Smithsonite (New Find) var. Cadmium rich

Item Description

Waxy, translucent, pretty straw-yellow, nubby, bubbly smithsonite botryoids form a sculptural two-sided tabular specimen from a New Find from an obscure Chinese locale. The color is thought to be due to cadmian content, as with yellow smithsonite from Tsumeb, Italy, and Mexico. The banded smithsonite grew around the matrix core that includes sulfides. The minor basal and end periphery wear are certainly only modest detractions to this very showy example from Yunnan Province. The piece displays well without aid. These are VERY similar to Italian smithsonites, from the 1800s, that cost an arm and a leg! And, those are super rare on the market. This new find really sets a new standard and gives the rest of us a chance to acquire one in this style