Thumbnails..................Updated 3 September 2026
Cornwall & Devon
| T1500 |
ACHROITE - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Sprays of grey acicular Achroite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1278 |
ARAGONITE - Reedy Cliff, Port Quin Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England |
Clear spiky Aragonite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1102 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon, England |
Grey to silvery Arsenopyrite crystals embedded in chlorite matrix with very light tarnishing
on some. +/- minor Pyrite |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1501 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Quartz/arsenopyrite matrix with greyish Arsenopyrite crystals in cavities and embedded in it |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1279 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England |
Silvery or dull grey Arsenopyrite with some visible crystals in quartz or chlorite matrix |
3.00 |
6 |
| T1103 |
ARSENOPYRITE & ADULARIA - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Dull grey crystalline Arsenopyrite crystals, very bright and silvery on broken surfaces with
some pink rhombohedral Adularia crystals in cavities in adularia/quartz/arsenopyrite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1502 |
AZURITE - Daymer Bay, St. Minver, Cornwall, England |
Small to tiny dark blue Azurite crystals on and in cavities in quartz matrix +/- Malachite. Ex Chris
Jewson specimens |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1503 |
BINDHEIMITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England |
Yellow powdery Bindheimite in tetrahedrite/malachite/gossan matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1504 |
BOTALLACKITE - Cligga Beach, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Quite outstanding groups of dark green bladed Botallackite crystals on matrix. Ex Nigel Hoppe specimen |
10.00 |
1 |
| T1505 |
BOURNONITE - Newporth Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Dark shiny grey massive Bournonite embedded in quartz/killas matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T804 |
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. Ex Harry Critchley specimens |
4.00 |
3 |
| T1506 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite) - Relistien Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small clear tabular hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals lining cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1507 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite) - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small clear tabular hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals lining cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1291 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite) pseudomorphing PYROMORPHITE, SIDERITE & GALENA - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
White hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite almost completely replacing brown Pyromorphite crystals, usually there
is a small thin remnant of the Pyromorphite in the centre. Also with a small dull grey cubic Galena crystal and pale brown curved
Siderite crystals in a cavity in siderite matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1292 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite), SIDERITE & QUARTZ - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Aggregates of small white hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals with brown Siderite crystals and Quartz
crystals hidden down in the cavity in siderite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T807 |
CASSITERITE - Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Solid piece of greyish brown Cassiterite with a few crystals present |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1293 |
CASSITERITE - Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown to black Cassiterite crystals in amongst mica on killas matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1508 |
CASSITERITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Black sparkling Cassiterite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1509 |
CHALCOPHYLLITE - Old Gunnislake Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Minute green hexagonal Chalcophyllite crystals in cavities and on surface of matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1511 |
CHALCOPYRITE & QUARTZ - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, Cornwall, England |
Bronzy twinned Chalcopyrite crystals on whitish Quartz crystals in a cavity in quartz/chalcopyrite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1512 |
CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ & SIDERITE - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, Cornwall, England |
Bronzy twinned Chalcopyrite crystals on whitish Quartz crystals and brown Siderite crystals in cavities
in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1300 |
CHALCOSIDERITE & GOETHITE - Stowes Shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England |
Small green Chalcosiderite crystals in cavities in a brown cellular Goethite matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
3 2 |
| T1118 |
CLINOCLASE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Very deep blue veins and patches of Clinoclase with a few crystals in quartz matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1512 |
CLINOCLASE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Deep indigo blue crystalline Clinoclase in quartz/gossan matrix. Ex Nigel Hoppe specimens |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1513 |
CONNELLITE - Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Spheres of small dark blue Connellite some of which display minute acicular crystals on broken surfaces
+/- Brochantite crystals on matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1514 |
CUPRITE & CONNELLITE - Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Tiny Cuprite crystals in a cavity in a thin vein exposed on matrix with a little blue Connellite and a
few tiny green tabular Torbernite crystals |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1303 |
COPPER - South Caradon Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall, England |
Pieces of Copper with some green secondary copper mineralisation, no matrix |
5.00 6.00 |
1 1 |
| T1515 |
DOLOMITE & CALCITE - 14 Level, Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Whitish rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with some pale orange "nail head" Calcite crystals in cavities in
matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1516 |
DOLOMITE, CALCITE & GOETHITE - 14 Level, Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Whitish rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with some grey "nail head" Calcite crystals and black to dark
brown botryoidal Goethite on matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1517 |
ELBAITE - Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, Devon, England |
Pink and green crystalline Elbaite embedded in pegmatite matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1518 |
ERYTHRITE - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Pink Erythrite spheres on matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
1 1 |
| T1127 |
FERBERITE & SCHEELITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Shiny black crystalline Ferberite intergrown with yellowish brown resinous Scheelite. Great
blue fluorescence in SW UV |
3.00 4.00 |
2 4 |
| T1519 |
FERRO-ACTINOLITE & ORTHOCLASE - Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, Devon, England |
Black Ferro-Actinolite crystals with white terminations in amongst Orthoclase crystals on matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
2 1 |
| T1520 |
FLUORITE & QUARTZ - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Purple cubic Fluorite crystals partly encrusted with very thin layer of Opal and yellowish Quartz
crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1308 |
GALENA & SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in siderite matrix containing grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals with brown curved
rhombohedral Siderite crystals |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1128 |
GOETHITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small dark brown spheres and sprays of Goethite crystals on quartz crystals in a cavity in
quartz/jasper matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1521 |
GOETHITE Pseudo after SIDERITE - 14 Level, Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Lenticular Siderite crystals completely replaced with black Goethite plus some whitish rhombohedral
