hayden, famed for pastel smithsonite, blue hemimorphite, wulfenite, and aurichalcite; highly coll…