Larger Boxed Minerals - housed in approx 60x40x40mm plastic boxes Updated 23 March 2021
Cornwall & Devon
| L16 |
ADULARIA - Predannack Head, Mullion, Cornwall, England |
Mass of pink Adularia crystals on matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L17 |
ALLOPHANE - New East Wheal Russell, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Pale blue botryoidal Allophane on matrix. Fluoresces bright green |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L18 |
ANATASE - Wheal Busy, Chacewater, Cornwall, England |
Greyish blue mostly tabular with a few bipyramidal Anatase crystals in cavities in quartz/chlorite matrix. Some
quite large for Cornwall |
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| L19 |
ARAGONITE - Reedy Cliff, Port Quin, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of colourless sprays of spiky Aragonite crystals on matrix +/- Todorokite |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L20 |
ARTHURITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Green crystalline Arthurite crust on matrix |
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| 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 |
| L22 |
CALCITE - Wheal Ludcott, St.Ive, Cornwall, England |
Whitish hexagonal tabular Calcite crystals lining cavities on quartz matrix |
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| L23 |
CALCITE - Wheal Ludcott, St.Ive, Cornwall, England |
Whitish hexagonal tabular Calcite crystals lining cavities on quartz matrix |
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| 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 |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L25 |
CHALCOSIDERITE - Stowes Shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England |
Crusts of small dark green Chalcosiderite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
£4.00 |
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 |
| L27 |
CLINOPTILOLITE - Wheal Hazard, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small colourless blocky Clinoptilolite crystals on killas matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L28 |
CLINOPTILOLITE - Wheal Hazard, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small colourless blocky Clinoptilolite crystals on killas matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L29 |
FLUORITE & TORBERNITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Very deep purple to black Fluorite crystals with clusters of small green tabular Torbernite crystals on
quartz/granite matrix |
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| 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 |
| L31 |
LIBETHENITE - East Gunnislake Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Small dark green Libethenite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L32 |
LIBETHENITE - Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England |
Rich specimen of small dark green Libethenite crystals covering most surfaces of matrix |
£35.00 |
1 |
| L33 |
OPAL - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Nice piece of creamy off-white Opal, no matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L34 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Fox, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England |
Small whitish hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on quartz gossan matrix |
£2.00 |
1 |
| L35 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England |
Small green Pyromorphite crystals on quartz gossan matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L36 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England |
Small green Pyromorphite crystals on quartz gossan matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L37 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England |
Small green Pyromorphite crystals on quartz gossan matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L38 |
SELENITE - Kilham Mine, St. Neot, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of white Selenite crystals on killas matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L39 |
SIDERITE - Holmbush Mine, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England |
Pale brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals on quartz/sphalerite 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 |
| L41 |
TURQUOISE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Sky blue Turquoise with cellular internal structure |
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| L42 |
WOLFRAMITE - Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Nice sold piece of Wolframite and quartz |
£8.00 |
1 |
Cumberland & Westmorland
| L43 |
ANDRADITE/GROSSULAR - Shap Blue Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Dark reddish brown/black Andradite/Grossular crystals embedded in calcite matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L44 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Silvery tabular plates of Arsenopyrite displaying curved growth pattern in dolomite matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L45 |
BARYTOCALCITE - Blagill Mine, Alston, Cumberland, England |
Off-white Barytocalcite crystals in a cavitiy in matrix |
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| L46 |
CERUSSITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England |
Colourless to black (included) Cerussite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
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| L47 |
CERUSSITE & PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England |
Whitish Cerussite crystals with white to green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities and on Barytes matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L48 |
FLUORITE & QUARTZ - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Colourless cubic Fluorite crystals with colourless Quartz crystals on a haematite matrix |
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| L49 |
GRAPHITE - Seathwaite Mine, Borrowdale, Cumberland, England |
Lump of dark grey Graphite, no matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| 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 |
| L51 |
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 |
| L52 |
MIMETITE & BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear to whitish acicular Mimetite crystals with minutely crystallised yellowish green Beaudantite in cavities in
