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Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

 
Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot from Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 69191
Mineral:Hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after Cerussite with Litharge and Massicot
Locality:Tsumeb Mine, Lead Pocket, 3rd Oxide Zone, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Description:White hydrocerussite pseudomorphs after twinned cerussite crystals to 12 mm with gray crusts that include red-brown massicot and yellow litharge microcrystals. The cerussite appears to be completely replaced by hydrocerussite. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II), collected in 1997
Overall Size:5.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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