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Dundasite with Cerussite
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A rusty-brown, Limonite-coated Quartz matrix with about half of its top surface encrusted with acicular Cerussite crystals to 8 mm, almost all of which are richly coated in micro-crystals Dundasite. The Dundasite, a rare lead aluminium carbonate, forms micro-acicular druses of snow-white crystals with a silky bright lustre. This species is well known from Greystone quarry at Lezant, a little to the south-east of Launceston in Cornwall. Greystone is an operating roadstone quarry, whose operations intersect the old, 19th Century, North Tamar lead mine.
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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions4.0 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Added on10/24/2024
LocalityUK, England, Greystone Quarry
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| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
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| — | Crystal Classics | Not disclosed |
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lead carbonate famed for adamantine luster, dramatic V-twins and snowflake reticulations; prized from Tsumeb, Mibladen and Ojuela.Regional guide
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