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Smithsonite

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We all know about the diversity of Smithsonite colours and crystal forms from Tsumeb mine, but sometimes an unusual habit crops up which peaks ones attention. This large miniature to smaller cabinet sized Smithsonite is one such interesting piece. Forming a somewhat angular specimen, fragments of chalky-white Dolomitized limestone are thickly coated with large Smithsonite crystals. These crystals display a subdued by noticeable colour zoning from pale orange to cream but it is their shape which is intriguing. They are rhombic in form, but the rhombs are quite flattened and with uneven stepped crystal faces. Most of the crystals are over 6 mm across, but many reach 1.4 cm which makes them quite visible. They all show a wonderful pearlescent lustre making for a very charming display. A very fine Tsumeb Smithsonite. Ex Weyand collection.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.2 x 6.7 x 5.1 cm
Listed on09/20/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC52438

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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.