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Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

 
Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

DESCRIPTION:No. 64791
Mineral:Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena
Locality:Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent colorless cerussite crystals to 13 mm on corroded gray galena with yellow microcrystals of an unidentified mineral (bindheimite?). The galena was the primary mineral, that dissolved to liberate the lead for cerussite. Ex. E. Carmichael collection
Overall Size:10x8x7 cm
Crystals:micro to 13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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