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Ashoverite from
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Ashoverite | |
| Formula: | Zn(OH)2 | |
| Comments: | Thin platy Square-like crystals to 1mm, associated with all other zinc hydroxides | |
| Habit: | Tetragonal thin tabular-platy | |
| Colour: | Colourless to white, creamy | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed - Type Locality | |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD SEM-EDS | |
| Confirmation Details: | Where Tested and Reference ID: NHM London | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Calcite Fluorite Hemimorphite Hydrozincite Smithsonite Sweetite Unnamed (gamma-Zn(OH)2) | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Fluorite | 6 | |
| Sweetite | 5 | |
| Calcite | 4 | |
| Baryte | 3 | |
| Unnamed (gamma-Zn(OH)2) | 2 | |
| Hydrozincite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Ashoverite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1499 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1499:1 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, North East Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England, UK