Cerussite - bipyramidal twins
stock #18.1-348
Grand Reef Mine, Graham County
Arizona,
United States
3.9 x 2.7 x 1.6 CM (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $160
new year 2021
Several hexagonal crystals of glassy Cerussite on matrix which look a lot like Cumberland habit Quartz. These bi-pyramidal twinned prisms sit on a complex matrix of Quartz some of which is colored pale green by inclusions. From the remarkable Grand Reef Mine that is famed for other lead secondaries; this is a nice small miniature in excellent condition.
Cerussite
stock #18.1-349
Grand Reef Mine, Graham County
Arizona,
United States
4.1 x 2.9 x 1.8 CM (miniature)
price: $50
A miniature from the Grand Reef Mine hosting milky white Cerussites with the habit that looks much like a doubly terminated Quartz. The Cerussites are on a typical druzy Quartz matrix and are in very good condition. A nice locality piece, the Grand Reef Mine is well respected as a source of some uncommon Lead secondary minerals.
Twined Cerussites contrast with an unusual matrix of small dark purple Fluorites. The Cerussites have a few blue inclusions but are mostly whitish. The matrix has several small zones of Caledonite and Linarite. Grand Reef has produced some excellent Lead secondary minerals and is a modern classic locale. This piece looks nice by naked eye but with strong magnification the details are very impressive.
