Smithsonite
stock #20.1-890
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan
Chihuahua,
Mexico
9.5 x 7.4 x 3.9 CM (cabinet)
price: $1850
new year 2021
A superb Smithsonite from the San Antonio Mine at Santa Eulalia, Mexico. An older specimen that ranks among the best for the locality. This could easily be mistaken for a fine Kelly Mine Smithsonite as the vivid color and silky chatoyance on the Smithsonite is a perfect match. The only clear differences from a Kelly piece is the matrix which on this specimen is mixture of Gossan with blebs of Smithsonite. It is also far less expensive than usual for a Kelly of this quality. Simply beautiful and even better in person, the luster and deep color are exceptional from this locale. A great addition to any Mexican collection or Smithsonite suite.
Excellent blue-green color Smithsonite with a wet look, shimmering luster. The botryoidal surface is host to several "eyes" which are holes with a white rim which adds an nice contrast. The remarkable deposit at Choix is not producing at this time, but when it was active the Smithsonites were plentiful on the market. Many colors and forms were found making this a world class locale, often compared with the Kelly Mine in the USA. This piece has the eyes that were famed at the Kelly Mine and the color is comparable too, but as a Mexican specimen this is less costly and a great value for a pretty blue-green cabinet sized Smithsonite..
Smithsonite - purple to pink
stock #20.1-922
Choix, Municipio de Choix
Sinaloa,
Mexico
7.3 x 5.1 x 3 CM (cabinet)
price: $290
new year 2021
Purple Smithsonte is very uncommon worldwide, the best source was this small deposit in Sinaloa that has not produced much of any quality for several years. This is an older specimen with a nice velvet sheen on a botryoidal surface that gives a rather wet looking luster. This Smithsonite grades in color from a darker purple to more pink areas with some nice color mottling. Choix Smithsonites are still much lower in cost than almost any other locale, they are an excellent value yet often equally attractive. The color is what sets this piece apart, a choice addition to any Smithsonite or Mexican suite.
Smithsonite
stock #20.1-665
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Dist., Jerada Province
Oriental Region,
Morocco
8.7 x 4.8 x 4.1 CM (cabinet)
price: $220
new year 2021
Choice stalactitic Smithsonite "fingers" with good wet looking luster. From Touissit, which some is best known for its fine Lead and Copper minerals, but this locale also produced some world class Smithsonite. The matrix of this piece is a mix of Galena, Cerussite and Smithsonite so the whole piece is quite heavy. The display side of this piece is composed of hundreds of Smithsonite crystals that have rounded faces and blend together in a botryoidal form. There is some periphery damage where this was removed but overall the condition is very good.
SOLD Smithsonite
stock #SOLD 16.1-202
Tsumeb
Otjikoto Region,
Namibia
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.3 CM (thumbnail)
price: $0
new year 2021
Sharp scalenohedral crystals of Smithsonite with a pale yellow color perched on a Sulphide matrix. Tsumeb Smithsonites were found in every color and form possible, this is a choice thumbnail in fine condition as seen.
Smithsonite with Hemimorphite
stock #0770-JM-4361
Hidden Treasure Mine,Oquirrh Mts. Tooele County
Utah,
United States
7.8 x 6.7 x 3.8 CM (cabinet)
price: $490
new year 2021
Choice old Smithsonite with botryoidal blue-green surface sprinkled with lustrous small Hemimorphite crystals. Ex. John Marshall collection, a fine piece from the Hidden Treasure Mine (Utah); this is more than 40 years old. The matrix is especially nice as it shows the unusual layered stacking of Smithsonite and has spaces between each layer. The Hidden Treasure Mine is just that, - A less well-known or hidden treasure which has produced some fantastic specimens.
Small miniature of well-formed, transparent elongated Smithsonite crystals from the great Tsumeb Mine. Remarkably this delicate specimen is perfect, no damage seen even under good magnification. In person these are very glassy and have a faint hint of yellow color, and at some angles the reddish matrix seen through the crystals gives a pink hue. I would call this close to colorless. Tsumeb was the source of so many colors, habits and associations for Smithsonite. This piece is really esthetic, it has a little Galena on the back side but the front is all nice Smithsonite.
Smithsonite
stock #17.1-614
Choix, Municipio de Choix
Sinaloa,
Mexico
6.2 x 3.9 x 3.7 CM (cabinet)
price: $180
Spring 2020
"Wet-look" luster on bubble-gum pink Smithsonite from Choix. In undamaged condition, this is from the early finds made by Benny Fenn. This locality in Sinaloa is not currently producing, it has however in the past yielded many great colors and forms of Smithsonite. This is a good clean small cabinet size that shows the color and habit well. A thick layer with nice luster shows the inner structure on the edges.
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