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Cerussite & Anglesite

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 7.3 × 3.7 cm
Description

At over 7 cm this is a big cerussite arrowhead, that has an overgrowth of anglesite crystals and then creamy coloured secondary sphalerite.

This specimen has a small area of chipping where it was removed from the matrix and a little scuffing but in surprisingly good condition.

Specimen weighs 142 grams

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

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
Earthstones Australia

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