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Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0039, photo © NMNHS
Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0039, photo © NMNHS

Cobaltoan smithsonitespecimen 0039

Origin

Central America
Mexico
Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0039, locality map
Data

Weight: 1.28 ct; size: 7.38 | 5.92 | 2.96 mm; shape: oval; colour: light strongly purplish red; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; mixed style cut.

Other specimens
Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0297Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0298Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0543

More information from ‘Classification’


A Co-bearing variety of smithsonite, originally described from Santa Rosalía (El Boleó), Baja California Sur, Mexico.