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Shipham / Mendip Hills, Somerset

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Smithsonite (calamine), hemimorphite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Carboniferous Limestone, zinc-lead 'calamine' veins

Historic Mendip zinc (calamine) field.

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