RICHiillD W. BJillSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England.
CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail orders are promptly filled and despatched on a 7-day examination basis, subject to approval. Immediate refund guaranteed on return of specimens. Please quote the name and the number of the specimen(s) required, and enclose P.O./Cheque with order. No charge is made for postage and packing, except for over seas customers and postage over 50p. We reserve the right to make slight substitutions, if necessary, unless advised to the contrary. Special requests and 'wants lists' are welcome. We hope that we may be of some service to you, and assure you of our best attention at all times. SEPTE1'1BER 1973 1. hNALCIME. Craigahullian, Portrush, Co. :Ultrim, Northern Ireland. Specimen ~ - Small, sharp, semi-transparent crystals richly encrusting Basalt matrix. 3x2fj £3; Specimen B- Large whitish glassy crystals to 1 em. in size intergrown and covering Basalt. 3x2". £2.50. 2. l~hLCIME. Magheramourne, Co.hiltrim, Northern Ireland. Very sharp clear glassy crystals lining a cavity Itx!" in Basalt. 2txli". £1.50. 3. bN~TaSE~ Bourg d'Oisans, Isere, France. Sharp, light brown dOUbly terminated crrstals up to 3 rom. in size scattered over mica-schist. 22 xl{-". £2.50. 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped" crystals lining a cavity in Quartzose gossan. 2x2". £1. 5. hNGLESITE. Parys Mine, bllglesey, N. Wales. Small well formed lustrous crystals richly scattered over limonitic gossan matrix. an interesting specimen from the type location. 3xlt'l. £2. 6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated and scattered in and on Gilbertite mica. 2txltxlt". £1. 50. 7. iU'a.TITE variety FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely lined with small sharp transparent crystals. 3xlt'l. £3. 8. ~OPHYLLITE. Catcairn Hill, Dundrod, Nr. Belfast, N. Ireland. Superb groups of intergrown sem}transparent sharp blocky crystals - with individuals up to t" on edge. Five specimens are offered, mostly around lxl" in size; 75p each. 9. JillGENTITE. Freiburg, Saxony, Germany. Bright, metallic grey cubic crystals to t" in ~ize intergrown on Siderite matrix, with minor small crystals of Sphalerite. ltxl". £6. 10. N~TIVE JillSENIC. Jachymov, Bohemia, C.S.S.R. Pure grey metallic rna ss with traces of reddish Proustiteo 2xlt". £1.50. -2- hZURITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. africa. Fine, well formed and terminated semi-transparent blue crystals to t" in size intergrO\offi and scattered on Sulphidic matrix. 3x2t". £8. 12. BaYLDONITE. Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall. Superb crust of well formed rhombic micro-crystals on quartz. 2x2". £4. 13.BERTHIERITE. Braunsdorf, saxony, Germany. Rich metallic grey radiated mass with minor uartz and Pyrite. hn old label, \oTI'i tten in German, accompanies this specimen. l~xlt". £3. 14. BERYL v~riety EMEP~LD. Habachtal, Salzburg, ~ustria. Semi transparent, sharp green hexagonal crystals 5 rom. in size embedded in black mica-schist. 2tx2". £4. 15. BERZELlhNITE. Bukov, Moravia, C.S.S.R. Specimen ~ - Pure tarnished metallic m3SS with very minor Calcite. 2xli" , £7; Specimen B- Fine tarnis~ed metallic mass Itxl~" on Calcite matrix 2x2", £6. 16. BET~-UR~NOP~iNE. Margnac, Haute-Vienne, France. Well formed and terminated yellowish micro crystals richly encrusting Hematised Uraniferous Granite. 3x2". £2.50. 17. N."TIVE BISMUTH. Jachymov, Bohemia, C.S.S.R. Specimen i. Rich metallic masses intergrown with minor greyish Skutterudite. 2tx2t", £2; Specimen B- Rich granular mass with minor Skutterudite. 2xlt". £1.75. 18. BISMUTHINITE. Kingsgate, N.S.Wales, hustralia. Very rich divergent crystaline mass with minor Quartz and yellowish Bismutite. hn old label accompanies this specimen. 3x2". £8. 19. BOORNONITE. Herodsfoot tHne, Lanreath, Corm.,ral1. Large bright metallic grey crystals and crystal sections intergrown with minor Galena on a crust of bright Quartz crystals on Quartz/Slate matrix. 3tx2t". £6. 20. BRITHOLITE. Deux Montagnes Co., Nr. Oka Quebec, Canada. Pure resinous clove brovm mass Itxl~".1 £1. 21. CARROLLITE. Kambove, Katanga, Zaire. Small,. sharp, greyish octahedral crystals embedded in Dolomite matrix. The Dolomite has been partiallr leached to expose the Carrollite crystals. Itxl..". £5. 22. C'I.SSITERITE. Killifreth Mine, Chacewater, Corm.,rall. Bright sharp blackish crystals intergrovm and covering Slaty matrix ':lith minor Quartz in association. 2xlt". £4.
