DV12237
Smithsonite
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Dimensions107 × 90 × 32 mm
Weight486 grams
Size classCabinet
Item IDDV12237
AUD $85.00
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Smithsonite from the Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, measuring 107 × 90 × 32 mm and weighing 486 grams. A second Kintore Open Cut Smithsonite in this sale, broader and flatter in form than the piece above.
This piece formed the same way as its companion above, in the oxidised zone above the Broken Hill orebody, where weathering of the deposit's primary Sphalerite released zinc that recrystallised as Smithsonite near the surface.
A flatter, broader plate like this shows a different side of the Kintore Open Cut's Smithsonite to the more massive piece above. This piece is from the David Vince Collection.