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Cerussite & Wulfenite

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Cerussite & Wulfenite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

A beautiful "snow-flake" floater of reticulated Cerussite sixling-twinned crystals covered by small lustrous yellow Wulfenites. From a find in 2001.

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

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria