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Cerussite

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Cerussite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

Very interesting cerussite specimen from the early days of Tsumeb mine.

With small linarite microcrystals.

Collected in the 1940s - with original old label.

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