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Very aerial, complete Cerussite cyclic twin with transparent, very bright and slightly smoky crystals, with small coatings of massive Galena.
The sample, a classic from Tsumeb, is from the Daunis collection (a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area during the period 1970-1980).
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 1.42”

NM93AK4: Twinned Cerussite

Floating group of Cerussite crystals that form multiple twins with the classic lattice-like shape. The crystals are between transparent and translucent, very bright and with shades between colorless and a deeper smoky. A Tsumeb classic of great quality.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 7 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 2.76” × 1.69” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.42”

EB11AK1: Twinned Cerussite

An extraordinary specimen that brings together various morphological habits of Cerussite, with very sharp arrow twins, parallel growths of elongated crystals and lattice growths. The crystals are translucent and very bright.
A superb example from the René Hubin collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 11.1 × 8.3 × 3.7 cm = 4.37” × 3.27” × 1.46”

TY16N9: Twinned Cerussite

Flat twinned crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are grayish and have an excellent luster and are on matrix. Very different from the usual Cerussite from Touissit.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (1994)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 4.02” × 1.93” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”

AG27N4: Twinned Cerussite

Group of crystals showing the well known "butterfly" twins. They are on matrix and have an excellent smoky color and are extraordinarily bright.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (1998)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.46” × 0.59”

RQ56M3: Twinned Cerussite

Radial group of yellowish Cerussite cyclic twins, with very sharp faces and edges on a Limonite matrix.
This sample was purchased in 1961 in the Comtoir N. Boubée & Cie in Paris. We will send to the buyer the Boubée label, with the handwritten notes of Mr. Folch, and the card from the Folch Collection (Nr. 2429).
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia (±1961)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”

TP76R8: Twinned Cerussite

Twinned crystals with sharp and very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, very bright and have notable phantom growths. An excellent miniature.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.67”

RK96F9: Twinned Cerussite

Showing the smoky tones and the transparency of the best Cerussites from Tsumeb. On the front the twin plane is clearly seen.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia (±1963)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.10” × 0.94”

T92BE6: Twinned Cerussite

Spray of Cerussite crystals, a floater, and they have the typical criss-cross form of Cerussite from Tsumeb. Both the transparency and brilliance are good: so another good Cerussite twin from Tsumeb.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 1.02”

EA64P2: Twinned Cerussite with Baryte

Radial twins of extraordinarily bright Cerussite crystals on a Galena matrix and with white Baryte. Radial twins are unusual in Mibladen, where the normal is the dipyramidal twin.
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.69” × 1.30” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”

JM37AF3: Twinned Cerussite with Galena

Very sharp twinned crystals, between transparent and translucent, with whitish phantom growths, very bright, with a golden brown color and small Galena inclusions. The tip of the main twin, is slightly rough but free of damage. The termination of one of the secondary crystals is fractured.
The sample is from the James Catmur collection (number B120/A23AC) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Touissit Mine, Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (± 1993)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.69” × 0.98” × 0.59”

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