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Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

 
Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Cerussite with Barite over Galena from Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

DESCRIPTION:No. 72459
Mineral:Cerussite with Barite over Galena
Locality:Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco
Description:Lustrous translucent yellow-brown cerussite crystals to 16 mm with orange bladed barite crystals to 4 mm over gray-metallic galena . The cerussite crystals are pseudo-hexagonal pyramidal form caused by cyclic twinning on {110}. Ex. E. Carmichael collection #7983, acquired from V. Yount ca. 1995
Overall Size:4.5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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