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Cerussite

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Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

Classic jackstraw cerussite from Broken Hill. The whitish crystals are pearlescent and it is a floater group.

Exchanged with US collector Jessie Hardman by René Virlet, probably in 1977 as all the others coming from J.Hardman.

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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