| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Cerussite |
| Formula: | PbCO3 |
| Comments: | Micro crystals encrusting tiny galena cubes with malachite, commonly twinned. |
| Habit: | tabular with curved edges, intersecting twins |
| Colour: | white |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Malachite | β1 photo of Cerussite associated with Malachite at this locality. |
| Baryte | β1 photo of Cerussite associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Fluorite | β1 photo of Cerussite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β1 photo of Cerussite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cerussite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Jinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 821211 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:821211:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d4908743-73e8-47a1-8abf-48a446f4e47e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite |
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| 16.8km (10.4 miles) | βBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | βSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.0km (13.6 miles) | βMiddletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.1km (13.7 miles) | βState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.8km (15.4 miles) | βMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | βThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.0km (22.4 miles) | βState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.9km (22.9 miles) | βTrumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 39.0km (24.3 miles) | βRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 39.9km (24.8 miles) | βCanton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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