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Cerussite

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Cerussite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 11 × 6 cm
Weight: 
1 100.00gr
Description

This is an old and good malachite specimen from a classic German locale.

Deep green crystallized malachite on both sides of the crystallized quartz matrix.

With galenite and minor cerussite.

Beautiful.

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