Bargain Basement..................Updated 2 October 2024Cornwall & Devon
9 ANATASE - Wheal Charlotte, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England Small black shiny bipyramidal to tabular Anatase crystals on clinochlore matrix +/- Pyrite, Arsenopyrite SOLD OUT .
15 ARSENOPYRITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England Dull to silvery grey Arsenopyrite crystals in massive arsenopyrite matrix. Ex Peter Braithwaite collection 25p 2
29 BROCHANTITE - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Tiny green Brochantite crystals in cavities in quartz/chalcopyrite matrix. Ex Bob Cheetham collection SOLD OUT .
43 CASSITERITE - Roselidden Mine, Wendron, Cornwall, England Dark brown sparable Cassiterite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/- Quartz, Muscovite 25p 10
46 CHABAZITE - Ramsley Mine, South Zeal, Devon, England Small colourless rhombohedral Chabazite crystals on matrix 25p 1
65 GOETHITE - West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall, England Radiating sprays of brown, acicular Goethite in cavities in quartz matrix. Ex Bob Cheetham collection 25p 2
68 HAEMATITE (MICACEOUS) - New Florence Mine, North Molton, Devon, England Shiny reddish-black foliated Haematite in quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
76 MIMETITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Small pale brown to clear Mimetite crystals in a cavity in galena matrix 25p 1
102 SCORODITE - Wheal Music, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England Pale greyish-blue crusts and spheres of drusy Scorodite crystals on killas matrix. Ex Bob Cheetham collection 25p 2
Cumberland & Westmorland
119 AZURITE - High Longrigg Mine, Kirkby Stephen, Hartley, Eden, Cumberland, England Small to tiny deep blue Azurite crystals in cavities in matrix +/- Malachite 25p 3
120 AZURITE & ZINCOLIVENITE - High Longrigg Mine, Kirkby Stephen, Hartley, Eden, Cumberland, England Small to tiny deep blue Azurite crystals with green Zincolivenite which occurs as a minutely crystallised thin crust on Malachite in cavities in matrix 25p 4
121 BARYTE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Clear thin tabular or elongated Barytes crystals on or in cavities in matrix 25p 1
122 BARYTE - Scaleburn Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England White tabular Barytes crystals in matrix. Ex Peter Braithwaite collection 25p 1
128 BEUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Greenish-yellow crust of minute Beaudantite crystals on quartz matrix 25p 1
131 BISMUTHINITE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England Grey Bismuthinite with light tarnishing embedded in granite matrix 25p 1
134 CERUSSITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England Whitish to black (included) Cerussite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix 25p 2
138 CHRYSOCOLLA - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Blue Chrysocolla shot through quartz matrix 25p 2
140 EPIDOTE - Shap Blue Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England Sprays of olive-green crystalline Epidote embedded in matrix, no crystal terminations 25p 2
143 HAEMATITE - Beckermet Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England Shiny black thin tabular Haematite crystals in cavities in haematite matrix +/- Quartz 25p 1
145 HAEMATITE - Haile Moor Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England Shiny black thin tabular Haematite crystals in cavities in haematite matrix +/- Quartz 25p 1
158 MUSCOVITE - Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Clusters of pale brown thin hexagonal "books" of Muscovite in a acvity in quartz matrix 25p 1
164 PYROMORPHITE - Mexico Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Cavities in quartz matrix lined with pale green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals 25p 3
165 PYROMORPHITE - Mexico Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Nice bright, quite large (up to 10mm), yellow-green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals, no matrix 25p 9
166 PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England White to green, hexagonal to acicular Pyromorphite crystals in cavities and on quartz matrix 25p 12
174 SCORODITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Pale greyish-blue crystalline crust of tiny Scorodite crystals on matrix, +/- Carminite, Beaudantite SOLD OUT .
Rest of England
179 ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Reddish (iron-inclusions) plates and stalactites on Analcite crystals, little matrix. Colouring enhances the crystals nicely 25p 1
182 ARAGONITE - Heights Quarry, Eastgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England White spiky Aragonite crystals covering Galena. Fluoresces creamy white SOLD OUT .
