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Chloroxiphite & Mendipite

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Chloroxiphite & Mendipite

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Description
Locality: 
Merehead Quarry (Torr Works), East Cranmore, Somerset, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Green crystals of rare chloroxiphite in pale pink mendipite.

The Mendip Hills are the Type Locality for both speciees.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chloroxiphite

Formula: 
Pb3CuO2Cl2(OH)2
Strunz: 
3.DB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK

Mendipite

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

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