Cerussite

TSNB904
Specimen
Latz, C.V.
Exhibit 1. Cerussite; 91 mm.
Exhibit 1. Cerussite; 91 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Specimen Title

Cerussite

Principal Mineral

Cerussite

Size

Cabinet; 91mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Provenance

Latz, C.V.

Collection

Geoscience Australia; R28101

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB904

Description

A colourless-white, slightly smoky, "snowflake" of reticulated (twinned) cerussite crystals (with individual crystals to 45 mm).
The specimen is from the collection of Clement Victor Latz, which was donated to the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in 1976. There is no record of earlier provenance or of location in the mine.