5341 Barytocalcite, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Sir Arthur Russell Collection
England
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
1512 Barite, Calcite, Old Moulds Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Labelled as barytocalcite (not listed in Mindat), but could be barite. Colourless to white crystal aggregates. Width of view 6mm. Stack og 86 images.
1270 Barite, Snuff Horn Lead Shaft, Old Moulds Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Pennines, North Yorkshire, England
A little miniature specimen from early old small shaft workings in the Moulds area. Translucent to clear small ‘spear tip’ baryte crystals in a baryte matrix. Specimen is 30x29mm.
1274 Chalcocite, Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Collected in 1820 and acquired from the Captain Sara Collection by Brian Shelton , a beautiful well-formed thumbnail with classic silvery black chalcocite crystals on a quartz matrix.
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.
1244 Barite, White Coppice Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Tiny white micro spear baryte crystals on matrix. A rarely offered location specimen from central Lancashire.
1248 Sphalerite, Quartz, Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Quartz epimorph after sphalerite(?) with lustrous sphalerite crystals.
1059 Mendipite, Hydrocerussite, Cerussite, Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England
Specimen measures 3.3×3.1×1.8cm and is affixed with mineral tack on a white plastic square. It bears the label of the late and legendary David Shannon with a notation that he sold it in October, 1989.
0671 Fluorite, High Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Composed of honey yellow cubic fluorite crystals with inky blue color zone exterior edge phantoms. The specimen comes from the High Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Middleton, North Pennines, County Durham, England, UK. It measures 6.5×5.0×2.8cm in...
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).
0332 Axinite-(Fe), Botallack Head (Wheal Cock Carn), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
Lustrous reddish-brown translucent axinite crystals lining shallow cavities in compact mass of crystallized axinite. Ex. A. Stevenson (1916-2007) collection; ex. Howard Belsky (1958-1987). Overall Size: 3.5×2.5×1.5 cm. Crystals: 1-3 mm
0207 Tennantite, Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
multiple single crystals on matrix,a micromount x10. Ex W. W. Jefferis Coll. No. 7386, ex Carnegie Museum No. 1217, ex Delbert L. Oswald Coll.
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.
1525 Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Lovely, but tiny, crystals of chalcophyllite from Wheal Gorland, Cornwall.
8184 Monazite-(Ce), Craddock Moor Mine, Cornwall, England
A more opaque Monazite-(Ce) from Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Liskeard, Liskeard District, Cornwall, 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.
5448 Barite, Calcite, Sidmouth Beach, Devon, England
Barite on calcite from Sidmouth Beach, Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon, England. Photo width 11mm.
