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 |
Thumbnails
Cornwall & 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 Smelters
Cornwall & 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 |