AM74
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.
AM75
Barite after Alstonite with Sphalerite

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

AM76
Calcite

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Small cabinet - 80x60x50mm (3"x2.5")
Sharp rosettes of unusual spear shaped crystals to 10mm.

Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria

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.

AM78
Barytocalcite and witherite

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

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.

AM80
Calcite

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

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

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.

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

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

AM90
Witherite

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

AM91
Barytocalcite

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

AM92
Galena

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Small cabinet - 90x40x35mm(3.5"x1.6")
Rich matrixless galena specimen with interlocking cubo-octahedral crystals to 22mm.

Rampgill mine
Nenthead, Cumbria

AM93
Witherite with Barite


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

AM94
Quartz cast after Fluorite



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

AM95
Sphalerite

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

AM55
Barytocalcite

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

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

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