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Cerussite With Malachite & Linarite

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Cerussite With Malachite & Linarite

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Description
Locality: 
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 8 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Weight: 
150.00gr
Description

Lustrous cerussite crystals sit on a grey matrix, this is the second time this type of cerussite was found in the location (first in 2010) and in this piece there is some minor light blue mineral believed to be linarite present. Also on this piece dark green malachite patches.

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain