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Petterdite: PbCr+++2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O
Comments: Petterdite (Pe) forming a thin pink layer in grey-yellow anglesite (At) and cerussite, replacing galena (Gn), overgrown by red-yellow crocoite (Cr) and brown goethite (Gt). (CanMin, 38:1469). Location: Red Lead mine, on the Zeehan–Dundas mining field in northwestern Tasmania, Australia.. Scale: Field of view: 15 9 mm. © Canadian Mineralogist
Comments: Pinkish-violet crystalline aggregate of petterdite on matrix. Location: Callenberg North (no. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag