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Cerussite On Galena

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Cerussite On Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Ampsin, Amay, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Floater specimen of interpenetrated cube-octahedral crystallized galena with the surface corroder and partially transformed to microcrystalline cerussite, that shows a significant yellow fluorescence under long waves ultraviolet light.

Collected by a Belgian speleologist in the Mid. 1980’s., specialized in prospecting old mine galleries and shafts.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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