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Smithsonite

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A wonderful specimen of tan smithsonite from the world-famous Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. The mine produced arguably the world’s finest smithsonites, and the variety of shapes, sizes, and colors is immense. This specimen features dozens of sharp crystals which got their color from iron and possibly minor cadmium. A fine example in great condition, with only minor damage to a few terminations. The most prominent crystals are sharp and clean.

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Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions4.0 x 7.0 x 10.0 cm
Listed on09/25/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKU75875

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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.