| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Smithsonite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 73288 |
| Mineral: | Smithsonite |
| Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
| Description: | Small plate of lustrous transparent colorless smithsonite crystals on a thin plate of gray sulfide-rich matrix. The smithsonite crystals are scalenohedral form with secondary edge faces that give them a rounded appearance. Collected ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 20x17x9 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-6 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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