Lead, Calcite
Türkmenbaşy, Cheleken Peninsula, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
Pipe casing of 11 cm diameter with 2 cm layer of precipitated Calcite over which a dark layer of native Lead was deposited. The Lead layer is strongly replaced by lead oxychlorides. Collected by Lev M. Lebedev in the 1970s and described in his monograph of 1983. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo