Bargain Basement.......All specimens are 25p each...........4 April 2016
BB1 AMPHIBOLE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland SOLD Dark green elongated bladed Amphibole xtls in cavities in granitic matrix +/- Stilbite, Epidote, Quartz, Feldspar, Magnetite . .
BB2 ANGLESITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Varying forms of clear Anglesite xtls in cavities in galena/tennantite matrix, or barytes matrix 25p 4
BB3 ANGLESITE - Lead Trial, Factory Farm, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England SOLD Small white Anglesite xtls on weathered Galena in killas matrix . .
BB4 ANGLESITE - Wheal Fox, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England Small drusy crusts of tiny Anglesite xtls in cavities in galena matrix 25p 2
BB5 APATITE-CAF (FRANCOLITE) - Parc Slip Opencast, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales SOLD Small colourless, thin hexagonal Francolite xtls in cavities in Ironstone matrix . .
BB6 APATITE-CAF (FRANCOLITE) & SIDERITE - Gunnislake Clitters, Calctock, Cornwall, England Cavities in quartz/siderite matrix containing colourless tabular bevelled Apatite-CAF xtls with clusters of brown rhombic Siderite xtls 25p 1
BB7 BAUXITE - Villeveyrac, France Ok, not really a mineral but really nice examples of dark brown iron-rich pisolitic Bauxite 25p 3
BB8 CALCITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Colourless modified Calcite xtls in cavities in Calcite matrix, one of the many variations in form at this location 25p 2
BB9 CALCITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany Aggregates of white rhombic Calcite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Phillipsite, Augite, Montmorillonite 25p 4
BB10 CALCITE - Ramsbeck, Sauerland, Germany Super little "Christmas trees" of white Calcite xtls, no matrix 25p 1
BB11 CARBONATE-CYANOTRICHITE - Widow Maker Mine, San Juan Co., Utah, USA Crusts of small spheres of acicular Cyanotrichite xtls on matrix 25p 3
BB12 CASSITERITE - South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Small brown "sparable" Cassiterite xtls in cavities in chlorite matrix +/- Chalcopyrite . .
BB13 CASSITERITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Small brown Cassiterite xtls in cavity in clinochlore matrix 25p 2
BB14 CASSITERITE - Wheal Metal, Breage, Cornwall, England SOLD Dark brown to black sparable Cassiterite xtls in cavities and partly embedded in quartz/cassiterite/tourmaline matrix . .
BB15 CASSITERITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Small brown Cassiterite xtls in chlorite matrix . .
BB16 CERUSSITE - Barrow Mine, Uzzicar, Cumberland, England SOLD White "jackstraw" Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix . .
BB17 CERUSSITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Small whitish Cerussite xtls in cavities in galena/gossan matrix 25p 1
BB18 CERUSSITE - Eaglebrook Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Small whitish Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz gossan matrix 25p 2
BB19 CERUSSITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland Small greyish to white Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Pyromorphite 25p 1
BB20 CERUSSITE - Llechwedd Helyg Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Cardiganshire, Wales Clear to whitish Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix 25p 3
BB21 CERUSSITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Clear to white Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz gossan matrix 25p 1
BB22 CERUSSITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Whitish Cerussite xtls in quartz matrix 25p 3
BB23 CLINOCHLORE - Halamanning Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Dark green bundles of thin tabular hexagonal Clinochlore xtls in cavities in quartz matrix 25p 2
BB24 CLINOCHLORE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Cavities in Clinochlore matrix lined with tabular dark greenish-black Clinochlore xtls 25p 1
BB25 GALENA - Tilberthwaite Mine, Tilberthwaite, Cumberland, England SOLD Grey Galena and brownish Sphalerite, no xtls, location specimen . .
BB26 GOETHITE - Breedon Cloud Quarry, Worthington, Leicestershire, England SOLD Sparkling deep brown acicular Goethite xtls in cavities in ironstone matrix . .
BB27 GOETHITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Black to dark brown botryoidal Goethite on quartz matrix 25p 2
BB28 GOETHITE - Stowes Shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England SOLD Black, shiny to dull botryoidal Goethite lining cavities in cellular Goethite matrix . .
BB29 GREENOCKITE & FLUORITE - Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England Yellow to orange powdery Greenockite coating Fluorite xtls on matrix 25p 1
BB30 HEMIMORPHITE - Eagle Crag Mine, Grisedale, Westmorland, England SOLD Rounded aggregates of small greyish-brown on sphalerite/quartz matrix . .
BB31 HEMIMORPHITE - West Blackcraig Mine, Blackcraig, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Sprays of clear to yellowish small elongated Hemimorphite xtls in cavities in dolomite matrix +/- aurichalcite 25p 1
BB32 HEULANDITE - Nilwandi Dam Rock Quarry, Akole, Maharashtra, India Small colourless Heulandite xtls thickly lining cavities in matrix 25p 1
BB33 HEULANDITE - Upper Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Pale pink Heulandite xtls, no matrix +/ minor colourless Stilbite xtls 25p 1
BB34 HEULANDITE - Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India Small colourless thin tabular Heulandite xtls on matrix 25p 2
BB35 HEULANDITE & STILBITE - Upper Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India Pale pink Heulandite xtls with small colourless Stilbite xtls, no matrix 25p 1
BB36 MAGNETITE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland SOLD Small black shiny octahedral Magnetite xtls in granite matrix +/- Epidote, Feldspar . .
