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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Tui mine, Mt. Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Size
- SmCabinet 9x6x6cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
This mine was once featured in a Mineraolgical Record issue V6 n1, 1975 titled Minerals of the Tui Mine, New Zealand". The specimen comes with an old Willard L. Roberts collection label in which he states it is from the author of that article, Dr. R. L. Ansin. The mine ceased operations in 1973, and shortly thereafter mineral collectors moved in for the goodies. They pulled out not only nice Cerussite like this, but also Azurite, Gold, Smithsonite, Chalcopyrite etc. This specimen contains one large 3cm vug filled with jackstraw white, long and slender white Cerussite crystals to 8mm. There are little, less than 0.5mm, faint blue Dundasite spheroidal groups covering much of the matrix along with the Cerussite.
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- Sold
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- Alta mine, Ophir dist., San Miguel Co., Colorado, United States
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Size
- SmCabinet 8.5x6.5x4cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
Cerussite crystals to 11mm with a dusting of powder Azurite. It's a cool specimen with that Azurite mix. The vug is 3cm.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Size
- SmCabinet 8x6.5x3cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
Excellent showy specimen with glassy, vitreous and striated crystals to 2.7cm. There are many smallery crystals of perfection. The largest crystal has a small, fairly non-visible piece missing. Otherwise, it is in great shape.
Willard Roberts' label, see prov. tab.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Size
- Miniature 5x4x1.5cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
Reticulated Cerussite at's best.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Flux mine, Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x5x4cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
An old-timer of classic Arizona of white "jack-straw" habit Cerussite. It actually has a slight yellowish green tinge. Nice peice, hard to find these days. It was acquired by Hampson in 1965.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Size
- Cabinet 10x4x4.5cm
- Tagged
- carbonate
White Cerussite crystals to 3cm with good showy character. The last photo shows good twinning.
