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Cerussite-Anglesite pseudomorph after Galena with Linarite, Brochantite, Quartz from Hanover District, Bingham, Grant County, New Mexico

 
Cerussite-Anglesite pseudomorph after Galena with Linarite, Brochantite, Quartz from Hanover District, Bingham, Grant County, New Mexico

Cerussite-Anglesite pseudomorph after Galena with Linarite, Brochantite, Quartz from Hanover District, Bingham, Grant County, New Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 58937
Mineral:Cerussite-Anglesite pseudomorph after Galena with Linarite, Brochantite, Quartz
Locality:Hanover District, Bingham, Grant County, New Mexico
Description:Lustrous colorless-to-gray anglesite-cerussite pseudomorph after a 25 mm rectangular galena crystal with vivid-blue linarite crystals to 3 mm and green brochantite microcrystals plus minor quartz. The galena completely altered to cerussite and anglesite. Ex. B. Gaber collection #543; ex. Paul Pohwat collection #389 (Mineral Collection Manager at Smithsonian)
Overall Size:3.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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