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Pyromorphite |
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Miniature/Small cabinet- 50x40x30mm (2"x1.5")
Pyromorphite is uncommon in Alston Moor and the best specimens have
come from this mine.
This is a particularly rich specimen of well formed lime green crystals.
Hardrigg Edge
Alston, Cumbria.
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| AM75
Barite after Alstonite with Sphalerite |
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Small cabinet - 55x50x20mm (2"x2")
Barite partially replacing alstonite crystals
to 4mm, with modified galena cubes on a bed of sphalerite.
Nentsberry Haggs Mine
Nenthead, Cumbria.
£25
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| AM76
Calcite |
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Reserved
Small cabinet - 80x60x50mm (3"x2.5")
Sharp rosettes of unusual spear shaped crystals to 10mm.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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| AM77
Galena |
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Small cabinet - 70x60x40mm (2.8"x2.4")
Fine aesthetic galena specimen with modified cubic crystals, largest
22mm across, with a little pyrite.
Smallcleugh Mine
Nenthead, Cumbria.
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| AM78
Barytocalcite and witherite |
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Small cabinet - 70x55x40mm (2.9"x2.2")
Vuggy witherite matrix, largest cavity about 25x25mm within which are
translucent straw coloured barytocalcite crystals intergrown with witherite
crystals.
Nentsberry Haggs Mine
Nenthead, Cumbria.
£25
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| AM79
Pyrite |
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Small cabinet - 70x50x15mm (3"x2")
Pyrite occurs in small quantities in most of the Smallcleugh flats with
occasionally rich areas producing specimens like this one from the spiral
staircase area.
Smallcleugh Mine
Nenthead, Cumbria.
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| AM80
Calcite |
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Small cabinet - 80x60x30mm(3.1"x2.4")
Aggregated platy calcite crystals to 16mm sprinkled with a later generation
of small sharp hexagonal calcites.
Holmes Rise
Brownley Hill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
£14
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| AM84
Fluorite & Sphalerite |
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Miniature - 50x30x40mm (2"x1.2")
Although Rampgill mine has produced many specimens of pale yellow and
clear fluorite few purple fluorite specimens have been found. This specimen
has twinned pale purple cubes to 8mm with sphalerite.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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| AM86
Barytocalcite |

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Small cabinet - 70x50x35mm(2.8"x2.0")
Well formed crystals of barytocalcite to 10mm most with a dusting of
white barite.
Admiralty Flats
Nentsberry Haggs Mine
Nenthead, Cumbria.
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| AM88
Quartz cast after Fluorite |
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Small cabinet/miniature - 70x40x15mm(2.8"x1.6")
'Positive' epimorph casts of quartz after fluorite, with subsequent
partial infill of sphalerite and coating of ankerite crystals.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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| AM89
Fluorite |
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Cabinet - 95x90x40mm(3.8"x3.6")
Fine display specimen of clear to lemon coloured fluorite crystals to
10mm. The larger crystals show a purple colour zone just beneath the
faces.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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| AM90
Witherite |
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Small cabinet - 70x70x45mm(2.75"x2.75")
Rich specimen of solid witherite, with interlocking aggregated semi-transparent
crystals from one of the classic localities. Fluoresces yellow in LW.
Settlingstones Mine
Fourstones, Hexham
Northumberland.
£40
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Small cabinet - 50x40x30mm (2.0"x1.6")
Sharp translucent crystals some part coated with smaller crystals of
barite(?) and a little manganese staining on others Unusual location
piece.
Hunter's vein
Lunehead mine
Yorkshire
£25
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| AM92
Galena |
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Reserved
Small cabinet - 90x40x35mm(3.5"x1.6")
Rich matrixless galena specimen with interlocking cubo-octahedral crystals
to 22mm.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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AM93
Witherite with Barite |
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Cabinet -105x80x50mm (4"x3.2")
Display specimen consisting of sharp pseudo-hexagonal crystals of witherite
coated with a layer of finely crystalline barite. Ex. Borland collection.
Classic location.
Fallowfield mine
Hexham, Northumberland
£225
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| AM94
Quartz cast after Fluorite |
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Cabinet - 120x95x65mm(4.8"x3.8")
Complete hollow geode of quartz after fluorite with later deposition
of sphalerite crystals. The upper surface consists of later fluorite
coated with ankerite and a dusting of chalcopyrite.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
£55
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| AM95
Sphalerite |
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Small cabinet - 75x80x45mm(3"x3.2")
Of all the mines in Alston Moor, Haggs mine produced the most lustrous
sphalerite. This is an excellent example with a rich covering of gemmy
crystals. Sawn base.
Nentsberry Haggs mine
Nenthead, Cumbria.
£30
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| AM55
Barytocalcite |
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Miniature/Small cabinet - 60x40x45mm (3.4"x1.6")
Bright crystals of transparent to white barytocalcite with classic terminations.
This piece was collected in 1982 and specimens from here were quite
common in the 70's and 80's but rarely seen now. Blaigill is now a 'Site
of Special Scientific Interest'.
Blaigill mine
Alston, Cumbria.
£22
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| AM60
Witherite and Barytocalcite |
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Small cabinet - 80x60x35mm (3.2"x2.4")
Unusual curved barytocalcite crystals surrounding a single large aggregated
witherite crystal all coated with a thin white barite coating.
Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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| AM70
Alstonite |
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Large miniature - 60x45x30mm (2.4" x 1.8")
Bed of numerous lustrous alstonite crystals on barite. A few crystals
have broken terminations but are only visible under magnification.
Holmes Rise
Brownley Hill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria
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