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Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK

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Mineral List:
  		•  Alstonite
    BaCa(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Habit: Thick bladed, Prismatic
    Colour: Colourless
    Description: Lines small cavitys in galena/fluorite veinstuff sometimes with cerussite, and later hydrocerussite
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Ashoverite (TL)
    Zn(OH)
     
    2
    Type Locality: Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    Habit: Tetragonal thin tabular-platy
    Colour: Colourless to white, creamy
    Description: Thin platy Square-like crystals to 1mm, associated with all other zinc hydroxides
    Reference: [Min.Mag.(1988) 52, 699-702; UKJMM No10; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Habit: Platy to thin bladed, cockscombe
    Colour: Creamy
    Description: Platy divergent crystal groups to 4mm, and as thin bladed elongated crystals. Rarely tinted yellow by greenockite
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Bravoite
    (Fe,Ni)S
     
    2
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Enargite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [UKJMM Vol.15 p.28-29]
  		•  Ettringite
    Ca
     
    6
    		Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 26H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Radial hexagonal,acicular.
    Colour: Colourless to white, and creamy
    Description: Very rare as groups of hemispherical and prismatic crystals to 2mm. On fluorite, associated with weddellite. Rarely found on corroded cerussite, with litarge.
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Extra Lapis English No. 9; UKJMM Vol.15 p.28-29; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [UKJMM Vol.15 p.28-29; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
    Site Photo
    Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Arliguie M
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Habit: Very thin crusts
    Colour: Yellow
    Description: Thin smears and powders on or near partly corroded sphalerite
    Reference: [S Rust collection]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Fibrous-acicular
    Colour: White
    Description: Forms a fibrous white filling to small cavitys. and as fibrous pseudomorphs after rhombic calcite crystals. Associated with hydrocerussite, and rarely weddellite.
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]
  		•  Gypsum
    var: Selenite
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
  		•  Hawleyite
    CdS
    Reference: [BMS Database; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Radial compact crystal groups.
    Colour: Colourless to white
    Description: Crystal groups to 2mm, and as very thin crusts.
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Hydrocerussite
    Pb
     
    3
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Habit: Hexagonal micro crystals, and flacky masses.
    Colour: Colouless to tinted brown, and creamy to reddish.
    Description: Forms in two habits. The first as minute platy hexagonal crystals. The second as unusual masses to 1.5cms of cellular flacky masses associated with litharge.
    Reference: [S. Rust collection; Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Habit: Micro-radial acicular crystals
    Colour: White, creamy
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Litharge
    PbO
    Habit: Tetragonal pseudomorphs possibly after the Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)
    Colour: Shades of red
    Description: Forms tetragonal pseudomorphs to 2mm after the unnamed (tetragonal Pb oxide hydrate). Grown on corroded cerussite with supergene calcite
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [BMS Database; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Massicot
    PbO
    Habit: Tetragonal pseudomorphs
    Colour: Yellow-creamy
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]
  		•  Millerite
    NiS
    Reference: [BMS Database; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Arliguie M
  		•  Palygorskite
    (Mg,Al)
     
    5
    		(Si,Al)
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Botryoidal
    Colour: Creamy
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: [BMS Database]
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Habit: Botryoidal, rice grain like crystals
    Colour: Colourless to brown, to pale yellow
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Stibnite ?
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
  		•  Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    Habit: Rounded crystals
    Colour: Pale yellow green
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993) The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13:16-55]
  		•  Sweetite (TL)
    Zn(OH)
     
    2
    Type Locality: Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    Habit: Tetragonal bipyramids
    Colour: Colourless-white, creamy
    Reference: [Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  'Unnamed (alpha-Zn(OH)2)'
    α-Zn(OH)
     
    2
    Habit: Radial lath-like
    Colour: White
    Description: Radial hemispherical masses to 1mm, associated with ashoverite, sweetite, and hemimorphite.
    Reference: [S Rust collection]
  		•  'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)'
    3PbO·H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Tetragonal
    Colour: Grey white to creamy
    Fluorescence: non
    Description: 0.7mm tetragonal bipyramids
    Reference: [S Rust collection]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Weddellite
    Ca[C
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Prismatic, bipyramiddle
    Colour: Colourless- pale broen
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Wülfingite
    Zn(OH)
     
    2
    Habit: Bladed radial star-like
    Colour: Colourless
    Reference: [Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]; Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]
    Site Photo
    Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Wurtzite
    (Zn,Fe)S
    Reference: [Ford, T., A. Sarjeant & M. Smith (1993): The minerals of the Peak district of Derbyshire. UK Jour. Mines & Minerals 13, 16-55.]


    45 entries listed. 39 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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