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Minium Psm Cerussite

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Minium Psm Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4 × 10.4 × 7.5 cm
Description

Another Broken Hill oddity, pale orange creamy coloured minium has replaced a plate of arrow head cerussites to 2 cm, obviously copper rich ground water has subsequently flowed through the cavity after the minium formed as there are blue green stains amongst the arrowhead crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Minium

Formula: 
Pb3O4
Strunz: 
4.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5

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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