Hydrocerussite (w. cerussite and smithsonite)

TSNB954
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Hydrocerussite (w. cerussite and smithsonite); 32 mm.
Exhibit 1. Hydrocerussite (w. cerussite and smithsonite); 32 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Hydrocerussite (w. cerussite and smithsonite)

Associated Minerals

cerussite; smithsonite

Principal Mineral

Hydrocerussite

Size

Miniature; 32mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB954

Description

Thick, tabular crystals of twinned cerussite (to 19 mm), intergrown and completely encrusted (or partly replaced) by chalky-white hydrocerussite. A little matrix material is present which includes minor smithsonite.

The specimen is in the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.