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Cerussite Willemite & Hemimorphite

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Cerussite Willemite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Congo (Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 5.9 × 4.6 cm
Description

Aesthetic and rare association from Congo of cerussite in transparent crystals on light-blue botryoidal hemimorphite and on the back side willemite in tufts of transparent pale blue acicular crystals.

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

Willemite

Formula: 
Zn2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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