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Smithsonite

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There are many forms and colours of Smithsonite that occur at Tsumeb mine. This small cabinet specimen displays a rich, dense aggregate of curved, rounded crystal aggregates of a pale pink colour. The crystals are composed of many smaller crystals that give the impression of something akin to fish-scales. The crystals show the classic, greasy lustre of Smithsonite with patches of orange, iron-rich inclusions. A lovely example of Smithsonite from Tsumeb mine, possibly slightly cobalt-rich based on the colour. From John Schneider's famous Tsumeb collection.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC15751

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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.