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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 3 × 4 cm
Description

This specimen features what looks to a galena crystal that has completely altered to dark cerussite. I think the dark color must be due to micro inclusions of galena. The dark cerussite then underwent dissolution, and a second generation of cream colored cerussite crystals grew in the voids.

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
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