Image Credit: Joe Budd photo; courtesy of Fine Minerals International
Specimen Title
Cerussite (w. mimetite)
Associated Minerals
mimetite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 95mm
Location in the Mine
Undetermined
Provenance
Weill, M.
Collection
Trinchillo, D.; Fine Minerals International #23049
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB935
Description
Stacks of colourless-white cerussite crystals, elongated and twinned, with the twin planes parallel to the direction of elongation - an unusual habit for Tsumeb cerussite. Fragments of partly oxidised sulphide matrix adhere to various parts of the specimen and, associate with these, are gemmy yellow prismatic crystals of mimetite (to circa 7 mm).
The specimen was formerly in the collection of Marc Weill but its earlier provenance is not recorded.