185 BARYTE - Tenter Hill, Bramham, North Yorkshire, England Clear tabular bladed Baryte crystals with white edges on matrix +/- Calcite 25p 2
205 MOTTRAMITE & CALCITE - Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England Crusts of tiny dark olive-green or greenish brown Mottramite crystals on greyish rounded scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix 25p 1
212 SIDERITE - Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Co. Durham, England Dark brown Siderite crystals in cavities in siderite matrix SOLD OUT .
215 SMITHSONITE - Mossdale Mine, Coniston, North Yorkshire, England Greenish-yellow botryoidal Smithsonite in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
217 SMITHSONITE - Stang Mine, Barnard Castle, North Yorkshire, England Small pale brown Smithsonite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 3
Wales
223 ANATASE, ALBITE & CLINOCHLORE - Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales Small orange bipyramidal Anatase crystals with whitish Albite crystals and greyish Clinochlore on matrix SOLD OUT .
225 ANGLESITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Small colourless Anglesite crystals in cavities in tennantite/galena matrix 25p 2
228 AZURITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Small dark blue Azurite crystals in various habits in cavities in matrix +/- Malachite, Calcite 25p 3
230 BROCHANTITE - Eaglebrook Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Tiny dark green Brochantite crystals in gossan matrix 25p 1
240 MILLERITE - Bryn-y-Rafr Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Brassy acicular Millerite crystals in quartz/chalcopyrite matrix SOLD OUT 1
242 MILLERITE - Esgair Fraith Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Brassy acicular Millerite crystals mostly embedded in but occaisionally protruding from quartz matrix +/- chalcopyrite, sphalerite 25p 4
247 PYROMORPHITE - Bwlch Glas Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Green to yellowish-green hexagonal to acicular Pyromorphite crystals on matrix 25p 5
248 QUARTZ - Manod Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales Colourless Quartz crystals with some colourless Albite crystals on matrix 25p 2
Scotland
254 AMPHIBOLE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Very thin green acicular Amphibole needles lining cavities in matrix 25p 3
257 ANALCITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Small glass clear Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix +/- Chabazite-Ca SOLD OUT .
260 ANALCITE - Road Cutting, Struan, Bracadale, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Whitish to colourless Analcite crystals on basalt matrix SOLD OUT .
264 ARSENOPYRITE - Louisa Mine, Glendinning, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Small grey elongated Arsenopyrite crystals in matrix SOLD OUT .
265 BREWSTERITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Colourless to pale brown Brewsterite crystals on Calcite crystals on granite/calcite/barytes matrix 25p 2
274 CALCITE & ANALCITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Whitish complex Calcite crystals in cavities in matrix with white Analcite crystals in some of them 25p 2
276 CALCITE, EPIDOTE & ALBITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland White to brown rhombic Calcite crystals with small dark green bladed Epidote crystals and small white Albite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 2
280 CHABAZITE-Ca - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Colourless rhombic Chabazite-Ca crystals in cavities in basalt matrix +/- Saponite, Thomsonite-Ca 25p 2
284 COWLESITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Rounded aggregates of minute whitish Cowlesite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix 25p 1
286 EPIDOTE & PUMPELLYITE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland Radiating sprays of yellowish-green acicular Epidote Crystals growing out of a carpet of dark green Pumpellyite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 2
292 LAUMONTITE - Floddigarry, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Small white elongated Laumontite in cavities in basalt matrix plus some Analcite & Stilbite SOLD OUT .
294 LEVYNE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland White tabular hexagonal Levyne crystals in cavities in basalt matrix SOLD OUT .
297 PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Aggregates of grey-green Prehnite spheres, no matrix. Ugly but interesting nonetheless 25p 3
308 SAPONITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Aggregates of tiny pale orange Saponite spheres in cavities in basalt matrix SOLD OUT .
311 SMITHSONITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE & DOLOMITE - Blackcraig Mine, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Small off-white "rice grain" Smithsonite crystals with clear Quartz crystals, bronze coloured Chalcopyrite crystals on and pale brown Dolomite crystals on matrix 25p 1
314 STIBNITE - Hare Hill Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Grey or lightly tarnished, very fine acicular to relatively thicker Stibnite crystals in cavities in quartz/stibnite matrix SOLD OUT .
