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Anglesite Psm Cerussite With Galena

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Anglesite Psm Cerussite With Galena

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
135.00gr
Description

An australian old timer: Lead ore specimen featuring granulous chunks of angesite cemented together by galena.

An odd specimen but interesting geological sample which comes with a beautiful and large (12.5 x 6.5 cm) antique label. The label means:
"Weissbleierz - Chem. Zus. Bleikarbonat - Formel PbCO3 - Fundort: Magnet Mine, Tasmania - Anglesit pseudomorph nach Cerussit"
(Cerussite - Chemical composition: Carbonate of lead - Formula: PbCO3 - Locality: Magnet Mine, Tasmania - Anglesite psm. after Cerussite).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

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

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