Smithsonite

  
 
  
Smithsonite with aurichalcite
 
  
Origin: 79 mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Sample size: top 4 x 3 x 2 cm, middle 4 x 3 x 2 cm, bottom 3.8 x 2 x 2 cm
 
 
  
Origin: Kelly mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA
Sample size: left about 2 cm, right about 1.5 cm
 
  
Bottryoidal smithonite
Origin: Decora, Sinoloa, Mexico
Sample size: 7 x 4 x 5 cm
 
     
Origin: Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 1 cm (left), 4 x 2 x 2 cm (middle), 2.5 x 2 cm x 6 mm (right)
 
  
 
  
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: top 4 x 3 x 2 cm, crystals 4 mm, bottom 4 x 3 x 2 cm, crystals to 1.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Cobaltian smithsonite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Carlton Davis & Sussman Collections
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.25 cm
 
     
Cuprian smithsonite
  
  
Cuprian smithsonite with rosasite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Carlton Davis & Sussman Collections
Sample size: 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (top), 3.75 x 2.5 x 2 cm (middle/bottom)
 
  
Cuprian smithsonite
Origin: 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona
Sample size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Cobaltian smithsonite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

 

Transparent Smithsonite clusters to 3 mm on a coronadite needle
Origin: Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: 25 mm cluster
Sample owner: Vic Cloete
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Vic Cloete 

 

  
 
  
Smithsonite pseudomorph after saddle-shaped dolomite crystals
Origin: Rush, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm (top), 5.3 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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