Cerussite (w. malachite)

TSNB963
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Cerussite (w. malachite); 38 mm.
Exhibit 1. Cerussite (w. malachite); 38 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Cerussite (w. malachite)

Associated Minerals

malachite

Principal Mineral

Cerussite

Size

Miniature; 38mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB963

Description

An "X"-shaped group of colourless-white, translucent cerussite crystals, apparently comprising two conjoined V-twins. The cerussite is spotted with numerous flattened, annular aggregates of malachite and a larger sub-botryoidal mass of fibrous malachite adheres to one arm of the group.

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