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Cerussite & Galena

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RSL531982

Cerussite & Galena

Ex-col. G d'Anna (Italia) and Mining Academy Freiberg.
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

This specimen is from a former Italian collection of early last century, G. d'Anna. It is known that a so called Giusseppe d'Anna of Telve was a military hero of World War I. Also accompanying label store minerals Freiberg Mining Academy. This fact and quality make this sample very special.
The piece presents a prismatic crystal of cerussite embedded in a galena matrix. A very interesting and historic specimen.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
Labels
Label Images - only: Cerussite & Galena
Label Images - only: Cerussite & Galena