Dolomite crystals and "nail head" Calcite crystals on quartz matrix |
2.00 4.00 |
1 3 |
| T1130 |
HAEMATITE - Kelly Mine, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Pieces of solid sparkling black micaceous Haematite, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1522 |
HAEMATITE - Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, England |
Thin black tabular Haematite crystals in quartz matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1132 |
HAEMATITE, ADULARIA & QUARTZ - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Shiny black thin tabular Haematite crystals with whitish rhombohedral Adularia crystals and
clear Quartz crystals in cavities in granite matrix +/- Schorl |
3.00 |
1 |
| T362 |
JAMESONITE - Tresungers Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England |
Typical silvery fibrous Jamesonite running through quartz matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1523 |
LAVENDULAN - Cliff Fall, Wheal Lushington, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England |
Small blue spheres of Lavendulan on gossan matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1524 |
LIZARDITE & CLINOCHRYSOTILE - Eastern Cliff, Kennack Sands, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Skeletal aggregates of whitish Lizardite spheres occaisonally showing tiny crystal faces in an etched
calcite vein. The Clinochrysotile forms a creamy coloured rind on the outer edge of the veins |
4.00 5.00 6.00 |
3 5 1 |
| T1525 |
LIZARDITE, HETAEROLITE & CLINOCHRYSOTILE - Eastern Cliff, Kennack Sands, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Skeletal aggregates of whitish Lizardite spheres occaisonally showing tiny crystal faces with black
octahedral Hetaerolite crystals in an etched calcite vein. The Clinochrysotile forms a creamy coloured rind on the outer edge of the veins |
3.00 |
3 |
| T1526 |
LOLLINGITE/ARSENOPYRITE - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of grey (very silvery on freshly exposed surfaces), Lollingite/Arsenopyrite embedded and
occaisionally in cavities in quartz matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 2 |
| T1311 |
MALAYAITE - Red-a-Ven Mine, Okehampton Hamlets, Devon, England |
Very pale yellow Malayaite embedded in matrix. Fluoresces bright pale yellow in SW UV |
3.00 4.00 |
1 3 |
| T819 |
MARCASITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in quartz/siderite matrix thickly lined with tiny brassy Marcasite crystals |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1527 |
MIMETITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Small clear elongated Mimetite crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1528 |
MIMETITE - Cliff Fall, Wheal Lushington, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England |
Pale yellow hexagonal Mimetite crystals coated in an unkonwn encrustation on matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1529 |
MIMETITE & BAYLDONITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Cluster of green rounded Mimetite crystals with other paler hexagonal Mimetite and dark green
Bayldonite on the other side of the specimen. Ex Nigel Hoppe specimen |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1530 |
MIXITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of light green acicular Mixite crystals on matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1531 |
MIXITE & CORNWALLITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of light green acicular Mixite crystals plus a cavity of small dark green drusy Cornwallite
crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T823 |
NATROLITE & CALCITE - Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of whitish Natrolite crystals with some Calcite and a little pink Adularia on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1532 |
NICCOLITE & ANNABERGITE - Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England |
Pinkish metallic Niccolite embedded in matrix with a pale green crust of Annabergite on the surface.
Label stated Penlee but could be from St. Austell Consols, good specimen either way |
3.00 |
2 |
| T615 |
OLIVENITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Dark green Olivenite crystals partially coated in Mn oxides on killas matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1503 |
OLIVENITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Dark green Olivenite crystals partially coated in Mn oxides on killas matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1534 |
OLIVENITE & CLINOCLASE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Olive green acicular Olivenite crystals with small deep blue elongated Clinoclase crystals in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1316 |
OLIVENITE & CORNWALLITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Dark green Olivenite crystals with lighter green botryoidal Cornwallite in cavities in quartz matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1317 |
OLIVENITE & CORNWALLITE - Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England |
Small dark green Olivenite crystals with lighter green botryoidal Cornwallite on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1535 |
OLIVENITE & MANGANESE OXIDES - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Olive green Olivenite crystals partially covered in black manganese oxides in a cavity in matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1536 |
ORTHOCLASE, PREHNITE, CLINOCHLORE & APATITE - Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, Devon, England |
Whitish Orthoclase crystals with greyish aggregates of tabular Prehnite crystals, roseattes of greenish
brown Clinochlore crystals and a few colourless hexagonal Apatite crystals on matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1537 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Small greenish brown drusy cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals in gossan matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1538 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Damsel, Carharrack, Cornwall, England |
Small green cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals in cavities in quartz/arsenopyrite matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1539 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Matrix covered in crust of minute greenish cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1540 |
PYRITE - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Brassy cubic Pyrite crystals embedded in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1319 |
PYRITE - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Brassy cubic striated Pyrite crystals in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1320 |
PYROLUSITE & GOETHITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Dark brown radiating Goethite with cavities infilled with grey Pyrolusite in quartz matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 2 |
| T1541 |
PYROMORPHITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver, Cornwall, England |
Pale brown hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on quartz gossan matrix |
2.00 |
3 |
| T1541a |
PYROMORPHITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver, Cornwall, England |
Pale brown hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T827 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Small yellowish to green hexagonal or spiky Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/-
minor Bindheimite |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T1323 |
PYROMORPHITE/MIMETITE - Penhawger Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
There is some debate as to whether it is Pyromorphite or Mimetite so, for the time being it is
Pyromorphite/Mimetite. Yellowish green crystals on quartz gossan matrix. Ex Nigel Hoppe |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1542 |
QUARTZ - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Drusy Quartz crystals on quartz matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1542a |
QUARTZ - Brookwood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Colourless Quartz crystals on quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1326 |
SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England |
Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/- Cassiterite, Wolframite |
4.00 5.00 |
2 1 |
| T1543 |
SCORODITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Small grey to pale green sparkling drusy Scorodite crystals in cavities in arsenopyrite/killas matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T1327 |
SCORODITE & ARSENOPYRITE - Luscombe Mine, Gulworthy, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Small greyish green spheres of Scoroditeon grey massive Arsenopyrite in arsenopyrite/quartz matrix.
Location specimen |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1149a |
SIDERITE - Flory Island, Newquay, Cornwall, England |
Slightly different Siderite crystals in that they are much sharper and thinner than those listed above |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1330 |
SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Siderite occurring in numerous shapes and colours almost always in cavities in siderite matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1544 |
SIDERITE - Silver Vein Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England |
Light to dark brown lenticular Siderite crystals in cavities in siderite matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
3 3 |
| T1150 |
SIDERITE - West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark chocolate brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals on jasper or quartz matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1331 |
SIDERITE & GALENA - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in siderite matrix containing grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals with brown curved
rhombohedral Siderite crystals |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1545 |
SIDERITE & QUARTZ - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Small light brown lenticular Siderite crystals with equally small colourless Quartz crystals in a
cavity in quartz/chzlcopyrite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1546 |
SIDERITE & QUARTZ - Silver Vein Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England |
Light to dark brown lenticular Siderite crystals with clear mostly doubly terminated Quartz crystals
scattered about in cavities in siderite matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1547 |
SIDERITE & QUARTZ - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown composite Siderite crystals thickly covering grey botryoidal drusy Quartz in cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1152 |
SIDERITE & RANCIEITE - Flory Island, Newquay, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown "curved" tabular aggregates of Siderite crystals with small greyish patches of
micaceous Rancieite on the face of each Siderite crystal +/- a secondary growth of very minute Siderite crystals over the
other Siderite |
2.00 3.00 |
1 4 |
| T1548 |
TENNANTITE - Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of black modified tetrahedral Tennantite crystals on rounded aggregates of chalcopyrite
(Blister Copper) matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T837 |
TETRAHEDRITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Bright silvery tetragonal Tetrahedrite crystals embedded in quartz matrix with the occaisional crystal
face visible |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1334 |
TETRAHEDRITE & SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Dull grey but larger than above tetrhedral Tetrahedrite crystals with an unknown green secondary mineral
and dark brown lenticular Siderite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1549 |
TETRAHEDRITE var FREIBERGITE - Silver Vein Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England |
Shiny grey crystalline Tetrahedrite v. Freibergite with the very occaisional crystal face embedded in
quartz matrix |
2.00 |
6 |
| T1550 |
TORBERNITE - South Terras Mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall, England |
Green tabular Torbernite richly scattered over quartz/gossan matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1551 |
TORBERNITE - Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Tightly packed aggregates of thin green tabular Torbernite crystals in gossan matrix. Rich specimens |
2.00 4.00 |
2 4 |
| T1552 |
TYROLITE & CHALCOPHYLLITE - Old Gunnislake Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Bluish green sprays of silky Tyrolite crystals with minute green Chalcophyllite crystals on surface of matrix |
50p 1.00 |
3 3 |
| T1553 |
VARLAMOFFITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Solid pale yellow Varlamoffite displaying cellular structure, no matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1337 |
WOLFRAMITE - Hemerdon Bal, Plympton, Devon, England |
Almost solid lumps of black Wolframite with a little matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
1 3 |
| T1337a |
WOLFRAMITE - Hemerdon Bal, Plympton, Devon, England |
Black bladed Wolframite crystals in quartz matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
Cumberland & Westmorland
| T1338 |
ADAMITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Crusts of tiny pale green Adamite crystals on the surface of gossan matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T842 |
ADAMITE & HEMIMORPHITE - 60 Fm Level, Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Crusts of tiny pale green Adamite crystals with small colourless Hemimorphite crystals on matrix. Ex
Colin Robinson specimen |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1157 |
ANGLESITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless blocky or spear shaped Anglesite crystals in cavities in quartz/galena matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T843 |
ARSENOPYRITE & QUARTZ - Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Silvery grey Arsenopyrite crystals showing multiple twinning with Quartz crystals on matrix |
12.00 |
1 |
| T1554 |
BARYTE - Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England |
Aggregates of clear tabular Baryte crystals on quartz matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1158 |
BARYTE & BINDHEIMITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear elongated tabular Baryte crystals with pale yellow powdery Bindheimite in cavities in quartz matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1159 |
BARYTE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear elongated tabular Baryte crystals with orange Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
2.00 4.00 |
1 1 |
| T1342 |
CERUSSITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Whitish tabular Cerussite crystals on quartz matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1343 |
HAEMATITE (Kidney Ore) - Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Pieces of reddish Kidney Ore and "shells", no matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
5 7 |
| T1344 |
HAEMATITE (Kidney Ore) - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Pieces of reddish Kidney Ore, no matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1555 |
HAEMATITE (Specular) - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Shiny thin black tabular Specular Haematite crystals lining a cavity in Kidney Ore matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1556 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Eagle Crag Mine, Grisedale, Westmorland, England |
Plate of Quartz crystals completely covered in a crust of very tightly packed Hemimorphite crystals |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1348 |
MALACHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Velvety green Malachite crystals in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1557 |
MALACHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Botryoidal developements of green Malachite in a gossan matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1349 |
MIMETITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on black Goethite on quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1558 |
MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellow to orange hexagonal Mimetite crystals in various shapes on quartz matrix +/- Baryte, Coronadite |
1.00 3.00 4.00 |
1 3 1 |
| T1559 |
MIMETITE - Murton Mine, Scordale, Cumberland, England |
Small greenish yellow hexagonal Mimetite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1351 |
MIMETITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Whitish to green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
4 |
| T1560 |
MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Classic orange Campylite crystals on quartz/pyrolusite matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1561 |
MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE, BARYTE & CORONADITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greenish yellow Campylite crystals with grey tabular Baryte crystals and black Coronadite on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1172 |
MOTTRAMITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny black Mottramite crystals scattered over quartz matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
4 1 |
| T1562 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Tiny grey drusy Plumbogummite crystals covering areas on quartz matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1564 |
PYROMORPHITE - Driggith Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Classic curved green Pyromorphite crystals typical for this location on quartz matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1565 |
PYROMORPHITE - Iron Crag, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Green hexagonal tapered Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1354 |
PYROMORPHITE - Mexico Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellowish green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1566 |
PYROMORPHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellowish green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1567 |
QUARTZ - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Cluster of clear Quartz crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1568 |
QUARTZ - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Clear Quartz crystals stained red with Haematite inclusions on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1569 |
ROSASITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Spherical aggregates of bluish green Rosasite +/- sprays of colourless Hemimorphite crystals on quartz
matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1570 |
ROSASITE & HEMIMORPHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small bluish green Rosasite spheres with whitish tabular Hemimorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T864 |
SPHALERITE - Hydraulic Shaft, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England |
Shiny black Sphalerite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1571 |
STOLZITE & PYROMORPHITE - Brandy Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small thin tabular Stolzite crystals slightly less green than the surrounding small hexagonal and
spiky Pyromorphite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
Rest of England
| T1572 |
ARAGONITE - Llynclys Quarry, Llanyblodwell, Shropshire, England |
Sprays of clear elongated bladed Aragonite crystals on and in cavities in dolomite matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 3 |
| T1361 |
AURICHALCITE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England |
Blue feathery Aurichalcite crystals in amongst Calcite crystals. With a Lindsay Greenbank collection label |
5.00 |
1 |
| T70 |
BARYTE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
Rounded aggregates of pale pinkish tabular Baryte crystals on matrix |
2.00 3.00 4.00 |
7 7 2 |
| T1181 |
BARYTE - Providence Mine, Merryfield, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England |
Aggregates of thin clear tabular Baryte crystals in cavities in matrix +/- Fluorite |
2.00 3.00 |
1 2 |
| T1573 |
CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE & DOLOMITE - Llynclys Quarry, Llanyblodwell, Shropshire, England |
Bronzy modified tetrahedral Chalcopyrite crystals with small greyish Calcite crystals and brown
rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T875 |
CINNABAR - Danby Level, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England |
Sparse reddish earthy Cinnabar in small patches on matrix. Ex Colin Robinson specimen. Location specimen |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1574 |
FLUORITE - Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England |
Very pale yellow cubic Fluorite crystals on pinkish scalenohedral Calcite crystals on calcite matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1188 |
FLUORITE, BARYTE, DOLOMITE & SPHALERITE - Providence Mine, Merryfield, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England |
Colourless cubic Fluorite crystals some with sulphide inclusions with aggregates of thin clear
tabular Baryte crystals, pale orange rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and brownish Sphalerite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1575 |
FLUORITE, MALACHITE & SMITHSONITE - Balleye Quarry, Via Gellia, Cromford, Derbyshire, England |
Deep purple cubic Fluorite crystals with green Malachite on decomposing Chalcopyrite crystals and a
thin Smithsonite crust covering all, on calcite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1576 |
GOETHITE - Wick Quarry, Wick and Abson, Gloucestershire, England |
Cavities in goethite matrix lined with brown acicular Goethite crystals |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1577 |
GOETHITE & QUARTZ - Wick Quarry, Wick and Abson, Gloucestershire, England |
Cavities in goethite matrix lined with brown acicular Goethite crystalsand a few Quartz crystals |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1578 |
GREENOCKITE - Willyhole Mine, Harwood, Teesdale, Co. Durham, England |
Thin crust of bright yellow Greenockite on sphalerite matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T888 |
GYPSUM - SATIN SPAR - Aust Cliff, Aust, Gloucestershire, England |
Piece of pink silky Satin Spar, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1579 |
HEMIMORPHITE - High Level, Barras End Mine, Healaugh, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England |
Clusters of colourless tabular Hemimorphite crystals in cavities on calcite matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1364 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Moulds Mine, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England |
Sprays of pale brown tabular Hemimorphite crystals lining a cavity in matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1365 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England |
Sprays of brownish transparent Hemimorphite crystals on matrix +/- some pale mauve cubic Fluorite |
1.00 |
2 |
| T1366 |
KENTROLITE & PYROLUSITE - Merehead Quarry, East Cranmore, Somerset, England |
Sprays of black acicular Pyrolusite crystals overgrown with shiny black blocky Kentrolite crystals on
calcite/pyrolusite matrix +/- the very occaisional yellow Mimetite crystal(s) |
6.00 |
1 |
| T1580 |
MALACHITE - Llynclys Quarry, Llanyblodwell, Shropshire, England |
Sprays of green acicular Malachite crystals in cavities in dolomite matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
1 1 |
| T1581 |
MALACHITE & CHALCOPYRITE - Llynclys Quarry, Llanyblodwell, Shropshire, England |
Tiny green Malachite crystals coating weathered roughly tetrahedral Chalcopyrite crystals on dolomite matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
2 1 |
| T1582 |
MALACHITE, CHALCOPYRITE & DOLOMITE - Llynclys Quarry, Llanyblodwell, Shropshire, England |
Tiny green Malachite crystals coating weathered roughly tetrahedral Chalcopyrite crystals on brown
Dolomite crystals on dolomite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1196 |
MARCASITE, GALENA & CHALCOPYRITE - Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Aggregates of small brassy Marcasite crystals with grey cubic Galena crystals and black
coated Chalcopyrite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1583 |
NATROJAROSITE - Cassington Pit, Cassington, Oxfordshire, England |
Pale yellow earthy Natrojarosite in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T893 |
PHOSGENITE, BINDHEIMITE, ANGLESITE & TETRAHEDRITE - Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, Somerset, England |
Mostly opaque square sectioned pale brown to colourless Phosgenite crystals with pale yellow earthy
Bindheimite, tiny colourless Anglesite crystals in cavities and silvery Tetrahedrite forming a rind around galena in baryte/galena matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1367 |
SMITHSONITE - Cobscar Rake, Redmire, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England |
Yellow to green areas of rounded Smithsonite crystals covering surfaces of matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T1584 |
SMITHSONITE - Old Rake Vein, Gunnerside, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England |
