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Cerussite

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Two buff colored, well formed crystals, consisting of cyclic twins taking the shape of hexagonal dipyramids, on a matrix made of slightly orange barite blades. Under longwave ultraviolet light the cerussite becomes lemon yellow.

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Species
CerussiteAbout Cerussite →
Added on11/10/2024
Locality
Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Mibladen Mining DistrictRegional guide →

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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.