Acer palmatum, although there are more than 100 species of maple worldwide, only one species (Acer campestre) is native to the UK.

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Earth lab datasite

Linarite
Sulphate in quartz
hydrous lead copper sulphate
Pb Cu SO4 OH2
Scale bar = 1 centimetre
cleavage: Perfect
crystal system: Monoclinic
hardness:  2.5
relative density:  5.3
Red Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland
26 E 1