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Cerussite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 4 cm
Description

Sample from Iran. It is covered with cerussite mimetite. Chromium gives this red / orange. The mimetite it can be admired in gemstone micro crystals and elongated, covering the faces of cerussite. This is a world first, was never found an association of these two minerals so beautiful together. This news was published in the magazine "Lapis" in Germany with an article of less than 5 pages, in the October 2015, on page 54. They were found not many samples, this is a sample of a high standard. Its brilliance is beautiful.

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

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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We are professional resellers, and the guaranteed quality of each sale, and customer satisfaction, is our goal. We are not responsible for any damage suffered by the sample in transit. With the exception that the package arrives in poor external condition. We pack all the samples in a way and with super tested professional systems. But in any case you declare with a video, the opening of the package. The return of a sample for various reasons. It must be approved by us. And in any case the reimbursement will be net of expenses. Photos: All the photos we posted as examples were taken with professional cameras. Photos are not retouched with software, to enhance or alter the appearance of the samples. We try to offer photos, more realistically closer to the reality of the sample.