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Smithsonite & Cerussite

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Smithsonite & Cerussite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 5.3 × 2 cm
Weight: 
166.00gr
Description

An unusual specimen from this classic Scottish mining locality consisting of galena rich matrix with cavities lined with a nice combination of white to green coloured botryoidal smithsonite with small colourless to white cerussite crystals.

Specimen will be supplied boxed and labelled.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

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