quartz matrix |
£3.00 |
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 |
| L55 |
PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals with white elongated Barytes crystals on barytes matrix |
£9.00 |
1 |
| L56 |
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 |
| L58 |
PYROMORPHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in barytes matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L59 |
WULFENITE - Coombe Beck, Buttermere, Cumberland, England |
Small orange blocky Wulfenite crystals on matrix +/- a little Mimetite |
£3.00 |
1 |
Rest of England
| L60 |
BARYTES - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England |
Cluster of clear Barytes crystals on matrix |
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| L61 |
CALCITE - Pindale Quarry, Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
Piece of cleaved white Calcite, great example of perfect cleavage. Also fluoresces orange-pink |
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| L62 |
CALCITE, BARYTES & PYRITE - Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England |
A cavity in limestone matrix contaning grey scalenohedral Calcite crystals with Pyrite inclusions, white bladed
Barytes crystals and small brassy Pyrite crystals |
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| 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 |
| L64 |
CERUSSITE - Brandybottle Mine, Reeth, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England |
Really nice white Cerussite crystals on matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L65 |
COPPER & CUPRITE - New Cliff Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, England |
Solid mass of Copper and Cuprite, no matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L66 |
EDINGTONITE - Moorswood Quarry, Dysgwylfa Hill, Shropshire, England |
Whitish blocky Edingtonite crystals on gabbro matrix |
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| L67 |
FLUORITE - Gill Head Mine, Appletreewick, North Yorkshire, England |
Very pale yellow interpenetrant Fluorite twin with sulphide inclusions, no matrix |
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| L68 |
FLUORITE & BARYTES - Ladywash Eyam, Derbyshire, England |
Barytes matrix covered in small bladed Barytes crystals with a covering of deep purple cubic Fluorite crystals |
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| L69 |
FLUORITE & QUARTZ - Hockley Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England |
Calcite matrix with an overgrowth of small mauve cubic Fluorite crystals with a few larger colourless ones and
small clear doubly terminated Quartz crystals |
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| L70 |
FLUORITE var. BLUE JOHN - Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
Piece of Blue John displaying typical purple and "white" banding with rounded Blue John crystals on top surface |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L71 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England |
Nice sprays of brown Hemimorphite crystals with some small whitish Calcite crystals on matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L72 |
QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of red or black Haematite scattered over them |
£3.00 |
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 |
| L74 |
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 |
| L75 |
SELENITE - Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Cluster of clear Selenite crystals showing unusual growth patterns, no matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| L76 |
SPHALERITE - Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England |
Very dark brown Sphalerite crystals growing over Quartz crystals and a central core of Fluorite |
SOLD OUT |
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| L77 |
SPHALERITE & FLUORITE - Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England |
Very dark brown Sphalerite crystals with a pale yellow Fluorite crystals on top, growing over Quartz crystals and
a central core of Fluorite |
£6.00 |
1 |
Wales
| L78 |
HEMIMORPHITE - "Level Fawr", Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Sprays of small clear bladed Hemimorphite crystals on matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| 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
| L80 |
APOPHYLLITE & GYROLITE - Dunvegan Quarry, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Creamy coloured blocky Apophyllite crystals with rounded aggregates of thin bladed mica like Gyrolite crystals on
basalt matrix |
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| L81 |
CALCITE - Cononish Gold Mine, Tyndrum, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
Whitish modified scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix. Shows nice bright pink fluorescence |
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| L82 |
CHRYSOCOLLA Pseudomorphs after VESZELYITE - Straitstep Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Bluish-green Chrysocolla completely replacing Veszelyite crystals with small bladed Hemimorphite in quartz gossan matrix |
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| L83 |
HARMOTOME & CALCITE - Middleshop Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Large brown rhombic Calcite crystals with a scattering of white Harmotome crystals, no matrix. Calcite
fluoresces a strong creamy brown colour |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L84 |
HEDENBERGITE & SAPONITE - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Greyish green fibrous Hedenbergite with small brown spheres of Saponite in a cavity granitic matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L85 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Pale blue botryoidal Hemimorphite in cavities in gossan matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| L8a |
PUMPELLYITE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland |
Greyish-green to dark green Pumpellyite crystals lining cavities in matrix |
£6.00 |
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 |
| L16 |
THOMSONITE-Ca - The Quirang, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Aggregates of white to grey bladed Thomsonite-Ca crystals in cavities in basalt matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L88 |
