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Mineral Specimens with Smithsonite
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7.6 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm. Intergrown, lustrous and translucent crystals of smoky-pink, smithsonite, to 1.0 cm across, are nestled in a curving vug on matrix. The color combo of the smoky phantoms inside pink cobaltian rich smithsonite is both unusual and very attractive. Aside from only the edge of the periphery, this piece is completely pristine. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
4.5 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm. Well formed rhombs of lustrous and translucent, ivory colored, smithsonite, to a relatively large 1.75 cm across, are perched on a matrix of willemite, in tan, drusy spheres. A lovely and aesthetic specimen of smithsonite. This is a superb display miniature specimen of exquisite balance. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
4.1 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm. Gemmy and glassy, greenish-blue crystals of smithsonite, to .5 cm across, are emplaced on a crust of blue-green, rosasite which sits on a white, limestone matrix. The combination is very colorful! Although the crystals are small, they are so impactful, so juicy and bright, that this style of smithsonite is to me the most beautiful here, if not the most significant for size, and separation, I'd usually want. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
3.9 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm. On a sliver of matrix sits a superb miniature featuring translucent, frosted, light yellow, smithsonite, with a large and translucent 3.5 cm crystal crossed by a smaller one. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
3.8 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm. Perched aesthetically on massive, black, ore are several crystals of lustrous and translucent, ivory colored smithsonite, to .5 cm across. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
10.2 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm. A sparkling, vivid green carpet of intergrown crystals of glassy and gemmy, forest green, cuprian smithsonite serves as the backdrop for what looks like sharp creatures floating in the sea of green... Nearly covering the cuprian smithsonite are twinned crystal clusters of reticulated cerussite with a stark white color, both lustrous and translucent. They are to 1.1 cm across. I can identify V-twins, reticulated complex growths, snowflake, twins, and cyclic twins all on the same specimen. A spectacular combination of species and colors! Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
5.2 x 4.9 x 2.7 cm. Massive, iridescent, black ore is the host for a cluster of pastel pink, lustrous and translucent crystals of cobaltoan smihsonite to 1.0 cm across. Super contrast of colors! The crystals are translucent and have an almost silky overall lustre to them. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
4.7 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm. Massive, dark gray, galena is the matrix for these crystals of lustrous, translucent, stony-beige crystals of smithsonite. The largest crystal is doubly terminated and measures a whopping 3.75 cm in length. The arrangement of smaller smithsonite crystals adjacent to the large one is quite pleasing to the eye. THIS IS A HUGE CRYSTAL for this particular habit, elongated and doubly-terminated, and thus overall quite significant. The crystal is REALLY FAT, and yet the whole thing is translucent. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
6.7 x 5.6 x 5.2 cm. This is a very unusual combination of mineral species, at Tsumeb or anywhere to my knowledge. Crudely formed copper crystals with a fine patina frame many intergrown crystals of lustrous and translucent, gemmy smithsonite, to 1 cm across. Several of the sharp smithsonite rhombohedra are included by copper, something I have not seen before in this habit. Copper is actually quite rare at Tsumeb, in native form. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
4.2 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm. Lustrous and translucent, pastel pink cobaltian smithsonite crystals. The dominant crystal measures 2.2 cm high (almost an INCH!) and 1.5 cm across. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
5.9 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm. Good Kelly Mine smithsonites are now hard to get, and very expensive. Here is a superb old-timer out of the Wm. Sanborn collection. Rather than being a rolling field of smithsonite, it is essentially a cluster of shimmering, silky botryoids. It has superb light blue color, but the luster here is the real star - it is just tops!
6.4 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm. Laurium specimens are prized by collectors and good ones are SO hard to come by. But here is a FINE smithsonite from this once rich locality that is not just a locality piece but actually a gorgeous smithsonite specimen - mostly because of the stunning SPARKLE of its caramel-colored crystals. The little white blooms are aragonite.
8.3 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm. An OLD-TIME and EXCELLENT Broken Hill specimen of glassy, colorless smithsonite scalenohedrons and rhombs RICHLY covering matrix from the Proprietary Mine. Definitey, old upper level material from the oxidized zone. VERY minimal damage, overall, on this showy piece, as you can see. Ex. J. Cilen and George Elling Collections.
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm. An excellent, old-time Berg Aukas smithsonite specimen. Lustrous, translucent, lightly etched, pastel-green smithsonite rhombs are attractively attached to matrix. Comes with three old labels: a Dr Tribbey label; another with a 1970 date; and an old Hansen’s Hut label.
7.0 x 6.1 x 4.2 cm. BEAUTIFUL! Botryoidal, pastel blue-green, frosted, lustrous and translucent smithsonite is nestled in a limonite matrix vug. The botryoids reach 7 mm across. A UTAH smithsonite that can hold its own with, and rival, the best from New Mexico or Mexico!? Who would’ve thought?
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