Larger Boxed Minerals - housed in approx 60x40x40mm plastic boxes Updated 31 March 2023Cornwall & Devon
L16 ADULARIA - Predannack Head, Mullion, Cornwall, England Mass of pink Adularia crystals on matrix �8.00 1
L19 ARAGONITE - Reedy Cliff, Port Quin, Cornwall, England Aggregates of colourless sprays of spiky Aragonite crystals on matrix +/- Todorokite �10.00 1
L159 BAYLDONITE & DUFTITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Crusts of small green Bayldonite crystals minute olive green Duftite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix �8.00 1
L19 BAYLDONITE & MIMETITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Small dark green Bayldonite crystals with whitish hexagonal Mimetite crystals in gossan matrix �15.00 1
L160 Ca-FLUORAPATITE, (FRANCOLITE) aka "HOLMBUSHITE" OR "FLOATSTONE" - Holmbush Mine, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England Cellular matrix made up almost entirely of silky creamy acicular Ca-Fluorapatite crystals. "Holmbushite" is the original name when discovered and before it's true identity Ca-Fluorapatite was discovered. "Floatstone" is because certain pieces will actually float in water �5.00 1
L161 CARBONATE FLUORAPATITE, (FRANCOLITE) & SIDERITE - Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Clear hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals with dark brown rhombic Siderite crystals in cavities in cellular matrix SOLD OUT .
L162 CASSITERITE - Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England Dark brown crystalline Cassiterite with a few crystals crystals in a Cassiterite rich matrix �5.00 1
L24 CASSITERITE & TOPAZ - North Goonbarrow Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Bark brown crystalline Cassiterite on Topaz matrix with numerous whitish Topaz crystals on the surface SOLD OUT .
T189 CERUSSITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver. Cornwall, England White "jackstraw" Cerussite crystals on black manganese matrix �8.00 1
L26 CHILDRENITE - Crinnis Cliff, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Very nice specimen, light brown Childrenite crystals "climbing" up Quartz crystals on matrix �20.00 1
L28 CLINOPTILOLITE - Wheal Hazard, St. Just, Cornwall, England Small colourless blocky Clinoptilolite crystals on killas matrix �5.00 1
L164 CONNELLITE - Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall, England Tiny blue Connellite spheres scattered over killas matrix with tiny green Para/Clinoatacamite crystals SOLD OUT .
L165 CRANDALLITE & QUARTZ - Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall, England Brown minutely crystallized crust of Crandallite some possibly epimorphing a Pyrite crystal on matrix �10.00 1
L166 CUPRITE & BROCHANTITE - Bedford Utd Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Deep red almost black octahedral Cuprite crystals, some partially altered to Brochantite scattered over killas matrix SOLD OUT .
L167 HAEMATITE - Kelly Mine, Lustleigh, Devon, England Big lump of tiny black tabular Haematite crystals forming most of specimen �6.00 1
L30 KAOLIN pseudomorphs after ORTHOCLASE (Pigs Eggs) - Melbur Pit, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall, England White Orthoclase crystals partially replaced by Kaolin, some as Carlsbad twins, no matrix �10.00 1
L33 OPAL - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Nice piece of creamy off-white Opal, no matrix �15.00 1
L168 PARATACAMITE/CLINOATACAMITE & SELENITE - Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England Two minerals that are almost impossible to tell apart visually. Small deep green octahedral to tabular crystals encrusting killas matrix with clear Selenite crystals SOLD OUT .
L169 PYRITE - Robinson's Shaft, South Crofty Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England Brassy cubic Pyrite crystals embedded in matrix SOLD OUT .
L161 SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix �6.00 1
L40 SIDERITE - Newbridge/Twin Yeo Quarry, Teignbridge, Devon, England Crusts of brown modified rhombohedral Siderite crystals on matrix. Interesting formation �5.00 1
L123 SIDERITE& CHALCEDONY - Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England Brown "hexagonal" tablets of Siderite crystals intergrown on grey botryoidal Chalcedony on matrix �12.00 1
L42 WOLFRAMITE - Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England Nice sold piece of Wolframite and quartz �8.00 1
L170 WOLFRAMITE - Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England Large blade of black Wolframite in quartz matrix �7.00 1
Cumberland & Westmorland
L171 CALCITE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England Whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals lining cavities in gossan matrix +\- a little black feathery Pyrolusite �3.00 1
L172 CALCITE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England Whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals lining cavities in gossan matrix +\- a little black feathery Pyrolusite �5.00 1
L173 FLUORITE - Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumberland, England Cluster of pale yellow cubic Fluorite crystals on matrix �15.00 1
L174 FLUORITE, GALENA & SIDERITE - Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumberland, England Very pale yellow cubic Fluorite crystals with grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals and brown curved Siderite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
L175 HAEMATITE - KIDNEY ORE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England Dark reddish brown botryoidal Haematite - "Kidney Ore", no matrix �4.00 1
L176 HAEMATITE - PENCIL ORE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England Dark red to black very compact "Pencil Ore", no matrix SOLD OUT .
