Vivid Blue Smithsonite Specimen 85.8g from Yanga Koubenza Quarries M'fouati District Republic of Congo Mineral Crystal

Beautiful blue smithsonite specimen From Yanga Koubenza Quarries M'fouati District Republic of Congo. Small/medium cabinet specimen great addition to any collection. Specimen is mostly blue with some black inclusions and a matrix on the back. Color changes a bit in different lighting. 60.9g

425g

Gem Lore and Info:
Smithsonite is named for James Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institution. The luster of smithsonite sets it apart from other minerals: it has a silky to pearly luster giving natural specimens a certain play of light across its surface that resembles the fine luster of melted wax glowing under a candle flame. It is easy to wax poetically when discussing smithsonite's unique luster. It is really unusual and captivating and collectors can easily get hooked.

Smithsonite is a stone of charm, kindness and positive happenings. It is auspicious for new beginnings. It can activate each chakra (energy center) of the body and can be used as a "replacement stone" in crystal healing. It reputedly helps with immune system problems, alcoholism, sinus problems and digestive ailments. It also helps attract new friends. Various colors of Smithsonite also bring the color energies to the stones.

Smithsonite in addition to wonderful luster also has a varied color assortment. The apple green to blue-green color is probably smithsonite's most well known color, but it is its purple to lavender color that is probably its most sought after hue. There also exists attractive yellow, white, tan, brown, blue, orange, peach, colorless, pink and red smithsonite specimens and all of them are a credit to this mineral.

The typical crystal habit of smithsonite is an interesting form called botryoidal. This form has the appearance of grape bunches and is the result of radiating fibrous crystals that form from central attachment points and grow outward and into each other. The result is a rounded, bubbly landscape for which smithsonite is considered the classic example. There are also other habits more typical of Calcite Group minerals including rounded rhombohedrons and scalenohedrons. Most of these come from the famous mines of Tsumeb, Namibia and the Broken Hill Mine in Zambia. The Tsumeb specimens are colored by trace amounts of cobalt and can have some real exotic colors. The Kelly Mine, Magdalena, New Mexico has produced the absolute finest blue-green botryoidal masses of smithsonite. But there are many localities that have or are producing excellent specimens.

*Note! The crystal healing information provided here is for guidance only. It is not intended as a substitute for medical advice or service.

**All crystals are photographed in natural lighting and or in the sun, they may appear slightly different in indoor lighting. I also do not edit my pictures.

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Materials: smithsonite

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