23. C,,,SSITERITE. Poldice Mine, Gvrennap, Corm'all. b. crust of intergro\om bro\offiish black crystals implanted on Gilbertite mica on iron stained Slate. 3tx4". £4.50. 24. CuSSITERITE. Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Cornwall. Superb, sharp, t\'linned blackish crystals mostly around t" in size, intergrown with minor Gilbertite mica on Slate. 2';-x2". £8. 25. ChSSITERITE. St. Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. Brilliant, sharp, black twinned crystals with minor Muscovite mica on greisen. Itxl". £3. 26. CaSSITERITE variety WOOD TIN. Garth Mine, Buryas Bridge, Sancreed, Corn\.,rall. Specimen a - Thin bands of chocolate brovm Cassiterite surrounding sections of Quartz crystals embedded in pink Feldspar/Quartz matrix. 2xl-~". £2.50; Specimen B- Similar to above, though not quite so rich, and \'lith minor Chlorite and Hematite. 2xl{-". £1.50. -3- CERUSSITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. ~frica. Sharp, well formed, seoi-transparent whitish blinned crystal, Itxl" in size. £4.
CERUSSITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. ~frica. Fine, glassy, semi transparent bladed crystals to i" in Sl.ze intergrown on massive Cerussite. 2~x2". £6.
29. C~ZITE. Bruslee, Nr. Belfast, N. Ireland. Specimen ft Large vesicular cavities in Basalt lined with small sharp clear crystals, with minor Gyrolite in association. 2~xlt", £1.25; Specimen B- b. l~xt" cavity lined \oIith sharp small crystals and with minor Gyrolite. 2~xl~, £1; Specimen C- small cavities lined with small sharp crystals. 2x2", 6Op. 30. CHllLCOPYRITE. Dreislar, Sauerland, Germany. Sharp, bright, sphenoidal crystals, some attractively tarnished, richly scattered over crested Baryte matrix. 3~x2". £4-. 31. CHllLCOSIDERITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. ~ Itxt" druse in Limonitic Quartz gossan lined with bright green crystal aggregates. 2xl". £3.
CHRYSOCOLLh. vfueal Gorland, St. Day, Corn\~ll. Green masses and veinlets in leached Quartzose matrix, with minor spots of Chalcopyrite, and a cavity in which the Chrysocolla has re~laced small hexagonal crystals of Chalcophyllite. 14xl~". 75p. 33· CINNABaR. Idria. Jugoslavia. Small, bright red crystals, lining cavities in massive Cinnabar on QUJrtzite matrix. 3Xl~". £4.50. CORNETITE. Mine de 11 Etoile, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Zaire. A superb large specimen of buff-coloured mudstone matrix completely covered in large crystal aggregates and crystals of Cornetite. ftn extremely large and rich specimen for this mineral. 4x3~1l. £20. 35. CQRONb.DITE. Dryghyll, ~ldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Grey metallic crusts on crystalised Campylite and Psilomelane on Quartz. 3Xl~". 75p. 36. CROCOITE. Dunda s, Tasmania, ~ustralia. Specimen ".. - Bright orange red thick elongated crystals richly intergrown with minor Limonite, l~xlt"xlt", £15; Specimen B- 1>. superb intergrown mass of bright red thick elongated crystals, "lith only very minor Limonite. Ibltxl~ll. £16; Specimen C- Excellent bright red crystals intergro\ifn and forming an interlocking mass with minor Limonite matrix. l~-xl~ll. £15. These three specimens 3.re all excellent examples of Crocoite, all are of good colour and are well crystalised. 37. CUPRITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Rich deep red mass, with odd small crystals in cavities, associated with bright green radiated masses of Malachite. 2txlt". £2.50. ]8. CUPRITE. Countybridge Quarry, Goonhilly Downs, Lizard, Cornwall. Deep red massive vein section with greenish Chrysocolla and minor Serpentine. 2xl+"xt". 50p. 39. CUPRITE. Poldory Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Rich deep red octahedral crystals completely encrusting both sides of a large convoluted sheet of NJtive Copper, with minor Slate in associ3tion. 6x3x!". £12. -4-- CUPRITE variety v%.ICOTRICHITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Fine, needly, red crystals interlaced 3nd filling cavities in Quartzose m3trix, with odd spots of Native Copper. 2xlt". £3. 4-1, CLiliOTRICHITE. Grandview Mine, Grond Canyon, rlrizona, U.S.rl. Specimen A- Fine sky-blue needly silky crystal aggregates richly encrusting and filling cavities in matrix, with minor ll.zurite in association. 