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Mereheadite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Mereheadite, etc.

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite, etc.

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite, etc.

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite, etc.

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite, etc.

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Mereheadite

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

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About MereheaditeHide

Torr Works Quarry General View, July 2005

Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Formula:

Pb₄₇Cl₂₅(OH)₁₃O₂₄(CO₃)(BO₃)₂

Formula originally assumed to be Pb₂O(OH)Cl.

Colour:

Pale yellow to reddish-orange

Lustre:

Vitreous, Resinous

Hardness:

3½

Specific Gravity:

7.12

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Name:

Named after Merehead quarry, Somerset, the source of this and other unusual lead secondary minerals.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Related to symesite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2648

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2648:8

GUID
(UUID V4):

53ec3e74-441e-4f23-906e-faa554aa2f5a

IMA Classification of MereheaditeHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

Pb₄₇O₂₄(OH)₁₃Cl₂₅(BO₃)₂(CO₃)

First published:

1998

Classification of MereheaditeHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

3.DC.45

3 : HALIDES
D : Oxyhalides, hydroxyhalides and related double halides
C : With Pb (As,Sb,Bi), without Cu

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Mrh	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of MereheaditeHide

Lustre:

Vitreous, Resinous

Transparency:

Transparent, Translucent

Colour:

Pale yellow to reddish-orange

Streak:

White

Hardness:

3½ on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
(001)

Fracture:

Hackly, Conchoidal

Density:

7.12 g/cm³ (Measured) 7.31 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of MereheaditeHide

Type:

Biaxial

RI values:

n_α = 2.190 n_γ = 2.280

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.090

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Dispersion:

relatively strong

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁	R₂
400nm	17.20%	17.95%
420nm	16.50%	17.40%
440nm	15.90%	16.90%
460nm	15.50%	16.50%
480nm	15.10%	16.10%
500nm	14.90%	15.80%
520nm	14.50%	15.50%
540nm	14.30%	15.30%
560nm	14.10%	15.20%
580nm	14.00%	15.00%
600nm	13.90%	14.90%
620nm	13.80%	14.80%
640nm	13.80%	14.80%
660nm	13.70%	14.70%
680nm	13.60%	14.65%
700nm	13.60%	14.60%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 17.95%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Gray

Internal Reflections:

Light yellow

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Chemistry of MereheaditeHide

Mindat Formula:

Pb₄₇Cl₂₅(OH)₁₃O₂₄(CO₃)(BO₃)₂

Formula originally assumed to be Pb₂O(OH)Cl.

Elements listed:

B, C, Cl, H, O, Pb - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of MereheaditeHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

m - Domatic

Cell Parameters:

a = 17.372(1) Å, b = 27.9419(19) Å, c = 10.6661(6) Å
β = 93.152(5)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.622 : 1 : 0.382

Unit Cell V:

5169.6 Å³

Comment:

SG Cm; originally reported cell (Welch et al., 1998): C2/c, 5.680, 5.565, 13.143 A, 90.64°.

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0014589	Mereheadite	Krivovichev S V, Turner R, Rumsey M, Sidra O I, Kirk C A (2009) The crystal structure and chemistry of mereheadite Mineralogical Magazine 73 103-117		2009	Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England	0	293

