AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Cerussite (twinned crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 56887 |
Mineral: | Cerussite (twinned crystals) |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | V-twinned translucent-to-transparent pale-brown cerussite crystals intergrown with plated of translucent gray quartz chalcedony. The edges of the cerussite crystals have many lustrous parallel crystal faces. Stevenson misidentified this as anglesite. Ex. A. Stevenson (1916-2007) collection #1273 |
Overall Size: | 5x3.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-34 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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