Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Title
smithsonite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 70mm
Collection
Geoscience Australia R28798
Provenance
Latz, C.V.
Entry Type
Specimen TSNB502
Description
Sub-spherical intergrowths of composite, modified rhombs (to 21 mm) of gemmy, rose-pink smithsonite on a matrix of vuggy massive sulphide (exhiibits 1 and 2).
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 observed that Co (354 ppm), Mn (1006 ppm) and Ni (210 ppm) are all at levels that might contribute to colour formation.
Associated Minerals
(not assigned)