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Name: |
cerussite |
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Class: |
Carbonates |
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Chemistry: |
PbCO3 lead carbonate |
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Color(s): |
white, gray, colorless, yellow-brown, Streak:white |
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Hardness: |
3 - 3.5 |
SpecGrav: |
6.4 - 6.6 |
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Fracture: |
conchoidal |
Cleavage: |
incomplete |
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Crystal: |
Orthorhombic, (often twinned dipyramidal) |
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Envronment: |
hydrothermal replacements |
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Association: |
galena, barite, anglesite, smithsonite |
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Locals: |
| Germany | Zambia | Colorado, New Mexico, California/USA | Australia | |
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Misc: |
sometimes yellow fluorescence, soluble in nitric acid, the name comes from the Latin "cerussa" which means "white lead" |
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Photos |
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1.) Cerussite and Barite
Milbladen, Morocco |
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