317 THOMSONITE - The Quirang, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Cavity in matrix thickly lined with small bladed Thomsonite crystals 25p 1
Ireland North and South
325 ARSENOPYRITE - Dhurode, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland Silvery rhombic Arsenopyrite crystals embedded in and protruding from quartz matrix 25p 5
328 HEULANDITE-Ca - Hillside (Boghill) Quarry, Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Colourless to off-white blocky Heulandite-Ca crystals forming nodule linings, no matrix 25p 4
329 HEULANDITE-Ca & MESOLITE - Hillside (Boghill) Quarry, Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Colourless to off-white blocky Heulandite-Ca crystals forming nodule linings with very fine hair-like Mesolite, no matrix 25p 1
333 STILBITE-Ca - Hillside (Boghill) Quarry, Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Whitish Stilbite-Ca crystals on matrix +/- Fluorapophyllite-Na 25p 1
334 STILBITE-Ca & CALCITE - Hillside (Boghill) Quarry, Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Whitish Stilbite-Ca crystals with sprays of small spiky Calcite crystals scattered over them on matrix 25p 2
Africa
385 MALACHITE - Mashamba Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga, Dem.Rep.Congo,(Zaire) Stalactitic masses of tiny green Malachite crystals with some small darker green spheres, (possibly Pseudomalachite), no matrix 25p 1
390 MALACHITE & CERUSSITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia Green acicular Malachite crystals on whitish crystalline Cerussite, no matrix SOLD OUT .
408 SCAPOLITE - Morogoro, Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania Pale yellowish Scapolite crystals, no matrix. Possibly suitable for cutting SOLD OUT .
Americas North & South including Greenland including Turkey
432 ADAMITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Pale yellowish green to pink Adamite crystals on gossan matrix, 1 specimen not on matrix 25p 1
446 BERAUNITE - Coon Creek Mine, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA Sprays of reddish-brown Beraunite crystals completely infilling cavities in matrix 25p 2
454 CHRYSOCOLLA - Morenci Mine, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA Bluish green Chrysocolla comprising a large part of the specimen 25p 2
458 CONICHALCITE - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Small green rounded aggregates of tiny Conichalcite crystals thickly coating gossan matrix 25p 2
459 CONICHALCITE - Level 7, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Small green rounded aggregates of tiny Conichalcite crystals coating gossan matrix 25p 1
461 CONICHALCITE & MALACHITE - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Light green spheres of Conichalcite with darker green acicular Malachite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix 25p 2
474 ERIONITE & PHILLIPSITE - North Cut, Malpais Hill, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Clear to white acicular Erionite crystals with white Phillipsite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 2
488 HEMIMORPHITE - Level 4, 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA Sprays of colourless bladed Hemimorphite crystals thickly covering matrix 25p 1
511 MELANITE - Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA Black Melanite garnet crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
537 PSEUDOBROOKITE & QUARTZ - Thomas Mountain, Juab Co., Utah, USA Elongated shiny black elongated Pseudobrookite crystals with small colourless Quartz crystals on matrix 25p 3
558 STILPNOMELANE - Laytonville Quarry, Laytonville, Mendocino Co., California, USA Reddish brown micaceous Stilpnomelane shot through matrix 25p 1
568 TURQUOISE - Fox Mine, Beowawe, Elko Co., Nevada, USA Greenish blue nodules of Turquoise up to 2cm, no matrix 25p 1
572 VANADINITE - Apache Mine, Radium, Globe Hills, Gila Co., Arizona, USA Orange hexagonal Vanadinite crystals on matrix 25p 1
582 WULFENITE - Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico Aggregates of brown tabular Wulfenite crystals, no matrix 25p 1
Asia and Australasia
595 ALMANDINE - Sri Lanka Cut and polished dark pink Almandine gemstones 6-7mm 25p 2
606 CHABAZITE & PYRITE - Evans Pass, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand Very thin acicular Pyrite crystals some with "flags" on the end with small colourless Phacolitic Chabazite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
633 HAEMATITE & TRIDYMITE - Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New Zealand Shiny black tabular hexagonal Haematite crystals on small whitish Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 2
636 HEULANDITE - Nasik, Maharashtra, India Intergrown mass of white Heulandite crystals, no matrix 25p 1
653 MORDENITE - Tairua River, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand Sprays of silky white acicular Mordenite crystals in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
657 PHLOGOPITE, HAEMATITE & TRIDYMITE - 3 Mile Bay, Taupo, New Zealand Thin brown plates of Phlogopite some coated in small spheres and blades of black Haematite on white Tridymite lining cavities in matrix 25p 1
678 TREMOLITE - Greenhills Quarry, Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand Layers of white Tremolite crystals with a little green Saponite?, no matrix 25p 1
Europe excluding Turkey
694 AGARDITE-Ce - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany Green acicular Agardite-Ce crystals in cavities in quartz or barytes matrix SOLD OUT .
