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Cerussite

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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Flux Mine, Alum Gulch, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm
Description

White cerussite crystals on brown gossan matrix. The contrast of the cerussite against the contrasting matrix is very aesthetic.

Beautiful specimen from Armin Wendland collection

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