Cleavage surfaces are pearly. Crystals are transparent to translucent. Larger crystals may have a concave basal face. Pseudomorphs after susannite are also seen. Leadhillite is also pseudomorphed by cerussite at times.
Fracture is conchoidal.
Streak is white. Some specimens are fluorescent orange. Associated Minerals include malachite , silver , willemite , susannite , wulfenite , dioptase , chalcocite , galena , caledonite , anglesite , linarite and cerussite .