Minerals from Smelters...................Updated 31 March 2023..........Cornwall & Devon Smelters
2716 CERUSSITE - Gannel Smelter, Crantock, Cornwall, England Small whitish Cerussite crystals in cavities in smelter slag 50p 2
5277 CUPRITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England Small to tiny ruby red cubic (a few octahedral) Cuprite crystals in cavities in smelter slag 50p �1.00 �1.50p 2 10 4
2720 HALITE - Gannel Smelter, Crantock, Cornwall, England Small clear to white cubic Halite crystals in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 3
Northern England Smelters
8683 BARIUM THIOSULPHATE FLUORIDE - Hipper (Harewood) Smelter, Holymoorside, Derbyshire, England Cavities in slag matrix lined with tiny colourless tabular BTF crystals �1.00 3
9297 BARIUM THIOSULPHATE MONOHYDRATE - Hipper (Harewood) Smelter, Holymoorside, Derbyshire, England Colourless elongated to acicular Barium Thiosulphate Monohydrate crystals SOLD OUT .
6238 CONNELLITE - Whashton Smelter, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England Tiny blue acicular Connellite crystals or spheres +/- Brochantite in cavities in smelter slag 50p 1
6240 COPPER - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England Cavity in smelter slag filled with Copper wires �1.00 1
7311 CUPRITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England Small ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals in cavities in smelter slag 50p 1
908 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 2
9298 GOETHITE Pseudo after FOUGERITE - Stanhopeburn Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England Brown thin tabular hexagonal crystals of Goethite after Fougerite in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 1
Scottish and Welsh Smelters
733 ANGLESITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Small colourless Anglesite crystals in cavities in smelter slag �1.50 2
3008 CUPRITE - Aberavon, Neath/Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales Tiny red octahedral Cuprite crystals in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 3
3009 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 �1.50p 3
8373 LANARKITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland White sprays of Lanarkite crystals in cavities in smelter slag plus some Linarite, Caledonite & Anglesite �2.00 1
8375 LINARITE, MALACHITE & BROCHANTITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland All as small crystals except Malachite, green botryoidal in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 1
8685 ROMEITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Tiny black octahedral Romeite crystals in cavities in smelter slag SOLD OUT .
7310 SERPIERITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Aggregates of greenish blue acicular Serpierite crystals in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 1
Worldwide Smelter Localities
8383 DIABOLEITE & LAURIONITE - Thorikos, Lavrion, Greece Tiny to small blue elongated Diaboleite crystals with sprays of colourless Larionite crystals in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 1
8385 LAURIONITE - Thorikos, Lavrion, Greece Sprays of Colourless Larionite crystals in cavities in smelter slag �1.00 1
8686 MOLYBDITE - Terril St. Charles, Ransart, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium Shiny pale brown acicular Molybdite crystals on slag matrix �1.50p 1
6252 ZINC, ZINCITE & HYDROZINCITE - Sclaigneaux, Namur, Belgium Very bright and silvery blobs of Zinc metal with yellowish waxy looking Zincite and white Hydrozincite in smelter slag �1.50p 5
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8687 BARIUM THIOSULPHATE FLUORIDE - Hipper (Harewood) Smelter, Holymoorside, Derbyshire, England Cavities in slag matrix lined with colourless tabular BTF crystals with some probable yellow Barium Sulphite �1.50p �2.00 1 1
9299 BARIUM THIOSULPHATE FLUORIDE - Whashton Smelter, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England Sprays of colourless to pale pink elongated tabular Barium Thiosulphate Fluoride crystals in cavities in matrix �3.00 1
7313 ANGLESITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Colourless Anglesite crystals in a cavity in lead smelter slag �1.00 1
9300 DIAOYUDAOITE - Montignies-sur-Sambre, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium White glassy crystalline Diaoyudaoite, no matrix �4.00 1
Native Elements
9301 BISMUTH - Manmade Irridescent skeletal Bismuth crystals �2.00 1
6253 SILICON - Manmade, California, USA Shiny black Silicon �1.50p 1