1.1" Large Cerussite Crystal - Morocco

Large Cerussite Crystal - Morocco #259021

This is an intricate cluster of colorless cerussite crystals, which was collected from the Les Dalles Mine in Mibladen, Morocco. The cerussite fluoresces a vibrant white-yellow color under short-wave UV light. The crystals are flecked with tiny hexagons of salmon-pink barite.

This specimen has been mounted with mineral tack for museum-quality display.

Cerussite is a lead-carbonate mineral with the chemical formula PbCO3, and is an important ore of lead. It is a common weathering product of galena, explaining why it is typically extracted from oxidized zones of lead ore deposits. It can form into a variety of different structures, sometimes in fibrous patterns and other times in granular aggregations, though it generally forms vitreous pseudo-hexagonal crystals. Its colors vary depending on composition and structure: it is most commonly colorless, white, grey and green-tinted.

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