Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Cerussite (w. dolomite)
Associated Minerals
dolomite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 58mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Latz, C.V.
Collection
Geoscience Australia; R28196
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB913
Description
Free-standing twinned cerussite crystals (to 20 mm) on a crust of twisted dolomite rhombs over a matrix consisting of intergrown dolomite, cerussite and sulphide minerals. Both the cerussite and the dolomite are coloured orange-brown, apparently by included iron oxides.
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 location in the mine.
