Smithsonite

TSNB842
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Smithsonite; 185 mm.
Exhibit 1. Smithsonite; 185 mm.
Image Credit: James Elliott photo; courtesy of Fine Minerals International

Specimen Title

Smithsonite

Principal Mineral

Smithsonite

Size

Cabinet; 185mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone (?)

Collection

Trinchillo, D.; Fine Minerals International #04729

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB842

Description

Vivid rose-pink crystals of smithsonite (to c. 18 mm) lining a large irregularly shaped vug in altered dolostone.

The location in the mine is not recorded but the specimen is almost certainly from the second oxidation zone.