AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Morocco > Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena over Barite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73035 |
Mineral: | Cerussite (twinned crystals) on Galena over Barite |
Locality: | Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Zeida-Aouli-Mibladen belt, Midelt Province, Morocco |
Description: | Lustrous transparent beige-colored cerussite crystals to 12 mm on gray-metallic galena microcrystals over white bladed barite on brown matrix. The cerussite crystals are complexly twinned at 60° angles resulting on complex surface patterns. Ex. E. Carmichael collection, acquired in 1989 from Victor Yount |
Overall Size: | 10x8x5.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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