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Anglesite & Smithsonite Psm Cerussite

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Anglesite & Smithsonite Psm Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Description

This is a nice specimen of colorless to white Anglesite & Smithsonite, mostly 2-3 mm, pseudomorph after large Cerussite. The specimen shows the replacement of the original Cerussite "V" twinning box work. Most likely it is from an older find in the 1920's, from the Broken Hill mine in New South Wales, Australia.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy