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Sweetite from
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK


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Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
© Steve Rust
Description
Type Locality:Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK is the type locality for Sweetite
Habit:Tetragonal bipyramids
Colour:Colourless-white, creamy
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
SEM-EDS
Analysis Reference:NHM London
References
References:[Min.Mag.(1984) 48, 267-269; Rust, S. Seltene Mineralien aus dem Steinbruch Milltown bei Ashover LAPIS Mineralienmagazin 1994, 12, p.13-17, 58]
Associated minerals:
Associates:Ashoverite
Calcite
Ettringite
Fluorite
Hydrozincite
Smithsonite
Unnamed (alpha-Zn(OH)2)
Wülfingite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sweetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
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