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Cerussite

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Cerussite

ex Peter Penkert collection
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Description
Locality: 
Juno Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 5.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

A large specimen with hundert crystals on a brownish matrix. The color of matrix come from limonite, but is massiv, with quarz and so on. The cerussite crystals are transparent, once of this shows triplet intergrowth.

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