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Cerussite On Galena With Quartz

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Cerussite On Galena With Quartz

ex coll. Herbert Seckler

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Description
Locality: 
Stromberg Quarry, Stromberg, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.3 × 5.5 cm
Description

Brownish cerussite crystals on shiny galena - unusually large (up to 0.4 cm) for the locality. Only a few cerussites came out in the eighties. For Stromberg this is a good representative specimen.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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