The Where of Mineral Names: Mendipite, The Mendip Hills, Somerset, South-West England

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks are due to William Besse for drafting the map (fig. 3) and to Roy Starkey for the photograph of the Torr Works quarry (fig. 4). Bruce Cairncross and John White reviewed the manuscript and are thanked for their helpful comments and suggestions.

Notes

* John Woodward (1665–1728) was one of the most important early British mineral collectors. His collection is conserved in its four original wooden cabinets at the Sedgwick Museum (formerly the Woodwardian Museum), Cambridge University, England. A detailed account of his collection and legacy has been given by Wilson (1994).

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Malcolm Southwood

Dr. Malcolm Southwood, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals, has collected minerals for more than forty years and has a special interest in minerals from southern Africa and the United Kingdom.