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Smithsonite

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This small miniature is composed of interconnected, euhedral, deep salmon pinkish-red Smithsonite crystals from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia. The crystals are translucent, yet often with quite transparent faces. Internal planes generate an inner metallic lustre with bright copper coloured reflections. The distinct colour of this lovely specimen suggests the presence of manganese rather than cobalt, so making it the variety Manganoan Smithsonite. A terrific miniature mounted on a square, clear acrylic base.

Product details

Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC16127

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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.