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Cerussite

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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

A freestanding, highly lustrous cerrsuite attractively set on dark matrix. Please note - the specimen is developed as floater and reverse looks like mirror-image of front side. The cerrusite crystal shows the same high luster, the same nice texture as on front-side and also the matrix is not less attractive in any other angle. Very aesthetic and tridimensional assemble! No significant damags to report.

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