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Hexagonal cyclic Cerussite twins with two distinct growth phases, the first with darker tones, and later bordered by translucent crystal forms, with cream tones. Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 1.34” × 0.94”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

TQ27AG5: Cerussite

Group of translucent crystals with very elongated prisms and dipyramidal terminations with the cyclic twin. The shape is different and better defined than usual for samples from the locality.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (± 2014)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1 cm = 1.26” × 0.71” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.20”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

ETP37AP6: Cerussite

Groups of Cerussite crystals with very well defined hexagonal twinning, with a flattened habit, transparent and with translucent edges, very lustrous and on matrix. The Cerussite, a rare species in Mapimí, comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 159), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 1.77” × 1.57”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

ELQ17AP6: Cerussite

Parallel growths of twinned Cerussite crystals formed in two phases, the first with equant crystals of a yellowish color and the second with very sharp crystals of flattened habit, translucent, lustrous satiny white. Different from what is usually found in Mibladen.
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.65” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.06”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

NTD69AO3: Cerussite

Very aerial reticulated growth of flattened and elongated prismatic Cerussite crystals. The crystals, twinned and with good terminations, are translucent and have a satiny luster. This specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-39) and we will send its catalogue file to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (10/2013)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 1.06” × 0.55”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / AUD$730

TP90AG5: Cerussite

Group of translucent crystals with very elongated prisms and dipyramidal terminations forming a scepter, and with cyclic twins. The shape is different and better defined than usual for samples from the locality.
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Thueyts, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (± 2014)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.57” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”
Price: €480 / US$513 / ¥68140 / AUD$770

ER89Z1: Cerussite

Very aerial spray of so- called "jackstraw" aggregates of acicular Cerussite crystals. They have a velvety luster and snowy white color that strongly contrasts against the dark limonite matrix.
Montevecchio Mines, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 9.2 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.62” × 1.38” × 1.38”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / AUD$730

EC61V9: Cerussite

Very aerial, transparent and bright, twinned crystal. It is implanted on a Quartz matrix rich in small clear green crystals of Smithsonite.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.10”
Price: €580 / US$620 / ¥82330 / AUD$930

XM2230MLM: Cerussite (twinned)

Group of Cerussite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, twinned, very sharp and lustrous, between transparent and translucent, with external staining and iron oxide inclusions. It comes from a Congolese mining district which produces lead, zinc and, to a lesser extent, copper.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department Republic of the Congo (2022)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.10” × 0.87”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

XM2290MEE: Cerussite (twinned)

V-shaped twin of sharp and lustrous Cerussite crystals, with polycrystalline terminations and remnants of a matrix formed of iron oxides. It comes from a Congolese mining district which produces lead, zinc and, to a lesser extent, copper.
M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department Republic of the Congo (2022)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 1.06”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

NGX97AP3: Cerussite (twinned)

Very aerial, reticulated growth of flattened and twinned prismatic Cerussite crystals with a white color. The specimen comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number CER-56) whose label we will send to the buyer.
Luis Mine, Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha Spain (06/11/2013)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.98” × 0.83”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

EMX89AP7: Cerussite (twinned)

Aggregate of Cerussite crystals, between lamellar and tabular, transparent and very lustrous, that form multiple twins, sharper and more perfect than usual, and in matrix, something really rare in specimens from this locality. The specimen comes from the former collection of Michel Perraudin.
Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.17” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.10” × 1.06”
Price: €540 / US$578 / ¥76650 / AUD$867

HM130TZ: Cerussite (twinned)

Floater reticulated aggregate of Cerussite crystals with multiple twinning, between lamellar and tabular. Very sharp, transparent, lustrous and more limpid and perfect than is usual for specimens from this deposit.
Nakhlak Mine, ↓180 m., Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (03/2016)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.34” × 0.94” × 0.47”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$208

SV380NHX: Cerussite after Anglesite and Goethite

Druse of twinned Cerussite crystals pseudomorphed to Anglesite and later coated by iridescent Goethite with predominant bluish and golden tones at the extremities of the specimen, all on a ferruginous rock matrix. The specimen is very characteristic for this emblematic deposit in the La Unión mining district, the San Valentine cut.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1985)
Specimen size: 13.3 × 11 × 7.1 cm = 5.24” × 4.33” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.39” × 0.12”
Price: €380 / US$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