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 The crystal structure and chemistry of mereheadite
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Pb2   0.16330   0.40752  -0.20850   1.00000   0.02460
Pb3  -0.23370   0.20451  -0.42390   1.00000   0.02300
Pb4   0.95560   0.00000   0.15100   1.00000   0.03900
Pb5   0.05500   0.30060  -0.01080   1.00000   0.02390
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Pb7   0.68420   0.90091   0.15520   1.00000   0.02380
Pb8   0.37280   0.19248   0.40160   1.00000   0.02270
Pb9   0.47550   0.10024   0.19020   1.00000   0.02230
Pb10  -0.11590   0.09839  -0.24800   1.00000   0.02350
Pb11   0.27420   0.10202  -0.41090   1.00000   0.02210
Pb12   0.28950   0.00000   0.27690   0.92200   0.02310
Pb13  -0.10900   0.30524  -0.25340   1.00000   0.02150
Pb14   0.18150   0.00000   0.76270   1.00000   0.02550
Pb15   0.00010   0.39648  -0.44000   1.00000   0.02300
Pb16   0.36940   0.30180   0.06060   0.92500   0.01930
Pb17   0.07380   0.10482  -0.02310   1.00000   0.02800
Pb18   0.20550   0.19920   0.13200   1.00000   0.02860
Pb19   0.77270   0.00000   0.60240   1.00000   0.01960
Pb20   0.58710   0.19535   0.34950   1.00000   0.02320
Pb21  -0.22150   0.00000  -0.05170   1.00000   0.02330
Pb22   0.16360   0.19533  -0.22870   1.00000   0.02370
Pb23   0.56700   0.00000   0.01020   1.00000   0.02310
Pb24   0.29040   0.10332  -0.06900   1.00000   0.02350
Pb25   0.60480   0.00000   0.35850   1.00000   0.02460
Pb26   0.39000   0.00000   0.76480   1.00000   0.02100
Pb27   0.10060   0.10703  -0.64030   1.00000   0.02930
Pb28   0.98680   0.00000   0.56850   1.00000   0.03000
Cl1   0.17200   0.19830  -0.54900   1.00000   0.03400
Cl2  -0.02000   0.39890  -0.12200   1.00000   0.04200
Cl3   0.35900   0.00000   0.04100   1.00000   0.03300
Cl4   0.17900   0.00000   0.45700   1.00000   0.03800
Cl5   0.37500   0.40140   0.07800   1.00000   0.04100
Cl6   0.08500   0.10320  -0.32100   1.00000   0.04000
Cl7   0.09700   0.50000  -0.30300   1.00000   0.03500
Cl8   0.76300   0.00000   0.25700   1.00000   0.03900
Cl9   0.39380   0.19830   0.08100   1.00000   0.02500
Cl10   0.97700   0.00000   0.85800   1.00000   0.03200
Cl11   0.06400   0.30300  -0.35100   1.00000   0.02200
Cl12   0.26700   0.10210   0.24700   1.00000   0.03600
Cl13   0.48000   0.30150  -0.12500   1.00000   0.03400
Cl14   0.28900   0.29810   0.29300   1.00000   0.03400
Cl15   0.68100   0.89730   0.46800   1.00000   0.02000
Pb1A   0.18700   0.00000   0.15700   0.07800   0.02000
Pb2A   0.47400   0.30300   0.19400   0.07500   0.01800
O1  -0.11100   0.35900  -0.41000   1.00000   0.01400
O2   0.27300   0.15700  -0.25000   1.00000   0.01900
O3   0.28900   0.05300   0.75700   1.00000   0.03100
O4   0.58200   0.94600   0.20600   1.00000   0.01600
O5   0.57200   0.15300   0.15400   1.00000   0.02000
O6   0.17100   0.44600  -0.02500   1.00000   0.01100
O7  -0.13300   0.25400  -0.41700   1.00000   0.02600
O8  -0.00900   0.35700  -0.62500   1.00000   0.02200
O9  -0.13900   0.15210  -0.41700   1.00000   0.01000
O10   0.17600   0.15400  -0.04200   1.00000   0.01400
O11   0.77500   0.94800   0.76600   1.00000   0.01400
O12  -0.11200   0.05000  -0.41800   1.00000   0.01800
O-H1   0.17600   0.05000  -0.04900   1.00000   0.02800
O-H2  -0.02200   0.13600  -0.61100   1.00000   0.03200
O-H3   0.47800   0.24330   0.38600   1.00000   0.00800
O-H4   0.09300   0.15700   0.18400   1.00000   0.04000
O-H5   0.06400   0.05100   0.18600   1.00000   0.03600
O-H6   0.94800   0.00000   0.35400   1.00000   0.06200
O-H7   0.58500   0.25800   0.14500   1.00000   0.02800
C   0.42400   0.00000   0.46600   1.00000   0.06900
O1A   0.47000   0.00000   0.38500   1.00000   0.06900
O1B   0.40500   0.03700   0.52500   1.00000   0.06900
B  -0.27000   0.19800  -0.11600   1.00000   0.06900
O2A  -0.23800   0.17300  -0.19200   1.00000   0.06900
O2B  -0.28300   0.24000  -0.08500   1.00000   0.06900
O2C  -0.31100   0.16700  -0.05700   1.00000   0.06900
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Pb1 0.02700 0.02100 0.02300 0.00270 0.00400 0.00240
Pb2 0.03000 0.02200 0.02300 -0.00300 0.00200 -0.00090
Pb3 0.02200 0.02100 0.02700 0.00000 0.00500 0.00020
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Pb5 0.02600 0.02200 0.02400 -0.00130 0.00100 -0.00240
Pb6 0.02700 0.02300 0.02300 0.00230 0.00200 0.00140
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Pb9 0.02000 0.02000 0.02700 -0.00090 0.00200 -0.00370
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Pb15 0.02300 0.02200 0.02400 -0.00400 0.00050 0.00100
Pb16 0.01900 0.02000 0.01900 0.00100 0.00010 -0.00010
Pb17 0.02200 0.02600 0.03600 -0.00170 0.00050 -0.00700
Pb18 0.02500 0.02800 0.03300 0.00070 -0.00100 -0.00600
Pb19 0.02200 0.02200 0.01500 0.00000 0.00200 0.00000
Pb20 0.01900 0.02500 0.02600 -0.00100 -0.00070 0.00000
Pb21 0.01900 0.02700 0.02400 0.00000 -0.00030 0.00000
Pb22 0.02300 0.02200 0.02700 0.00200 0.00500 0.00160
Pb23 0.02100 0.02400 0.02400 0.00000 -0.00060 0.00000
Pb24 0.02400 0.02500 0.02200 0.00130 0.00070 -0.00300
Pb25 0.02500 0.02700 0.02200 0.00000 0.00500 0.00000
Pb26 0.01800 0.02100 0.02400 0.00000 0.00500 0.00000
Pb27 0.03500 0.03000 0.02400 -0.00300 0.00400 0.00100
Pb28 0.03100 0.02900 0.03100 0.00000 0.00500 0.00000
Cl1 0.04000 0.04000 0.01900 -0.02300 -0.00500 0.00300
Cl2 0.03800 0.02800 0.06100 -0.00600 0.01000 -0.00200
Cl3 0.05300 0.03600 0.00900 0.00000 -0.01000 0.00000
Cl4 0.04000 0.02200 0.05200 0.00000 0.01500 0.00000
Cl5 0.04800 0.02600 0.05100 -0.00200 0.02000 0.00400
Cl6 0.05200 0.02400 0.04800 0.00500 0.02100 0.01500
Cl7 0.02000 0.02700 0.06100 0.00000 0.02800 0.00000
Cl8 0.04500 0.03000 0.04400 0.00000 0.03100 0.00000
Cl9 0.00900 0.01900 0.04900 0.00400 0.01300 0.00300
Cl10 0.04700 0.03600 0.01200 0.00000 -0.01000 0.00000
Cl11 0.03700 0.01500 0.01500 -0.00300 -0.00300 -0.00100
Cl12 0.05000 0.02100 0.04000 0.00700 0.01700 -0.01100
Cl13 0.04200 0.03800 0.01900 0.00000 -0.00900 0.00100
Cl14 0.04100 0.01700 0.04500 -0.00800 0.02200 -0.00400
Cl15 0.01400 0.02900 0.01900 0.00700 0.00200 0.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.930 Å	(100)
3.785 Å	(48)
2.825 Å	(43)
6.581 Å	(37)
2.182 Å	(37)
2.780 Å	(36)
3.267 Å	(35)

