Bargain Basement.......All specimens are 25p each...........Updated 9 February 2012
BB1 ADAMITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Pale green crystalline crusts on quartz matrix 25p 2
BB165 ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Clear to colourless Analcite xtls on matrix 25p 1
BB166 ANAPAITE - Bellver de Cerdanya, Catalonia, Spain Pale green translucent Anapaite xtls in cavities in matrix 25p 1
BB3 APOPHYLLITE - Cross Moorfield Quarry, Broughshane, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Clear to whitish Apophyllite xtls +/- Thomsonite, Chabazite on basalt matrix 25p 1
BB167 ARAGONITE - Heights Quarry, Weardale, Co. Durham, England White spiky Aragonite xtls on ironstone matrix 25p 1
BB168 AURICHALCITE - Llangynog Quarry, Llangynog, Denbighshire, Wales Masses of tiny sky-blue Aurichalcite xtls lining cavities in dolomitic matrix 25p 2
BB169 AZURITE - Great Orme Mine, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales Small deep blue Azurite xtls in cavities in dolomite matrix +/- Malachite, Chalcopyrite 25p 3
BB170 BARYTES - Tenter Hill, Bramham, North Yorkshire, England Greyish doubly terminated with white terminations, some iron stained in cavities in barytes matrix 25p 2
BB171 BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Greenish-yellow crust of minute Beaudantite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Mimetite, Carminite, Scorodite 25p 4
BB12 BISMUTH - Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Small, very shiny, silvery cleavage faces and/or grey rounded blobs embedded in quartz matrix +/- massive wolfamite, arsenopyrite, cassiterite 25p 5
BB173 CALCITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Colourless spiky Calcite xtls in cavities in Calcite matrix 25p 1
BB174 CALCITE - Forcett Quarry, East Layton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England Whitish Calcite xtls in cavities in barytes/witherite matrix 25p 1
BB14 CALCITE - Peak Hill, Sidmouth, Devon, England Clear, modified hexagonal Calcite xtls in matrix 25p 1
BB175 CALCITE - Stank Mine, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Clear tabular hexagonal striated Calcite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix +/- Pyrolusite 25p 3
BB176 CALCITE & ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Whitish Calcite xtls and clear Analcite xtls on matrix 25p 1
BB177 CARMINITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Minute orangy-red to deep red Carminite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Beaudantite, Scorodite, Pharmacosiderite, Mimetite 25p 3
BB17 CASSITERITE - Great Links, Lydford, Devon, England Dark brown to black Cassiterite xtls in quartz matrix 25p 4
BB165 CASSITERITE - La Aliada Mine, Chantaya, Potosi, Bolivia Small brown sparable Cassiterite xtls in cassiterite/pyrite matrix 25p 2
BB166 CASSITERITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Radiating sprays of brown acicular Cassiterite xtls embedded in quartz matrix 25p 2
BB19 CASSITERITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England Small brown Cassiterite xtls in chlorite matrix 25p 4
BB20 CASSITERITE - Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England Small, sparkling brown Cassiterite xtls in cavities in chlorite matrix 25p 5
BB22 CERUSSITE - "Copper Level", Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales Small whitish Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix 25p 4
BB24 CERUSSITE - Eaglebrook Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Small whitish Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz gossan matrix 25p 2
BB26 CERUSSITE - Gannel Smelter, Crantock, Cornwall Small whitish, elongated horizontally striated Cerussite xtls, some twinning in cavities in smelter slag 25p 3
BB27 CERUSSITE - Glencrief Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Small glassy Cerussite xtls +/- a little yellowish-green Pyromorphite in cavities in decomposing galena matrix 25p 2
BB28 CERUSSITE - Glencrief Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Clear to white Cerussite xtls in cavities in galena matrix 25p 6
BB168 CERUSSITE - Lleneghan Mines, Abersoch, Caernarvonshire, Wales Small white elongated Cerussite xtls scattered in sugary quartz/galena matrix 25p 2
