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Smithsonite

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Dark smoky, rhombic Smithsonite crystals envelope an elongated rib of carmine-red coloured granular Smithsonite that forms the matrix beneath. The rhombic crystals are typically 1.1 cm on edge and form an interpenetrant jumble of dark glassy crystals with a somewhat greasy lustre. Examined close-to, each rhomb has a deep root beer smoky core framed by dark chocolaty edges. The latter is more likely the effect of colour intensity along the crystal edges rather than physical colour concentration. No matter what the cause, this is a superb Smithsonite of exemplary colour and crystal habit from Tsumeb.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.0 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC18857

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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.