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Mimetite Psm Cerussite

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Mimetite Psm Cerussite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

An unusual example of large mimetite pseudomorphs after cerussite crystals from this classic English locality. The mimetite is mostly microcrystalline but with vugs containing small seed-like and also prismatic crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Cerussite

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

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