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Cerussite with Baryte

Unknown Owner
This cabinet sized Cerussite and Baryte specimen from the Mibladen Mining District in Morocco is really rather nice. Hosted by a thin plate-like piece of matrix the upper surface is carpeted in a combination of well-formed Cerussite and Baryte crystals. The Baryte crystals are a soft pink colour and comprise rounded cockcomb aggregates made up of parallel bladed crystals. These aggregates reach 1.2 cm across. The Cerussite, forms wonderful somewhat bipyramidal cyclic twinned crystals with a glossy yet etched lustre on their surfaces. These crystals exceptionally reach 1.4 cm across. The combination of the two species makes for an attractive display.

Product details

Species
Cerussite, Barite, BaryteAbout Cerussite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions11.7 x 7.8 x 2.8 cm
Added on05/20/2026
Locality
Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Mibladen Mining DistrictRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2026Unknown Owner$100.00
—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.