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Smithsonite v. Manganoan

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A classic and large example of manganoan smithsonite from the world-famous Tsumeb Mine. Of all the smithsonite varieties and colors found at Tsumeb, the manganoan variety is probably the rarest and most desirable. From a very limited find in the 1980s. Includes custom base.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.5 x 6.0 x 9.5 cm
Listed on04/03/2026
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKU75725

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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.