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Smithsonite

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An off-matrix cluster of glassy, pale flesh-pink, sharp-edged and terminated Smithsonite crystals from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia. The largest crystal measures 1.4 cm along each edge and stands erect with a perfectly terminated corner of the rhombohedron forming the apex of the specimen. A beautiful miniature Smithsonite with a slightly waxy lustre from Tsumeb.

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Species

SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →

SizeMiniature

Dimensions2.8 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm

Listed on10/24/2024

Locality

Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →

SKUCC16023

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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

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.