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Mindat Short Description
Aragonite Group.
Cerussite is a lead carbonate mineral, usually found in the oxidized zone of lead ore deposits. It is a very common weathering product of galena and other lead ore minerals.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
The synthetic lead carbonate was known previously as ceruse, and the mineral was known previously under various chemical names, but the mineral was named cerussite in this publication: Haidinger W (1845) Cerussit, in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 503-503
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Pb(CO3)
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
PbCO3
