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SC-145 Smithsonite Stalactite
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 8 x 3 x 2 cm
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An impressive, pristine, complete-all-around stalactite of smithsonite. It is perhaps colored red-brown by iron and is oddly attractive.




SC-37 MANGANOAN Smithsonite (SOLD)
Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Nauke Oechslin Collection
Small Cabinet, 8.5 x 5 x 5 cm

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This specimen is regarded by many who have seen it as one of the VERY BEST of its type, in which the red color is due to MANGANESE instead of to cobalt as are most pink smithsonites worldwide. This pocket was a one-time hit in the early 1980's, and this specimen is, I am told, one of the top few specimens recovered, perhaps even the finest if you account for its 3-dimensionality; that it is complete all around; and that it is pristine. Note that the crystals have sharp rhombohedral form and a distinct red color compared to the pink cobaltian varietals. From the Nauke Oechslin Collection, purchased in Africa in the early 2000: a noted collection mentioned in Gebhard’s Tsumeb books.




SC-95 Smithsonite with Cerussite (SOLD)
Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Ed David Collection
Cabinet, 15 x 11 x 7 cm
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A hefty, important specimen with some of the very sharpest smithsonite crystals I have ever seen (to 2.5 cm and so sharp they draw blood), perched with glassy little cerussite twins on a sparkling matrix. This large cabinet piece was one of the smithsontie suite in the first collection of Dr. Edward David, sold in 1993.




SC-200 Smithsonite on and included by Rosasite
Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Pietsch Coll.
Small Cabinet, 7 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
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A unique piece with unreal blue color caused by growth of small, sparkly smithsonite crystals on and included by rosasite. Talk about blue smithsonite! This is a real oddity, and I have not seen the like before. From the collection of William Pietsch, brother of the town baker in Windhoek, Namibia (both of whom are collectors)




SC-195 Smithsonite with Cerussite
Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Smithsonian (1972), Stentz, Krueger Collections
Small Cabinet, 8 x 8 x 4.5 cm
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An unusual and attractive specimen of pale green-beige smithsonite (apparently just faintly cuprian or cadmian or both), rising to an apex and crowned by an elongated cerussite crystal. The smithsonites have great lustre and sharp rhombohedral form to them. It is a visually unusual piece, if not a world-beater per se. Ex. Smithsonian collection (thru Charlie Key)




SC-196 Smithsonite with Hematite inclusions & Cerussite
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 6 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm
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Another very unique smithsonite specimen, this one featuring extremely sharp, translucent rhombohedra included with oriented streaks of hematite that give them a red color preferential to the edges. The smithsonite crystals are so sharp you could cut yourself, literally. They rest on crystals of reticulated cerussite at the base , and smithsonite-coated ceru's stick out around the bottom and also add some heft to the piece. Small ding at the tip, hardly noticeable, is certainly overcome by the specimen's other qualities and it is one of the most startlingly different and showy smithsonites in the offering. ex. Les Presmyk personal collection (from a long time ago, before the current Arizona specialization!)




SC-197 Smithsonite on Tennantite (SOLD)
Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Bob Jones, Evan Jones Collections
Miniature, 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm


Dozens of transparent , gemmy, elongated crystals of smithsonite spraying in all directions from a matrix of massive but sparkling tennantite! A great miniature for this habit! Has labels back to 1971 when Bob Jones purchased the specimen directly from well-known dealer and conneissuer Walt Lidstrom. Evan Jones sold his Tsumeb collection (which incorporated his fathers' collection) directly to the Sussmans around 1997.




SC-222 Smithsonite on Tennantite
Tsumeb, Namibia
ex. Barlow Collection
Miniature, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
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A very interesting specimen from the Barlow collection, featuring a thick "drape" of yellow-brown, translucent smithsonite coating a tennantite crystal all around. The smithsonite is translucent in light, so you see the tennantite phantom internally.




SC-198 Smithsonite (SOLD)
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature, 5 x 4 x 2 cm

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This specimen has a large 3 cm (!!) crystal with one of the sharpest phantoms I have ever seen in a smithsonite! Actually, it has 3 such crystals (2 smaller ones and the 3 cm monster), perched on tennantite matrix that is coated by sparkling, colorless crystals of an entirely different habit of smithsonite. Superb display specimen and competition miniature!




SC-122 Smithsonite with Copper (SOLD)
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet, 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm


John Schneider Photo

A VERY WEIRD specimen with sharp dendrites of native copper erupting from and going back into a very strangely-colored smithsonite which has yellowish color and waxy lustre to it (the first picture is more accurate for color). I've never seen the like, and neither had the Sussmans. This specimen comes from the Heini Soltau collection, and was purchased directly from him in Africa.






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