An OLD-TIME, classic and beautiful upright crust of lustrous, translucent, botryoidal, pink smithsonite from the famous Choix area of Mexico. The piece was mounted on styrofoam, a standard mounting medium in the 1950s and 60s. The backlit photo highlights the translucency of the smithsonite. Ex Richard Hauck Collection. 6.0 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm