Cerussite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Cerussite [ PbCO₃ ]

Images of Cerussite

Crystals of cerussite on calcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

SXES spectrum of Cerussite

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of cerussite (peach) on calcite (pink), from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Cerussite specimen from Mibladen, Morocco, and is 5.6cm in size

Photo by Carlin Green, USGS, Public Domain

Material properties

Formula	PbCO₃
Abbreviation	Cer
Classifications	Aragonite (group), Minerals containing CO3
Luminescence emitters	Charge transfer, CO3, Mn, O, Triplet-singlet
Spectra	SXES (1)
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1845
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Mineral, Carbonate

Composition

Element	Atoms
C	1
Pb	1
O	3
Total:	5

References for Cerussite

CSIRO SXES database

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Gonzalez et al. 2017

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Gorobets 1981

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Tarashchan 1978

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Specimens of Cerussite

Name	Owner	Materials	Image	Spectra	Techniques
PbCO3 Hyper2-14	CSIRO	Cerussite	PbCO3 Hyper2-14 BSE image of Cerussite [PbCO3] in 'PbCO3 Hyper2-14' standard (CSIRO) from Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES
PbSO4 Hyper1-29	CSIRO	Anglesite, Cerussite, Lead sulphate	PbSO4 Hyper1-29 BSE image of Anglesite [PbSO4] in 'PbSO4 Hyper1-29' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES