Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Chrome-Cerussite Cerussite

Views:
Watches:
PJM38299

Chrome-Cerussite Cerussite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.6 × 3 cm
Description

A solid mass of chrome cerussitebright yellow in coloured that has been discoloured in part by incusions of oxides from the host rock.

What makes this specimen particularily interesting is the crystals have been partially desolved leaving a honeycomb effect and lots of odd shaped crystals.

Specimen weighs 87 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrome-Cerussite

Variety Of: 

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

All goods must be paid for prior to shipping, all bids are binding.