710 ARSENOPYRITE - Rotgulden Mine, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria Silvery grey Arsenopyrite crystals in matrix +/- Siderite, Calcite, Clinochlore 25p 2
719 AZURITE - Brixlegg, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Austria Clusters of small dark blue Azurite crystals on matrix 25p 1
726 AZURITE & MALACHITE - Herren Adit, Schwarzleo, Hutten, Leogang, Salzburg, Austria Small dark blue Azurite crystals with green botryoidal Malachite on gossan matrix 25p 1
728 BARYTE & TODOROKITE - Gottesehre Mine, Urberg, Black Forest, Germany Pale yellow thin tabular baryte crystals some with a coating of black Todorokite on matrix 25p 1
729 BAUXITE - Villeveyrac, France Dark brown pisolitic Bauxite, (principle aluminium ore), as the whole specimen 25p 2
731 BISMUTH - Espuela de San Miguel Mine, Villanueva de Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain Bright silvery (on fresh exposures) Bismuth cleavages embedded in matrix SOLD OUT .
733 BISMUTH - Pohla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Bright silvery (on fresh exposures) Bismuth in matrix 25p 2
734 BISMUTH - Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany Bright silvery (on fresh exposures) Bismuth embedded in matrix 25p 4
740 CALCITE - Limberg #1 Quarry, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Baden Wurtemburg, Germany Intergrown aggregates of white rhombic Calcite crystals on basalt matrix. Fluoresces white 25p 1
748 CERUSSITE - Marienbau, Raudner, Stiwoll, Graz, Styria, Austria Small greyish Cerussite crystals on matrix 25p 2
756 COELESTINE - Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy Clusters of clear elongated Coelestine crystals, no matrix 25p 2
757 COELESTINE & SULPHUR - Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy Clusters of colourless elongated Coelestine crystals with yellow Sulphur on matrix 25p 1
760 CONICHALCITE - La Reconquistrada Claim, Pastrana, Murcia, Spain Green botryoidal Conichalcite in cavities in gossan matrix SOLD OUT .
763 COPPER - Christof Adit, Schwarzleo, Leogang, Hutten, Salzburg, Austria Small dendrites of tiny Copper crystals in gossan matrix 25p 1
767 CORNWALLITE - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany Tiny green Cornwallite crystals lining cavities in quartz matrix 25p 1
788 ERYTHRITE - Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany Small pink Erythrite crystals on granite matrix 25p 2
805 GOETHITE - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany Black botryoidal Goethite on matrix SOLD OUT .
808 HEINRICHITE - Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany Very thin greenish-yellow platy Heinrichite crystals in cavities in granite matrix. Highly Fluorescent greenish-yellow 25p 3
812 HEMIMORPHITE - St. Marguerite la Figuere, Ardeche, France Sprays of small colourless to white Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
816 HYDROTALCITE & PHILLIPSITE - Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Styria, Austria Light grey Hydrotalcite crystals with small colourless Phillipsite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
824 KLEBELSBERGITE & SULPHUR - Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy Sprays of clear elongated Klebelsbergite crystals with pale yellow Sulphur crystals in cavities in Stibnite/Stibiconite matrix 25p 1
830 LIBETHENITE - Estremoz, Evora District, Portugal Dark green Libethenite crystals on matrix 25p 2
833 LIBETHENITE & PSEUDOMALACHITE - Estremoz, Evora District, Portugal Dark green Libethenite crystals with dark green botryoidal Pseudomalachite on matrix SOLD OUT .
