Greenockite-included Smithsonite (James Carter Coll.)

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Rich yellow greenockite, Cd-S, is included in the sculptural mounded miniature plate of bubbly "turkey fat" smithsonite botyroids from the famous Rush Creek District of Arkansas. Classic and colorful Arkansas "turkey fat" smithsonite. Read the 1993 Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 24, No. 4. Ex Dr. James Carter Collection. James was a professor of Geology and former Department Chairman at the University of Texas at Dallas for 43 years until he retired in 2008. A true geoscientist, he studied and performed research on a remarkable variety of geological aspects. NASA asked Carter to help create a material that was similar to actual lunar regolith. The lunar regolith simulant, or fake moon dirt, he developed was used by NASA and other researchers for studies in support of future human activities on the moon. He passed away in 2019. We just acquired part of his collection. Read about James at: https://www.utdallas.edu/news/faculty-staff/carter-tribute-2019/.