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Cerussite

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Cerussite

Ex Keith Snell Collection - label included but not photographed
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Description
Locality: 
Redburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.2 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
6.00gr
Description

A lovely little dense mass of cream coloured 'jackstraw' cerussite crystals from a seldom seen County Durham mine which operated between 1964 and 1981.

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
Provenance

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