Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Cerussite

Views:
Watches:
GND33807

Cerussite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm
Description

A rather unusual old time cerussite specimen that exhibits a 'V' type twin that is embedded into a more prismatic crystal. There is no attached matrix. There is some chipping in places and both ends of the main crystal are broken most likely due to being attached to larger reticulated structures.

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
Gondwana Minerals