Image Credit: John Rakovan
Image Credit: John Rakovan
Specimen Title
Smithsonite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 127mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Minette, J. & D.; Zinn, M.
Collection
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources; NMMM20997
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB894
Description
A sculptural cluster of white, rhombohedral smithsonite crystals (to 5 mm) on a dark gossanous matrix which is almost completely obscured by the smithsonite.
The specimen was donated to the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources by Marty Zin III; it was formerly in the collection of Jim and Dawn Minette (#S046). There is no record of earlier provenance or location in the mine.
