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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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BB15 |
CASSITERITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small brown Cassiterite xtls in chlorite matrix |
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BB16 |
CERUSSITE - Barrow Mine, Uzzicar, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
White "jackstraw" Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix |
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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 |
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BB26 |
GOETHITE - Breedon Cloud Quarry, Worthington, Leicestershire, England
SOLD |
Sparkling deep brown acicular Goethite xtls in cavities in ironstone matrix |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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BB45 |
PYRITE - Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
SOLD |
Small brassy to bronzy coloured cubic Pyrite xtls embedded in matrix |
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BB46 |
PYRITE on CALCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small bright brassy modified pyritohedra on Calcite xtls |
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BB47 |
RHODOCHROSITE - Clara Mine, Wolfach, Black Forest, Germany
SOLD |
Small off-white "wheat" grain Rhodochrosite xtls in cavities in Manganese rich matrix |
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BB48 |
SCORODITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
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Thin creamy to pale green crust of minute Scorodite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Pharmacosiderite |
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BB49 |
SCORODITE Epimorph after SIDERITE - Bell Pit, Calebrack, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Brownish "shells" of Scorodite epimorphing Siderite on matrix |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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