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Mendipite

Type Locality - Ex Eddy van der Meersche Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Merehead Quarry (Torr Works), East Cranmore, Somerset, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.3 × 3 cm
Description

This outstanding specimen  is, by Mendipite standards, a beauty.  The crystal pocket measures 5 cm across and has many excellent crystals showing on the surface, above the massive mendipite which fills it. It is a rich, rare, undoubtedly old piece. Especially the size and the richness of the Mendipite-aggregate are great. Ex Eddy van der Meersche Collection.

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
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