834 LIBETHENITE & PSEUDOMALACHITE - Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Vicosa, Portugal Small dark-green Libethenite crystals with dark green botryoidal Pseudomalachite in cavities in matrix 25p 1
839 MARCASITE - Tanzenberg Tunnel 2, Kapfenberg, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria Small brassy Marcasite crystals on calcite matrix 25p 1
847 MIXITE - Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany Sprays of green acicular Mixite crystals in quartz matrix 25p 3
852 NATROLITE & PHILLIPSITE - Puech de Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, France Colourless acicular Natrolite crystals on colourless Phillipsite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix 25p 2
854 OLIVENITE - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany Green Olivenite crystals in various forms in quartz/barytes matrix 25 7
859 PHILLIPSITE - Basalt Quarry, Kloch, Bad Radkersberg, Styria, Austria Small greyish Phillipsite crystals thickly lining cavities in basalt matrix 25p 6
861 PHILLIPSITE - Limberg #3 Quarry, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Germany Sprays of white Phillipsite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix 25p 2
863 PHILLIPSITE - Puech de Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, France Colourless to white Phillipsite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix 25p 5
865 PHILLIPSITE - Steinberg, Muhldorf, Feldbach, Styria, Austria Small white to colourless Phillipsite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
864 PHILLIPSITE - Steinberg Gachtal, Feldbach, Austria Cavity in matrix thickly lined with small colourless Phillipsite crystals 25p 1
870 PSEUDOBROOKITE - Bizac Volcano Quarry, Le Brignon, Haute Loire, France Small very dark brown tabular Pseudobrookite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
871 PSEUDOBROOKITE - Murol, Puy de Dome, Auvergne, France Small very dark reddish-brown to black tabular Pseudobrookite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 3
873 PSEUDOMALACHITE & LIBETHENITE - Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Vicosa, Portugal Dark green botryoidal Pseudomalachite with small green Libethenite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
910 SMITHSONITE & AZURITE - Hilarion Mine, Laurion, Greece White rounded Smithsonite with deep blue Azurite crystals in gossan matrix SOLD OUT .
917 STIBNITE & STIBICONITE - Le Semnon, Martigne-Ferchaud, Brittany, France Silvery crystalline Stibnite with yellow Stibiconite in gossan matrix 25p 1
922 STRONTIANITE - Magnesite Mine, Inschlag Alp, Leogang, Salzburg, Austria Aggregates of small white spiky Strontianite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 2
925 STRUNZITE & BERAUNITE - Mont des Groseilleurs, Blaton, Mons, Hainault, Belgium Small straw coloured acicular Strunzite crystals with dark green acicular Beraunite crystals on matrix 25p 1
926 STRUNZITE & STEWARTITE - Cornelia Mine, Hagendorf-Sud, Bavaria, Germany Straw yellow acicular Strunzite crystals with small orange yellow Stewartite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
942 VANADINITE - Waldbrand Adit, Oberschaffler Alp, Hochobir, Carinthia, Austria Orange brown hexagonal Vanadinite crystals on quartz matrix 25p 1
943 VARISCITE - Les Beauvoirs, Echassieres, Allier, France Small colourless Variscite crystals on quartz matrix 25p 4
Europe - Eifel
975 HAEMATITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany Aggregates of shiny black bladed Haematite crystals on matrix 25p 1
984 MELILITE, NEPHELINE, PYROXENE & APATITE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany Orange blocky Melilite crystals with colourless hexagonal Nepheline crystals, dark greyish green bladed Pyroxene crystals and colourless to white acicular Apatite crystals on matrix 25p 2
987 NEPHELINE, PYROXENE, APATITE & MAGNETITE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany Colourless hexagonal Nepheline crystals with dark greyish green bladed Pyroxene crystals and colourless to white acicular Apatite crystals with small black octahedral Magnetite crystals on matrix 25p 2
988 PHLOGOPITE & LEUCITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals with clear to whitish rounded (almost looks melted) Leucite crystals in a cavity in matrix 25p 1