L50 HEMIMORPHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Small grey to pale blue bladed Hemimorphite crystals lining cavities in cellular quartz matrix �7.00 1
L53 PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England Green to whitish hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in barytes matrix �6.00 1
L54 PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England Green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in barytes matrix �7.00 1
L57 PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England Green acicular Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in barytes matrix �8.00 1
L178 SPHALERITE, GALENA & QUARTZ - Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumberland, England Shiny black Sphalerite crystals with grey cubeoctahedral Galena crystals and colourless Quartz crystals on matrix �6.00 1
L179 WULFENITE & PYROMORPHITE - Poddy Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Orange blocky and tabular Wulfenite crystals with green Pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix �6.00 1
Rest of England
L63 CALCITE & CHALCOPYRITE - Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England Clear Calcite crystals studded with bright brassy Chalcopyrite crystals which are also encapsulated in the calcite, no matrix �10.00 1
L126 PYROMORPHITE - Burgam Mine, Shelve, Shropshire, England Green Pyromorphite crystals covering matrix �7.00 1
L127 PYROMORPHITE - Burgam Mine, Shelve, Shropshire, England Green Pyromorphite crystals covering matrix �4.00 1
L73 QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, England Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of red or black Haematite scattered over them �4.00 1
Wales
L79 MILLERITE & SIDERITE - Coedely Mine, Coedely, Mid Glamorgan, Wales Brassy acicular Millerite crystals with white lenticular Siderite crystals in a cavity in ironstone matrix �8.00 1
Scotland
L180 BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Colourless to pale brown Brewsterite-Sr crystals, thickly covering matrix �8.00 1
L181 CALCITE - Lealt Quarry, Lealt, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Whitish scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix. Fluoresces pale pink �4.00 1
L182 CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland White scalenohedral Calcite crystals with pale brown rhombic Calcite crystals lining a cavity in a bivalve shell in matrix. White Calcite fluoresces pink �4.00 1
L183 CALCITE & CHALCOPYRITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland White scalenohedral Calcite crystals (fl pale pink) with small brassy tetrahedral Chalcopyrite crystals in a cavity in a bivalve �4.00 1
L184 CALCITE & HARMOTOME - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Very pale brown thin tabular hexagonal Calcite crystals with white to colourless Harmotome crystals on calcite matrix. Calcite crystals fluoresce pale pink �4.00 1
L185 CHALCEDONY on CALCITE - Lealt Quarry, Lealt, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Thin coating of Cahlcedony on whitish scalenohedral Calcite crystals, no matrix �5.00 1
L86 STIBNITE - Outcrop 200m above Knipe (Hare Hill) Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Bright silvery Stibnite in quartz matrix, location specimen �5.00 1
L87 STIBNITE - Outcrop 200m above Knipe (Hare Hill) Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Bright silvery Stibnite in quartz matrix, location specimen �5.00 1
L186 STRONTIANITE, CALCITE & FLUORITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland White spheres and clusters of minute spiky Strontianite crystals on clear scalenohedral Calcite crystals and with small colourless cubic Fluorite crystals (hard to spot) in cavities in bivalve fossils �2.00 1
L88 VISHNEVITE - Allt a'Mhullin, Loch Borollan, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland White massive Vishnevite embedded in matrix �3.00 6
Ireland - North & South
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Africa
L187 BULTFONTEINITE & POLDERVAARTITE - N'Chwaning MineS, Kuruman, N. Cape Province, South Africa Really nice specimens, white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals with pale brown Poldervaartite crystals growing together on matrix �10.00 1
L188 BULTFONTEINITE & POLDERVAARTITE - N'Chwaning MineS, Kuruman, N. Cape Province, South Africa Really nice specimens, white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals with pale brown Poldervaartite crystals growing together on matrix �10.00 1
L189 BULTFONTEINITE & POLDERVAARTITE - N'Chwaning MineS, Kuruman, N. Cape Province, South Africa Really nice specimens, white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals with pale brown Poldervaartite crystals growing together on matrix �15.00 1