Rounded aggregates of small whitish Smithsonite crystals lining cavities in smithsonite matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T1200 |
SMITHSONITE - Stang Mine, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England |
Small pale brown Smithsonite lining cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
3 |
| T1585 |
SMITHSONITE & FLUORITE - Balleye Quarry, Via Gellia, Cromford, Derbyshire, England |
Rounded aggregates of small pale brown Smithsonite crystals on deep purple cubic Fluorite crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
Wales
| T1586 |
ANATASE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Tiny greyish blue tabular Anatase crystals scattered over matrix +/- Calcite, Quartz |
1.00 2.00 |
3 2 |
| T1587 |
ANGLESITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Colourless Anglesite crystals in cavities in galena/anglesite matrix +/- Bindheimite |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1588 |
BINDHEIMITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Pale yellow earthy Bindheimite in galena/anglesite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1589 |
CALCITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Aggregate of whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals on matrix. Fluoresces white in all wavelengths |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1590 |
CALCITE & BARYTE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Aggregate of whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals on creamy bladed Baryte crystals on baryte matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1591 |
CALCITE, QUARTZ & BARYTE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Aggregate of whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals on creamy bladed Baryte crystals plus Quartz
crystals on baryte matrix |
50p |
1 |
| T1592 |
DOLOMITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Masses of small brown Dolomite crystals +/- clear tabular Baryte crystals |
2.00 |
3 |
| T1593 |
ERYTHRITE - Vigra Mine, Llanelltyd, Merionethshire, Wales |
Aggregates of small pink Erythrite spheres on matrix +/- some black Asbolane |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1594 |
GOETHITE & CALCITE - Taffs Well Quarry, Taffs Well, Mid Glamorgan, Wales |
Patches and stalactites of tiny brown Goethite crystals with greyish rhombohedral Calcite crystals on matrix +/- some black Asbolane |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1595 |
HARMOTOME - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Small colourless "cruciform" Harmotome crystals with rhombohedral Calcite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1377 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Cwm Orog Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Small clear bladed Hemimorphite crystals on small white tabular Baryte crystals on matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1596 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Sprays of clear tabular, vertically striated Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in baryte matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
3 1 |
| T1378 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Ochr Graig Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Rounded aggregates and sprays of clear and lightly iron stained Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in
matrix +/- Smithsonite |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T1597 |
HEMIMORPHITE & CERUSSITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Sprays of clear tabular, vertically striated Hemimorphite crystals with greyish Cerussite crystals in
cavities in baryte matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1379 |
HEMIMORPHITE & SMITHSONITE - Ochr Graig Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Rounded aggregates and sprays of clear and lightly iron stained Hemimorphite crystals with small spiky
Smithsonite crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1598 |
HYDROZINCITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Solid white Hydrozincite with a faint feathery structure in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1599 |
HYDROZINCITE & HEMIMORPHITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Solid white Hydrozincite with a faint feathery structure and Hemimorphite crystals in matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T703 |
MARCASITE, SPHALERITE & HYDROZINCITE - Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales |
Elongated brassy Marcasite crystals with black Sphalerite crystals and white Hydrozincite in sphalerite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1600 |
MILLERITE - Coedely Mine, Coedely, Mid Glamorgan, Wales |
Brassy acicular Millerite crystals with whitish lenticular Siderite crystals, minute white micaceous
Dickite crystals and small sherry coloured Sphalerite crystals in a cavity in ironstone matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1601 |
MILLERITE - Parc Slip West Opencast, Kenfig Hill, West Glamorgan, Wales |
Radiating aggregates of very thin brassy Millerite crystals on the surface of a very fine crack in
ironstone matrix. Ex Nigel Hoppe |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1602 |
QUARTZ & BARYTE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Small colourless Quartz crystals with tiny whitish rhombohedral Baryte crystals scattered over them |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1603 |
QUARTZ & DOLOMITE - Castell Carn Dochan, Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire, Wales |
Whitish Quartz crystals with creamy white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1384 |
SMITHSONITE - Ochr Graig Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Small to tiny spiky and/or rounded Smithsonite crystals lining cavities in various matrix +/- Hemimorphite |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1385 |
SMITHSONITE & HEMIMORPHITE - Ochr Graig Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Small spiky Smithsonite crystals with rounded aggregates and sprays of clear and lightly iron stained
Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p 1.50p |
1 1 |
| T1386 |
SPHALERITE - Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1387 |
SPHALERITE & DOLOMITE - Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals with orange rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in cavities
in dolomite/quartz matrix |
1.00 3.00 |
1 2 |
| T1604 |
SPHALERITE, DOLOMITE & QUARTZ - Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals with rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and colourless
Quartz crystals in quartz/sphalerite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1388 |
SPHALERITE, HYDROZINCITE & DOLOMITE - Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals with slightly pink Hydrozincite coating some of the
pale brown rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1389 |
SPHALERITE & QUARTZ - Parc Mine, Minera, Denbighshire, Wales |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals with colourless Quartz crystals in quartz/sphalerite matrix |
1.00 |
2 |
| T1605 |
SYNCHISITE-Ce & ANATASE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales
| Roseattes of whitish or pale pink thin tabular Synchisite-Ce crystals with small greyish blue tabular
Anatase crystals and colourless Quartz crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1212 |
WITHERITE - Gorn Mine, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Clear to creamy white coloured hexagonal tabular Witherite crystals in cavities in witherite matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
4 3 |
| T1390 |
WITHERITE, CALCITE & BARYTE - Cwm Orog Mine, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
White tabular hexagonal Witherite crystals coated with small white tabular Baryte crystals and with
clear multi-twinned Calcite crystals in cavities in witherite matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
Scotland
| T1606 |
BARYTE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Rounded aggregates of creamy tabular Baryte crystals, no matrix |
2.00 |
4 |
| T1608 |
CALCITE & HARMOTOME - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Brownish rhombohedral Calcite crystals with colourless Harmotome crystals scattered over them on
calcite matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1609 |
GALENA - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Dull grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals on varying amounts of creamy baryte matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1610 |
GALENA & BARYTE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Dull grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals on Rounded aggregates of creamy tabular Baryte
crystals on baryte matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1611 |
HARMOTOME & CALCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Whitish harmotome crystals scattered over brown rhombohedral Calcite crystals on matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1612 |
HEULANDITE - Craigbrock Burn, Touch hills, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
Cavity in basalt matrix lined with orange-red Heulandite crystals |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1613 |
HEULANDITE - Earlston Reservoir, Touch Muir, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
Cavities in basalt matrix lined with orange-red Heulandite crystals |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1614 |
ORTHOCLASE, ALBITE & SMOKY QUARTZ - North Thundergay Beach, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland |
White Orthoclase crystals with greyish slightly translucent Albite crystals and pale brown Smoky
Quartz crystals in granite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1615 |
ORTHOCLASE, ALBITE, SMOKY QUARTZ, BIOTITE & VERMICULITE - North Thundergay Beach, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland |
White Orthoclase crystals with greyish slightly translucent Albite crystals, pale brown Smoky Quartz
crystals also greenish black Biotite which is slowly decomposing to white Vermiculite in granite matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1616 |
ORTHOCLASE, BIOTITE, ALBITE & SMOKY QUARTZ - North Thundergay Beach, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland |
White Orthoclase crystals with thin clear tabular Albite crystals usually growing on one face of an
Orthoclase crystal, also greenish black Biotite crystals and pale brown Smoky Quartz crystals in granite matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1617 |
ORTHOCLASE, BIOTITE & SMOKY QUARTZ - North Thundergay Beach, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland |
White Orthoclase crystals with thin clear tabular Albite crystals usually growing on one face of an
Orthoclase crystal and pale brown Smoky Quartz crystals in granite matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1618 |
PHOSPHOHEDYPHANE - Hopeful Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Creamy coloured velvety Phosphohedyphane coating quartz crystals in a cavity in gossan matrix |
�2.00 |
1 |
| T1219 |
PREHNITE - Carsaig Bay, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Round aggregates of small whitish tabular Prehnite crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1619 |
PYROAURITE - Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Creamy coloured Pyroaurite on matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1620 |
QUARTZ - Auchenlongford Mine, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Plate of Quartz crystals covered in tiny Haematite crystals, no matrix |
1.00 |
1 |
| T1621 |
SAPPHIRE - Port na Cloidheig, Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Dark blue to mauve Sapphire crystals embedded in baked mudstone matrix +/- Spinel |
2.00 3.00 |
2 2 |
| T1220 |
SPHALERITE - Corrantee Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Clusters of black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals on matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1622 |
SPINEL - Port na Cloidheig, Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small black octahedral Spinel crystals embedded in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1623 |
THOMSONITE-Ca & GROSSULAR - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Colourless columnar Thomsonite-Ca crystals with small brownish Grossular crystals in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
Ireland - North & South
| T1624 |
AZURITE - Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland |
Small bright deep blue Azurite crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1222 |
CERUSSITE - Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland |
White blocky Cerussite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1261 |
CERUSSITE - Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland |
Masses of brown, due to heavy iron staining "jackstraw" Cerussite crystals with a secondary
overgrowth of small white Cerussite crystals, no matrix, intriguing |
3.00 4.00 5.00 |
1 2 1 |
| T1625 |
GOLD - "B" Vein, Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo, Ireland |
Gold in quartz matrix. One of the richest specimens I have seen from the location. The price is what
it cost me |
40.00 |
1 |
| T1626 |
PHILLIPSITE - Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
White Phillipsite crystals with pale brown spiky Calcite crystals, clear rhombohedral Chabazite
crystals on a bed of Thomsonite crystals. Ex Alan Dyer specimen |
40.00 |
1 |
Africa
| T1627 |
AZURITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Very deep blue Azurite crystals with a little pale green Malachite, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1628 |
CHALCOPYRITE - Nchonga Mine, Copperbelt, Zambia |
Lump of slightly irridescent Chalcopyrite in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1408 |
EPHESITE - Glossam Mining Village, Kalahari, South Africa |
Pinkish mica like Ephesite crystals forming the bulk of the specimen |
6.00 |
1 |
| T1629 |
LEPIDOLITE - Malopo Mine, Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia |
Aggregate of pale pink Lepidolite crystals in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T949 |
PETALITE - Karibib Constituency, Madagascar |
Piece of pale pink Petalite, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1630 |
PYRITE & CHALCOPYRITE - Otjihase Mine, Von Francois Farm 60, Windhoek, Namibia |
Mixture of Pyrite & Chalcopyrite with the occaisional Pyrite crystals in evidence |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1631 |
TUPERSSUATSIAITE & AEGIRINE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Reddish brown acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals with black Aegirine crystals in cavities in Phonolite
matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T953 |
TUPERSSUATSIAITE, ELLINGSENITE & AEGIRINE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Reddish brown acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals with tiny white Ellingsenite and black Aegirine
crystals in cavities in Phonolite matrix |
3.00 4.00 |
1 1 |
| T957 |
TUPERSSUATSIAITE, VILLIAUMITE, ELLINGSENITE & AEGIRINE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Sprays of green acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals with pink Villiaumite crystals, tiny white
Ellingsenite crystals and small black Aegirine crystals in cavities in phonolite matrix |
5.00 |
1 |
| T958 |
TUPERSSUATSIAITE, VILLIAUMITE, ELLINGSENITE & MICROCLINE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Sprays of green and brown acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals with pink Villiaumite crystals, tiny
white Ellingsenite crystals and white tabular Microcline crystals in cavities in phonolite matrix |
6.00 |
1 |
| T1632 |
VILLIAUMITE, ELLINGSENITE, ZAKHAROVITE-Fe & AEGIRINE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Pale pink glassy Villiaumite crystals with tiny white Ellingsenite crystals, dark brown Zakharovite-Fe and small
black Aegirine crystals in a cavity in Phonolite matrix.
(VIlliaumite - Poisonous - Do Not Touch - Absorbs Through Skin) |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1633 |
WILLEMITE & DOLOMITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Group of blue Willemite crystals tightly wedged between some white Dolomite crystals on dolomite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
American Continents excluding Greenland
| T1634 |
ALLANITE-Ce & APATITE - Quadeville Area, Lyndoch, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada |
Dark brown to black Allanite-Ce with brownish hexagonal Apatite crystals embedded in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1635 |
AUSTINITE & CONICHALCITE - 100 Raise, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA |
Crust of dark green with pale terminations Austinite crystals and green Conichalcite spheres on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T965 |
BAUXITE - Arkansas Bauxite Deposit, Saline Co., Arkansas, USA |
Brown pisolitic Bauxite, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1636 |
CARMINITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Small red spiky Carminite crystals in cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1411 |
CELESTINE - San Charbel Mine, La Lajas, Neuquen, Argentina |
Colourless tabular Celestine crystals in cavities in celestine matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1637 |
CELESTITE & CALCITE - Mojina Mine, Rancho de Mojino, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Clear Celestite crystals with white Calcite crystals on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1413 |
COLEMANITE & CALCITE - Boron, Kern Co., California, USA |
Colourless Colemanite crystals intergrown with pale yellow Calcite crystals, no matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1415 |
CUPRITE & DELAFOSSITE - Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA |
Deep ruby red Cuprite crystals with small black fuzzy Delafossite patches on matrix |
4.00 6.00 |
1 1 |
| T1638 |
ELPIDITE, RHODOCHROSITE & ALBITE - Poudrette Quarry, Mont Ste. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada |
Mass of white acicular Elpidite crystals with pinkish rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals and white
tabular Albite crystals in matrix |
6.00 |
1 |
| T1639 |
HEMIHEDRITE - Potter-Cramer Claim, Vulture MD., Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA |
Small patches of orange Hemihedrite in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T975 |
JALPAITE - La Mesa, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Rich specimen of grey Jalpaite embedded in matrix. Ex John Tuffnell collection |
8.00 |
1 |
| T976 |
KAERSUTITE - Kaersutite Occurence, Hoover Dam, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA |
Shiny black to very dark brown massive Kaersutite embedded in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T482 |
MILLERITE & CHALCEDONY - Kaser Quarry, Ollie, Keokuk Co., Iowa, USA |
Mats of very fine acicular Millerite needles in cavities in banded Chalcedony matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1640 |
OPAL - Carbonera Mine, La Trinidad, Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, Mexico |
Cavities in matrix lined with whitish Opal which can displays some "colour change" in the right light |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1641 |
PHOENICOCROITE & HEMIHEDRITE - Potter-Cramer Claim, Vulture MD., Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA |
Small patche of red Phoenicocroite with orange Hemihedrite in matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1642 |
SELENITE - Copper Flat, Hillsboro Co., New Mexico, USA |
Cavities in matrix lined with whitish Opal which can displays some "colour change" in the right light |
2.00 |
1 |
| T991 |
ULEXITE - Kern Co., California, USA |
Solid pieces of white Ulexite with a silky lustre to them, no matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1643 |
VANADINITE & DESCLOIZITE - Apache Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA |
Orange hexagonal Vanadinite crystals with tiny brown Descloizite crystals covering matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1644 |
WILLEMITE - Franklin, New Jersey, USA |
Greyish crystalline Willemite with some black Franklinite, on matrix. Terrific green fluorescence |
3.00 |
1 |
Asia & Australasia
| T1646 |
AMETHYST - Mooralla, Victoria, Australia |
Very pale Amethyst crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1647 |
APOPHYLLITE, HUBEITE, MANGANBABINGTONITE & INESITE - Fengjianshan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei, China |
Colourless blocky Apophyllite crystals with brown bladed Hubeite usually included in the Apophyllite,
small black Manganbabingtonite crystals and clear bladed Inesite crystals on matrix |
5.00 |
1 |
| T1648 |
APOPHYLLITE, HUBEITE, MANGANBABINGTONITE, INESITE & PYRITE - Fengjianshan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei, China |
Colourless blocky Apophyllite crystals with brown bladed Hubeite usually included in the Apophyllite,
small black Manganbabingtonite crystals and clear bladed Inesite crystals plus some brassy Pyrite on matrix |
5.00 |
1 |
| T1649 |
AZURITE & MALACHITE - Mineral Hill, Kennedy Co., NSW, Australia |
Deep blue Azurite crystals with dark green crystals on gossan matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1650 |
CALCITE & PREHNITE - Maharashtra, India |
Brown tinted rhombohedral Calcite crystals with white tabular Prehnite crystals on a thin quartz matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1651 |
CHABAZITE var PHACOLITE - Gads Hill, Tasmania, Australia |
Clear Phacolitic Chabazite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1652 |
CROCOITE - Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
Bright orange elongated Crocoite crystals on gossan matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1653 |
ELBAITE - Pech, Afghanistan |
Elbaite with a pink stem and green multiple terminations, no matrix |
20.00 |
1 |
| T1654 |
ERYTHRITE - Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi r/r Station, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Pink elongated Erythrite crystals on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1655 |
MAGNESITE-Ni & MALACHITE - Carr Boyd Rocks Nickel Mine, Menangina Station, Western Australia, Australia |
Very pale greenish Magnesite-Ni with darker green Malachite, some on some off brown fibrous Tremolite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1656 |
MAGNESITE-Ni & TREMOLITE - Carr Boyd Rocks Nickel Mine, Menangina Station, Western Australia, Australia |
Very pale greenish Magnesite-Ni on brownish fibrous Tremolite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1657 |
MANGANBABINGTONITE, HUBEITE, APOPHYLLITE & INESITE - Fengjianshan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei, China |
Small black Manganbabingtonite crystals with colourless blocky Apophyllite crystals with brown bladed
Hubeite usually included in the Apophyllite, and a few clear bladed Inesite crystals on matrix |
5.00 |
1 |
| T1422 |
MIMETITE & GOETHITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small clear hexagonal some doubly-terminated Mimetite crystals on black botryoidal Goethite in cavities in gossan matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1658 |
SAPPHIRE - Sri Lanka |
Greyish blue doubly terminated Sapphire crystal 17mm, no matrix |
12.00 |
1 |
| T1019 |
SARABAUITE & WOLLASTONITE - Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Indonesia |
Red veins of Sarabauite running through white Wollastonite matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T213 |
SMITHSONITE & KAOLINITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Clusters of greyish multiple twinned Smithsonite crystals with white Kaolinite on matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1660 |
TREMOLITE - Carr Boyd Rocks nickel Mine, Menangina Station, Western Australia, Australia |
Aggregates of brownish fibrous Tremolite crystals forming the whole specimen, no matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
Europe including Russia and Greenland
| T1662 |
AERINITE - St. Pandelon, Dax, New Aquitaine, France |
Greyish blue Aerinite displaying nice "slickenside" effect on matrix |
3.00 |
2 |
| T1026 |
ANAPAITE - Prats i Sansor, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
Pale green translucent Anapaite crystals in cavities in matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1253 |
ARSENOPYRITE var DANAITE - Stollsberg, Dalmara, Sweden |
Grey Danaite crystals embedded in matrix, tricky to spot |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1663 |
BOULANGERITE - Dornberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Sauerland, Germany |
Cavities in quartz matrix filled with bluish irridescent acicular Boulangerite crystals |
2.00 3.00 |
2 1 |
| T523 |
CALCITE, CORONADITE & GOETHITE - Kremikovtsi Mine, Stolichna, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Greyish rhombohedral Calcite crystals on stalactites of dark grey Coronadite with a thin central core
of dark brown Goethite, no matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1034 |
CELADONITE - Kolsva, Koping, Vastmanland Co., Sweden |
Yellowish green Celadonite embedded in matrix |
2.00 |
3 |
| T1256 |
CLINOCHLORE var PENNINE - Ossola Valley, Piedmont, Italy |
Mass of dark greyish-green intergrown Pennine crystals, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T527 |
CLINOPTILOLITE - El Hornillo, Mogan, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain |
Aggregates of colourless tabular Clinoptilolite crystals in cavities in matrix +/- Mesolite, Hyalite |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1664 |
DESCLOIZITE - Preguica Mine, Moura, Beara District, Portugal |
Small black Descloizite crystals on gossan matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T234 |
ELPIDITE & CARYOCHROITE - Umbozero Mine, Alluaiv Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
Colourless acicular Elpidite with brown massive Caryochroite on matrix |
6.00 |
1 |
| T235 |
ELPIDITE, NATROLITE & CARYOCHROITE - Umbozero Mine, Alluaiv Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
Colourless acicular Elpidite with colourless square sectioned Natrolite crystals and brown massive Caryochroite
on matrix |
6.00 |
1 |
| T1429 |
FAUSTITE - Fockinghausen Quarry, Bestwig, Arnsberg, Germany |
Pale blue or green spheres of Faustite on matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1665 |
GOETHITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece |
Black to dark brown botryoidal Goethite on matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1666 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece |
Clusters of small white pointed Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1042 |
JACOBSITE - Langban Mines, Filipstad, Wermland, Sweden |
Almost solid mass of shiny black crystalline Jacobsite. Strongly magnetic |
4.00 |
1 |
| T249 |
LAMPROPHYLLITE & AEGIRINE - Umbozero Mine, Alluaiv Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
Brown bladed Lamprophyllite crystals with dark green elongated Aegirine crystals intergrown on matrix |
5.00 |
2 |
| T1667 |
MESOLITE - Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain |
Orange (iron stained) acicular Mesolite filling cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1265 |
MICROCLINE, ALBITE & EPIDOTE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway |
Pale pink Microcline crystals with clear Albite crystals and small green Epidote crystals in
cavities in Microcline matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1668 |
QUARTZ & ORTHOCLASE - Rosina Vein, San Pierro in Campo, Elba, Livorno, Italy |
Clear Quartz crystals with white Orthoclase crystals forming the bulk of the specimen |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1669 |
ROSASITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece |
Small bluish green spheres of Rosasite in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1670 |
ROSSLERITE - Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic |
Sprays of colourless Rosslerite crystals in/on matrix |
3.00 5.00 |
1 2 |
| T1671 |
SAL AMMONIAC - Kladno Mine, Libusan, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Aggregate of pale yellow Sal Ammoniac crystals, no matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1672 |
SCHORL - Rosina Vein, San Pierro in Campo, Elba, Livorno, Italy |
Black Schorl crystals with Quartz on granite matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1674 |
STIBNITE - Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania |
Mass of bright shiny grey acicular Stibnite crystals, no matrix. Very showy |
10.00 |
1 |
| T1055 |
WILLEMITE - Preguica Mine, Moura, Portugal |
Small clear hexagonal Willemite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8214 |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1438 |
WULFENITE - Plaka Mines, Lavrion, Greece |
Orange tabular Wulfenite crystals on gossan matrix +/- green Pyromorphite/Mimetite |
2.00 3.00 4.00 |
1 1 1 |
| T1439 |
WULFENITE & PYROMORPHITE - Plaka Mines, Lavrion, Greece |
Orange tabular Wulfenite crystals with green Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
1.50p |
1 |
Europe - The Eifel Region
| T1675 |
ALUMOHYDROCALCITE, PYROXENE & APATITE - Nickenicher Weinberg, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
White powdery Alumohydrocalcite with dark brownish bladed Pyroxene crystals and clear acicular Apatite
crystals, plus some clear stubby hexagonal Nepheline crystals and small black octahedral Magnetite crystals in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1676 |
ARAGONITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Sprays of very fine acicular colourless Aragonite crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1677 |
BRENKITE & ZEOPHYLLITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Clear elongated Brenkite crystals on a cavity lining of white Zeophyllite |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1678 |
ENSTATITE - Nickenicher Weinberg, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Aggregate of tiny orange acicular Enstatite crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1440 |
ENSTATITE, RHONITE, PSEUDOBROOKITE, HAEMATITE & SODALITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Small glassy orange Enstatite crystals with tiny deep red Rhonite crystals and shiny black tabular
(square) Pseudobrookite crystals, shiny black tabular Haematite crystals and small white round Sodalite crystals in cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1679 |
KAERSUTITE - Nickenicher Weinberg, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Aggregate of orange brown acicular Kaersutite crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
2 |
| T1680 |
NEPHELINE, PYROXENE, APATITE & ALUMOHYDROCALCITE - Graulai Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany |
Colourless hexagonal Nepheline crystals with very dark green bladed Pyroxene crystals, white acicular
Apatite crystals and small spherical aggregates of Alumohydrocalcite in matrix |
2.00 3.00 |
1 1 |
| T1058 |
PHILLIPSITE, THOMSONITE, PYROXENE & APATITE - Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany |
Rounded aggregates of small colourless Phillipsite crystals with also rounded aggregates of smooth
Thomsonite and green bladed Pyroxene crystals with colourless to white acicular Apatite crystals on matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1441 |
PSEUDOBROOKITE, FORSTERITE & HAEMATITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Small shiny black tabular (square) Pseudobrookite crystals with small red Forsterite crystals and black shiny
tabular Haematite crystals in cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1059 |
PSEUDOBROOKITE, TOPAZ & SANIDINE - Emmelberg, Eifel, Germany |
Small brown thin bladed Pseudobrookite crystals with whitish sprays of acicular Topaz crystals and
colourless tabular Sanidine crystals in cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |
| T1442 |
TOPAZ, HAEMATITE, SELLAITE & SANIDINE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany |
Small sprays of acicular Topaz crystals with small black tabular "diamond" shaped Haematite crystals and creamy
coloured rod like Sellaite crystals and also colourless blocky Sanidine crystals in cavities in matrix |
2.00 |
1 |
| T1060 |
TOPAZ & PSEUDOBROOKITE & SANIDINE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany |
Sprays of small glassy Topaz crystals with small black Pseudobrookite crystals and colourless tabular
Sanidine crystals in cavities in matrix |
4.00 |
1 |
| T1061 |
TOPAZ, SANIDINE & PSEUDOBROOKITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany |
Sprays of small glassy Topaz crystals with small colourless tabular Sanidine crystals and small black
Pseudobrookite crystals in cavities in matrix |
3.00 |
1 |