A sample of mendipite was found at the head of Ebbor Gorge.
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An example of the rare mineral mendipite was found at the head of the gorge.
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It was first discovered in 1923 in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England associated with mendipite.
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In addition to mendipite, it occurs with diaboleite, parkinsonite, wulfenite, cerussite and hydrocerussite.
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Like mendipite it is an oxychloride mineral and formed from the alteration of lead ore ( galena ) by secondary oxidation.
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The hills gave their name to the rare mineral mendipite, an oxohalide of lead with chlorine with formula Pb 3 Cl 2 O 2 which was first described in the area.
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