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CUPRIAN Smithsonite

$9,500.00

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A magnificent cabinet display specimen of tea-green to light sage-green druses of 1 mm Smithsonite crystals completely covering a 10 x 9 cm somewhat triangular display face. From the world-renowned Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag mine at Tsumeb in the Oshikoto Region (formerly Otjikoto Region) of Namibia, the smithsonite coats a snow-white micro-crystalline Calcite surface covering a matrix of orange-tan mixed Calcite and Dolomite. Under low magnification the Smithsonite can be seen to form rhombic dodecahedrons with tiny pentagonal faces; these catch the light to give an overall sparkling lustre to the specimen. This is an exceptional specimen of drusy Smithsonite from the Tsumeb mine, enhanced by its vivid yet delicate limey-green colour.

Product details

Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions8.1 x 10.4 x 8.0 cm
Listed on01/15/2026
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC17663

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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.