Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
smithsonite (w. galena)
Associated Minerals
galena
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 63mm
Provenance
Smith, A.G.
Collection
Geoscience Australia ; R35750
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB454
Description
Modified rhombohedral crystals (to 12 mm) of dark, toffee-brown smithsonite, on a plate of sulphide ore which includes some well-developed crystals of galena (at the right-hand margin of the image in Exhibit 1). The smithsonite appears to have grown both displacively in the oxidising sulphide ore and as free-standing crystals.
The specimen is from the collection of A. Glen Smith, which was donated to National Museum of Australia in 1982 and is now housed at Geoscience Australia, in Canberra.
