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Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0543, photo © NMNHS
Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0543, photo © NMNHS

Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0543

Origin

Central America
Mexico
Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0543, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.73 ct; size: 6.00 | 5.09 | 3.42 mm; shape: oval; colour: light strongly purplish red; strong; clarity: translucent; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Ovalimixtum ST’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0039Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0297Cobaltoan smithsonite — specimen 0298

More information from ‘Classification’

Cobaltoan smithsonite

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


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