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Cerussite & Malachite

Ex Richard Braithwaite Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Ladywell Mine, Shelve, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Numerous transparant to white reticulated cerussite crystals on matrix. On one side of the display a nice contrast is cased by an altered chalcopyrite crystal coated with malachite.

Collected many years ago by Richard Braithwaite. Rare locality.

Matrix: 
Limonite/gossan
Minor: 
Chalcopyrite
Condition
General: 
Excellent - locality specimen
Main Display: 
Good - some broken crystals
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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Peter Crozier Minerals