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Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia

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Anglesite : PbSO4

Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia

Anglesite crystals. Specimen is from the collection of the British Museum of Natural History #85471 (1975). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
Photo ID: 217306    View Count: 88

Cerussite : PbCO3

Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia

Cerussite crystal cluster, locally called "straw cerussite", often refered to in USA as "Jack Straw". Part of the Keith Lancaster collection and was used as one of the specimens that illustrated both his bookes on mineral locations in Tasmania and Australia. Specimen is 120mm long and 75mm wide. Specimen and photo A.Tuma
 © Andrew TumaPhoto ID: 120725    View Count: 99

Cerussite : PbCO3, Dundasite : PbAl2[(OH)2|CO3]2 · H2O

Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia

a 30mm wide "straw" cerussite cluster that is unusually coated in dundasite. Specimen and Photograph A. Tuma, N-D60.105m
 © Andrew TumaPhoto ID: 267023    View Count: 8
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