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Fluorite
DR1
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Display specimen of well formed cubes to 10mm. The deep colour is due
to rich inclusions of pyrite in and on the crystal faces.
Cabinet - 120x80x60mm(5"x3.5")
Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire
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Phosphohedyphane
DR2
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Yellow green to white botryoidal druse with some pseudomorphing of
cerussite. This material, previously thought to be pyromorphite, has
been identified as the new mineral Phosphohedyphane, approved by the
IMA in 2005. It is part of the apatite group being the phosphate analog
of hedyphane.
45x30x30mm (1.75"x1.25")
Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
£45
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Leadhillite
DR4
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Reserved
Specimen has on one side a 15x10mm cavity in galena with sharp gray
tabular leadhillite crystals whilst on the other side, tufts of phosphohedyphane
form a rich botryoidal coating.
Miniature - 45x35x30mm (1.75"x1.5")
Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
£38
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Fluorite
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Derbyshire is renown for the quality of its dark purple fluorite specimens.
This is an excellent example with lustrous fluorite crystals to 2mm.
Small cabinet-80x60x40mm (3.25"x2.5")
Mill Dam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.
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Fluorite
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Fall Hill quarry produced some excellent fluorite specimens in the 1980's.
This finely crystallised piece displays well with interlocking gemmy
cubes to 8mm included with pyrite.
Cabinet - 130x90x40mm (5"x3.5")
Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire
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Aurichalcite
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Reserved
Radiating sprays of aurichalcite crystals interspersed with crystalline
hemimorphite. Ex. my collection, collected in the 1980's.
Miniature - 40x30x20mm (1.5"x1.25")
Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire.
£28
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Hemimorphite
DR8
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Radiating groups of honey coloured crystals from one of the complex
of mines above Matlock Baths which is now part of 'Gullivers kingdom'.
Small cabinet - 80x55x18mm (3.5"x2.5")
Royal Mine, Matlock Baths, Derbyshire
£25
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Smithsonite on Fluorite
DR9
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Bright transparent fluorite crystals to 7mm dusted with honey coloured
spheres of smithsonite.
Small cabinet - 65x50x20mm (2.5"x2")
Mill Dam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.
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Calcite on Quartz
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A bed of drusy, included, quartz crystals with scalenohedral calcites
some double terminated the largest being 20mm long.
Small cabinet-60x50x35mm (2.5"x2.25")
Calton Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire.
£18
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Barite
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Stalatitic 'tubes' of orange-pink barite some with centre holes and
coated with small coxscomb crystals.
Miniature/small cabinet - 65x30x30mm (2.5" 1.25")
Dirtlow Rake, Pindale, Castleton, Derbyshite
£22
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Fluorite and Barite
DR12 |
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Pyrite included fluorite, largest crystal 20mm across with smaller second
generation fluorite and spheres of barite. Purple cast to some of the
crystals.
Miniature - 60x50x25mm (2.25"x1.75")
Dirtlow Rake, Pindale, Castleton, Derbyshire
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Vanadinite on Descloizite
DR13
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Red-orange micro crystalline descloizite with cream coloured barrel
shaped vanadinite crystals. Some of the best ever found in England.
Small cabinet-65x45x20mm (2.5"x1.75")
Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
£38
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Barite, Smithsonite, and
Fluorite
DR14 |
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Bed of clear fluorite crystals partially overgrown with sheaf like
barite crystals and aggregated orange smithsonite clusters.
Small cabinet - 75x55x35mm (3"x2")
Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire
£16
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Fluorite
DR15 |
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Pleasing example from this classic location. Interlocking cubes of lustrous
included fluorite to 6mm. Virtually no edge contact whilst on the back
free growing calcite crystal occur.
Small cabinet - 80x60x20mm (3"x2.5")
Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire
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Vanadinite
DR16
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Rich covering of light to dark-brown spheres composed
of aggregated individual vanadinite crystals. Reminiscent of Leadhills
material.
Large thumbnail -35X25X15mm (1.5"X1")
Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
£45
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Lanarkite
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Strongly altered galena / barite vein specimen with a 5x5mm cavity
containing well formed terminated lanarkite crystals.
Miniature - 45x15x22mm (1.75"x.5")
Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
£48
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Sphalerite
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Crystalline bed of well formed transparent russet coloured sphalerite
crystals.
25x25x20mm (1"x1")
Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire
£14
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Blue John
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Translucent section of blue john fluorite from the Winnats 'No 1' vein.
50x50x5mm (approx) (2"x2")
Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire
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