BB29 CERUSSITE - High Pirn Mine, Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Colourless to whitish Cerussite xtls in various habits in and on matrix +/- Pyromorphite 25p 2
BB33 CERUSSITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland Very nice, whitish Cerussite xtls taking many forms in decomposed Galena matrix 25p 7
BB34 CHABAZITE - Craigs Quarry, Broughshane, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Small colourless Chabazite xtls lining cavities in basalt matrix 25p 3
BB35 CHABAZITE - Maglovec Quarry, Vysna Sebastova, Northern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Light greyish-green (probably due to inclusions of Palygorskite) Chabazite xtls on matrix 25p 1
BB36 CHABAZITE & PALYGORSKITE - Maglovec Quarry, Vysna Sebastova, Northern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Light greyish-green (probably due to inclusions of Palygorskite) Chabazite xtls with greyish, felty Palygorskite on matrix 25p 3
BB37 CHALCEDONY - Wheal Bellan, St. Just, Cornwall, England Brownish botryoidal Chalcedony in cavities in jasper matrix 25p 1
BB38 CHALCOALUMITE - Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Colorado, USA White to pale blue Chalcoalumite +/- deep blue Azurite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix 25p 4
BB39 CHALCOALUMITE & AZURITE - Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Colorado, USA White to pale blue Chalcoalumite with deep blue Azurite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix 25p 1
BB164 CHRYSOCOLLA Pseudo after GALENA - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Strange stuff. Just a guess but, Galena originally replaced by Cerussite and/or Pyromorphite and then subsequently replaced again by Chrysocolla. Make up your own mind! 25p 3
BB45 CLINOCHLORE - Dhamendra Farm Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Cavities in basalt matrix lined with minute Clinochlore xtls 25p 5
BB47 CONNELLITE - Lleneghan Mines, Abersoch, Caernarvonshire, Wales Tiny blue velvety spheres of Connellite in cavities in smelter slag 25p 3
BB48 COPPER - Ray Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA Small aggregates of Copper xtls, no matrix 25p 3
BB50 CORNWALLITE/CORNUBITE - Lubietova Svatoduska, Slovenske-Rudohorie Mountains, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Almost impossible to Id visually, dark green Cornwallite/Cornubite on matrix +/- some light green ParnauiteBluish-green Chrysocolla filling cavities in matrix sometimes overgrown with Cornwallite 25p 1
BB51 CUPRITE - South Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, England Tiny red Cuprite xtls in gossan matrix +/- Chalcophyllite, Brochantite 25p 2
BB53 DEMANTOID GARNET - Dobsina Quarry, Slovenske Rudohorie Mountains, Slovakia Small light to mid green Demantoid Garnet xtls partially embedded in matrix 25p 5
BB55a DOLOMITE - New Glencrief Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Classic pale-brown saddle-shaped Dolomite xtls on matrix 25p 4
BB55b DOLOMITE - New Glencrief Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Individual Dolomite xtls scattered over quartz matrix 25p 1
BB57 EPIDOTE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Small bright olive-green tabular Epidote xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Calcite, Prehnite 25p 1
BB58 EPISTILBITE - Siatorska Bukovinka Quarry, Cerova Mountains, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Whitish to clear Epistilbite xtls on matrix 25p 5
BB186 GOETHITE - La Excomulgada Mine, Los Oscos, Asturias, Spain Black botryoidal Goethite with microcrystalline surface 25p 2
BB187 GOETHITE - Restormel Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England Bright and shiny dark brown sprays of Goethite xtls in cavities in goethite matrix 25p 1
BB171 GOETHITE - Wheal Bellan, St. Just, Cornwall, England Dark brown ti black botryoidal Goethite in cavities in Goethite matrix 25p 2
BB63 GOETHITE - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Cavities in quartz matrix lined with black botroidal Goethite 25p 5
BB188 HAEMATITE v. KIDNEY ORE - Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England Reddish-brown botryoidal Kidney Ore, no matrix 25p 2
BB190 HEMIMORPHITE - Pibble Mine, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland White to grey crusts of small Hemimorphite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix 50p 3
BB64 HEULANDITE - Dhamendra Farm Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Small, colourless to white Heulandite xtls lining cavities in basalt matrix 25p 2
BB65 HEULANDITE - Nilwandi Dam Rock Quarry, Akole, Maharashtra, India Small colourless Heulandite xtls thickly lining cavities in matrix 25p 8
BB66 HEULANDITE - Upper Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Pale pink Heulandite xtls, no matrix +/ minor colourless Stilbite xtls 25p 3
BB67 HEULANDITE - Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India Small colourless thin tabular Heulandite xtls on matrix 25p 4
BB68 HEULANDITE & STILBITE - Upper Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Pale pink Heulandite xtls with small colourless Stilbite xtls, no matrix 25p 6
BB70 HYDROCARBON - Gypsy Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Black, spherical blobs on pink gypsum matrix 25p 1
BB74 LANGITE - Richtarova, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Small mid to dark blue hexagonal Langite xtls in matrix +/- Brochantite, Malachite, Devilline 25p 3
BB75 LANGITE/POSNJAKITE - Mountain Mine, Allihies, Co.Cork, Ireland Crusts of blue Langite/Posnjakite xtls on matrix +/- Brochantite 25p 2
BB192 LIMONITE Pseudomorphs after DOLOMITE - High Pirn Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Brown Limonite completely replacing curved Dolomite xtls on quartz matrix plus some yellow pyromorphite 25p 1
BB193 MALACHITE - Friedrich Mine, Wiessen, Eifel, Germany Radiating sprays of green acicular Malachite xtls in cavities in goethite matrix 25p 1
BB79 MALACHITE - Glencrief Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Small velvety green Malachite balls +/- Hemimorphite in gossan matrix 25p 1
BB80 MALACHITE - Richtarova, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Pale green spheres of acicular Malachite xtls on matrix 25p 1
BB81 MALACHITE - Whim Creek, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia Green Malachite spheres, some partially altered to Chrysocolla on gossan matrix +/- Wulfenite 25p 2
BB194 MARCASITE - Reocin Mine, Reocin, Cantabria, Spain Small tabular twinned brassy Marcasite xtls, 1 on matrix, 2 not on matrix 25p 1
BB195 MIMETITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Small greyish-green Mimetite xtls in gossan matrix +/- Wulfenite 25p 2
BB196 MIMETITE - Rawhide Mine, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Small orange Mimetite xtls on quartz matrix 25p 2
BB84 OPAL - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Brown and white Opal infilling cavities in quartz 25p 1
BB85 OPAL - Taylors Shaft, South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Orangy-brown, waxy, cellular material often enclosing pale green Fluorite fragments 25p 1
BB86 OPAL - South Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, England Ranging from reddish-brown through pale muddy to dark toffee brown Opal embedded in quartz or chlorite matrix 25p 7
BB87 PALYGORSKITE - Maglovec Quarry, Vysna Sebastova, Northern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Felt like mats of very fine grey acicular Palygorskite xtls, little if any matrix 25p 1
BB173 PREHNITE - Sligachan Quarry, Loch Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland Light grey rounded aggregates of small Prehnite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix +/-albite, calcite 25p 1
BB197 PREHNITE - Sondeled, Aust-Agder, Norway Aggregates of pale greenish Prehnite xtls on matrix 25p 1
BB91 PYRITE - Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, Ireland Bright and shiny, occaisionally with a bluish tarnish "Pyritohedral" Pyrite xtls +/- Calcite xtls in limestone matrix 25p 4
BB198 PYRITE - Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales Small brassy to bronzy coloured cubic Pyrite xtls embedded in matrix 25p 4
BB174 PYRITE - Vale Quarry, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England Aggregates of brassy modified cube/octahdral Pyrite xtls, little or no matrix 25p 3
BB199 PYRITE - Rhiw Nant Mine, Rhiw Nant, Radnorshire, Wales Small brassy cubic Pyrite xtls in quartz/galena/pyrite matrix 25p 1