989 PHLOGOPITE, LEUCITE, PYROXENE & MAGNETITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals with clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals, greyish green Pyroxene crystals and small black octahedral Magnetite crystals in matrix 25p 1
990 PHLOGOPITE & NEPHELINE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals with colourless hexagonal Nepheline crystals on matrix 25p 1
991 PHLOGOPITE, PYROXENE, SELLAITE & LEUCITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals with greyish green Pyroxene crystals, glass clear "rods" and "tubes" of Sellaite and clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals +/- Magnetite in cavities in matrix 25p 1
992 PHLOGOPITE, SELLAITE & LEUCITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals with glass clear "rods" and "tubes" of Sellaite and clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals in matrix 25p 3
993 PHLOGOPITE, SELLAITE, LEUCITE & PYROXENE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals glass clear "rods" and "tubes" of Sellaite, clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals and with greyish green Pyroxene crystals +/- Magnetite in cavities in matrix 25p 2
994 PSEUDOBROOKITE - Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Germany Small black tabular Pseudobrookite crystals with small colourless in matrix 25p 2
995 PSEUDOBROOKITE, AMPHIBOLE & TRIDYMITE - Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Germany Small dark brown bladed Pseudobrookite crystals with yellow acicular Amphibole crystals and whitish hexagonal Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
996 PSEUDOBROOKITE & FLUORO-RICHTERITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Small dark brownish black bladed Pseudobrookite crystals with orange-yellow elongated Fluoro-richterite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
1002 PSEUDOBROOKITE, HAEMATITE & PYROXENE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Small dark brownish black bladed Pseudobrookite crystals with black shiny Haematite crystals and small orange Pyroxene crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 9
1003 PYROXENE, LEUCITE & MAGNETITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Green Pyroxene crystals with clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals and small black octahedral Magnetite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
1005 PYROXENE, NEPHELINE, MELILITE, APATITE & MAGNETITE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany Dark greyish green bladed Pyroxene with colourless hexagonal Nepheline crystals, Orange blocky Melilite crystals, colourless to white acicular Apatite crystals and black octahedral Magnetite crystals on matrix 25p 1
1007 PYROXENE & TRIDYMITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Dark greenish-black elongated Pyroxene crystals with whitish tabular Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 2
1011 SANIDINE, HAEMATITE & FLUORO-RICHTERITE - Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Germany Small colourless blocky Sanidine crystals with small shiny black tabular Haematite crystals and orange-yellow elongated Fluoro-richterite crystals in/on matrix 25p 1
1014 SELLAITE, LEUCITE & PHLOGOPITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Glass clear "rods" and "tubes" of Sellaite and clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals and wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 6
1018 SPHENE, SELLAITE, PHLOGOPITE & LEUCITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany small orange tabular Sphene crystals with glass clear "rods" and "tubes" of Sellaite crystals, wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals and clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals in cavities in matrix +/- Magnetite 25p 1
Collection Thinnings
EX206 #3648 ANALCITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Small glass clear Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix 25p 1
EX193 #F6095 STRONTIANITE - Beauvoisin, Drome, Auvergne, France Spherical aggregates of white acicular Strontianite crystals on calcite in a cavity in matrix 25p 1
EX194 #F1453 STRUNZITE - Cornelia Mine, Hagendorf-Sud, Bavaria, Germany Pale yellow acicular Strunzite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
ThumbnailsCornwall & Devon
T7 ARAGONITE - Wheal Droskyn, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England Crystalline crust of rough Aragonite crystals on killas matrix. Ex Bob Cheetham collection SOLD OUT .
