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Cerussite On Malachite

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Cerussite On Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 6.1 × 5.1 cm
Weight: 
379.00gr
Description

Typical and very very rare to find nowadays are these cerussites from the upper, secondary mineralization at the Kipushi mine, especially in this super big size. Here there are tens of lustrous twinned cerussite crystals aesthetically perched on a velvety malachite carpet. The general condition is very good. The porous brown matrix is typical and indubitable from Kipushi.

Collected by René Virlet before 1968, with label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

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