COBALTOAN Smithsonite pseudomorph after Cerussite - image 1
COBALTOAN Smithsonite pseudomorph after Cerussite - image 2
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COBALTOAN Smithsonite pseudomorph after Cerussite

$12,500.00

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Not only are Smithsonite pseudomorphs after Cerussite rare, but when you get pink, Cobaltoan Smithsonite pseudomorphing Cerussite then it becomes really special. This magnificent specimen from Tsumeb mine is not only colourful, spectacular and rare, but it also has presence too. It is a fairly large thin plate consisting of intergrown upright, but interlocking, 'blades' of soft pink Smithsonite encrusted pseudomorphs after Cerussite. The encrusting Smithsonite crystals are small (2 to 3 mm in size) but are really well formed and have an exceptional 'wet' lustre and are free from damage. At small cabinet size it displays supremely well and will elevate most Tsumeb collections or displays to the next level. Ex Somerville collection.

Product details

Species
Smithsonite, CerussiteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.2 x 9.7 x 2.2 cm
Listed on07/12/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC26229

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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.