Cobaltian Smithsonite

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I must admit that most of the botryoidal pink smithsonite from Sinaloa leaves me generally unimpressed. Not so for this very aesthetic specimen which features many discrete spherical crystal aggregates of lustrous, translucent, rich pink, smithsonite, to 1.2 cm across, which contrasts beautifully with the black matrix. The crystals are there, if rounded. It is not botryoidal as you first think looking at it. It is very unusual and comes from a smaller mine, nearby to the more productive Choix Mine, from which we see more typical flat plates of smithsonite. This is definitely a different beast! Formerly in the world class collection of Martin Zinn.