BB37 MALACHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Small green acicular Malachite xtls in either gossan or quartz matrix +/- Cerussite 25p 1
BB38 MALACHITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Aggregates of small green Malachite spheres on granite matrix +/- Connellite . .
BB39 MALACHITE & CONNELLITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Aggregates of small green Malachite spheres with tiny spheres of minute Connellite xtls on granite matrix 25p 1
BB40 MIMETITE & BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Clear to whitish acicular Mimetite xtls encrusted in yellowish-brown Beaudantite in cavities in matrix 25p 2
BB41 PHARMACOSIDERITE - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England Minute to small, green to brown cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in quartz matrix 25p 2
BB42 PHARMACOSIDERITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England Tiny pale green to brown cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in cavities in chlorite/quartz matrix 25p 2
BB43 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 25p 5
BB44 PSEUDOMALACHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England SOLD Small green globules and tiny Pseudomalachite xtls in small patches on quartz matrix . .
BB45 PYRITE - Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales SOLD Small brassy to bronzy coloured cubic Pyrite xtls embedded in matrix . .
BB46 PYRITE on CALCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland SOLD Small bright brassy modified pyritohedra on Calcite xtls . .
BB47 RHODOCHROSITE - Clara Mine, Wolfach, Black Forest, Germany SOLD Small off-white "wheat" grain Rhodochrosite xtls in cavities in Manganese rich matrix . .
BB48 SCORODITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England SOLD Thin creamy to pale green crust of minute Scorodite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Pharmacosiderite . .
BB49 SCORODITE Epimorph after SIDERITE - Bell Pit, Calebrack, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England SOLD Brownish "shells" of Scorodite epimorphing Siderite on matrix . .
BB50 SIDERITE - Old Treburgett Mine, St. Teath, Cornwall, England Deep reddish brown rhombohedral Siderite xtls in cavities in siderite matrix 25p 1
BB51 SIDERITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England Small chocolate-brown Siderite xtls encrusting surface of Goethite pseudos and epimorphs after Siderite 25p 1
BB52 SMITHSONITE - Moelyydd Hill Mine, Nr. Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England Pale brown masses of Smithsonite, not pretty but good location pieces 25p 2
BB53 SPHALERITE - No.2 Adit, Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales Small black shiny Sphalerite xtls in cavities in dolomite matrix 25p 2
BB54 STIBNITE - Traie Vrish, Niarbyl, Isle of Man Shiny grey xtalline Stibnite in quartz matrix +/- Pyrite 25p 1
BB55 STIBNITE - Zlata Bana, Presov, Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Bright silvery Stibnite xtls and sections in quartz matrix 25p 1
BB56 STRUNZITE & STRENGITE - Blaton, Hainault, Belgium SOLD Sprays of straw coloured acicular Strunzite xtls with aggregates of minute white spheres of Strengite on matrix . .
BB57 TENNANTITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Tiny black slightly irridescent Tennantite xtls forming spherical aggregates in cavities in tennantite/galena matrix +/- Anglesite 25p 3
BB58 TENNANTITE - Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Shiny black to dark grey tetrahedral Tennantite xtls in cavities in tennantite/dolomite matrix +/- chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite 25p 7
BB59 TENNANTITE & CHALCOPYRITE - Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland SOLD Shiny black to dark grey tetrahedral Tennantite xtls with bronzy coloured tetrahedral Chalcopyrite xtls in cavities in tennantite/dolomite matrix . .
BB60 THAUMASITE - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA SOLD Small spherical aggregates of colourless hexagonal Thaumasite xtls on Johannsenite matrix +/- black Todorokite . .
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BB62 BARYTES - Tronach Head, Portknockie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland SOLD Clear to reddish-brown tabular Barytes xtls on quartz matrix . .
BB63 BAUXITE - Villeveyrac, France Ok, not really a mineral but really nice examples of dark brown iron-rich pisolitic Bauxite 50p 3
BB64 DOLOMITE - Aughermore Quarry, Co. Sligo, Ireland Classic creamy curved Dolomite xtls on limestone matrix 50p 1
BB65 GOETHITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Black to dark brown botryoidal Goethite on quartz matrix . .
BB66 HYDROCARBON - Huglith Mine, Habberley, Shropshire, England Black, shiny masses of Hydrocarbon in matrix 50p 1
BB67 MALACHITE & CONNELLITE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Aggregates of small green Malachite spheres with tiny spheres of minute Connellite xtls on granite matrix . .
BB68 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 50p 6
BB69 STIBNITE - Zlata Bana, Presov, N. Slanske Mountains, Slovakia SOLD Small radiating sprays of greyish-black Stibnite xtls in quartz matrix . .
BB70 TENNANTITE - Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Shiny black to dark grey tetrahedral Tennantite xtls in cavities in tennantite/dolomite matrix +/- chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite 50p 5
BB71 TENNANTITE & CHALCOPYRITE - Gortdrum Mine, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Shiny black to dark grey tetrahedral Tennantite xtls with bronzy coloured tetrahedral Chalcopyrite xtls in cavities in tennantite/dolomite matrix 50p 2
BB73 TURQUOISE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England SOLD Lumps of blue Turquoise, some cavities containing very minute Turquoise xtls . .