Bargain Basement..................Updated 16 March 2026
Cornwall & Devon
| BB4 |
ANATASE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England |
Small thin black tabular Anatase crystals in cavities in clinochlore matrix +/- small brown Cassiterite crystals,
can be hard to spot |
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| BB10 |
ANATASE - Wheal Remfrey, St. Enoder, Cornwall, England |
Tiny black bipyramidal Anatase crystals +/- grey acicular Achroite crystals in cavities in matrix |
25p |
2 |
| BB23 |
BIOTITE - Lithium rich - Trelavour Downs, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England |
Flakes of dark bronzy brown Biotite mica, no matrix except one on a little quartz. Locally known as "Trelavourite" |
25p |
1 |
| BB59 |
"ENYSITE" - Wheal Coates, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England |
Pale bluish green "Enysite" showing depositional banding, no matrix. It used to be the practice
to "varnish" the specimens to try and prevent them dehydrating and falling apart, it didn't work this time however, these
are quite stable though still fragile |
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| BB87 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Unity, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Very minute greyish green Pharmacosiderite crystals thickly encrusting quartz matrix |
25p |
2 |
| BB114 |
TREMOLITE/ACTINOLITE - Penhawger Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of pale yellowish green fibrous Tremolite/Actinolite crystals on quartz matrix |
25p |
1 |
Cumberland & Westmorland
| BB133 |
CALCITE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England |
Whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals lining cavities in gossan matrix +\- a little black feathery Pyrolusite |
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Rest of England
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Wales
| BB231 |
CALCITE & ALBITE - Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales |
Clear elongated Calcite crystals with whitish Albite crystals on matrix |
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Scotland
| BB254 |
AMPHIBOLE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Very thin green acicular Amphibole needles lining cavities in matrix |
25p |
1 |
| 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 |
| BB267 |
BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Super little specimens of colourless Brewsterite-Sr crystals, many doubly terminated on calcite matrix |
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Ireland North and South
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Africa
| BB394 |
MIMETITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Creamy coloured to yellowish green elongated Mimetite crystals on matrix |
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Americas North & South excluding Greenland
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Asia and Australasia including Turkey
| BB602 |
CALCITE - Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia |
Rhombic Calcite crystals on matrix |
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| BB641 |
HUNTITE - Tea Tree Gully, South Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
Creamy white earthy Huntite forming the whole specimens |
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| BB649 |
MIMETITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Pale brown hexagonal Mimetite crystals with either flat tops or pointed terminations in cavities in matrix |
25p |
1 |
Europe including Russia & Greenland
| BB815 |
HYDROTALCITE - Dypindal Serpentine/Magnesite Deposit, Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway |
White micaceous Hydrotalcite with yellowish green Lizardite forming the whole of specimens |
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Europe - Eifel
| BB959 |
AMPHIBOLE - Nickenicher, Nickenich, Eifel, Germany |
Orange acicular Amphibole crystals in cavities in matrix |
25p |
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| BB998 |
PSEUDOBROOKITE & FORSTERITE - Nickenicher, Pellenz, Eifel, Germany |
Small shiny black tabular (square) Pseudobrookite crystals with small red Forsterite crystals in cavities in
matrix |
25p |
1 |
| BB1012 |
SANIDINE & PYROXENE - Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Germany |
Small colourless blocky Sanidine crystals with green Pyroxene crystals in cavities in matrix |
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Collection Thinnings
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Thumbnails
Cornwall & Devon
| BBT41 |
TREMOLITE/ACTINOLITE - Penhawger Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of pale yellowish green fibrous Tremolite/Actinolite crystals on quartz matrix |
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Cumberland & Westmorland
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Rest of England
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Wales
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Scotland
| BBT118 |
PREHNITE - Mussel Scaup, Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small clear Prehnite crystals thickly lining cavities in matrix |
50p |
1 |
| BBT119 |
PREHNITE & EPIDOTE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Aggregates of cleat tabular Prehnite crystals with small green Epidote crystals in cavities in matrix |
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| BBT126 |
VISHNEVITE - Allt a'Mhullin, Loch Borollan, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland |
White massive Vishnevite embedded in matrix |
50p |
2 |
Ireland - North & South
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American Continents excluding Greenland
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Asia/Australasia including Turkey
| BBT206 |
KAOLINITE & CORONADITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
White crust of Kaolinite on dark grey coronadite matrix |
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Europe including Russia & Greenland
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Europe - The Eifel Region
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Minerals from Smelters
Cornwall & Devon Smelters
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Northern England Smelters
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Scottish and Welsh Smelters
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