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Leadhillite, so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland, is a transparent to translucent mineral of a yellowish or greenish white colour, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead. It is a secondary mineral confirmed as a distinct species in 1832 and formed in the oxidation zones of lead deposits where it is commonly associated with anglesite, cerussite, chalcosite, dioptase, galena, linarite, malachite, silver, willemite and wulfenite.
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