The cerrusite is white to colourless and occurs in tabular crystals, either singly or as penetration twins. It is often embedded in dense masses of limonite. Single crystals up to one inch and larger crystal aggregates have been noted. These, evidently, were fairly loosely attached to the matrix which, perhaps, allowed many of them to escape being shipped to the smelter. Much less common are clusters or groups of prismatic crystals on matrix.
Clusters exceeding two or three inches can command quite good prices today.
Originally, these may have been more common, but, because the ore was hand sorted, many of them may have been sent to the smelter. They met with modest success and were able to recover several flats of specimens as well as innumerable thumbnails. Returning the following summer to try their luck again, they met with a somewhat different result and were only able to obtain a small number of thumbnails. One example of a specimen from their 1975 efforts is shown here. It currently resides in the author's collection.