It RICmRD W. BARSTQ}} 26, Tregeseal, ~. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. V.l..T. No. 132-7852-67 ORDERING INFORMATION
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OCTOBER 1974.
1. APATITE variety FRAN~JLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreat~. Corny/all. A r i<.:h Cc:'ust of intergrown, sma 11 transparen:;, hexa 0nal cryst~ls completely covering Quartz veinstuff. Hxl~".9 £2.25. 2. ~DENNITE. Salm-Cha:eau, Ardennes, Belgium. Choice, golden brown, fibrous crystaline masses embedded in white Quart.z. 2xH". £2.25. 3. M\SENOLITE. Jachymov, Bohemia, ~.S.S.I\. Small, sharp, creJ.!::: white, octahecral crys~als rich~y encrusting an irregul~~ mass of grey metallic NATIVE ARSENIC. 2-tx2". £5.50. 4. ATACAMITE. Remolinos, ~hile. Lustrous, emerald green, blelqi erystaline masses richly intergroi·m with lighter gree~ fibrous Malachite. 2tx2t'l • £3.25. 5. AXINITE. Bourg d'Oisans, Isere, France. Choice, very sharp transparent clove brown crystals to 1 cm. in size inter grown and covering an area 2xlt'l on matrix 3txl~". Fir:s specimen from this ~lassic location. £24. 6. AZORITE. Broken Hill, New South Wales~ Australia. Bright, deep blue, lustrous, sharp terminated crystals to t" if size attractively scattered and intergrown on light grcsn fibrous Malachite with a little whitish Cerussite ir: association. This specimen was collected from the old open-cut workings at Broken Hill at the turn of the c£n~u) 2xlt". £27. 7. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Sele~t. pure, radiated nodules, the outsides showing crystalir:e form, These have been broken open and ea ch specimel, Las a central cavity Jined with small sharp bright crystals. Nodtllesapproximately Itxl". -2.75 each; Nodules approx. lxl". £2.25 each. -2- BEOD. TITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.~. Africa. Rich crusts of sparkling light yellowish brown micro crystals covering a Quartzose matrix. 2xlixl-}". £7. BOF. ITE. South .;aradon Mine, st. '::leer, Cornwall. A pure, purply irridescent mass witll minor threads of golden Chalcopyrite. 2txlt". £1.65. 10. BREli STERITE. 'Ihitesmith Mine, Str:mtian, Argyll. Choice, sharp, creamy coloured translucent crystals to 5 mm. ln slze, thickly en rusting cellular Barytes matrix. These are very fine examples of this mineral. Specimen A- 3ix3i". £8.75; Specimen B- 3tx2x2". £6.75; Specimen c: - 2x2xlt". £4-.50; Specimen D- 24"xlt" - encrusted with slightly larger crystals - £2.50. 11. BROOKITE. Magnet Cove, Garland Co., Arkansas, U.S.A. very large, sharp, single twinned black crystal app~oximately ~" in size. £7.75. 12. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Furness, Lan~s. An intergrown group of large, sharp, lustrous, "dog-tooth" habit crystals, translucent on one side of the crystals - the other side having an attractive zoned cho~olate brown colour dup. tc inclusions of Hematite. 2ixl'}xlt" - with the largest. . crystals being li" in length, £5.50, 13. CALCITE. Keweenaw Pen., Mi~higan, U.S.A. Sharp, transparent, modified crystals to i'i in size encrusting and intergro\>!ll "Iith small, very sharp, colou::les3 Quartz crystals, :;ome having a pale green tinge due ta included Chlorite. 2tx3". £4.50. 14-. CASSITERITE. Imperial Goonharrow Clay Pit, Bugle, 80rnwall. Choice, sharp, lustrouH blac: twinned crystals to ~' in size, scattered on Greise:: mat·r.ix wi~h needles af Tourmalir.Ol and \olhitish Quartz. Specimen A- 2'~'x3". £5.50; Specimen B- 2xl·}". £[:·.50. 15. CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, c:amborne, Cornwall. A pure mass of light brown crystaline Cas~icerite, showing elongate~ embedded crystals in places, ::>f the "sparable" habit. 2x2xlt". £2.25, 16. CASSITERITE. Great Work Hine, Breage, Corm-lall. An extremely rich, dark brO\oln , crystaline illass, with blades of crystaline Wolframite 'co -~" in length implanted on one end of the specimen. 3x2ix2". £3.25. 17. CASSITEhITE variety 'OOD TIN. Weft Wheal Kitty, st.. gnes, Cornwall. Choice, concentric bands of light anQ dark brown Cassiterite richly intergrOlo/ll with Tourmaline/Quartz veinstuff. 2txli". £4-.50. 18. CERAEGYf,ITE variety EHBOLITE. Pro~rietary Mine, Broken Hi::'l: Ne\>1 South ;.Jales, Australia, Lustrous, olive green, cellular crystalised mass. 2xlixl~'. £5.50. 19. CERUSSITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. A superb, large, V-shaped sharp glassy twinned crystal, with minor matrix atta~hed. Excellent example of this mineral, the crystal being extremely \>Iell formed. l;}xltxlt". £11. 20. CEhUSSITE. Mibladen, Nr. MidElt, Atlas Mts., Moroc~o. Lustrous, translucent, glassy tab.llar crystal showing much parallel gro\>rth and asso~iated \>Iith a little white platy Barytes. Itxli". £3.25. -3- CHAL~O~ITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, ~amborne, Cornwall. Bright, steely grey, small sharp hexagonal crystals richly aggregated and scattered over cellular massive Chalcocite veinstuff• 4~x3-!'''. £7.75. 22. CHALCOPYRITE variety BLISTER CJI'PEIL Wheal Basset, Illogan, Corm,all. Choice, lustrous, br-:Jnzey, botryoidal mass covering massive Chalcopyrite. 2-}xl". £4.50. 23. ~HAPMANITE. Filon de la Bassade, Massif Central, France. Very rich, light yellowIsh green mass intergrown with Quartz. 2-!,x2t". £4.50. 24. CHILDhENITE. George & Charlotte Mine, Nr. Tavistock, Devon. Bright, sparkling, small, very sharp light brovm crystals richly encrusting a Quartzose matrix with minor Siderite in association. 2xl-!,". £6.50, 25. CONI~HALCITE. Majuba Hill, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A. Rich, apple green, botryoida 1 crusts la nd ma ss es cover ing matrix with a little fibrous pale green MIXITE.
l-!;-x l-,l-x1 II 0 £3.25. 26. NATIVE COPI"ER. Onganja Mine, Ota\-i, S.W. 1\.frica. Specimen A An irregular plate of bright coppery red intergrown dodecohedr'al crystals mostly around 5 mm. in size with odd remnants of corroded Cuprite crystals in association. 2-!,xl~". £11; Specimen B-A ill'cmch-like elongated mass of bright, sharp, crystals, slightly curved in shape and very attractive form, 3~" in length. £9.75; Specimen C- Bright, dendritic, masses of intergrown small crystals thickly covering lustrous Cdlcite crystals. 3xl-!,". £8.75; Specimen D- An elongated branch of bright crystals similar to SpecLmen B but with slightly smaller crystals. 3" in length. £5.50. All the above specimens are from a recent find at this mine, and are excellent examples of crystalised Copper. 27. NATIVE ~OPi'ER. Copper hange !'line, KeHeenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.A. A bright, hackly, thi~k crystalised plate of interesting form. 4xl-!,". £4,50. 28. ChOCOITE. Adelaide Proprietary Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Bright, orangey red elongated crystals forming a rich intergrown mass l-!,xl" on Limonite matrix. 2txl~". £7.75. 28. CRONSTEDTITE. Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall. Small, lustrous, blackish crystals richly aggregated in cavities in crystaline Iron Pyrites. 2x2xlt:l. £3.25. 29. v~PhITE. Poldory Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. A pure, deep maroon coloured crystaline vein .section with small sharp octCllhedral crystals in cavities, and ~lith a little Quartz in association. 2~x2". £4.50. 30. CUPRITE. Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall. Specimen A- Sharp, deep red, octahedral crystals to 3 mm. in size, scattered and intergroym on cellular massive Cuprite/Quartz. 2xlt". £4.50; Specimen B- Small, brlght, octahedral crystals forming a rich intergroHn mass with Quartz. 2xl-!;-". £3.25. 31. DESCLOISITE. Berg Aukas, Otavi, S.W. Africa. A superb crystalised mass of sharp dark lustrous brown spear- shaped crystals. The ~rystals are mostly around i" in sizp and all show much parallel growth. The underside of the specimen is of a much lighter orangey brown colour. Excellent specimen for displiJY. ltix3tx2t". £22. -4- DIGENITE. Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montqna, U.S.A. Pure, bright, metallic, lustrous vein section asso~iated with very minor Iron Pyrites. 2txlt"xl" thick. £2.25. 33. DUFhENITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Choice, radiated, gree. ish spherules scattered over hard Tourmaline veinstuff. 3x2t". £2.25. 34. EPIDOTE. Baja California, Mexico. Large lustrous, olive green, sharp terminat3d crystals to 2"l in size completely encrusting all sides of massive Epidote matrix. Superb example of this mineral. 3x2~-x2t". £16.50. 35. ERYTHhITE. Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Bright mauvey-pink small, sharp, transparent crystals completely lining a :}" cavity in massive grey Skutterudite "lith odd smaller cavities lined "lith Erythriteo 2txlt"xl-t". £11. 36. FLUORITE. Frizington, West Cumberland. Translucent, light bluish purple cubic crystals mostly around 1 em. in size, thickly encrusting both sides of Siderite matrix with odd small scattered crystals of ~hal~opyrite. Unusual specimen for this location. 5x3'·. £8. 37. FLUORITE. Bere Alston, Devon. Sharp, pale creamy green octahedral crystals to 1 cm. in size completely encrusting massive Chalcedony. Some of the crystals have been slightly replaced by :::halcedony. 4x3". £6.50. 38. FLUORITE. South Crofty Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A modified pale bluish green translucent cubic crystal showing bevilled edges implanted on a cellular plate of small lustrous creamy Quartz crystals - with a portion of another Fluorite crystal sho"ling in the matrix. 2tx2" \vith the implanted FLlOrite crystal being lxl" in size. £4.50. 39. FRA CEVILLEITE. Mounana, Gabon. _ crust of bright orange intergrown aggregates of sheaf like crystals completely covering matriA. 2txlt". £27. 40. GALENA. Blackdene "'line, lendalel Co.Durham. Very bright, sharp, cube-octahedral cryst3ls to -2" in size scattered on cellular limestone matriY-. 3x3". £5. 41. GALENA Pseudomorph after yromorphite. Wheal Hope, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. An intergrown mass of dull grey crude hexagonal crystaIs, some being hollow, replaced by Go lEna. 2xlt". £2.75· 42. GOETHITE. Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Specimen A- Bright, sharp, elongated black crystals richly lining numerous cavities in fibrous radiated Goethite and Quartz. 2tx2". £4.50; Specimen B- Bright, sharp, terminated, elongated crystals scattered in and lining small cavities in Quartz/Hematite matrix. 2xlt". £2.25. 43. NATIVE GOLD. Red Jacket Mine, ~ornucopia, Oregon, U.S.A. Bright, golden, plates and small masses richly scattered on greasey uartz. 2xl". £11. 44. GROSSULAR GAhNET variety HESSONITE. Val de Gava, Piedmont, Italy. Large, sharp, bright dark brownish red crystals to t" in size lining iJ 2" long vein in massive Garnet with minor greenish plates of Clinochlore. 2tx2". £3.50. -5- HE TITE. Mt. Fibia, Ticino, Switzerland. AI cm. sized aggregate of bright pl'lty cry~t3ls of the "Iron Rose" habit implanted on a matrix of sm3l1 white crystals of .dularia Feldspar with odu small plates of Hematite. li-xl" • £6.50. 4-6. HEMATITE. Shallo\'l" "ater Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cormlall. ~hoice, lustrous, reddish, botryoidal masses thickly en rusting Amethystine Quartz on Granite. Specimen - 3tx}x2t". £2.25; SpecLnen B- 2-~x2x2". £1.25; Specimen C. - 2tx2". 75p. HEMD1ORPHITE. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Lustrous, transparent, sharp elongated tab~lar crystals to ~-" in length, thi kly encrusting Limonite matrix, with small rhombic crystals of Calcite in 'lssociation. 3x3". £4-.50, 4-8. HEMmOR nITE. Broken Hill, Zambia. Small, sharp, crystals richly scattered over a large reticulated glassy creamy coloured CEhUSSITE crystal. 2+xltxl~". £5.50. HEHIMOhPHITE. Tear Breeches Mine, lasson Hill, Derbyshire. Light, translucent, small cry~tal aggregates richly encrusting large cavities in cellular crystalised colourless Fluorite. Specimen A- 3~-x2x2". £1.25; Specimen B 2txlt". 