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Cadmian Smithsonite (Belsky Coll.)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Miniature, 5.4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
- Start Time: 12/24/2010 6:30:00 am (CST)
- End Time: 12/30/2010 6:32:47 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Glassy, translucent, pretty light-brown smithsonite rhombs to 1.3 cm are jauntily stacked up on this showy and excellent, 3-dimensional specimen from the famous and now-closed Tsumeb Mine. This is a rarer variety with coloration due to cadmium, for which this mine produces the best such crystals. Produced, rather, 30-40 years ago or more. Ex Howard Belsky Collection.