smithsonite

TSNB502
Specimen
Latz, C.V.
Exhibit 1. Smithsonite; 70 mm.
Exhibit 1. Smithsonite; 70 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. Analytical data; smithsonite.
Exhibit 2. Analytical data; smithsonite.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Specimen Title

smithsonite

Associated Minerals

(not assigned)

Principal Mineral

Smithsonite

Size

Cabinet; 70mm

Provenance

Latz, C.V.

Collection

Geoscience Australia; R28798

Entry Number

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.