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Mendipite

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Mendipite

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Description
Locality: 
Merehead Quarry (Torr Works), East Cranmore, Somerset, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

A nice specimen of a rare lead mineral from the Mendip Hills in Somerset.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mendipite

Formula: 
Pb3Cl2O2
Strunz: 
3.DC.70
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Churchill, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
Peter Crozier Minerals