Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Comments: Crystals are colourless to white, often transparent, known to be over 30 cm in diameter and several kilos in weight. Rare varieties are coloured red or blue by the presence of copper minerals.https://www.mindat.org/reference.php?id=18945017 ] Quality for species: Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) Significance: Classic locality for this mineral (see references.) Abundance at site: Very common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals: Associates: Anglesite Azurite Malachite Smithsonite Tsumebite Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Malachite 426 Smithsonite 276 Azurite 244 Mimetite 156 Duftite 145 Dolomite 101 - var Cobalt-bearing Dolomite 11 Calcite 87 Cuprite 62 - var Chalcotrichite 21 Rosasite 56 Galena 56 Dioptase 50 Linarite 49 Native Copper 45 Wulfenite 44 Arsentsumebite 42 Mottramite 42 Hydrocerussite 40 Willemite 36 Anglesite 30 Quartz 29 Bayldonite 24 Tennantite Subgroup 19 Aragonite 16 - var Lead-bearing Aragonite 13 Goethite 13 Dundasite 12 Conichalcite 12 Brochantite 8 Minrecordite 8 Otavite 7 Olivenite 7 Posnjakite 7 Zincolivenite 7 Tetrahedrite Subgroup 6 Plumbojarosite 5 Hematite 5 Caledonite 5 Coronadite 4 Chrysocolla 4 Leadhillite 4 Shattuckite 3 Beaverite-(Cu) 3 Gartrellite 3 Langite 2 Plancheite 2 Schulenbergite 2 Beudantite 2 Hidalgoite 2 Baryte 2 Devilline 2 Munakataite 1 Austinite 1 Kaolinite 1 Olsacherite 1 Tsumcorite 1 Serpierite 1 Cadsulfohite 1 Plattnerite 1 Germanite 1 Siderite 1 Edwardsite 1 Native Silver 1 Chalcopyrite 1 Gallobeudantite 1 Fraipontite 1 Adamite 1 - var Copper-bearing Adamite 1 Pyrite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Cerussite data Locality Data: Click here to view Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia Photo Gallery View Gallery (1066 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 3089 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:3089:2 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite
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Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia