| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Cerussite pseudomorphs after Galena |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 53441 |
| Mineral: | Cerussite pseudomorphs after Galena |
| Locality: | Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Large cerussite pseudomorphs after cubic galena crystals to 32 mm with minor fluorite included on the bottom. The gray metallic galena crystals formed first, then altered molecule by molecule to colorless cerussite, leaving remnants of galena in the core |
| Overall Size: | 7x4.5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 10-32 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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