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Cerussite & Beudantite

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Cerussite & Beudantite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.6 × 2.6 cm
Description

A handsized specimen of reticulated cerussite from the Proprietary Mine. An old time specimen with a pale yellow coating of beudantite. Amongst the cerussite blades are a myriad of transparent pink spessatine crystals and small sprays of colourless to white pyromorphite.

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

Beudantite

Formula: 
PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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