Cerussite is a popular collection mineral. It is famous for its great sparkle, great density and amazing twinned crystals. Cerussite is a minor ore of lead. It has a very high luster due mostly to the lead content. Just as leaded crystal glass sparkles more brilliantly because of its lead content, so too does cerussite.

The color of cerussite ranges from
Colorless, yellow, green, brown, red to black. The black crystals are filled with inclusions of galena.
A green color is is due to inclusions of malachite.
Gray is formed by Galena inclusions.
Red have inclusions of cerussite.
The finest Cerussite are the colorless sharp
edged ones found at Tsumeb