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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.9 × 2.3 cm
Description

Limonitic matrix studded with sharp greenish yellow cerussite crystals to 2 mm. Nice locality material not seen all that often on the market. This specimen could easily be reduced to a few very nice micromounts even though I personally like it the way it is.

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