Cerussite

Araya, Aga city, Higashi-Kambara county, Niigata pref., Japan

Field of view: 5 mm. Cerussite on the surface of galena. The prismatic white crystals are cerussite forming a penetration twin. The pale brown basement is a anglesite crust on galena.

Recovered from a meteoric oxidation zone of a moderate-temperature hydrothermal deposit associated with rhyolite.

Cerussite from this location was described in 1933.

Other localities

List of Japanese cerussite localities

Goka Mine (Hydrothermal, Reniform)
Kisan-mori Mine (Hydrothermal, Pseudocubic)
Mikawa Mine (Hydrothermal, Prismatic)
Nakatatsu Mine (Hydrothermal Skarn, Prismatic)
Kamioka Mine (Pneumatolytic Skarn, Vein)