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Cerussite

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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.20cm
Description

Group of smokey-hued cerussite crystals, cyclically-twinned, with intense vitreous luster showing a dipyramidal habit. The group surpass 5 cm in size and is completely free of damage. It is implanted on pink and white barite and dull grey altered galena cubes. Under long UV lamp displays a strong yellow fluorescence.

Ex. Roger Leemans specimen.

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

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