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Smithsonite

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This cabinet-sized orange to cream coloured Smithsonite from the world-famous Tsumeb mine in Namibia presents a really unusual and fascinating form. Its very large rhombic crystals reach 1.8 cm on edge, but it is their rounded edges which really catches ones attention. Combined with its lovely resinous lustre it gives the appearance of having been drizzled over with wax. The whole specimen is Smithsonite, as an elongated crystal aggregate with its top surface in superb condition for display. Colour-zoning on some of the crystals makes a wonderfully characterful addition, further enhancing its charm.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.8 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Listed on08/02/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC30313

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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.