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Mineral Specimens with Smithsonite
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A showy and excellent, two-sided specimen from Tsumeb of sparkly, yellow-green cadmium-rich smithsonite crystals on gray smithonite crystals. The backside actually has 3 layers of smithsonite blades, with crystals to 7 mm. Choice material from the Rob Smith Collection. 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
A shimmering, burnt-orange stalactite of smithsonite from the Tsumeb – an old piece out of the William Sanborn Collection. The stalactite consists of piled-up, translucent botryoidal deposits of smithsonite grown one atop another, and is very pretty! It is complete save for a tiny contact dimple in the top. 7.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Superb, rolling carpet of 3-dimensional smithsonite botryoids, on solid matrix. It is rare to have such thick, rich smithsonite, balls on solid rock matrix. Usually the thicker crusts in particular break off, and come free as specimens. This one has a pristine display face, although it is contacted on the periphery. This was a lot of money in 1969 for a contemporary , at-the-time-common mineral! 9.3 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm
VERY lustrous, sharp, translucent rhombs of pastel pink smithsonite piled up richly on matrix, from Tsumeb. 6.1 x 4.6 x 3.8cm
A large plate covered with glittery crystals of deep butterscotch smithsonite - from the Tsumeb locality that produced smithsonites in a dizzying array of hues. This ridge of matrix is crystallized on the back as well, indicating that it was exposed on both sides in the pocket. 11.1 x 6.5 x 4.6cm
Thick, 3-dimensional crystals to 2 cm. They perch smartly on a well-trimmed sulfide matrix. Ex Dr. Dick Webster, one of the founders of plastic surgery and a major mineral collector several decades ago. 3.6 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
This BIG plate of stunning bright pink botryoidal smithsonite has an almost wet-looking, iridescent luster! It is from recent mining at the classic locality of Choix, where some miners have gone back into the old workings and begun pulling out specimens, a very small percentage of which reaches this quality. Except for one very small bruise, all the damage is limited to the periphery (the normal stuff from the specimen’s removal from the pocket). This specimen is guaranteed to DAZZLE!! And imagine what a Kelly Mine smithsonite of this size and quality – certainly no prettier than this – would cost you! 15 x 10 x 4.5 cm
A super-lustrous, IRRIDESCENT, salmon-colored smithsonite from new mining at the classic Choix locality! 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm
Extremely glassy, beautiful, rich pink crystals with high lustre! choice thumb!. 2.2 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
GEMMY crystals of pink smithsonite on matrix, to over one centimeter. These gemmy crystals are growing on all sides of this small knob of matrix. 2.9 x 2.6 x 2.2cm
A couple of miners have gone back into the legendary 79 Mine and have been pulling out a trickle of the famous green smithsonite specimens from the mine!! This one features shimmering, deep green botryoidal smithsonite; there are some rough spots on the plate, but the majority of it is fine smithsonite with the distinctive 79 Mine look! 10.2 x 6.4 x 1.9cm
An old Glove Mine smithsonite, with superb luster, and a very attractive creamy-gray color. 7.1 x 5.2 x 2.3cm
A showy Tsumeb specimen of sparkly, light lime-green, botryoidal smithsonite richly covering gossan matrix with an attractive sprinkling of botryoidal malachite. The minor damage is certainly not very detracting from this excellent specimen. 6.5 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
juicy, translucent crystals with rich pink color, classic! 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
A totally unique piece like none I have ever seen before! This remarkable combo piece features cuprian smithsonite encrusting an odd extension of the adjoining reticulared cerussite, and then draping over parts of that crystal as well. Smaller reticulated, gemmy cerussites crowd in at the junction. I think this represents several stages of cerussite growth, actually, in that the smithsonite replaced one generation and habit, but NOT the other which came along in part after the smithsonite casting was done (since little retic cerus nest in the junction - see below). It may have pseudomorphed that vertical extension, as that portion seems all smithsonite and not cerussite. It is a replacement or a cast, at the very least, of that second habit of cerussite. It is extremely odd in appearance, and you just sort of hold it and say "what the heck happened here", but it is very aesthetic as well. Complete and displayable from all sides with just the tiniest of edge wear. 7.7 x 5.4 x 3.6 cm
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