Formula: PbCO₃

Species:

Colour: Colourless, white, gray, blue, or green; colourless in transmitted light

Lustre: Adamantine, Vitreous, Resinous, Pearly, Dull, Earthy

Hardness: 3 – 3½

Specific Gravity: 6.53 – 6.57

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Member of: Aragonite Group. Cerussite is a lead carbonate mineral, usually found in the oxidized zone of lead ore deposits. It is a very common weathering product of galena and other lead ore minerals.

Name: Named in 1845 by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger from the Latin, cerussa, meaning “white lead.”

Type Locality: Vicenza Province, Veneto – Italy