SM760M: Cerussite after Anglesite on Goethite

Elongated prismatic crystals of Cerussite after Anglesite. Translucent, white in color and on an iridescent Goethite matrix. A classic of the San Valentin mine and Spanish mineralogy.
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez. Number 633
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 13.3 × 5.2 cm cm = 5.39” × 5.24” × 2.05”
Price: €760 / US$813 / ¥107880 / AUD$1220

ET99AK7: Cerussite after Anglesite with Goethite

Fans of twinned Cerussite crystals pseudomorphing Anglesite and subsequently coated by iridescent Goethite with a rainbow of colors dominated by yellow. This piece comes from the Mariano Guillén collection and both for the size of the crystals and the intensity of color represents just about the best known for this locality, which in fact is the only one that yields these curious formations.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.79”
Price: €480 / US$513 / ¥68140 / AUD$770

ELY14AP6: Cerussite on Galena

Group of superficially altered Galena crystals covered by small twinned Cerussite crystals, between transparent and translucent and of a light cream color. A true classic of European mineralogy, which comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin (number 055) and is accompanied by a handwritten note stating that it was obtained in an exchange with the Cracow Mineralogical Group in 1993.
Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie Poland
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 2.05” × 1.22”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

NRF89AN8: Cerussite on Goethite

Cyclic twins of second generation yellowish white tabular crystals of Cerussite, with very sharp and translucent crystal forms that contrast with the Goethite matrix that presents low iridescence with mostly reddish brown colors. This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 822), whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (±1995)
Specimen size: 12 × 7.3 × 8.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.87” × 3.35”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”
Price: €480 / US$513 / ¥68140 / AUD$770

HM90NTA: Cerussite on Goethite

Flattened crystals of Cerussite, very sharp, twinned, between translucent and transparent and with a yellowish white color.On matrix, with Goethite.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.9 × 5.5 cm = 2.87” × 2.72” × 2.17”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$144

JFD80AO0: Cerussite on Quartz with iron oxides inclusions

Less famous than Touissit or Mibladen, Taouz cerussites can be attractive too. In this case, although the very aerial crystals are small, their snow-white color contrasts with the dark matrix in which there are small Quartz crystals with inclusions of iron oxides.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±1990)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 1.46” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

ENX98AP2: Cerussite with Duftite

Cyclic twins of very sharp, transparent and lustrous smoky-colored Cerussite crystals, on matrix, with pale green Duftite microcrystal coatings.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.36” × 1.61” × 1.30”
Price: €380 / US$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

HM170NA: Cerussite with Galena

Groups of Cerussite crystals with good terminations, translucent, shiny and on a Galena matrix. The specimen comes from one of the great classical localities of the Spanish mineralogy.
La Cruz mining group, La Cruz vein, shaft 5, Linares, Comarca Sierra Morena, Jaén, Andalusia Spain
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”
Price: €170 / US$182 / ¥24130 / AUD$273

DF86AM1: Cerussite with Galena and Dolomite

Twinned crystals with a prismatic habit, with very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminations. They are translucent, shiny, and on Galena and Dolomite matrix. A fine miniature.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 1.06”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

NBR27AO8: Cerussite with limonite

Twinned Cerussite crystals with very well defined crystal forms, between transparent and translucent, lustrous, and covering a stalactitic growth of limonite. Not so common in this quality from the Ojuela Mine. It comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, which not only had specimens from Spain but also a good representation of minerals from all over the world.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.73” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.43” × 0.35”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

SV390EFH: Cerussite with Malachite

Aggregate of elongated crystals of Cerussite, on matrix, and almost entirely coated by deep green Malachite microcrystals. The specimen comes from the collection of Michel Perraudin and was found in an old German mine that benefited from lead and zinc.
Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen Germany
Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.7 × 4 cm = 4.25” × 2.64” × 1.57”
Price: €390 / US$417 / ¥55360 / AUD$620

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