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Willemite & Cerussite

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Willemite & Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm
Description

This is another superb specimen of multicoloured willemite and white cerussite in "cozy company". The transparent and mirror bright crystals of cerussite are perched on numerous, multifaced and sparkling crystals of willemite, coating a vug, mostly as large as the whole display side of the specimen. The colour of the willemite reaches from rust red to olive green. A super specimen in splendid condition,- mostly perfect.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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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