Cerussite with Pyromorphite in Quartz
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Cerussite with Pyromorphite in Quartz
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 7 x 6 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- PbCO3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
- Tagged
- phosphate , carbonate
Larger and older specimen from the late Ralph Merrill, founder of Minerals Unlimited. This specimen is loaded with colorless to white, twinned Cerussite crystals to 6mm in pockets of Quartz with microcrystalline yellow Pyromorphite.
Cerussite
- Formula
- PbCO3
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Reticulate, Massive - Granular, Crystalline - Coarse
- Cleavage
- Distinct, Distinct, None
- Luster
- Adamantine
- Color
- colorless, white, gray, blue, green
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 3-3.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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