Thumbnails..................Updated 29 January 2012
T2 ADAMITE - Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA Bright sparkling colourless Adamite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix £2.00 1
T5 ANGLESITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England Colourless blocky Anglesite xtls in quartz/galena matrix £3.00 1
T6 ANGLESITE - Horners Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland Small colourless Anglesite xtls on brown stained quartz xtls in cavity in quartz matrix £2.00 1
T175 ANTHOPHYLLITE - New England Quarry, Yealmpton, Devon, England SOLD Greyish-green mass of fibrous Anthophyllite, no matrix . .
T176 APATITE-CAF - Gunnislake Clitters, Calstock, Cornwall, England SOLD Small colourless hexagonal tabular Apatite-CAF xtls covering iron rich matrix . .
T13 AXINITE-Mn - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA Thin bladed yellowish-green Axinite-Mn xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Johannsenite £2.00 1
T177 AZURITE & MALACHITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales SOLD Small dark blue Azurite xtls with botryoidal Malachite on calcite in cavity in limestone matrix . .
T15 BARYTES - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Thin colourless to white tabular Barytes xtls in cavities in matrix £1.00 £2.00 1 1
T141 BARYTES - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales White to grey tabular Barytes xtls in cavities in matrix £2.00 1
T18 BARYTES - White Coppice Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire, England SOLD White tabular Barytes xtls in cavities in barytes matrix . .
T178 BARYTES - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland SOLD White bladed Barytes xtls thickly intergrown on Calcite matrix . .
T179 BARYTES & CALCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland White bladed Barytes xtls with white hexagonal Calcite xtls on Calcite matrix £2.00 3
T19 BAUXITE - Villeveyrac, France Ok, not really a mineral but really nice examples of dark brown iron-rich pisolitic Bauxite £1.00 £2.00 2 3
T180 BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Colourless to pale brown Strontianite-Sr xtls +/- Calcite xtls on granite matrix £3.00 £4.00 1 1
T143 CALCITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales SOLD Colourless modified Calcite xtls in cavities in Calcite matrix, one of the many variations in form at this location . .
T23 CALCITE - Hilarion Mine, Laurion, Greece Aggregates of thin platy Calcite xtls, no matrix £4.00 1
T24 CALCITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany Aggregates of white rhombic Calcite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Phillipsite, Augite, Montmorillonite £2.00 3
T181 CERUSSITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland SOLD Small greyish to white Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Pyromorphite . .
T182 CERUSSITE & ANGLESITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland SOLD Small greyish to white Cerussite xtls with small colourless Anglesite xtls on galena matrix . .
T31 CHABAZITE - Eidi, Esturoy, Faroe Islands SOLD Translucent white Chabazite xtls on little matrix . .
T183 CHALCOPYRITE & TENNANTITE - Gortdrum Mine, Co. Tipperary, Ireland SOLD Small brassy tetrahedral Chalcopyrite xtls with small silvery tetrahedral Tennantite xtls in cavity in Dolomite in limestone matrix . .
T161 CHALCOSIDERITE - Stowes Shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Crusts of tiny dark green Chalcosiderite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix £3.00 1
T41 COELESTINE - Yate, Gloucestershire, England SOLD Large whitish Coelestine xtls on matrix . .
T43 CORUNDUM - Madagascar Large pink hexagonal Corundum xtl, no matrix £5.00 1
T45 DOLOMITE - Troiras Quarry, Anduze, France SOLD White slightly curved Dolomite xtls on limestone matrix . .
T50 DOLOMITE & CALCITE - Troiras Quarry, Anduze, France SOLD White slightly curved Dolomite xtls with small clear Calcite xtls on limestone matrix . .
T184 ERYTHRITE - Gortdrum Mine, Co. Tipperary, Ireland SOLD Crust of tiny pink Erythrite sphereswith minor bluish Lavendulan on matrix . .
T185 FLUORITE - Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England SOLD Cluster of clear Fluorite xtls with purple colouring to edges of xtls . .
