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Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

 
Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Cerussite with minor Dolomite from Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco

DESCRIPTION:No. 73884
Mineral:Cerussite with minor Dolomite
Locality:Chantier des Dalles, 3.8 km southeast of Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco
Description:Lustrous elongated transparent prismatic cerussite crystals to 32 mm with brownish dolomite crystals to 5 mm along the bottom edge. The cerussite crystals have complex crystallization patterns on the surfaces the result of repeated twinning. Ex. E. Carmichael collection, acquired from V. Yount; collected ca. 1985. Fluoresces crème-orange under SW and LW UV illumination
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:3-32 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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