2tx2{-", £6; Specimen B Rich, silky, crystal aggregates on and in matrix with minor i~zurite. I-txl". £2. 4-2. DANBURITE. Mine La Bufa, Charcas, san Luis Potosi, Mexico. Large, well terminated, intergrO\·m glassy crystals If' in size, encrusted with sparkling drusy Quartz. lixlor". £4-. DESCLOISITE. Berg Aukas, Otavi, S.W. hfrica. Unusual light orangey-brown skeletal crystals intergrown and forming aggregates like fir-trees in appearance. 2txlt". £4-. 4-4-. DIOPTaSE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Fine, emerald greeu, sharply formed crystals lining cavities in silicified Dolomite matrix, "lith minor drusy Calcite. 4--~x2xl". £12. DIOPTaSE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. africa. Large, sharp deep green crystals to 1 cm. in size intergro"m with greenish botryoidal Malachite and minor Calcite in a Itxl" ;::avity in a matrix of reddish henatite and light blue PkNCHEITE. 2xlt". £10. 4-6. EPIDOTE. Pinos Altos, Baja California, Mexico. Fine, deep olive green, vlell terminated cryst::!ls to til in size, intergrovm and covering a massive Epidote matrix. Large crystals of Epidote as well formed as these are rare. 3tx2t". £15. ERYTHRITE. Wherry Mine, Penzance, Cornvrell. Light pink crystaline coatings on massive Chlorite matrix with minor Cassiterite. 2tx2txlt". £2. 4-8. EUDIaLYTE. Norra Karl', Orebro, Sweden. Specimen h - Superb deep pink crystaline m3sses to i" ill size embedded in Katapleeite Syenite with minor Calcite. JU". £4-; Specimen B- Deep pink masses scattered through Katapleei~ Syenite. 3x2". £1; Specimen C- hs 3pecimen B 2xlt".50p.
FLUORITE. Pell Mine, St. ngnes, Cornwall. A specimen of the rare "24--faced" hoppered crystals, consisting of light purple crystals intergrown and scattered over Chlorite on Slate matrix. 3tx2t". £4-. 50. GaDOLINITE. ytterby, Stockholm, Sweden. A well formed sharp, blackish crystal \'Iith minor pinkish Feldspar. Itxl:>".1 £1, 50.
GHLEN1~. Iron County, Missouri, U.S.A. 1. very fine large, l bright, sharp single crystal vlith face edges 12 " in size sitting on a matrix of crystaline Galena and Marcasite. h very good display specimen. 3x2". £10. ~LENh. Blackdene Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham. Brilliant, sharp, cubic crystals to til in size, intergrown Dnd scattered over drusy Calcite and Limestone matrix. Specimen A- 2tx2t". £6; Specimen B- 3xlt". £4-; Specimen C- intergrown group of crystals, 2xlt". £3; Specimen D-A half inch modified single crystal emplanted on matrix 2txlt". £1.50. These specimens are freshly mined and very attractive. -5-
GRRNET variety HESSONITE. Val di Gava, Piedmont, Italy. Bright sparkling well formed and sharp reddish brown crystals with minor Chlorite encrusting massive Garnet matrlx. 2txl~". £It. 54. GaRNET variety HESSONITE. hla Valley, Piedmont, Italy. Light orangey coloured crystals intergrown with well formed small greenish crystals of DIOPSIDE on matrix. l-~xl~". £1. 55. GMELINITE. Magheramourne, Co. ~trim, N. Ireland. Sharp, pale salmon coloured crystals to 1 cm. in size scattered richly in cavities in Basalt. Specimen ... - 3tx2". £2; Specimen B- 2~xl~". £1.50; SpecirJen C- 2txlt", with an exce~tionally large Gmelinite crystal, £1.25; Specimen D 1~x12"' £1. 56. GOETHITE. Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. Bright well formed needly crystals implanted on crystaline Quartz on radiated Goethite matrix. 2xl". 75p. 57. GOLD. Red Jacket Mine, Cornucopia, Oregon, U.S.J>. Bright flakes and small masses disseminated through a dark schistose rock I-lith minor Sphalerite. 2~xl~". £3. 58. GOLD. Spanish Peak Mine, La Veta, Colorado, U.S.d. Bright thin flakes scattered on Limonitic Slaty matrix. 2xl". £2. 59. GOLD. Nagyag, Transylvania. Small, bright, crystaline masses in small cavities in Quartz/Porphry matriX, with odd specks of Sphalerite in association. an old label accompanies this speciQen. l~xlt". £3. 60. GYROLITE. Catcairn Hill, Dundrod, Nr. Belfast, N. Ireland. Whitish platy crystal masses implanted and scattered on crystaline THOMSONITE with odd 1 cm. sized sharp crystals of LJ'OPHYLLITE, lining a large cavity in Ba sa 1t. 2x3". £1. 50. 61. ~US~.NNITE. Langban, Wermland, Sweden. Small, blackish, crystals scattered through Calcite/Hematite matrix with minor brownish l.funganophyllite. 2xl". 75p.
