How do I identify Mereheadite?

Mereheadite can be identified by its hardness of 3.5 on the Mohs scale, pale yellow to reddish-orange color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Mereheadite?

Mereheadite typically appears in pale yellow to reddish-orange. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

How hard is Mereheadite?

Mereheadite has a hardness of 3.5 on the Mohs scale. This gives it moderate hardness.

Mereheadite

A variety of Minerals

What is Mereheadite?

Mereheadite is a rare oxychloride that can be found with Mendipite at Merehead quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, in the United Kingdom. Most specimens are associated with calcite, mendipite or hydrous cerussite in the Manganese pods on vein two at torr works quarry (merehead quarry). This mineral is associated with symesite which is also light yellow to orange. Symesite is found in small blotches on the calcites or mendipites; Mereheadite does not, as it is most often found in veins.