Cerussite

 
 
 
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Great Southen mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Cerussite twin
Origin: Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Cerussite on hematite
Origin: Pinnacles Mine dumps, reclaimed from the Block 14 Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: 15 mm
Sample owner: Vic Cloete
 
Cerussite with malachite
Cerussite on azurite, this cerussite cluster is large by New Cobar standards
Origin: New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: larger cerussite is just 0.5 mm (top), cluster 1.5 mm (bottom
Sample owner: Vic Cloete

 

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Vic Cloete 

 

  
Cerussite pseudomorph after phosgenite
Origin: District, Upper Silesia, Poland
Sample size: 8.5 x 8.5 x 26 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Cerussite and mimetite on hollow dolomite cast
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 6.7 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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