Larger Boxed Minerals - housed in approx 60x40x40mm plastic boxes Updated 31 March 2023
Cornwall & 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| L169 |
PYRITE - Robinson's Shaft, South Crofty Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England |
Brassy cubic Pyrite crystals embedded in matrix |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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None currently available |
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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 |