Cerussite with Baryte - image 1
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Cerussite with Baryte

Unknown Owner
This is a rather fun miniature specimen from Morocco. Blending primary and secondary minerals, it features a small (1.6 cm long) iron oxide stained cockscomb aggregate of Baryte crystals either end of which gemmy Cerussite crystals have formed. The main Cerussite crystal is quite large, measuring 3.9 cm across, with some very sharp, highly reflective crystal faces but with some surfaces impinged by inclusions of other crystals or inclusions. At the other end of the Baryte cluster, is a perfect, 1.1 cm wide gemmy Cerussite crystal. Ex Nick Hawes collection and ex Gavin Malcolm collection.

Product details

Species
Cerussite, Barite, BaryteAbout Cerussite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions3.6 x 5.6 x 2.6 cm
Added on05/20/2026
Locality
Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Mibladen Mining DistrictRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2026Unknown Owner$140.00
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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Cerussite
Mineral guide
Learn about Cerussite
lead carbonate famed for adamantine luster, dramatic V-twins and snowflake reticulations; prized from Tsumeb, Mibladen and Ojuela.
Cerussite
Regional guide
Cerussite from Mibladen, Morocco
from Mibladen has the kind of visual tension collectors remember: glassy lead-carbonate crystals, often colorless to smoky honey-yellow, perched against pink, peach, or white baryte and dark remnants of galena. The best pieces have a distinctly Moroccan palette—warm baryte rosettes or blades, metallic-gray galena, and bright, twinned cerussite that seems too heavy for its delicacy. Under ultraviolet light, many Mibladen cerussites add a second identity, glowing yellow in a way that has made the locality especially interesting to fluorescent-mineral collectors.