T162 FLUORITE - South Crofty Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England Very pale mauve cubic Fluorite xtls on quartz matrix £2.00 1
T55 FLUORITE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Pale yellow cubic Fluorite xtls on fluorite matrix £2.00 1
T58 FLUORITE & OPAL - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Deep purple cubic Fluorite xtls coated in horrible brown Opal, really ugly but interesting £2.00 2
T150 GALENA - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Grey modified cubic Glaena xtls in quartz matrix £2.00 1
T186 GALENA & CHALCOPYRITE - Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA SOLD Bright brassy modified tetrahdral Chalcopyrite xtls with rough grey Galena xtls on Dolomite matrix . .
T187 GOETHITE & MALACHITE - Whatley Quarry, Frome, Somerset, England SOLD Cavity in matrix lined with tightly packed tiny dark brown Goethite xtls with a few sprays of green Malachite xtls . .
T63 HALOTRICHITE - Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Anglesey, Wales Masses of white acicular Halotrichite xtls +/- some orange crusty Copiapite, Pisanite, nearly all no matrix. Don't get them wet, they will disappear £2.00 £3.00 1 3
T64 HALOTRICHITE & COPIAPITE - Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Anglesey, Wales SOLD Masses of white acicular Halotrichite xtls with some orange crusty Copiapite, no matrix. Don't get them wet, they will disappear . .
T66 HARMOTOME - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Whitish "cruciform" twinned Harmotome xtls on matrix +/- Calcite £3.00 1
T67 HARMOTOME - Middleshop Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland White to colourless Harmotome xtls of varying habits on matrix £2.00 £3.00 1 2
T68 HARMOTOME - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Colourless to white Harmotome xtls on granite matrix £2.00 1
T69 HARMOTOME & BREWSTERITE-Sr - Middleshop Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Whitish Harmotome and pale brown Brewsterite-Sr xtls on matrix. Some of the xtls have reticulated Pyrite inclusions £2.00 £3.00 1 1
T71 HAUSMANNITE - Jakobsberg Mine, Nordmark, Sweden Shiny black Hausmannite xtls embedded in calcite matrix +/- minor brown Berzeliite £3.00 2
T78 JAROSITE - Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Anglesey, Wales Orangy brown bobbly crusts on matrix £2.00 2
T81a KAINOSITE-Y - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland White to cream coloured spheres usually scattered over Chamosite coated Calcite +/- Pyrite, Barytes. See excellent article in UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No.26 £3.00 3
T81b KAINOSITE-Y - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Minute white to cream coloured sprays of Kainosite-Y xtls usually scattered over Chamosite coated Calcite +/- Pyrite, Barytes. See excellent article in UK Journal of Mines and Minerals No.26 £4.00 1
T82 LUDWIGITE - Kilchrist, Strathaird, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland Blach acicular Ludwigite xtls embedded in marble matrix £3.00 1
T188 MAGNETITE & AMPHIBOLE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland SOLD Small black shiny octahedral Magnetite xtls with dark green elongated Amphibole xtls in granite matrix +/- Epidote, Feldspar . .
T83 MALACHITE - Gelnica, Slovenske-Rudohorie Mountains, Slovakia Lumps of green botryoidal Malachite, little or no matrix £2.00 1
T165 MALACHITE - Sea Wood Mine, Ulverston, Lancashire, England Green Malachite on small amount of quartz matrix £2.00 1
T189 MIMETITE - Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia SOLD Pale yellow spiky Mimetite xtls on manganese matrix . .
T85 NATROLITE - South of Canty Bay, East Lothian, Scotland Whitish to pale pink radiating Natrolite xtls embedded in matrix. Confirmed specimens £2.00 1
T87 PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England Small green to yellow cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in gossan matrix +/- scorodite £5.00 1
T88 PHILLIPSITE - Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Small clear to white blocky Phillipsite xtls lining cavities in basalt matrix £3.00 1
T89 PHILLIPSITE, ANALCITE, NATROLITE & CALCITE - Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Small clear to white blocky Phillipsite xtls with colourless Analcite, white Natrolite and pale brown Calcite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix £1.00 1
T90 PHILLIPSITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany Superb colourless Phillipsite xtls in diverging sprays in cavities in basalt matrix +/-Augite, Montmorillonite, Chabazite £2.00 £3.00 2 6
T92a PHILLIPSITE & AUGITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany Superb colourless Phillipsite xtls in diverging sprays with black Augite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix +/-Montmorillonite, Chabazite £3.00 1
T92b PHILLIPSITE & AUGITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany Cavities in matrix lined with tightly packed Phillipsite xtls and with black Augite xtls protruding from matrix £2.00 1
T95 PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Quite ugly and impossible to clean further but interesting nonetheless. Greyish-green Prehnite spheres stuck together in little clusters. Unusual occurrence for Loanhead £2.00 7
T96 PYRITE - Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Anglesey, Wales Modified Pyrite cubes embedded in soft waxy looking matrix £1.00 £2.00 1 1
T191 PYROMORPHITE - Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA SOLD Mass of orange rounded Pyromorphite xtls on matrix . .
