Smithsonite - pink, botryoidal
Choix, Municipio de Choix
Sinaloa, Mexico
6.7 x 5.6 x 3.4 CM (cabinet)
price: $440
Early summer 2021
A quite old specimen from early finds at Choix, with fine pink color. In some lighting the pink has a slight purplish hue but under most conditions this is really pink. Worldwide there are not many pink botryoidal Smithsonites found (pink crystals from Tsumeb are well-known but none botryoidal), Choix is one of the very few localities and these were never common when the zone was producing. Since this locality is now abandoned there may never be more. A very pretty addition to any Smithsonite collection.
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Smithsonite - pink, botryoidal
Choix, Municipio de Choix
Sinaloa, Mexico
6.7 x 5.6 x 3.4 CM (cabinet)
price: $440
Early summer 2021
A quite old specimen from early finds at Choix, with fine pink color. In some lighting the pink has a slight purplish hue but under most conditions this is really pink. Worldwide there are not many pink botryoidal Smithsonites found (pink crystals from Tsumeb are well-known but none botryoidal), Choix is one of the very few localities and these were never common when the zone was producing. Since this locality is now abandoned there may never be more. A very pretty addition to any Smithsonite collection.
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