Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Cerussite Psm Leadhillite & Lanarkite

Views:
Watches:
UVM766796

Cerussite Psm Leadhillite & Lanarkite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
C & B Mine, Christmas, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

A hexagonal crystal of leadhillite replaced by cerussite, with lanarkite in matrix.   Classic but rarely seen material C&B Mine.

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

Leadhillite

Formula: 
Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BF.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Lanarkite

Formula: 
Pb2(SO4)O
Strunz: 
7.BD.40
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps