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Mineral Specimens with Cerussite
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This oldtimer is an example of the species combinations for which the Mammoth Mine was so famous. Drusy, emerald green, lustrous, translucent, dioptase is associated with acicular, lustrous crystals of cerussite, to 1.2 cm in length along with a few, orange, wulfenite crystals, to .5 cm across. In fact, the whole matrix is highly porous, giving a home to the various species. 6.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
The TriState mining district is not noted for secondary lead minerals. This cerussite impregnated matrix has minor, subhedral, green pyromorphite along with colorless, high luster, cerussite crystals, to .7 cm across. VERY RARE AND HISTORIC MATERIAL from the early 1900s!!! You can see that even Mr. "OES" , who lived a tthe time, thought this was a remarkable piece! 7.0 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
When viewing this specimen, it is easy to see the wonderful taste that Peter Bancroft exhibited in acquiring specimens for his collection. Considering what a soft mineral cerussite is, this specimen is almost miraculous in that it survived attached to matrix like this! Few large reticulated twins have survived, and in fact I cannot think of another of this size and quality that I have even seen for sale in the last decade which could match this. It is almost pristine, or as near so as you can ask. This is a reticulated (complexly twinned),colorless, gemmy, cerussite with incredible, adamantine (diamond-like) luster. It displays from both sides, equally well (the brown streak in one side is simply a bit of matrix material recessed down in a portion of the crystal and not a problem or damage ). It is complete and pristine and 3-dimensional all around! The longest member of this twin is 7.0 cm. The crystal sits on a matrix of micro-sized cerussite crystals invested with duftite, thus giving a lovely green glow to the matrix. I cannot emphasize enough how rare such a crystal on matrix, UNDAMAGED AND 3-DIMENSIONAL ALL AROUND, really is! Note it is complete and viewable on BOTH sides, and all around. I will have a custom-made lucite base made for this for the customer. 9 x 6.1 x 5 cm
A rare treasure indeed! When this small pocket turned up in the early 1970s, Ed used his equipment (he was a geophysicist) to check the nature of the green inclusions and was the author of a short article on the find published in the Min Record special issue on Tsumeb in 1977. This is one of those original specimens, which he kept. It is a complete-all-around, pristine specimen with a gemmy large crystal on matrix with smaller crystals. This is a bright and colorful piece, with rich green inclusions that accentuate the lustre and form of the cerussite while adding a novel color. To this day, this small pocket remains unique. To our knowledge, there were just a small handful of specimens and they are all extremely rare , and hard to find available. This is small, true, but its one of the best pieces here, in my book - and among the most rare 2 x 1.4 x 1 cm
Sharp, very aesthetic large single crystal with just the right amount of matrix attached for visual balance. The luster is superb, and there are phantoms visible the length of the crystal. The lustre is just plain weird - it is shimmering, silky, and glistening all at once. In person, this is mind-blowing and supremely attractive for the combination of the symmetry and the shimmer - like a church tower made out of dragonfly wing. Combine all this with an incredible termination for the species, about the sharpest you can ask for, and you have a terrific Cerussite. Purchased from the Zweibels in 1976 6.8 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
If you look at almost anyone’s Tsumeb wish list, you would certainly find razor-sharp pink scalenodral Cobaltian Smithsonites (faintly pink, as the habit tends to be - they look more beige in pics). Elsewhere on the list you would also find a lustrous cyclic twin of Cerussite. Here we have a rich specimen with freestanding cobaltian smithsonite crystals of high translucency and good size (to 1.5 cm), with very sharp Cerussite twin (with only minor chatter on it) perched upon it! Super minaiture, and one of our favorites of the lot! BETTER IN PERSON. Purchased from the Zweibels in 1976 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Let me start off by saying that this is a truly fabulous combination piece consisting of excellent examples of both species. The gemmy Cerussites all have excellent clarity and luster, and the largest is 3 cm in size and sharply twinned! The drusy Duftite matrix has excellent color and superb luster, as well. The large crystal is pristine save for one tiny ding in a crevasse on a back face. The large Cerussite twin is freestanding and complete all around, otherwise. The one contacted Cerussite (shown in the upper-right photo on the far right side of the piece) suffers very little for it and is trivial anyhow, as you can see in the other three display angles. A terrific specimen Purchased from the Zweibels in 1978. 4.3 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Unusually thick crystal of the classic reticulated ‘snowflake’ Cerussite style. This is a cluster of intergrown, twinned, cerussite. The luster ranges from typically glassy along the terminations to unusually glassy and sparkling along the sides, which shimmer because of the fine degree of crystallization. A very nice specimen you can say elegantly demonstrates why these are still the most desirable cerussites in the world! Purchased from the Zweibels in 1978 5.4 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Gem clear, single crystal of Cerussite. The luster is absolutely superb, as it the clarity and termination. It is contacted on the back, and has some broken spokes on one side, but displays phenomenally for what it is and the price is adjusted down accordingly , beautiful as it may be. This is far better in person. Purchased from the Zweibels in 1981 5.4 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
A very aesthetic Tsumeb specimen. The glassy, cyclic-twinned cerussite crystal looks like a fleur-de-lis on the nicely contrasting malachite-accented matrix. A beautiful piece and the contacting on the front of the cerussite and very trivial edge bruising are hardly noticeable. 3.8 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
A showy and excellent Tsumeb specimen of pristine, very glassy, cyclically-twinned cerussite crystals attached to a layerd, micro-crystallized, sparkly dolomite matrix. 9.9 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
This is certainly one of the FINEST and most AESTHETIC matrix, jackstraw cerussite specimens from the famous Flux Mine, Arizona, that I have seen in a long time. The pearlescent cerussite crystals to 2.2 cm are artfully arranged on the contrasting gossan matrix. Excellent, old-time material from the Richard Hauck Collection. 7.2 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm
This is a RARE complete sixling twin of cerussite from Tsumeb, from the Nasser Collection! Two of the four "spokes" are contacted, but all six are there - and they are GLASSY, GEMMY and LUSTROUS! Displayed with the two contacted spokes down, this is a wonderfully displayable small mini of a rare Tsumeb occurrence! 3.1 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
A showy cluster of lustrous, glassy, smoke-gray, reticulated cerussite blades on matrix from Tsumeb. Damage free, which is unusual. 4.5 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
An excellent and showy, old-time specimen of velvet malachite and cerussite on massive cerussite from the famous Tynagh Mine, County Galway, Ireland. The broken malachite faces have very nice chatoyancy. 6.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
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