Smithsonite-with-Hemimorphite
specimen number:
3151041
location:
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
description:
Unusual for this locality, chatoyant slightly translucent pale purple botryoidal crystallized smithsonite covering the top of this thin matrix. A spray of colorless hemimorphite crystals almost 1.5 cm across is present near one edge. This is in very good condition I think.
Questions about this specimen?
Send an email
or call us: 314-341-1811.
See More
Related by Mineral (Smithsonite):
Smithsonite — Namibia
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia
Number: (9851214)
Size: 10.0 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm (cabinet)
Smithsonite — Greece
Origin: Kamareza Mines, Lavrion, Attica, Greece
Number: (8811744)
Size: 8.0 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm (small-cabinet)
Smithsonite — Arizona
Origin: 79 mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Number: (1603849)
Size: 6.0 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (small-cabinet)
Related by Location (Ojuela Mine):
Scorodite — Mexico
Origin: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Number: (9506044)
Size: 7.0 x 6.0 x 1.5 cm (small-cabinet)
Legrandite — Mexico
Origin: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Number: (9505521)
Size: 6.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm (small-cabinet)
Wulfenite — Mexico
Origin: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Number: (9273155)
Size: 8.0 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm (small-cabinet)