Smithsonite - unusual elongated gem crystals

Item Description

Very glassy, translucent, brown, smithsonite scalenohedrons, to 2.3 cm, are aesthetically clustered, jackstraw style, on this showy varietal from the famed Tsumeb Mine. The six primary crystals are pristine and the noted periphery wear is certainly only a modest detraction to this classic and excellent smithsonite. Ex Frankie Dee Hosea and an East Coast collection. valued $1500 - this is a rare style, seldom seen! It probably dates to the 1960s or 1970s