MENDIPITE

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A good representative specimen of the rare lead oxychloride Mendipite from Torr Works quarry at Cranmore, Mendip, in the county of Somerset. This quarry is more commonly known to c ollectors as Merehead quarry. The Mendipite forms as clustered, acicular pink-tinged white blades with a glassy lustre in a black manganese oxide and Calcite matrix. The Mn oxide matrix shows interesting spherical nodules throughout the generally massive material. Show more