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Smithsonite

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A pure, 1 to 1.5 cm thick bed of cream coloured Smithsonite is coated in slightly darker, beige-coloured stacked lenticular crystals with the classic resinous, to pearlescent lustre for which Smithsonite is renowned. Although not as colourful as some of the Smithsonite from Tsumeb mine, this presents a quite different crystal habit and has the feel of a substantial specimen. With support, this thinner, plate-like specimen, stands up nicely with a good size surface area on display. Individually, the crystals extend to about 7 mm across. Ex Hettrich Collection.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions11.4 x 7.7 x 3.0 cm
Listed on04/11/2026
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC54638

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Smithsonite
Mineral guide
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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.