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Cerussite & Baryte

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Cerussite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Old Gang Mines, Reeth, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

A nice example of cerussite crystals in association with barite from the 'Brandybottle Incline' of Old Gang Mine.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Peter Crozier Minerals