Comments:

Merehead Quarry, Somerset, England. Data from the type description.

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event	<2.4
47c : [Carbonates, phosphates, borates, nitrates]
47e : [Vanadates, chromates, manganates]
47g : [Halogen-bearing surface weathering minerals]

Type Occurrence of MereheaditeHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

General Appearance of Type Material:

Polycrystalline aggregates, up to 10 x 30 mm, in which individual grains are anhedral and rarely exceed 2 mm.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Natural History Museum, London, England, specimen BM 1965,285 and polished mount E.1175.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Lead bearing lenses and cavities in veins of manganese and iron oxide minerals that cut through a sequence of dolomitic limestone.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Mendipite	Blixite	Cerussite	Hydrocerussite	Calcite
Chloroxiphite	Paralaurionite	Parkinsonite	Datolite

Synonyms of MereheaditeHide

IMA1996-045

Unnamed (Pb Sulphate-Oxychloride)

Other Language Names for MereheaditeHide

German:Mereheadit

Spanish:Mereheadita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

22 photos of Mereheadite associated with Mendipite	Pb₃Cl₂O₂
9 photos of Mereheadite associated with Rickturnerite	Pb₇O₄[Mg(OH)₄](OH)Cl₃
8 photos of Mereheadite associated with Chloroxiphite	Pb₃CuO₂Cl₂(OH)₂
7 photos of Mereheadite associated with Crednerite	CuMnO₂
3 photos of Mereheadite associated with Paralaurionite	PbCl(OH)
3 photos of Mereheadite associated with Symesite	Pb₁₀(SO₄)O₇Cl₄ · H₂O
3 photos of Mereheadite associated with Plumbonacrite	Pb₅O(OH)₂(CO₃)₃
3 photos of Mereheadite associated with Mimetite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl
3 photos of Mereheadite associated with Hydrocerussite	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
3 photos of Mereheadite associated with Parkinsonite	Pb₇MoO₉Cl₂

