Minerals from Smelters...................Updated 20 September 2025..........
Cornwall & Devon Smelters
| 3168 |
BROCHANTITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small to tiny green Brochantite crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 3169 |
BROCHANTITE & CONNELLITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small green Brochantite crystals with small blue spheres and/or acicular needles of Connellite in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3170 |
BROCHANTITE, CUPRITE & LINARITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small green Brochantite crystals with tiny ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals and small blue Linarite
crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3171 |
CHALCOTRICHITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Very minute reddish Chalcotrichite in a cavity in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3172 |
CONNELLITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small blue spheres and/or acicular needles of Connellite in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3173 |
CONNELLITE & MALACHITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small blue spheres and/or acicular needles of Connellite with spheres of bright green velvety Malachite in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3174 |
COPPER - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Bright Copper embedded in smelter slag matrix |
50p |
4 |
| 3175 |
CUPRITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small to tiny ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals +/- bits and pieces of metallic Copper in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3176 |
CUPRITE & BROCHANTITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals with green Brochantite in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3177 |
CUPRITE, COPPER & ANGLESITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small to tiny ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals with pieces of metallic Copper and tiny colourless
Anglesite crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3178 |
CUPRITE & GRAPHITE - Boiling Well Smelter, Upton Towans, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Tiny ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals with shiny black Graphite flakes on smelter slag |
SOLD |
. |
Northern England Smelters
| 3179 |
BROCHANTITE - Bonsor Low Smelter, Coniston, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny green Brochantite crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
50p |
2 |
| 3180 |
BROCHANTITE & CONNELLITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England |
Small green Brochantite crystals with small blue spheres and/or acicular needles of Connellite in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3181 |
CONNELLITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England |
Small blue spheres and/or acicular needles of Connellite in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3182 |
CUPRITE - Bonsor Low Smelter, Coniston, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals +/- bits and pieces of metallic Copper in cavities in smelter slag |
50p |
5 |
| 3183 |
CUPRITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England |
Tiny red cubic Cuprite crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3184 |
CUPRITE, BROCHANTITE & MALACHITE - Bonsor Low Smelter, Coniston, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny ruby red cubic Cuprite crystals with small to tiny green Brochantite crystals and tiny
green Malachite spheres in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
. |
| 3185 |
LANGITE - Bonsor Low Smelter, Coniston, Cumberland, England |
Small blue Langite crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3186 |
LINARITE - Bonsor Low Smelter, Coniston, Cumberland, England |
Small dark blue Linarite crystals in a cavity in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3187 |
LINARITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England |
Small sprays of deep blue Linarite crystals plus some bluish Chrysocolla in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3188 |
LINARITE & BROCHANTITE - Bonsor Low Smelter, Coniston, Cumberland, England |
Spray of small dark blue Linarite crystals with small green Brochantite crystals in a cavity in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3189 |
SPANGOLITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England |
Small bluish-green Spangolite crystals in a cavity in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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Scottish and Welsh Smelters
| 3190 |
SERPIERITE - Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Sprays of sky blue acicular Serpierite crystals in cavities in smelter slag. Ex David Hardman
collection #8667 |
SOLD |
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Worldwide Smelter Localities
| 3191 |
LAVENDULAN - Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Greece |
Small blue spheres of Lavendualn on smelter slag. Ex David Hardman collection #7607 |
SOLD |
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Thumbnails
| 3192 |
WUSTITE & LAURIONITE - Par Lead Smelter, Par/Tywardreath, Cornwall, England |
Black "christmas trees" of Wustite crystals with tiny white Laurionite crystals in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
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| 3193 |
CUPRITE - Stoneycroft Smelter, Braithwaite, Cumberland, England |
Small red cubic Cuprite crystals with carbonized wood fragments in cavities in smelter slag |
SOLD |
. |
| 3194 |
LAURIONITE - Kalopigado (Vromopoussi), Lavrion, Greece |
Thin tabular colourless Laurionite crystals in a cavity in smelter slag |
£1.50p |
1 |
Manmade, Elements
| 3195 |
JULIENITE - Manmade |
Deep blue Julienite crystals in a small plastic container |
£2.00 |
2 |
| 3196 |
MULLITE - Manmade |
Small glassy looking piece of Mullite, Fluoresces white in SW UV |
SOLD |
. |
| 2718 |
BISMUTH - Manmade |
Aggregates of shiny silvery Bismuth crystals, not the usual irridescent material, unusual |
50p |
3 |
| 2718 |
BISMUTH (TN) - Manmade |
Not the usual shape but still interesting |
£2.00 |
1 |