T192 PYROMORPHITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland SOLD Yellow to orange acicular Pyromorphite xtls in cavities in galena matrix . .
T193 PYROMORPHITE - Les Farges Mine, Correze, France SOLD Orange-brown elongated hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls, ofter with green centres to the xtls on Barytes matrix . .
T98 PYROMORPHITE - Mexico Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Lump of yellowish-green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls on minor matrix £5.00 1
T194 PYROMORPHITE - 60 Fm Level, Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Bright green elongated Pyromorphite xtls in gossan matrix £4.00 1
T99 PYROMORPHITE & HYDROCERUSSITE - High Pirn Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Creamy lenticular Hydrocerussite xtls coated in bright yellow micro-xtln Pyromorphite in cavities in matrix £3.00 1
T195 SCORODITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England SOLD Drusy greyish botryoidal Scorodite in cavities in gossan matrix . .
T109 SCORODITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Drusy crusts of minute Scorodite xtls on goethite matrix . .
T110 SELENITE - Shelford Sand Pit, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, England Classic twinned Selenite xtls, no matrix £2.00 3
T111 SIDERITE - Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall, England Chalcedony coated quartz xtls thickly covered with brown tabular Siderite xtls £3.00 £5.00 1 1
T155c SIDERITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England Small chocolate-brown Siderite xtls encrusting surface of Goethite pseudos and epimorphs after Siderite £3.00 2
T156 SMITHSONITE - Moelyydd Hill Mine, Nr. Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England Pale brown masses of Smithsonite, not pretty but good location pieces £1.00 1
T117 SMITHSONITE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Pale brown botryoidal Smithsonite on barytes matrix £2.00 1
T118 SMITHSONITE Epimorphs after CALCITE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Hollow casts of pale brown botryoidal Smithsonite remaining after the Calcite has gone on matrix £2.00 2
T122 STAUROLITE - Cherokee Co., North Carolina, USA Large, dark-brown twinned Staurolite xtls, no matrix £2.00 4
T123 STIBNITE - Treore Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England Silvery grey Stibnite shot through quartz matrix £2.00 £3.00 2 1
T124a STILBITE - Sgurr nam Boc, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland SOLD Nice white Stilbite xtls, little matrix . .
T157 STRONTIANITE - Penarth Beach, Swansea, South Glamorgan, Wales Sprays of small white, acicular Strontianite xtls covering Calcite xtls in cavity in limestone matrix £3.00 1
T196a STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland Greenish-brown radiating (no xtls) Strontianite in calcite matrix £2.00 1
T196b STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland Radiating pale brown acicular Strontianite xtls in barytes matrix £1.00 1
T126 SYLVITE & HALITE - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England Pinkish mixture of massive Sylvite & Halite. Don't let it get wet, it will disappear £2.00 1
T197 TORBERNITE - South Terras Mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall, England SOLD Rich coverage of small green tabular Torbernite xtls on matrix. One from my collection . .
T128 TURQUOISE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Tiny blue Turquoise to pale green Rashleighite xtls in quartz matrix +/- Wavellite £2.00 1
T174 TURQUOISE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Lump of blue Turquoise, some cavities containing very minute Turquoise xtls £3.00 1
T130 WAVELLITE - Pwlldu Beach, Bishopston, Gower, West Glamorgan SOLD Classic radiating sprays of pale green to white Wavellite xtls on joints in matrix . .
T198 WAVELLITE & DUFRENITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England SOLD Radiating sprays of Wavellite xtls and small dark green spherical Dufrenite on granite matrix . .
T131 WULFENITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Orange brown spiky Wulfenite xtls on greenish (I presume micro crystalline Mimetite) crust on gossan matrix £3.00 £4.00 1 1