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Cerussite On Galena

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Cerussite On Galena

ex coll. Herbert Seckler

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Description
Locality: 
Stromberg Quarry, Stromberg, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

Cerussite is very rare from Stromberg. Only a few specimen are known with crystals of more than
0.2 cm. They grow in little cavities between the galena crystals (extremely rare) or cleavages.
One of the few samples with indicated galena crystal surfaces.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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