Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Smithsonite

Views:
Watches:
PCZ663336

Smithsonite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Sheshodonnell, The Burren, County Clare, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

A small but good example of rare yellow cadmium smithsonite from probably the best smithsonite locality in the British Isles. The waste tips at the locality have now been bulldozed down the mine shaft, So no new material will be appearing on the market. This specimen has a rich colour for the location.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Peter Crozier Minerals