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Description: Cerussite Locality: Leadville, Leadville District, Lake County, Colorado, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 3.2 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm. Rarely seen in today's market place, this small cluster of cerussite from Leadville is obviously an old specimen. Featuring adamantine luster and translucence, this specimen exhibits a whitish-yellow color superior to the chalky look seen on most surviving specimens from there. The largest crystal measures almost 3.0 cm in length. Ex. Carnegie Museum Collection.
Title: Cerussite-158530
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-158530.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
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