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Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.50cm
Description

Cerussite with blades of exceptional size and beauty. There is one diagonal blade that is essentially the start of a classic snowflake Cerussite. The main blade is an enormous 4.7 x 4.3 cm, and it is  transparent. There are delicate phantoms in it. The largest blade measures enormous 7.5 cm. Some of the blades have contact points, hence were cleaved during the mining process.  This is overall a dramatic piece, and a superb specimen of what is really a much more rare style. The well developed blades are high lustrous and good terminated with minor imperfection.

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
Wendel Minerals

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