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Smithsonite

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The Aqua Blue Smithsonite Specimen features aqua blue smithsonite with a malachite spray on top, an azurite crystal, and brown patches on a white background.

#SMX2 Aqua Blue Smithsonite Specimen with a Malachite Spray on Top and an Azurite Crystal

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Original price was: $109.00.Current price is: $79.00.

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The Green Smithsonite Pie Slice Shaped Specimen features light greenish-blue, textured mineral crystals on a grey-brown rock base, resembling a pie slice and displayed against a white background.

#SMX1 Green Smithsonite Pie Slice Shaped Specimen

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Original price was: $149.00.Current price is: $89.00.

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About Smithsonite

Smithsonite (a.k.a. "turkey fat" or "zinc spar") is the mineral form of zinc carbonate (ZnCO3). Historically, smithsonite was identified with Hemimorphite before it was realized that they were two different minerals. Smithsonite was named in 1832 by François Sulpice Beudant in honor of English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (c.1765–1829), who first identified the mineral in 1802. It occurs as a secondary mineral in the weathering or oxidation zone of zinc-bearing ore deposits.