T8 ARSENOPYRITE - Camborne Vean Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England Grey tabular Arsenopyrite crystals in cavities in arsenopyrite matrix 50p 3
Cumberland & Westmorland
T46 ADAMITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Minute pale green Adamite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix 50p 1
T48 CERUSSITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England Clear Cerussite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
T49 CERUSSITE & BINDHEIMITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Whitish to clear Cerussite crystals with pale yellow powdery Bindheimite in cavities in quartz/galena matrix SOLD OUT .
T52 EPIDOTE - Shap Blue Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England Sprays of olive-green crystalline Epidote embedded in matrix, no crystal terminations SOLD OUT .
T53 FLUORITE & GALENA - Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumberland, England Colourless to very pale yellow cubic Fluorite crystals with dark grey modified Galena crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
T58 HEMIMORPHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Pale blue cavity linings of tiny Hemimorphite crystals in cellular quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
T63 PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England White to green, hexagonal to acicular Pyromorphite crystals in cavities and on quartz matrix 50p 2
Wales
T98 HEMIMORPHITE - Ochr Graig Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales Small sprays of colourless Hemimorphite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
T99 MILLERITE - Esgair Fraith Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Brassy acicular Millerite crystals mostly embedded in but occaisionally protruding from quartz matrix +/- chalcopyrite, sphalerite 50p 4
Scotland
T111 CHRYSOTILE - Old Hagdale Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland Greenish Chrysotile, no matrix SOLD OUT .
T113 HEDENBERGITE - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Greyish green fibrous Hedenbergite in cavities in granitic matrix 50p 1
T117 PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Aggregates of grey-green Prehnite spheres, no matrix. Ugly but interesting nonetheless 50p 5
Ireland - North & South
T136 TENNANTITE - Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Black tetrahedral Tennantite crystals on dolomite matrix SOLD OUT .
America - North & South
T189 STILPNOMELANE - Laytonville Quarry, Laytonville, Mendocino Co., California, USA Reddish brown micaceous Stilpnomelane shot through matrix 50p 3
Europe including Russia
T244 HALITE - Vosges, Alsace, France Piece of crystalline Halite with small cubic Halite crystals scattered over it SOLD OUT .
T253 MARCASITE - Iserlohn, Markischer Kreis, Arnsberg, Germany Aggregates of brassy "cockscomb" Marcasite crystals on dolomite in cavities in limestone matrix SOLD OUT .
T259 MIXITE - Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Germany Sprays of green acicular Mixite crystals in quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
T261 PHILLIPSITE - Puech de Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, France Colourless to white Phillipsite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix 50p 3
T278 STIBNITE & STIBICONITE - Le Semnon, Martigne-Ferchaud, Brittany, France Silvery crystalline Stibnite with yellow Stibiconite in gossan matrix SOLD OUT .
Europe - The Eifel Region
T294 GONNARDITE & PHILLIPSITE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany Sprays of white Gonnardite crystals growing over globular aggregates of clear Phillipsite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
T299 NEPHELINE, PYROXENE, MELILITE & APATITE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany All as crystals. Colourless hexagonal Nepheline with black bladed Pyroxene, small orange blocky Melilite and white acicular Apatite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
T302 PHLOGOPITE & NEPHELINE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany Wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals with colourless hexagonal Nepheline crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
T307 SELLAITE, LEUCITE & PHLOGOPITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Glass clear "rods" and "tubes" of Sellaite and clear to whitish rounded Leucite crystals, wafer thin brown Phlogopite crystals in cavities in matrix 50p 6
Minerals from SmeltersCornwall & Devon Smelters
1031 HALITE - Gannel Smelter, Crantock, Cornwall, England Small clear to white cubic Halite crystals in cavities in smelter slag 25p 2
Northern England Smelters
1042 CUPRITE - Whashton Smelter, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England Minute to tiny ruby red cubic (occaisionally octahedral) Cuprite crystals +/- Brochantite in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 1
Scottish and Welsh Smelters
1049 CUPRITE - Aberavon, Neath/Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales Tiny red octahedral Cuprite crystals in cavities in smelter slag 25p 2
1050 CUPRITE & ARAGONITE - Aberavon, Neath/Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales Tiny red octahedral Cuprite crystals sprays of white or pale blue acicular Aragonite crystals in cavities in smelter slag 25p 2