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Cerussite

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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Montevecchio Mines, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6.8 × 4.4 cm
Weight: 
182.00gr
Description

Typical and classic sample of Cerussite from the Montevecchio mine formed with needle-shaped crystals 20 mm long immersed in geodes of Limonite.

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