Cerussite and baryte Crystals on matrix - Height: 80 mm - Width: 65 mm- 195 g

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Meteorite with crystals on matrix featuring main minerals cerussite and baryte; from Les Dalles mine – Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco; dimensions 80 × 65 × 33 mm, weight 195 g; graceful druse of honey-coloured, partly transparent cerussite crystals with thin lamellar pink barite crystals on the edges, and cerussite reveals yellow colour under long-wave UV light.

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Graceful druse completely covered by small and large, almost botryoidal crystals of cerussite.
They have a honey color and are partially transparent too.
Some aggregates of thin lamellar pink barite crystals are present on the edges.
Cerussites partially turn a beautiful yellow color under long-wave UV light.

Graceful druse completely covered by small and large, almost botryoidal crystals of cerussite.
They have a honey color and are partially transparent too.
Some aggregates of thin lamellar pink barite crystals are present on the edges.
Cerussites partially turn a beautiful yellow color under long-wave UV light.

Details

Main Mineral
Cerussite and baryte
Mineral Form
Crystals on matrix
Weight
195 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Les Dalles mine – Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt – Draa-Tafilalet Region -
Country of Origin
Morocco
Height
80 mm
Width
65 mm
Depth
33 mm
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