Beautiful miniature specimen featuring four principal gemmy cerussite crystals. The crystals are pristine and show wonderful twinning. There are delicate cream-coloured bladed crystals of barite in association and the matrix is galena. The largest cerussite crystal is 1.8 cm. I was very happy to acquire this specimen from a miner’s family in the village of Mibladen. 

If you'd like to see more about the Mibladen Mining District, including photos of some of the vanadinite workings, see Morocco: The Northern Sahara and the Atlas Mountains (Part 2).