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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavaderos Mine, San Felipe Canyon, Aconchi, Aconchi Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Sharp attractive cerussite crystals on a nicely contrasting dark matrix from a rare Mexician locality.  

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
Peter Crozier Minerals