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Cerussite With Pyromorphite

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Cerussite With Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A rare combination of snowflake cerussite and apple green pyromorphite from China.  These are quite hard to come by.

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

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany