Larger Boxed Minerals - housed in approx 60x40x40mm plastic boxes Updated 9 September 2025
Cornwall & Devon
| L588 |
ADULARIA - Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of pale to dark pink Adularia crystals on matrix +/- Calcite |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L640 |
CALCITE & DOLOMITE - Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton, Devon, England |
Clear to white acutely rhombohedral Calcite crystals on pale brown curved rhombohedral Dolomite
crystals on matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L513 |
CASSITERITE - Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Heavy pieces of Cassiterite/Quartz veinstone with some crystal faces visible |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L514 |
CASSITERITE - Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Heavy pieces of Cassiterite/Quartz veinstone with some crystal faces visible |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L516 |
CASSITERITE - Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Heavy pieces of Cassiterite/Quartz veinstone with some crystal faces visible |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L470 |
CASSITERITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Brown sparkling Cassiterite crystals in cavities in cassiterite/quartz matrix. Ex Jill Goltz specimen |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L471 |
CASSITERITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Brown sparkling Cassiterite crystals in cavities in cassiterite/quartz matrix. Ex Jill Goltz specimen |
£20.00 |
1 |
| L641 |
CLINOCHLORE - Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Brown sparkling Cassiterite crystals in cavities in cassiterite/quartz matrix. Ex Jill Goltz specimen |
SOLD |
. |
| L642 |
FERBERITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Piece of shiny black crystalline Ferberite, no matrix |
SOLD |
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| L643, L644, L645 |
FERBERITE & SCHEELITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Shiny black crystalline Ferberite intergrown with yellowish brown resinous Scheelite. Great
blue fluorescence in SW UV |
£8.00 |
3 |
| L646, L647 |
HAEMATITE - Kelly Mine, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Piece of solid sparkling black micaceous Haematite, no matrix |
£5.00 |
2 |
| L649 |
HAEMATITE - Kelly Mine, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Piece of solid sparkling black micaceous Haematite, no matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L650, L651 |
HAEMATITE (Micaceous) - White Cleave Quarry, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Coarse grained black with reddish flecks of Micaceous Haematite in haematite/quartz matrix |
£4.00 |
2 |
| L652 |
HAEMATITE (Micaceous) - White Cleave Quarry, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Coarse grained black with reddish flecks of Micaceous Haematite in haematite/quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| L653 |
HAEMATITE & SCHORL - Kelly Mine, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England |
Piece of solid sparkling black micaceous Haematite with some black striated Schorl crystals
embedded within, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L654 |
MIXITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Spray of small light green acicular Mixite crystals plus some micro crystalline Cornwallite on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L283 |
MARCASITE - Level 11, Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall, England |
Dull brassy tabular Marcasite crystals lining cavities in mostly Marcasite matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L591 |
MARCASITE & QUARTZ - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in quartz/siderite matrix lined with tiny brassy Marcasite crystals and colourless Quartz
crystals |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L655 |
OLIVENITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Various shapes and colours of green Olivenite crystals in quartz gossan matrix +/- Halloysite |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L656 |
OLIVENITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Various shapes and colours of green Olivenite crystals in quartz gossan matrix +/- Halloysite |
SOLD |
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| L657 |
OLIVENITE, CLINOCLASE & HALLOYSITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Olive green elongated Olivenite crystals with a few deep blue clusters of acicular Clinoclase
crystals in cavities in, and on, matrix with white botryoidal Halloysite |
SOLD |
. |
| L658, L659 |
OLIVENITE & CORNWALLITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Green Olivenite crystals with darker green Cornwallite in gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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| L33 |
OPAL - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Nice piece of creamy off-white Opal, no matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L351 |
OPAL - Taylors Shaft, South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall |
Orangy-brown, waxy, cellular material often enclosing pale green Fluorite fragments |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L660 |
ORTHOCLASE - Cameron Quarry, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England |
Pale creamy Orthoclase crystal embedded in heavily weathered granite matrix |
SOLD |
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| L520 |
PYROMORPHITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver, Cornwall, England |
Clusters of brown hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L661, L662 |
SCHEELITE & FERBERITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Yellowish brown resinous Scheelite intergrown with shiny black crystalline Ferberite. Great
blue fluorescence in SW UV |
£4.00 |
2 |
| L663 |
SCHEELITE & FERBERITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Yellowish brown resinous Scheelite intergrown with shiny black crystalline Ferberite. Great
blue fluorescence in SW UV |
SOLD |
. |
| L434 |
SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon |
Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L592 |
SCORODITE, SCHEELITE & FERBERITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Greyish crust of small spheres of tiny Scorodite crystals in a cavity on honey coloured crystalline
Scheelite with black Ferberite forming the whole of the specimen. Scheelite good blue fluorescence under SW UV |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L664 |
SCORODITE, SCHEELITE & FERBERITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Tiny greyish druzy Scorodite crystals in a cavity in shiny black crystalline Ferberite
intergrown with yellowish brown resinous Scheelite |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L665 |
SIDERITE - Flory Island, Newquay, Cornwall, England |
Brown "curved" tabular aggregates of Siderite crystals with some light irridescence in cavities
in siderite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L522 |
SIDERITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark chocolaty brown Siderite crystals, (typical for Wheal Drea), in cavities in matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L524 |
SIDERITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark chocolaty brown Siderite crystals, (typical for Wheal Drea), in cavities in matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L666 |
SIDERITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Classic reddish to dark brown "wheatsheaf" Siderite crystals in cavities in siderite/quartz matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L667 |
SIDERITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Classic reddish to dark brown "wheatsheaf" Siderite crystals in cavities in siderite/quartz matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L668, L669 |
WAVELLITE - Highdown (Heddon) Quarry, West Buckland, Devon, England |
Hemispherical radiating aggregates of clear Wavellite crystals on shale matrix. Fluoresces
white under LW UV |
£3.00 |
2 |
| L670 |
WAVELLITE - Highdown (Heddon) Quarry, West Buckland, Devon, England |
Hemispherical radiating aggregates of clear Wavellite crystals on shale matrix. Fluoresces
white under LW UV |
SOLD |
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| L170 |
WOLFRAMITE - Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Large blade of black Wolframite in quartz matrix |
£7.00 |
1 |
Cumberland & Westmorland
| L671 |
ALSTONITE & CALCITE - Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England |
White typically spiky Alstonite crystals with white blocky Calcite crystals which fluoresce
salmon pink in MW & LW UV light, the strongest colour being LW |
SOLD |
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| L439 |
BARYTE - Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Eden, Westmorland, England |
Aggregates of clear tabular Baryte crystals on a white baryte matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L673 |
BARYTE & CAMPYLITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear elongated tabular Baryte crystals with orange Campylite crystals on quartz matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L674 |
BARYTE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear elongated tabular Baryte crystals with orange Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L675 |
BORNITE & CHRYSOCOLLA - Dale Head, Ennerdale, Cumberland, England |
Dark purplish Bornite with green and blue veins of Chrysocolla in matrix |
SOLD |
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| L676 |
DOLOMITE - Beckermet Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Pale brown curved rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with small colourless Quartz crystals, shiny
black very thin tabular Haematite crystals and the occaisional doubly terminated "nail-head" calcite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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| L677 |
GOLDHILLITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Spherical aggregates of green Goldhillite in cavities in quartz matrix. Apparently the
majority of Phillipsburgite in the Caldbeck Fells is actually Goldhillite so, if you already have some Phillipsburgite it is quite
likely to be Goldhillite |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L595 |
GRAPHITE - Wad Mine, Borrowdale, Cumberland, England |
Lump of dark grey Graphite, not much else to be said about it really except you can write with it |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L678 |
HAEMATITE (KIDNEY ORE) - Parkside mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England |
Part of a "shell" of reddish Kidney Ore, no matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L500 |
HAEMATITE (KIDNEY ORE) - Parkside mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England |
Very thin and shiny black tabular Specular Haematite xtls on small Quartz xtls in cavity in matrix |
£5.00 |
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 |
| L679 |
MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellow Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L537 |
MIMETITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L680 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greyish blue botryoidal Plumbogummite on quartz matrix with yellowish Mimetite and black
manganese oxides in association |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L681, L682 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greyish blue botryoidal Plumbogummite on quartz matrix with yellowish Mimetite and black
manganese oxides in association |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L683, L684 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greyish blue botryoidal Plumbogummite on quartz matrix with yellowish Mimetite and black
manganese oxides in association |
£7.00 |
2 |
| L538 |
PYROMORPHITE - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Small green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on matrix. Ex Colin Robinson specimen |
£10.00 |
2 |
Rest of England
| L292, L294, L295 |
BARYTE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
Rounded aggregates of pale pinkish tabular Baryte crystals on matrix |
£4.00 |
3 |
| L299 |
BARYTE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
Rounded aggregates of pale pinkish tabular Baryte crystals on matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L685 |
BARYTE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
Slice of polished pinkish Baryte displaying nice banded structure, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L362, L365 |
BORACITE - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England |
Aggregates of small pale greenish blue modified cubic to tetrahedral Boracite crystals on matrix |
£6.00 |
2 |
| L473 |
BORACITE - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England |
Aggregates of pale bluish tetrahedral Boracite crystals on matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L686 |
CALCITE - Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England |
Cluster of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals on calcite matrix |
SOLD |
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| L687 |
CALCITE & QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Derbyshire, England |
Largish white Calcite crystal on a bed of small Quartz crystals. The Calcite fluoresces salmon
pink in LW UV |
SOLD |
. |
| L688 |
CHALCOPYRITE & DOLOMITE - Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Irregularly shaped bronzy Chalcopyrite crystals on a matrix of rhombohedral Dolomite crystals |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L314 |
FLUORITE (Reticulated) - Old Towns Quarry, Middridge, Co. Durham, England |
Pale yellow thin tabular plates of Fluorite "reticulated" crystals on matrix +/- calcite & pyrite |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L318 |
FLUORITE (Reticulated), CALCITE & PYRITE - Old Towns Quarry, Middridge, Co. Durham, England |
Pale yellow thin tabular plates of Fluorite "reticulated" crystals plus some pale brown calcite crystals
& bronzy brown Pyrite crystals on matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L324 |
FLUORITE (Reticulated), & PYRITE - Old Towns Quarry, Middridge, Co. Durham, England |
Pale yellow thin tabular plates of Fluorite "reticulated" crystals plus some bronzy brown Pyrite
crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L689 |
GALENA - Breedon Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Large grey weathered cubic Galena crystals, no matrix. There is a single pale orange bipyramidal
Wulfenite crystal sat on top of the specimen |
£10.00 |
1 |
| L692, L693 |
GYPSUM - SAND ROSE - Shelford Sand Pit, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, England |
Roseatte of Gypsum crystals impregnated with sand grains, no matrix |
£5.00 |
2 |
| L691 |
GYPSUM - SELENITE - Manor Farm Borrow Pit, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, England |
Large clear twinned Selenite crystals, no matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L694 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England |
Sprays of quite chunky brownish Hemimorphite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #4027 |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L695 |
MARCASITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE & BARYTE - Cloud Hill Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Aggregates of small brassy Marcasite crystals with grey cubic Galena crystals, irregularly
shaped bronzy Chalcopyrite crystals plus some pale pink bladed Baryte crystals on matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L601 |
PYROMORPHITE - White Rake, Tideswell, Derbyshire, England |
Minute to tiny green acicular Pyromorphite crystals on a somewhat friable matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L73 |
QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of red or black Haematite scattered over them |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L696 |
QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of red or black Haematite scattered over them |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L697 |
QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of red or black Haematite scattered over them |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L698, L699, L700 |
QUARTZ - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of red or black Haematite scattered over them |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L701 |
QUARTZ - Weardale, Co. Durham, England |
Plate of sparkling Quartz crystals, no matrix |
SOLD |
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| L702 |
QUARTZ & CALCITE - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with whitish Calcite crystals which fluoresce salmon
pink in LW UV |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L703 |
QUARTZ & FLUORITE - Heights Quarry, Eastgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England |
Sparkling clear Quartz crystals with colourless interpenetrant twinned cubic Fluorite crystals
on quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L455 |
QUARTZ & HAEMATITE - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Aggregate of clear Quartz crystals with a reddish Haematite coating over them |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L704 |
QUARTZ & HAEMATITE - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
Aggregate of clear Quartz crystals with heavy internal reddish Haematite inclusions |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L705 |
SPHALERITE, CALCITE, FLUORITE & BARYTE - Providence Mine, Merryfield, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England |
Brownish modified Sphalerite crystals with whitish "nail-head" Calcite crystals, colourless
cubic Fluorite crystals some with sulphide inclusions and aggregates of thin clear tabular Baryte crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L376 |
SYLVITE - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire |
Mixture of pinkish crystalline Sylvite & Halite, no matrix. Don't let it get wet, it will disappear |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L706 |
WULFENITE & GALENA - Breedon Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Small very pale brown bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals with small greyish Cerussite crystals on
galena matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L707 |
WULFENITE & GALENA - Breedon Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Small very pale brown bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals with small greyish Cerussite crystals on
galena matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L708 |
WULFENITE & GALENA - Breedon Quarry, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Small very pale brown bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals with small greyish Cerussite crystals on
galena matrix |
SOLD |
. |
Wales
| L709 |
CHALCOPYRITE & DOLOMITE - Great Orme Mine, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales |
Bronze coloured Chalcopyrite crystals scattered over orange brown rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L422 |
GYPSUM var SATIN SPAR - Penarth Beach, Penarth, South Glamorgan, Wales |
Piece of white Satin Spar, no matrix
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SOLD |
. |
| L711, L712 |
HARMOTOME - Cwm Orog Mine, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Small clear classic "cruciform" twinned Harmotome crystals with clear tabular Baryte crystals on matrix.
Ex Martin Stolworthy collection |
£3.00 |
2 |
| L714 |
SELENITE - Gwynfynnyd Mine, Ganllwyd, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, Wales |
Densely packed aggregate of thin bladed Selenite crystals, no matrix, quite fragile |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L210, L211 |
SIDERITE & MILLERITE - Cwm Bargoed, Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales |
Bright shiny acicular Millerite crystals on pale brown lenticular Siderite crystals in ironstone matrix |
£6.00 |
2 |
| L715 |
WITHERITE - Gorn Mine, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Clear to creamy white coloured hexagonal tabular Witherite crystals in cavities in witherite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
Scotland
| L552 |
ANALCITE - Talisker Bay, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Greyish Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L716 |
APOPHYLLITE & GYROLITE - The Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
White blocky Apophyllite crystals scattered over the surface of whitish micaceous Gyrolite on basalt matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L180 |
BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless to pale brown Brewsterite-Sr crystals, thickly covering matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L604 |
BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
aggregates of clear pale brown Brewsterite-Sr crystals completely covering matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L717 |
PECTOLITE - Lendalfoot, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Massive white Pectolite showing a radiating structure in matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L560 |
PYROMORPHITE - Sarrowcole Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L86, L87 |
STIBNITE - Outcrop 200m above Knipe (Hare Hill) Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Bright silvery Stibnite in quartz matrix, location specimen |
£5.00 |
2 |
| L718 |
STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Pale green radiating crystalline Strontianite in calcite matrix. Fluoresces greenish white in LW UV and
the calcite fluoresces the most amazing bright orange in MW UV. Ex Trevor Bridges collection |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L607 |
THOMSONITE-Ca - The Quiraing, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Sprays of white Thomsonite-Ca crystals on matrix |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L608 |
THOMSONITE-Ca & CHABAZITE - The Quiraing, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Sprays of colourless thin tabular Thomsonite-Ca crystals with colourless rhombic Chabazite crystals in
a cavity in basalt matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L88 |
VISHNEVITE - Allt a'Mhullin, Loch Borollan, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland |
White massive Vishnevite embedded in matrix |
£3.00 |
6 |
Ireland - North & South
| L719, L720 |
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 |
£7.00 |
2 |
| L721 |
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 |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L722 |
CERUSSITE & MALACHITE - Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland |
Masses of white "jackstraw" Cerussite crystals with hundreds of small green Malachite spheres
in amongst them, very attractive |
£5.00 |
1 |
Africa
| L723 |
DIOPTASE, DUFTITE, MALACHITE & DOLOMITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Bright green sparkling Dioptase crystals with tiny green Duftite crystals, green acicular Malachite
crystals and whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals, no matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L724 |
RHODONITE - Wessels Mine, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Solid piece of pink crystalline Rhodonite with a couple of other undetermined minerals, no matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L614 |
SKUTTERUDITE - Aghbar Mine, Zagora, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco |
Nice large silvery grey modified cubic Skutterudite crystals, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L470 |
VANADINITE - Mibladen, Morocco |
Dark orange hexagonal Vanadinite crystals on Baryte matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
America - North & South
| L563 |
COLEMANITE & CALCITE - Boron, Kern Co., California, USA |
Colourless Colemanite crystals intergrown with pale yellow Calcite crystals, no matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L725 |
CONICHALCITE, CUPRO-ADAMITE & CALCITE - MIna Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Small light green Conichalcite spheres with darker green Cupro-Adamite crystals and colourless to white
rhombohedral Calcite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L501 |
COPPER - National Mine, Rockville, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA |
Piece of Copper with matrix removed |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L502 |
COPPER - National Mine, Rockville, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA |
Piece of Copper with matrix removed |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L404 |
GROSSULAR - Sierra des Craces, Coahuila, Mexico |
Large 32mm pale brown Grossular crystal, no matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| T405 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Compact cluster of large clear bladed Hemimorphite crystals on a small amount of gossan matrix. Not
attached to base of box |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L101 |
HYDROXYLHERDERITE & SCHORL - Santa-Rora Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Pinkish Hydroxylherderite crystals perched on a Schorl crystal, no matrix |
£15.00 |
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 |
| L611 |
KYANITE - Governador Valaderas, Minas gerais, Brazil |
Aggregate of black Kyanite crystals, no matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L726 |
LEPIDOLITE - Harding Mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA |
Pink Lepidolite crystals on quartz matrix. Ex David Harding collection #95 |
SOLD |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| L612 |
OPALISED WOOD - Unknown location, probably Idaho or Oregon, USA |
Piece of black and brown partially polished fossilised wood, no matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
SOLD |
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| L727 |
PYRITE - Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA |
Bright brassy cubic Pyrite crystals embedded in matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L613 |
RHODOCHROSITE, AEGIRINE, FLUORITE & ELPIDITE - Poudrette Quarry, Mont Ste. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada |
Mass of reddish brown rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with green acicular Aegirine crystals, small
colourless cubic Fluorite crystals and white acicular Elpidite crystals. Ex David Hardman collection #7615 |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L152 |
VANADINITE - Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA |
Rich covering of light brown hexagonal Vanadinite crystals on matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
Asia & Australasia
| L410 |
ANATASE - Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Shiny black bipyramidal Anatase crystals to 6mm on matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L566 |
APOPHYLLITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless thick tabular or prismatic Apophyllite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #4372 |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L567 |
APOPHYLLITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless thick tabular or prismatic Apophyllite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #5946 |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L569 |
APOPHYLLITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless thick tabular or prismatic Apophyllite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #2304 |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L570 |
APOPHYLLITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless thick tabular or prismatic Apophyllite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #5952 |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L571 |
APOPHYLLITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless thick tabular or prismatic Apophyllite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #7164 |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L572 |
APOPHYLLITE & STILBITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless prismatic Apophyllite crystals with white or pink sheaf like Stilbite crystals on matrix.
Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD |
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| L728 |
BARYTE - Oparinna Mines, Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
Aggregate of pale orange Baryte crystals on baryte matrix |
SOLD |
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| L616 |
BLOODSTONE - Morbi District, India |
Deep green Quartz (Bloodstone) with one or two small red spots, no matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L729 |
CALCITE & NATROLITE - Boral Ltd Quarry, Bundoora, Whittlesea, Victoria Australia |
Dark orange brown rhombohedral Calcite crystals with hemispheres of tiny Natrolite crystals in a
cavity in basalt matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #7281 |
SOLD |
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| L618 |
CERUSSITE Pseudo after ANGLESITE & GOETHITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
White Cerussite replacements after Anglesite with a partial covering of balck Goethite, no matrix. Ex J.
Chivers label |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L235 |
CHRYSOPRASE - Pstan, Zhanaarka, Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
Piece of unpolished green Chrysoprase, no matrix |
SOLD |
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| L730 |
CORONADITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Black, with a brown coating, stalactitic Coronadite, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8769 |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L620 |
CROCOITE - Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
Bright orange Crocoite crystals on gossan matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L731 |
CROCOITE - Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
Bright orange elongated Crocoite crystals on gossan matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L621 |
FLUORAPOPHYLLITE-K, STILBITE & QUARTZ - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless prismatic Fluorapophyllite-K crystals with a few whitish Stilbite crystals on a Quartz
matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #1418 |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L732 |
GASPEITE - 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia |
Green massive Gaspeite intergrown with colourless Selenite, no matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L623 |
JASPER - Buchan, Victoria, Australia |
Nice specimen of red-brown to black Orbicular Jasper, no matrix |
SOLD |
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| L196 |
KYANITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Mass of bluish white Kyanite blades forming most of specimen |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L733 |
MIMETITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small colourless Mimetite crystals on gossan matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8766 |
SOLD |
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| L626 |
MOLYBDENITE - Moonta Mines, Moonta, South Australia, Australia |
Bright silvery roughly hexagonal Molybdenite crystals on and embedded in granite matrix |
SOLD |
1 |
| L734 |
MOLYBDENITE - Moonta Mines, Moonta, South Australia, Australia |
Bright silvery roughly hexagonal Molybdenite crystals on and embedded in granite matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L735 |
OPAL - Queensland, Australia |
Very nice example with lots of colour. Ex Arnie Neale collection |
£40.00 |
1 |
| L476 |
PHLOGOPITE & TRIDYMITE - Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New Zealand |
Thin brown plates of Phlogopite on clear tabular Tridymite crystals on matrix |
£4.00 |
1 |
| L736 |
PREHNITE - Mullaly, NSW, Australia |
Pale yellowish spherical aggregates of tabular Prehnite, no matrix |
£10.00 |
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 |
| L627 |
ROSASITE & SMITHSONITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small bluish green Rosasite spheres on clear rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
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| L333 |
SCHOLZITE & HEMIMORPHITE - Reaphook Hill, Martin's Well, South Australia, Australia |
Colourless elongated Scholzite crystals with white Hemimorphite crystals said to be replacing
Smithsonite. Ex David Hardman collection |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L737 |
SILVER - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small aggregates of very bright spongy Silver on gossan matrix. Some light tarnishing on a few pieces.
Ex David Hardman collection #2990 |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L738 |
SMITHSONITE & CORONADITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Clusters of greyish multiple twinned Smithsonite crystals on black/dark grey coronadite matrix Ex
David Hardman collection |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L629 |
SMOKY QUARTZ - Andersons Creek, Mooralla, Victoria, Australia |
Single dark Smoky Quartz crystal, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8468 |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L413 |
SPHENE - Gilgit, Pakistan |
Dark green due to heavy Clinochlore inclusions spear shaped Sphene crystals, no matrix. Ex Shirley
Adrian collection |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L630 |
STELLERITE - Tambar Springs, NSW, Australia |
Aggregate of pink bladed Stilbite crystals, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #5770 plus an
additional label |
SOLD |
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| L739 |
TOPAZ - Chamachu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Colourless Topaz crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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| L740 |
TOPAZ - Chamachu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Very pale blue Topaz crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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| L113 |
TOURMALINE - Hunza Valley, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Single black Tourmailne crystals with Quartz and Mica attached, no other matrix |
£35.00 |
1 |
Europe including Russia
| L341 |
ALBITE var CLEAVELANDITE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway |
Aggregates of pale blue laminated crystalline "Cleavelandite", little matrix if any |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L136 |
ALURGITE - Praborna Mine, St. Marcel, Val D'Aosta, Italy |
Reddish-brown micaceous Alurgite embedded in matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L138 |
ALURGITE - Praborna Mine, St. Marcel, Val D'Aosta, Italy |
Reddish-brown micaceous Alurgite embedded in matrix |
£7.00 |
1 |
| L741 |
ANORTHITE var SPECTROLITE - Ylamaa Spectrolite Quarries, Lappeenranta, Southern Karelia, Finland |
Pieces of glassy Spectrolite, no matrix |
SOLD |
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| L742 |
ARAGONITE - Apo Sounion, Lavrion, Greece |
Glassy elongated Aragonite crystals on Calcite concretions/stalactites, no matrix |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L263 |
CHALCOTRICHITE - Chala Mine Haskovo Province, Bulgaria |
Tiny red acicular Chalcotrichite crystals covering two sides of matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L415 |
CHAROITE - Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Russia |
Polished slab/tile of dark purple fibrous Charoite, no matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
| L743 |
CRANDALLITE - Mont des Groseillers, Blaton, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
Creamy coloured radiating sprays of Crandallite on matrix |
£5.00 |
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 |
| L744 |
DOLOMITE - Val Gardena, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy |
Clear to white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in cavities in dolomite matrix |
SOLD |
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| L745 |
EPIDOTE & ALBITE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway |
Green Epidote crystals with clear tabular Albite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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| L746 |
FELDSPAR & GARNET - Tora Bora Vein, Latinka, Ardino Arfa, Bulgaria |
White Feldspar crystals with small orange Garnet crystals attached. Ex David Hardman collection #7339 |
SOLD |
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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 |
| L747 |
FLUORITE, MICROCLINE & EPIDOTE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway |
Aggregates of pale mauve octahedral Fluorite crystals with pinkish Microcline crystals and small
Epidote crystals on matrix Ex David Hardman collection #6781 |
SOLD |
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| L748 |
HAEMATITE - Val di Viu, Lanzo Valleys, Piedmont, Italy |
Thin black tabular Haematite crystals forming roseatte in albite rich matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
SOLD |
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| L749 |
LAVENDULAN - Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Greece |
Small roseattes and spheres with a radiating internal structure of bright blue Lavendulan on gossan matrix |
£5.00 |
1 |
| L750 |
MALACHITE - Brixlegg, Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria |
Aggregate of green curly "ramshorn" Malachite crystals!! on matrix |
SOLD |
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| L244 |
MESOLITE & PHILLIPSITE - Puech de Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, France |
White acicular Mesolite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix which are lined with small sparkling
Phillipsite crystals plus some white Tacharanite spheres |
£6.00 |
1 |
| L751 |
ORTHOCLASE - Baveno, Verbano-Cunio-Ossola Provinces, Piedmont, Italy |
Aggregate of large creamy coloured Orthoclase crystals, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #4315 |
SOLD |
. |
| L504 |
PYRITE - Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain |
Cubic to pyritohedral Pyrite Crystals, no matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| L752, L753 |
PYRITE & BORNITE - Norway, location unknown |
Chunks of intergrown Pyrite & Bornite, no matrix |
£3.00 |
2 |
| L754 |
ROSASITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece |
Spherical aggregates of greenish acicular Rosasite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L755 |
SELENITE - Le Cetine Mine, Chiusdino, Siena, Italy |
CColourless Selenite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| L756 |
STILBITE & HEULANDITE - Reydafelstundur, Skalafjordur, Esturoy, Faroe Islands |
Clear to white tabular Stilbite crystals with colourless "coffin" shaped Heulandite crystals in a
cavity in basalt matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8525 |
SOLD |
. |
| L486 |
STRUNZITE & BERAUNITE - Mont des Groseilleurs, Blaton, Mons, Hainault, Belgium |
Small straw coloured acicular Strunzite crystals with dark green acicular Beraunite crystals on matrix.
Ex David Hardman collection |
£8.00 |
1 |
| L420 |
SVABITE - Langban, Wermland, Sweden |
Orange crystalline Svabite embedded in matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L488 |
WULFENITE & PYROMORPHITE - Plaka Mines, Lavrion, Greece |
Orange tabular Wulfenite crystals with small green Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£12.00 |
1 |
| L489 |
WULFENITE & PYROMORPHITE - Plaka Mines, Lavrion, Greece |
Orange tabular Wulfenite crystals with small green Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£15.00 |
1 |
Europe - The Eifel Region
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None currently available |
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Smelters
| L587 |
REALGAR - Greenhill Arsenic Works, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England |
Red to orange Realgar on matrix, (part of an old flue brick). |
£5.00 |
1 |