BB200 PYRITE - Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England Small cubic Pyrite xtls thickly coating quartz matrix 25p 2
BB201 PYROLUSITE & CALCITE - Stank Mine, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Tiny silky black acicular Pyrolusite xtls on clear tabular striated Calcite xtls in ironstone matrix 25p 1
BB202 PYROMORPHITE - Llechwedd Helyg Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Cardiganshire, Wales Small orange-yellow to green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls on matrix 25p 2
BB95 SCORODITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Creamy to brown Scorodite crust on matrix 25p 1
BB96 SCORODITE - Wheal Maid, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Pale bluish-green to pale yellow crusts of micro Scorodite xtls on killas matrix 25p 1
BB175 SCORODITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England Drusy crusts of minute Scorodite xtls on goethite matrix 25p 2
BB226 SELENITE - Parys Mountain Mine, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales Small colourless Selenite xtls in cavities in smelter slag 25p 2
BB99 SIDERITE - Gawton Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Mid to dark brown rhombohedral Siderite xtls in cavities in cellular quartz/siderite matrix 25p 1
BB101 SIDERITE - Taylors Shaft, South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Light to dark brown Siderite xtls thickly intergrown in cavities in Siderite matrix 25p 2
BB103 SIDERITE - Vechec Quarry, Eastern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Brown Siderite aggregates in cavities in andesite matrix +/- secondary Calcite on siderite, Tridymite, Ilmenite (minute black platy xtls) 25p 4
BB104 SIDERITE & CRISTOBALITE - Vechec Quarry, Eastern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Brown Siderite aggregates in cavities with white Cristobalite xtls in andesite matrix +/- secondary Calcite on siderite, Tridymite, Ilmenite (minute black platy xtls) 25p 1
BB205 SMITHSONITE - Old Millclose Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire, England Small light brown rounded Smithsonite xtls in cavities in Fluorite matrix 25p 1
BB206 SPHALERITE - Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England Small black to deep brown Sphalerite xtls on matrix +/- cerussite, greenockite and crusty smithsonite 25p 1
BB207 SPHALERITE - Old Millclose Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire, England Small dark brown to black Sphalerite xtls in cavities in sphalerite/fluorite matrix 25p 1
BB107 SPHALERITE - Orchard Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire, England Rough, black Sphalerite xtls in matrix 25p 1
BB108 SPHALERITE - Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Devon, England Small black, Sphalerite xtls in quartz/siderite matrix 25p 1
BB208 SPHALERITE - Unser Fritz Mine, Herne, N. Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Deep brown Sphalerite xtls with Pyrite on calcite/dolomite matrix 25p 1
BB177 SPHALERITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England Black Sphalerite xtls in quartz/fluorite matrix +/- Fluorite xtls 25p 3
BB110 STIBNITE - Traie Vrish, Niarbyl, Isle of Man Shiny grey xtalline Stibnite in quartz matrix +/- Pyrite 25p 7
BB111 STIBNITE - Zlata Bana, Presov, Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Bright silvery Stibnite xtls and sections in quartz matrix 25p 4
BB112 STILBITE - Lower Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Typical Stilbite xtls, no matrix 25p 1
BB114 STILBITE - Upper Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Nice colourless doubly terminated stilbite xtls on white Heulandite on matrix 25p 3
BB115 STRONTIANITE - West Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland White spiky Strontianite xtls in cavities in strontianite/calcite matrix 25p 6
BB116 STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland Radiating clusters of pale brown Strontianite xtls, no matrix 25p 3
BB117 STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland Radiating clusters of pale brown to green Strontianite xtls, no matrix 25p 2
