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Anglesite On Cerussite

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Anglesite On Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 7.3 × 6 cm
Description

A fine cluster of arrowhead cerussite twinned crystals have been completed encrusted with bright anglesite crystals from the Kintore Opencut at Broken Hill. This material was collected in the early days of the opencuts operation and subsequently the area was buried by a haulage road

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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