Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Title
smithsonite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 94mm
Collection
Geoscience Australia R28025
Provenance
Latz, C.V.
Entry Type
Specimen TSNB497
Description
Sharp, colourless rhombs of smithsonite (to 12 mm) intergrown over a sulphide matrix that consists mainly of galena.
The specimen is from the collection of Clement Victor Latz which was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in 1976.
The specimen has been analysed by EMPA-WDS and LA-ICP-MS as part of a study of the causes of colour in smithsonite (Weall 2023; Southwood et al. 2025) who hypothesised that likely chromophore elements are present in insufficient quantity, either individually or in combination, to colour the mineral. Analytical data is presented in Exhibit 2.
Associated Minerals
galena
