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Cerussite & Pyromorphite

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Cerussite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Resuperferolitica Mine, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Description

Quite exceptional cerussite crystals including one superb twin are set on deep green, almost black pyromorphite. Classic pyromorphite locality, rare for cerussite.

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

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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