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

Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
© Steve Rust

Description
Comments:	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.
Habit:	Hexagonal micro crystals, and flacky masses.
Colour:	Colouless to tinted brown, and creamy to reddish.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Rarity at site:	Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	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.; Rust, S. A. (1994): Seltene Mineralien aus dem Milltown-Steinbruch bei Ashover, Derbyshire, Großbritannien. Lapis, 19(12), 13-17; 58 (in German).
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Hydrocerussite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
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