Mineral: Stolzite
Locality: Sainte Lucie Mine, Saint-Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Mende, Lozère, Occitanie, France
Dimensions: 3 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 1.9 cm

Description: Mass: 28 g MIM number:1989 Very well formed cream-colored crystal perched on a silvery 2.9 cm cyclically twinned cerussite. A small crystal of stolzite is embedded in the cerussite at the back. Such a well-formed stolzite-cerusite floating association is not common in this mine. Photographer: MIM Museum Publications: "Le Règne Minéral #18: Nov-Déc 1997", "Mineralogical Record: Jan-Feb 2011" Ex collections: Yves Merchadier (France), Louis-Dominique Bayle (France)

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