80p. 50. HETEROGENITE. Luwis",ishi, Katanga, Zaire. Lustrous, jet bbck, botryoidal mass associated wiGh green crusts of banded Malachite. 2hH". £3.25. 51. HOPEITE. Broken Hill, Zambia. Small sharp lustrous tabular crYstals lining cavities in cellular crystaline Hopeite with minor Limonite. Spe iroen A- ltxli-". £4.50; Specimen B l-;}xl". £2 .25. 52. JOSEITE. Carrock Mine, ~11dbeck, Cumberland. Bright, metallic silvery crystal plates asso iated with lustrous grey, small, bladed, masses of Tetradymite thinly scattered in Quartz. 2xlt". £3.25. 53. LINAhITE. Broken Hill, Z:Jmbia. n intergrmm mass of small lustrous sky blue crystals, l,~x~" in size in matrix of corroded altered Galena \lith a little gbssy Cerussite and thin green crusts of Halachite. 3x2t". £5.50. 54-. LISKEA1iDITE. Marke Valley Hine, Linkinhorne, Cormlall. nich, whitish, crystaline crusts lining cavities in Chloritic veinstuff with odd spots of Chalcopyrite. Specimen 2-~x2t". £2.75; Spe imen B- ltxlt". £2.25. 55. LUDiIGITE. Brosso Mine, Turin, Italy. Choice, fibrous, blackish radiated mass with a little brassy Pyrites, white Calcite and blackish Magnetite. 3tx2". £4.50. 56. LUESHITE. Lueshe, KiVU, Zaire. Select, single, sharp blackish cubic crystals, each approximately 5 mm. in size. £5.50 each. 57. ~lliLACHITE. vopper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Interesting pure bright green botryoidal fibrous mass. 2xli". £2.25. 58. MENDIPITE. Mendip Hills, Somerset. Rich, whitish, fibrous, crystaline mass embeclded in ~early white Hydrocerussite in greyish Pyrolusite. 2tx12". £7.75. 59. MENEGHINITE. Pacific Quarry, Santa Cruz Co., California, U.S.A. Very ~ich metallic grey mass associated with Quartz and a Iittle 'dolla stonite. 3x2". £6. -6- MIMETITE variety C YLITE. Dryghyll, ;Jldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Specimen A- Lustrous, ~rangey yellow barrel sh3ped aggrega tes of c:rysms, some being of a light gr een colour, richly encrusting a cellular plate of blackish Psilomelane and Quartz. The crystal aggregates are mostly over t" in size and, in places, there is a slight overlay of small needly yellow Mimetite rystals, 4-xJ~". £9; Specimen B Lustrous, orangey brol-ln, rounded barrel shaped crystals to t" in size, thickly encrusting cellul-u Quartz. 2xlt". £4-. )0; Specimen C -. nusuGl specimen consisting of a solid, lustrous, intergrown mass of arangey Campylite, the surface showing well deuiopeo, slightly greenish, barrel shaped crystols. 2~-xl~·xl" thick. £3.2); Specimen D- As Specimen C, though with a slight overlay of yellowish crystaline Mimetite on the surface of the specimen. lixl~". £2.2). 61. Mll1ETITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Specimen A- Bright, mustard yellow, elongated cryst31s thi kly encrusting an irregularly shaped matrix of intergrown IGrge rhombic I-/hite Calcite crystGls. 3·~xl~xl", £11; Spe.::imen B Lustrous, light yellowish, elongated crystals richly encrusting creamy Calcite, 2txl-}". £6.50; Specimen C Lustrous, sharp, yellowi.sh crystals forming a rich inter grOloln cellular rna s s, 2xlt". £4-.50. 62. NEPTUNITE. Gem Mine, San Benito Co., ";alifornia, U.S .• Sharp, bright, dark reddish bJ.ack elongated terminated crystals to t" in Slze scattered on and embedded in Serpentine matrix I-lieh n inor I1hitish Natrolite, a crude 1 cm. sized bluish crystJl of Benitoite,and odd small scattered crystals of t: e l'ltter. 4-~-x2". £11. 63. OLIVENITE. ~heal Gorland, ~. DJY, Cornwall. Specimen _ Lustrous olive green crystals richly scattered through cavities in I'lhite Quar'l;z 2}x2 '1 , £3.85; Specimen B- Bright, dark olive gree~ crystals richly lining small cavities in altered Gnnite. 2xli'xl". £2.25; SpE~imen C "' As specimen B- the crystals being smaller. 3Xl~·xl".£1.65, 64-. OPAL variety "Cacholong". Slip Quarry, St. Dennis, 'Cornw,llL Milky white, rich, ccncho~dal masses a gregated in greyish Quartz. 2tx2xl". £l.6). 65. ORTHOCLil. E replace by ]