Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Cerussite
Principal Mineral
Size
Miniature; 42mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Chidley, C.M.
Collection
Geoscience Australia; R27114
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB872
Description
Smoky, but transparent crystals of twinned cerussite, shaped like arrowheads. The crystals are colour zoned, with varying degrees of smokiness which defines some growth phantoms. A small amount of highly oxidised sulphide matrix material adheres.
The specimen was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) by C. M. Chidley in 1975. There is no record of earlier provenance or location in the mine.
