Cerussite with Mimetite

specimen number:
2312477

location:
Nakhlak Mine, Anarak, Nain Co., Isfahan, Iran

description:

A loose cluster of twinned cerussite crystals, brilliant orange micro crystals of mimetite are scattered throughout. Slight micro-damage present, this still in good condition. There are no points of attachment.

The Nakhlak Mine, located in the Anarak district of Nain County in Isfahan Province, Iran, is one of the country's oldest and most historic lead-mining districts, with extraction dating back more than two thousand years through pre-Islamic, Islamic, and modern eras. Geologically, the deposit is hosted within Cretaceous carbonate rocks and fault zones where lead-bearing hydrothermal fluids circulated and deposited significant mineralization. Mineralogically, the mine is world-renowned for its exceptional secondary lead minerals, most notably brilliant bright yellow to orange wulfenite crystals, anglesite, and cerussite, which have made Nakhlak specimens highly prized by museum curators and international mineral collectors.

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