VISHNEVITE - Allt a'Mhullin, Loch Borollan, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland |
White massive Vishnevite embedded in matrix |
£3.00 |
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Ireland - North & South
| L89 |
CACOXENITE - Grouse Lodge Quarry, Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland |
Velvety coating of minute orange Cacoxenite spheres on matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L121 |
CACOXENITE - Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, Ireland |
Radiating sprays of yellow acicular Cacoxenite crystals to orange spheres on matrix |
£20.00 |
1 |
Africa
| L90 |
CERUSSITE - Mibladen, Morocco |
Grey Cerussite crystals on matrix, fluoresces greenish yellow |
SOLD OUT |
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| L91 |
CHALCEDONY - Ngabu, Chikwawa District, Malawi |
Pale blue Chalcedony with a cavity lined with drusy white Quartz crystals, no matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| L92 |
ERYTHRITE - Bou Azzer, Ouarzazarte, Morocco |
Radiating sprays of dark pink Erythrite crystals on surface of matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L93 |
GYPSUM - DESERT ROSE - Sahara Desert |
Typical group of brown bladed Gypsum crystals, no matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L94 |
HAEMATITE - Djebel Nador, Guelma, Guelma Province, Morocco |
Large thin shiny black bladed Haematite crystals, no matrix |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L95 |
HAEMATITE - Tamazeght Complex, Kenifra Province, Morocco |
Small shiny black tabular Haematite crystals thickly scattered over matrix |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L96 |
HAEMATITE - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, South Africa |
Large black shiny Haematite crystals in calcite matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L17 |
MALACHITE - Katanga, Dem.Rep.Congo (Zaire) |
Half a polished Malachite nodule showing nice banding |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L97 |
MALACHITE - Shinkolobwe Mine, Kambove, Dem.Rep.Congo (Zaire) |
Mass of green acicular Malachite crystals in and on matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| L98 |
WULFENITE - Touissit, Jerada, Morocco |
Group of pale yellow orange tabular Wulfenite crystals, no matrix |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L99 |
WULFENITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Large brown tabular Wulfenite crystal with various inclusions and attachments, no matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
America - North & South
| 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 |
| L103 |
MIMETITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Rounded clusters of pale yellow Mimetite crystals with a few colourless bladed Hemimorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L104 |
MIMETITE - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Sprays of pale yellow Mimetite crystals thickly covering matrix |
£10.00 |
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 |
| L105a |
MIMETITE & WULFENITE - San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico |
Small yellow Mimetite crystals with thin tabular orange Wulfenite crystals on matrix |
£20.00 |
1 |
| L106 |
MUSCOVITE & MONTMORILLONITE - Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA |
Large plates of brownish Muscovite with a lesser area of pink Montmorillonite |
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| L107 |
TYUYAMUNITE & CALCITE - Marie Mine, Pryor Mountains, Bighorn Co., Montana, USA |
Aggregates of small yellow micaceous Tyuyamunite crystals in amongst pinkish Calcite crystals on matrix |
£10.00 |
1 |
Asia & Australasia
| L108 |
ATACAMITE - Endeavour 26 Opencut, North Parkes, NSW, Australia |
Dark green Atacamite crystals scattered over black Mn/Fe matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L109 |
BERYL var. GOSHENITE - Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mount Xuebaoding, Minanyang, Sichuan, China |
Large very pale blue hexagonal tabular Goshenite crystal, no matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L110 |
FLUORAPATITE - Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite, Chapa Dara, Kunar, Afghanistan |
Pale pink hexagonal Fluorapatite crystals thickly covering matrix |
£18.00 |
1 |
| L111 |
PSEUDOBROOKITE, HAEMATITE & TRIDYMITE - Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New Zealand |
Black acicular Pseudobrookite crystals with shiny black hexagonal plates of Haematite crystals on small whitish
Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L112 |
SPODUMENE - Afghanistan |
Pale pink with a pale green upper half Spodumene crystal, no matrix. Pink half fluoresces more strongly than the
green |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L113 |
TOURMALINE - Hunza Valley, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Single black Tourmailne crystals with Quartz and Mica attached, no other matrix |
£35.00 |
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 |
| L116 |
WULFENITE & BARYTES - Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Sichuan Province, China |
Orange blocky Wulfenite crystals with white thin bladed Barytes crystals on matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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Europe including Russia
| L117 |
CALCITE & MONTMORILLONITE - Karikas Hill Quarry, Bazsi, Veszprem Co., Czech Republic |
Whitish rounded Calcite crystals on brown "crazed" Montmorillonite lining a cavity in basalt matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| L118 |
EPIDOTE & AUGITE - Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria |
Green elongated Epidote crystals with numerous very dark green/black Augite crystals on matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| L119 |
FLORKEITE & WILHENDERSONITE - Rother Kopf, Gerolstein, Eifel, Germany |
Greyish spherical aggregates of tiny Florkeite crystals with slightly smaller white spheres of Wilhendersonite
crystals on matrix +/- greenish Pyroxene, colourless hexagonal Nepheline, white acicular Apatite crystals |
£30.00 |
1 |
| L121 |
PREHNITE - Oficarsa Quarry, Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain |
Nice pale green "fans" of Prehnite on matrix |
£7.00 |
1 |