| | Description | |
| Type Locality: | Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK is the type locality for Parkinsonite | | Comments: | A very rare minor constituent of the oxychloride suite at Merehead. Only found in #1 vein and always occurs embedded in mendipite. | | Habit: | minute areas of granular material | | Colour: | red, dark red, black | | UV Fluorescence: | none | | Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | | Rarity at site: | Very Rare | | Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Confirmed | | Confirmation Methods: | XRD
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| | References | |
| References: | Min.Mag.: 58:59-68.; Welch, M.D., Schofield, P.F., Cressey, G., and Stanley, G.J. (1996). Cation ordering in lead-molybdenum-vanadium oxychlorides. American Mineralogist, vol. 81, pp 1350-1359. | | Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Parkinsonite data | | Locality Data: | Click here to view Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK | | Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
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