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Smithsonite

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This cobalt-rich variety of Smithsonite, from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia, is a fine example because of its vivid bubble gum pink colour. Such Smithsonite has always been termed Cobaltian Smithsonite, but this name now appears to have fallen from favour and is simply labelled as Smithsonite with the added note of cobalt rich. The crystals average 1.5 cm wide and are translucent with internal paler pink cores. Transmitted light makes the internal zones glow, lending a metallic glint to the inner structure. The crystals sit on a narrow rib of Smithsonite included with dark metal sulphides. An eye-catching miniature cobalt rich Smithsonite from Tsumeb.\n

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.3 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC20292

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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.