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Lead

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Artefact
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

A massive and heavy example of lead with fragments of matrix from a smelter at Tsumeb Mine. Interesting and uncommon relict of Tsumebs Mining history coming with a handwritten mid 20th century label of the Ernst Ottmann collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lead

Formula: 
Pb
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
grey