Bargain Basement..................Updated 22 September 2026Cornwall & Devon
BB10 ANATASE - Wheal Remfrey, St. Enoder, Cornwall, England Tiny black bipyramidal Anatase crystals +/- grey acicular Achroite crystals in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
BB1100 ARSENOPYRITE - Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England Cluster of small silvery Arsenopyrite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
BB1704 BROCHANTITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Small to tiny dark green Brochantite crystals in cracks and crevices in killas matrix +/- minor Malachite 25p 3
BB1707 BROCHANTITE & PHARMACOSIDERITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Spherical aggregates of tiny green Brochantite crystals with minute cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
BB1709 Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite) - Tresavean Mine, Redruth, Cornwall, England Cavities in sphalerite/quartz matrix lined with small clear hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals with white "caps" on the terminations 25p 2
BB1736 OLIVENITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Dark green Olivenite crystals partially coated in Mn oxides on killas matrix 25p 1
BB1140 SPHALERITE & DOLOMITE - Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Devon, England Black composite Sphalerite crystals with whitish to pale brown rhombic Dolomite crystals on quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
Cumberland & Westmorland
BB1768 BAYLDONITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Areas of green Bayldonite on quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
BB1769 BAYLDONITE & MIMETITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Areas of green Bayldonite with tiny white acicular crystals of Mimetite on matrix SOLD OUT .
BB1771 CALCITE - Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England Aggregates of clear Calcite crystals, some doubly terminated in cavities in matrix 25p 1
BB1789 MIMETITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Pale yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix 25p 6
Rest of England
. None currently available . . .
Wales
BB1204 SIDERITE - Cwm Bargoed, Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales Pale brown to white lenticular Siderite crystals in cavities in ironstone matrix 25p 19
Scotland
BB259 ANALCITE - Road Cutting, Glen Eynort, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland Colourless to white Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix 25p 2
BB272 CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland White spiky Calcite crystals which fluoresce white on matrix SOLD OUT .
BB1923 THOMSONITE-Ca - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Thin whitish tabular Thomsonite-Ca crystals crammed into a small cavity in matrix SOLD OUT .
Ireland North and South
. None currently available . . .
Africa
BB1249 CHABAZITE var PHACOLITE & HEULANDITE - Leach & Brown Quarry, Ladysmith, KwaZulu/Natal South Africa Clear Phacolite crystals sat upon greyer blocky Heulandite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
Americas North & South excluding Greenland
BB1954 AURORITE - Aurora Mine, Treasure Hill, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA Grey inclusions of Aurorite in calcite, not pretty. Ex John Tuffnell collection SOLD OUT .
BB1397 SODALITE - Cancrinite Hill, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada Dark blue crystalline Sodalite with or without whitish Albite and/or yellow Cancrinite, no matrix SOLD OUT .
Asia and Australasia including Turkey
BB2001 AEGIRINE & ANORTHOCLASE - Opo Bay, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Small dark green Aegirine crystals with colourless glassy Anorthoclase crystals in cavities and in matrix 25p 7
BB2006 CHEVKINITE-Ce - Arondu, Basha Valley, Shigar, Gilgit, Pakistan Black part crystals with crystal faces, no matrix SOLD OUT .
BB616 CUPRITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia Cavities in solid Cuprite lined with small "black" or deep red cubic Cuprite crystals SOLD OUT .
BB2010 HYALITE - Lake Rotokawa Sulphur Mine, Taupo, New Zealand Colourless glassy botryoidal Hyalite on matrix SOLD OUT .
Europe including Russia & Greenland
BB688 ADAMITE - "Playing Field", Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece Colourless to very pale green Adamite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix 25p 1
BB698 ALBITE & MICROCLINE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway Clear Albite crystals with pale pink Microcline in cavities in Microcline matrix +/- purple octahedral Fluorite SOLD OUT .
BB1468 ALBITE var. CLEAVELANDITE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway Clear to bluish white Cleavelandite with a lamellar crystalline structure, no matrix 25p 4
BB1492 CHABAZITE - Nordfjurdur Tunnel, Eskifjordur, Eastern Region, Iceland Colourless rhombic Chabazite crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 1
BB782 EPIDOTE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway Green Epidote crystals in/on matrix 25p 2
BB784 EPIDOTE, ALBITE & MICROCLINE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway Green Epidote crystals with clear tabular Albite crystals and pinkish crystalline Microcline on matrix SOLD OUT .
BB786 EPISTILBITE - Siatorska Bukovinka Quarry, Cerova Vrchovina, Slovakia Whitish to clear Epistilbite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
BB821 KANKITE - Safary Mine, Kank, Kutno Hora, Bohemia, Czech Republic Pale greenish botryoidal crusts on matrix 25p 2
BB844 MICROCLINE - Landsverk 1, Landsverk, Evje og Hornes, Agder, Norway Aggregates of pinkish Microcline crystals on matrix 25p 6
BB2083 RHODOCHROSITE - Kremikovtsi Mine, Stolichlna, Sofia, Bulgaria Rounded aggregates of pale brown Rhodochrosite covering surface of matrix SOLD OUT .
BB949 WAVELLITE - Wisniowka Mine, Kielce Co., Swietokrzyskie, Poland Aggregates of small brown radiating Wavellite crystals on and off matrix SOLD OUT .
Europe - Eifel
BB959 AMPHIBOLE - Nickenicher, Nickenich, Eifel, Germany Orange acicular Amphibole crystals in cavities in matrix 25p 4
BB998 PSEUDOBROOKITE & FORSTERITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany Small shiny black tabular (square) Pseudobrookite crystals with small red Forsterite crystals in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
Collection Thinnings
. None currently available . . .
ThumbnailsCornwall & Devon
BBT3 ANATASE - Wheal Remfrey, St. Enoder, Cornwall, England Tiny black bipyramidal Anatase crystals +/- grey acicular Achroite crystals in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT605 CASSITERITE - Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England Heavy pieces of Cassiterite/Quartz veinstone with some crystal faces visible 50p 3
BBT625 SCORODITE & WOLFRAMITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals with black Wolframite in quartz matrix SOLD OUT .
Cumberland & Westmorland
BBT375 BARYTE - Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Eden, Westmorland, England Aggregates of clear tabular Baryte crystals on a white baryte matrix 50p 1
BBT846 CALCITE - Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England Aggregates of clear Calcite crystals, some doubly terminated in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
Rest of England
BBT659 BARYTE - Danby Level, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England Aggregates of white Baryte crystals, on matrix. Ex Colin Robinson specimen SOLD OUT .
BBT663 BEAUDANTITE - Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, Somerset, England Yellowish green minutely crystallized Beudantite in cavities in baryte/galena matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT416 MOTTRAMITE - Pim Hill, Harmer Hill, Shropshire, England Tiny brownish black Mottramite crystals encrusting sandstone matrix 50p 2
BBT417 MOTTRAMITE & CALCITE - Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England Crusts of tiny dark olive-green or greenish brown Mottramite crystals on greyish rounded scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix 50p 1
BBT689 PHOSGENITE - Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, Somerset, England Mostly opaque square sectioned pale brown to colourless Phosgenite crystals in cavities in barytes/galena matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT694 PYROMORPHITE - Highfield Hushes, Harwood, Teesdale, Co. Durham, England Pale green to green Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in matrix. Ex Colin Robinson specimen SOLD OUT .
Wales
BBT428 SIDERITE - Cwm Bargoed, Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales Pale brown to white lenticular Siderite crystals in cavities in ironstone matrix 50p 5
Scotland
BBT1606 BREWSTERITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland Colourless to pale brown Brewsterite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT126 VISHNEVITE - Allt a'Mhullin, Loch Borollan, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland White massive Vishnevite embedded in matrix 50p 1
Ireland - North & South
. None currently available . . .
Africa
. None currently available . . .
American Continents excluding Greenland
BBT482 MILLERITE & CHALCEDONY - Kaser Quarry, Ollie, Keokuk Co., Iowa, USA Mats of very fine acicular Millerite needles in cavities in banded Chalcedony matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT195 ZINKENITE - Fargo Mine, Stephens Co., Washington, USA Pieces of solid Zinkenite, no matrix plus the very occaisional embedded Sphalerite crystal SOLD OUT .
Asia/Australasia including Turkey
BBT772 SCHOLZITE - Reaphook Hill, Martin's Well, South Australia, Australia Aggregate of clear elongated Scholzite crystals in a cavity in matrix SOLD OUT .
Europe including Russia & Greenland
BBT1661 ADAMITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece Aggregates of pale green Adamite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT219 ANAPAITE - Bellver de Cerdanya, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain Pale green translucent Anapaite crystals lining cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT526 CHABAZITE & SAPONITE - La Matilla Quarry, La Matilla, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Colourless rhombic Chabazite crystals with white Saponite in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT245 HYDROTALCITE & LIZARDITE - Dypindal Serpentine/Magnesite Deposit, Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway White micaceous Hydrotalcite with yellowish green Lizardite forming the whole of specimens 50p 2
BBT275 SMITHSONITE - "Playing Field", Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece Whitish to pale green rounded Smithsonite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix 50p 5
BBT1673 SMITHSONITE - Kamariza Mine, Lavrion, Greece Greyish rounded rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals in cavities in dolomite matrix SOLD OUT .
BBT542 WILLEMITE - Preguica Mine, Moura, Portugal Sprays of colourless Willemite crystals on gossan matrix SOLD OUT .
Europe - The Eifel Region
BBT548 PYROXENE, MAGNETITE & PHLOGOPITE - Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Germany Green Pyroxene crystals with small black octahedral Magnetite crystals in cavities in matrix 50p 2
Minerals from SmeltersCornwall & Devon Smelters
. None currently available . . .
Northern England Smelters
. None currently available . . .
Scottish and Welsh Smelters
. None currently available . . .