Mendipite - Pb₃O₂Cl₂

Habit: Fibrous or columnar masses, often radiated colorless to white or gray, often tinged with pink or other colors. Pearly to silky Luster on Cleavages, resinous to Adamantine Luster across Fractures; translucent, rarely transparent.

Environment: In nodules in manganese oxide ores.

Etymology: Named from the locality it was first described, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England