BB178 TOURMALINE (SCHORL?) - Wheal Bosorne, St. Just, Cornwall, England Black acicular Tourmaline (probably Schorl) xtls in cavities in quartz matrix +/- siderite 25p 4
BB120 TRIDYMITE & SIDERITE - Vechec Quarry, Eastern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia White hexagonal platy Tridymite xtls, often twinned, with spherical aggregates of brown Siderite xtls in andesite matrix +/- secondary Calcite on siderite, Ilmenite (minute black platy xtls) 25p 1
BB179 WOLFRAMITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England Massive black Wolframite with minor pale blue Scorodite 25p 1
BB210 WULFENITE - Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA Orange thin tabular Wulfenite xtls with minor small orange Mimetite xtls on quartz matrix 25p 2
BB211 WULFENITE - Whim Creek, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia Very thin orange Wulfenite xtls on manganese matrix 25p 1
BB212 WULFENITE - Xichang Mine, Sechuan Province, China Orange blocky Wulfenite xtls on white thin bladed barytes xtls 25p 7
BB127 ZINC, ZINCITE & HYDROZINCITE - Sclaigneaux, Namur, Belgium Frothy mass of brownish Zincite with blobs of very bright, silvery Zinc and white, velvety Hydrozincite 25p 29
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BB213 ADAMITE - Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA Bright sparkling colourless Adamite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix 50p 1
BB129 ANGLESITE - Horners Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland Colourless, "spear-shaped" Anglesite xtls in cavities in galena\quartz matrix 50p 2
BB214 BARYTES - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Thin colourless to white tabular Barytes xtls in cavities in matrix 50p 2
BB215 CALCITE - Hilarion Mine, Laurion, Greece Aggregates of thin platy Calcite xtls, no matrix 50p 1
BB136 CERUSSITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland Very nice, whitish Cerussite xtls taking many forms in decomposed Galena matrix 50p 2
BB140 CHABAZITE & PALYGORSKITE - Maglovec Quarry, Vysna Sebastova, Northern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Light greyish-green (probably due to inclusions of Palygorskite) Chabazite xtls with greyish, felty Palygorskite on matrix 50p 1
BB216 CORUNDUM - Madagascar Large pink hexagonal Corundum xtl, no matrix 50p 1
BB217 FLUORITE & OPAL - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Deep purple cubic Fluorite xtls coated in horrible brown Opal, really ugly but interesting 50p 2
BB218 HARMOTOME - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Whitish "cruciform" twinned Harmotome xtls on matrix +/- Calcite 50p 1
BB148 HEULANDITE & STILBITE - Upper Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Pale pink Heulandite xtls with small colourless Stilbite xtls, no matrix/FONT> 50p 1
BB149 HYDROCARBON - Huglith Mine, Habberley, Shropshire, England Black, shiny masses of Hydrocarbon in matrix 50p 4
BB219 MALACHITE - Gelnica, Slovenske-Rudohorie Mountains, Slovakia Lumps of green botryoidal Malachite, little or no matrix 50p 1
BB152 OPAL - Taylors Shaft, South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Orangy-brown, waxy, cellular material often enclosing pale green Fluorite fragments 50p 4
BB153 PALYGORSKITE - Maglovec Quarry, Vysna Sebastova, Northern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Felt like mats of very fine grey acicular Palygorskite xtls, little if any matrix 50p 2
BB183 QUARTZ Epimorphs after FLUORITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England Hollow casts of Quartz replacing Fluorite in quartz matrix 50p 4
BB220 SELENITE - Shelford Sand Pit, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, England Classic twinned Selenite xtls, no matrix 50p 3
BB222 STAUROLITE - Cherokee Co., North Carolina, USA Large, dark-brown twinned Staurolite xtls, no matrix 50p 4
BB223 SYLVITE & HALITE - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England Pinkish mixture of massive Sylvite & Halite. Don't let it get wet, it will disappear 50p 1
BB164 ULEXITE - Kern Co., California, USA White silky lump of Ulexite, a bit like satin spar 50p 1
BB224 WULFENITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Orange brown spiky Wulfenite xtls on greenish (I presume micro crystalline Mimetite) crust on gossan matrix 50p 2