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Mineral Specimens with Smithsonite
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5.1 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm. Many collectors do not know that Touissit has now and then turned out a trickle of really pretty smithsonites. They are almost always microcrystalline and botryoidal in form - but this very uncommon one has distinct crystals with glassy luster. The color, however, is the familiar pretty olive color that is characteristic of this locality.
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm. A showy Tsumeb specimen of glassy, pastel-pink smithsonite rhombs richly covering a nice, 3-dimensional, box-work matrix.
5.3 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm. An aesthetic, two-sided crust richly draped with lustrous, brown smithsonite scalenohedrons to 0.9 cm from Tsumeb. The edge view is particularly rich and unexpected.
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm. Discrete, highly lustrous, yellow-green bromian chlorargyrite crystals nicely scattered in a vug lined with lustrous, colorless to gray smithsonite botryoids from old Broken Hill, Australia. This is a rare member of the group of related silver chlorides from Broken Hill, and hard to obtain today in good crystals. These were mined in the 1940s mostly (with perhaps a trickle coming out later in the 60s ?). This specimen has EXTREMELY sharp, well-formed, discrete crystals, with superb lustre. An excellent combination specimen. Ex. Marty Zinn Collection # 2210.
11.2 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm. The bark-like matrix of iron-rich coronadite here is covered with a rich druse of lozenge-shaped, doubly-terminated little light dove-grey crystals of smithsonite. The smithsonites cover the matrix all the way around, and on top and bottom - it was obviously loose in the pocket, allowing the crystals to grow all over it. Classic Broken Hill locality! Ex. William Hiss Collection.
7.5 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm. A SPECTACULAR and AESTHETIC Santa Eulalia pseudomorph specimen of large, isolated, translucent, olive-green smithsonite after calcite crystals to 2.7 cm and beautifully accented by tiny quartz and pyrite crystals. This superb piece is pristine and is beautifully constructed.
10.8 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm. Recently, miners went back into works at the classic Choix locality and pulled out a trickle of specimens of the BEST quality of the old ones, in hues of pink, blue and purple. This one combines two distinct hues – lavender and pink! It has quite a pretty luster as well.
7.7 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm. An OLD-TIME, showy combination specimen of lustrous, tan smithsonite crystals coating lustrous and translucent, lavender fluorite cubes to 1.7 cm on massive galena matrix from the Kentucky portion of the famous and now extinct Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District. SELDOM are Kentucky combo pieces of this quality and size available on the market. Very good 3-dimensionality. Essentially pristine, with only trivial periphery bruising. Ex. George Elling Collection.
6.0 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm. Luscious, wet-look, light blue smithsonite in a thick rind around a fragment of silicified limestone forms this GORGEOUS specimen from the famed Kelly Mine. This is one of the top Kelly blue colors and the translucent wet-look is simply outstanding. Ex. Gerald Herfurth Collection.
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm. Glassy, transparent, tan smithsonite rhombs to 1.1 cm cover both sides of the mounded matrix and this showy and excellent Tsumeb specimen. The largest crystals are nicely perched along the crest of this piece.
9.8 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm. A sculptural and aesthetic, curved tiara-like specimen of glassy, tan smithsonite rhombs solidly covered the matrix crust with a few cerussite crystals from Tsumeb. There is one twinned cerussite on the lower left in the front and four isolated cerussites on the back. Ex. William Hiss Collection.
16.5 x 13.4 x 4.3 cm. From one of the most classic Colorado localities, we have a great secondary ore association specimen. This piece features coating of green blue botryoidal Rosasite coating greyish color Smithsonite on and layered, three-dimensional matrix. There are also micro sparkling Cerussite crystals on the Rosasite, making it a great secondary ore association specimen. Ex. Kosnar Collection.
12.0 x 8.3 x 5.0 cm. A richly covered and showy Tsumeb CABINET combination specimen. The 1.2 cm, upright, gemmy, smoky cerussite set in the lower vug really makes this piece. The vugs are lined with lustrous, pearlescent, off-white smithsonite rhombs to 1.2 and light sea-green, botryoidal willemite. Ex. George Elling Collection.
9.5 x 7.4 x 4.2 cm. A large specimen of sparkly, moss-green smithsonite from one of the greatest mineral localities ever. The display face of this specimen is covered with this glittering smithsonite - in places, taking on finger-like stalactitic forms, and in fact showing pretty relief/3-dimensionality across the whole specimen rather than being flat and boring. Beautiful!
5.2 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm. Chatoyant and very dramatic bundles of green and black, acicular primary malachite crystals aesthetically placed on smithsonite-coated matrix on this VERY FINE and UNCOMMON specimen from the famous Emke Mine at Onganja, Namibia. Ex. Ed Ruggiero Collection, who purchased this excellent combo piece from Pala Properties in July, 1975.
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