Properties
| Category | Carbonate mineral |
|---|---|
| Formula | Lead carbonate: PbCO3 |
| Crystal system | Orthorhombic |
| Color | Colorless, white, gray, blue, or green |
| Crystal habit | Massive granular, reticulate, tabular to equant crystals |
| Cleavage | Good and |
| Fracture | Brittle conchoidal |
| Mohs scale hardness | 3 to 3.5 |
| Luster | Adamantine, vitreous, resinous |
| Streak | White |
| Diaphaneity | Transparent to translucent |
| Specific gravity | 6.53–6.57 |
From the Wikipedia article
Cerussite (also known as lead carbonate or white lead ore) is a mineral consisting of lead carbonate with the chemical formula PbCO3, and is an important ore of lead. The name is from the Latin cerussa, white lead. Cerussa nativa was mentioned by Conrad Gessner in 1565, and in 1832 F. S. Beudant applied the name céruse to the mineral, whilst the present form, cerussite, is due to W. Haidinger (1845). Miners' names in early use were lead-spar and white-lead-ore.
Source
Source record: crystal-compendium/cerussite/minerals.json. Fetched from English Wikipedia by the operator 2 October 2026.
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