Carbonate Mineral Smithsonite
name: label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Smithsonite, a mineral ore of zinc, was named in 1832 by Francois Sulpice Beudant in honor of English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson (c. 1765-1829), whose bequest established the Smithsonian Institution and who first identified the mineral in 1802. This specimen is from the town of Tsumeb in Oshikoto, Namibia.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Africa, Namibia, Oshikoto
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Carbonate Mineral Smithsonite
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO40877
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections