Cumbria
3769 Hydrozincite, Hemimorphite, Eagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
White and pale green hydrozincite that fluoresces yellow under medium wave UV, with colourless hemimorphite. Also present, sphalerite, galena, cerussite and chalcopyrite. Ex Richard Bell. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6014 Fluorite, Hematite, Quartz, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Intense blue fluorite cubes on massive brown hematite with tiny colourless quartz crystals in cavities in the hematite
5477 Barytocalcite, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Bernie & Margaret Day Collection. Rock-site.co.uk, now Steetley Minerals – Peter Briscoe
5479 Calcite, Rowrah (Eskett) Quarry, Rowrah, Cumbria
Bernie & Margaret Day
5476 Pyromorphite, Force Craig Mine, Cumbria, England
Bernie & Margaret Day
5341 Barytocalcite, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Sir Arthur Russell Collection
5153 Scheelite, Titanite, Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, England
JL1397. Geoff Randall $7
7152 JL1653 Fluorite, Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7097 JL2565 Calcite, Hematite, Fluorite, Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
Labelled as aragonite – is likely calcite. ex Harry Critchley. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7093 JL2567 Mimetite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection
1258 Cerussite, Goldscope Mine, Newlands Valley, Braithwaite District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
White micro jack straw cerussite crystals on quartz matrix. From one of the most recognisable locations in the Lake District. The Goldscope workings, now protected, date back to the late Elizabethan 16th Century.
0585 Sulphur, Sphalerite, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Ex Joan Lamond 3016, received in a swap with Harry Critchley (UK).
4957 Caledonite, Carrock Smelter, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Lovely little sprays of pale blue caledonite in slag from the Carrock Smelter, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK.
5459 Barite after Alstonite. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England
A neat pseudomorph of barite after alstonite from Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England. Photo width 20mm.
