Pink Smithsonite

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One of the finest of its style I have seen, this is a piece with translucency, color, AND 3-dimensional form: Bubbly looking spheres of satiny luster, translucent, rich pinkish-purple smithsonite have formed in a beautiful abstract and sculptural shape here. The largest sphere measures 1 cm across. I don't know if the lovely color has ever been attributable to a cobalt or manganese enrichment, from this locale - but they have historically been considered among the most beautiful smithsonites. Pinks of this intensity have only been seen rarely over the years, and this piece would be from a time prior to the 1980s. It displays magnificently either vertical or horizontal. We have seen MANY hundreds of flat plates of this material, of varying qualities. The photos if anythign here, downplay hwo this stands up to and surpasses the vast majority.