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

3.DC.	Lucabindiite	(K,NH₄)As₄O₆(Cl,Br)	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mmm
3.DC.	Torrecillasite	Na(As,Sb)³⁺₄O₆Cl	Orth.
3.DC.	Gajardoite	KCa_0.5As³⁺₄O₆Cl₂ · 5H₂O	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mmm
3.DC.	Cuatrocapaite-(NH₄)	(NH₄)₃(NaMg◻)(As₂O₃)₆Cl₆ · 16H₂O	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DC.	Cuatrocapaite-(K)	K₃(NaMg◻)(As₂O₃)₆Cl₆ · 16H₂O	Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : R3m
3.DC.	Napoliite	Pb₂OFCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4₂/mcm
3.DC.05	Laurionite	PbCl(OH)	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
3.DC.05	Paralaurionite	PbCl(OH)	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
3.DC.05	Russoite	(NH₄)ClAs₂O₃(H₂O)_0.5	Hex. 6 2 2 : P6 2 2
3.DC.05	Mauriziodiniite	(NH₄)(As₂O₃)₂I	Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P6/mmm
3.DC.10	Fiedlerite	Pb₃FCl₄(OH) · H₂O	Mon. 2/m
3.DC.15	Penfieldite	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	Hex. 6 : P6
3.DC.15	Telluroperite	Pb₃TeO₄Cl₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
3.DC.20	Laurelite	Pb₇F₁₂Cl₂	Hex. 6 : P6
3.DC.25	Bismoclite	BiOCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
3.DC.25	Matlockite	PbFCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
3.DC.25	Rorisite	CaFCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
3.DC.25	Zavaritskite	(BiO)F	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
3.DC.25	Zhangpeishanite	BaFCl	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
3.DC.30	Nadorite	PbSbClO₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
3.DC.30	Perite	PbBiClO₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Cmcm
3.DC.40	Thorikosite	Pb₃Cl₂(OH)(SbO₃,AsO₃)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm
3.DC.50	Blixite	Pb₈O₅(OH)₂Cl₄	Orth.
3.DC.52	Rumseyite	Pb₂OClF	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4/mmm
3.DC.55	Pinalite	Pb₃WO₅Cl₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
3.DC.55	Vladkrivovichevite	[Pb₃₂O₁₈][Pb₄Mn₂O]Cl₁₄(BO₃)₈ · 2H₂O	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmmn
3.DC.57	Yeomanite	Pb₂O(OH)Cl	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
3.DC.60	Lorettoite	Pb₇O₆Cl₂	Orth.
3.DC.60	Symesite	Pb₁₀(SO₄)O₇Cl₄ · H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1
3.DC.62	Sarawakite (of Frenzel)	Sb, O, Cl (?)
3.DC.65	Ecdemite	Pb₆Cl₄(As₂O₇)	Mon. 2 : P2₁
3.DC.70	Mendipite	Pb₃Cl₂O₂	Orth. 2 2 2 : P2₁ 2₁ 2₁
3.DC.75	Damaraite	Pb₃Cl(OH)O₂	Orth. mm2 : Pmc2₁
3.DC.80	Onoratoite	Sb₈Cl₂O₁₁	Tric. 1 : P1
3.DC.95	Barstowite	Pb₄Cl₆(CO₃) · H₂O	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m

Fluorescence of MereheaditeHide

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References for MereheaditeHide

Reference List:

Welch, M. D., Criddle, A. J., Symes, R. F. (1998) Mereheadite, Pb₂O(OH)Cl: a new litharge-related oxychloride from Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (3) 387-393 doi:10.1180/002646198547657

Jambor, J.L., Pertsev, N.N., Roberts, A.C. (1999) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 84: 1195-1198.

Krivovichev, S. V., Turner, R., RumseY, M., Siidra, O. I., Kirk, C. A. (2009) The crystal structure and chemistry of mereheadite. Mineralogical Magazine, 73 (1) 103-117 doi:10.1180/minmag.2009.073.1.103

(2023) Mereheadite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Argentina
La Rioja Province General Lamadrid Department Villa Castelli ⓘ ~~Sierra de Cacho~~	Grundmann et al. (2018)
Mendoza Province Luján de Cuyo department Cacheuta District Sierra de Cacheuta Cerro de Cacheuta ⓘ Cacheuta Mine ?	Grundmann et al. (2018)

Germany
Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Region Ortenaukreis Oberwolfach ⓘ Clara Mine	Walenta (1999) +1 other reference
North Rhine-Westphalia Arnsberg Hochsauerlandkreis Brilon ⓘ Kunibert Mine	Rouse et al. (1990) +1 other reference

UK
England Bristol Westbury on Trym ⓘ Wesley Mine	Day (1999)
Somerset Mendip Cranmore ⓘ Torr Works Quarry (TL)	Alabaster (1989) +7 other references

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