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Smithsonite

$7,500.00

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The Tsumeb mine in Namibia has produced smithsonite specimens in just about every color and crystal form, and the locality is almost universally-acknowledged as having produced the world’s best examples of the species. This large, impressive specimen features lustrous, translucent pink cobaltoan smithsonite crystals which form highly aesthetic large rhombs on matrix. This fine Tsumeb smithsonite is in excellent condition and displays nicely from multiple orientations. The largest smithsonite crystal is nearly 2.5 cm which is quite large for cobaltoan smithsonite at Tsumeb. Sits on a custom acrylic base for display. Classic!

Product details

Species
SmithsoniteAbout Smithsonite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions7.2 x 11.0 x 8.3 cm
Listed on09/25/2025
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKU46286

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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.