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Smithsonite with Bayldonite (1389)

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Wonderful combination specimen from this famous locality with sharp crystals of smithsonite slightly translucent and measuring to 0.7 cm in size across the front of matrix with green crystals of bayldonite. This is in very good condition with just slight cleaving present. The specimen comes with a series of previous labels, including one from the collection of Arnold Goldstein. The specimen was on display at the 2026 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

Product details

Species
Smithsonite, BayldoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.5 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Added on03/11/2026
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2026Unknown Owner$1,500.00
—Weinrich MineralsNot disclosed

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Smithsonite
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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.