L190 BULTFONTEINITE & POLDERVAARTITE - N'Chwaning MineS, Kuruman, N. Cape Province, South Africa Really nice specimens, white acicular Bultfonteinite crystals with pale brown Poldervaartite crystals growing together on matrix �15.00 1
L191 CARMINITE & ZINCGARTRELLITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia Aggregates of red acicular Carminite crystals with patches of minute yellow Zincgartrellite crystals throughout matrix �12.00 1
L192 DIOPTASE & DOLOMITE - Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene, Namibia Bright green Dioptase crystals scattered over white rhombic Dolomite crystals on matrix �10.00 1
L193 GOETHITE Pseudo after PYRITE - Krantsberg Mine, Omaruru, ERongo, Namibia Large dark brown cubic Goethite pseudomorph after Pyrite, no matrix �8.00 1
L96 HAEMATITE - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, South Africa Large black shiny Haematite crystals in calcite matrix �12.00 1
America - North & South
L194 BARRERITE - Kuiu Island, Petersberg, Alsaka, USA Cluster of white tabular Barrerite crystals, no matrix �18.00 1
L100 DATOLITE - Charcas, San Luis, Potosi, Mexico Group of whitish/pale greenish Datolite crystals, no matrix �12.00 1
L101 HYDROXYLHERDERITE & SCHORL - Santa-Roram, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil Pinkish Hydroxylherderite crystals perched on a Schorl crystal. The Hydroxlherderite has small HH crystals over the surface of the main crystals, no other matrix �25.00 1
L102 INESITE - Hale Creek, Mad River Rock, Trinity Co., California, USA Plate of pink Inesite crystals forming the bulk of the specimen. Fluoresces a greyish colour �20.00 1
L105 MIMETITE & WULFENITE - San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico Small yellow Mimetite crystals with thin tabular orange Wulfenite crystals on matrix �20.00 1
Asia & Australasia
L195 AXINITE - Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia Dark brown translucent bladed Axinite crystals in a cavity in axinite matrix �12.00 1
L196 KYANITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia Mass of bluish white Kyanite blades forming most of specimen �8.00 1
L114 TOURMALINE - Paprok, Kamdesh, Nuristan, Afghanistan Single deep bluish green Tourmaline crystal with a flat termination, no matrix �40.00 1
L115 ULRICHITE - Lake Boga Quarry, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia Small light green acicular Ulrichite crystals clustered together on granite matrix �25.00 1
Europe including Russia
L197 ADAMITE-Cu - "Playing Field", Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece Dark green Adamite-Cu spheres on gossan matrix �3.00 1
L198 ADAMITE-Cu, AZURITE & GIBBSITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece Green Adamite-Cu crystals with deep blue Azurite crystals and white Gibbsite on gossan matrix �5.00 1
L136 ALURGITE - Praborna Mine, St. Marcel, Val D'Aosta, Italy Reddish-brown micaceous Alurgite embedded in matrix �5.00 1
L137 ALURGITE - Praborna Mine, St. Marcel, Val D'Aosta, Italy Reddish-brown micaceous Alurgite embedded in matrix �6.00 1
L138 ALURGITE - Praborna Mine, St. Marcel, Val D'Aosta, Italy Reddish-brown micaceous Alurgite embedded in matrix �7.00 1
L199 AZURITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece Sparkling deep blue Azurite crystals with minor Malachite & Calcite in cavities in gossan matrix �5.00 1
L200 BROCHANTITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece Dark green acicular Brochantite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix �4.00 1
L201 CONICHALCITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece Bright green Conichalcite spheres lining cavities in gossan matrix �4.00 1
L140 DELHAYELITE - Khibiny Massif, Lovozero, Kola, Russia Greyish brown fibrous Delhayelite with dark green Aegirine. Delhayelite fluoresces pink to orange �8.00 1
L141 DENISOVITE - Mount Eveslogchorr, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia White fibrous Denisovite on matrix �7.00 1
L142 DENISOVITE - Mount Jukspor, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia White fibrous Denisovite on matrix �6.00 1
L143 DENISOVITE & AEGIRINE - Mount Eveslogchorr, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia White fibrous Denisovite with dark green Aegirine on matrix �7.00 1
L202 SMITHSONITE - "Playing Field", Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece Whitish to pale green rounded Smithsonite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix �6.00 1 5
L203 TETRAHEDRITE - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany Dark greyish black tetrahedral Tetrahedrite crystals in cavities in tetrahedrite/quartz matrix �8.00 1