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LEVYNE. Magheramourne, Co. 'illtrim, N. Ireland. Small bright sharp tan coloured crystals lining cavities in Basalt. Specimen no - 2txli". £1.50; Specimen B- 2txl1-". £1. LUDWIGITE. Brosso Mine, Turin, Italy. Rich black fibrous mass with minor metallic grey Nagnetite. Specimen ,. 3x2t". £4-; Specimm B- ltxltxlt". £2. 70. ~~GNESITE variety MESITITE. Taberg, Smaland Sweden. Whitish, lenticular crystals lining a cavity 2xLr"1 in a vein section of massive Nagnesite and slate matrix. 4-x2t". £3. 71. ~.GNETOPLUMBITE. Langban, Wermland, Sweden. Rich, blackish magnetic mass with minor brownish ~.NGnoNOPHYLLITE. Specimen 1. - 3tx2t". £3; Specimen B- lixlt". 75p. 72. MESOLITE. Craigahullian, Portrush, Co. il.ntrim, N. Ireland. Whitish, needly crystal aggregates scattered on small clear analcime crystals in cavities in Basalt. Specimen b.. - 2xlt". £1; Specimen B- 2xl+". 75p; Sp ecimen C- 2xli". 75p. 73. MILLERITE. Potgieterstrust, Transvaal, S. Africa. Very rich bronze coloured radiated massesthickly covering Calcite matrix. 3x2t". £6. 74-. MIMETITE variety C,~NPYLITE. Dryghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Large, til sized orangey crystal aggregates scattered on black Psilomelane and Quartz matrix. l!xl". £4-.
75. N"TROLITE. Nagheramourne, Co. ,mtrim, N. Ireland. Specimen b. Fine white radiated needly crystals lining large cavities in a veinlet of fibrous Natrolite in Basalt. 3x2t". £1. 50; Specimen B- Fibrous, radiated, vein section with needly crystals covering its surface. 3xl-}". £1. 76. NEPTUNITE. Gem Nine, San Benito Co., California, U.S.b... Large blackish sharp well terminated crystals,to 1 ern. in size, embedded in Natrolite matrix. ltxl". £5.
77. OLIV&~ITE. Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall. Superb, bright sharp greenish crystals completely encrusting and lining many cavities in Quartzose gossan matrix. b..n excellent "old time" specimen. 4-x2+". £15. 78. P,illATAC,>1lITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cormval1. Rich crust of emerald green micro crystals on Hematised slate matrix. 2xl-}". £4-.
79. PH."R~':;OGIDERITE. Wheal Gorland, st. Day, Cornwall. Small, bright, green cubic crystals lining small cavities in Quartz matrix. 2xl-,l-". £2. 80. PITCHBLENDE. Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany. Lustrous black masses with thin crusts of crystaline yellowish Uranium secondaries in reddish Quartz matrix. hn old German labEl accompanies this specimen. l!xl". £1.50. 81. PROUSTITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Small, sharp, deep red crystals lining small cavities in grey shelly Native norsenic. ltxl-}xl". £4-. 82. PYRITE. South Crofty Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Bright crystalised rounded masses on Quartzose matrix. i.n interesting and unusual shaped specimen. 2ixl!xl!". £4-. 8 3. I/U,illTZ. Florence Mine, !'lillom, 1,~est Cumberland. Bright, sharp, smoky doubly terminated crystals intergrown and c~mpletely encrusting a Hematite matrix with minor Specularite. 4-·h:3". £5. -7- RENIERITE. Mine Prince Leopold, Klpushi, Shnba, Zaire:. Rich, bronzy coloured tarnished metallic 03S es inter~rown with irridescent Bornite ane: oc.d spots of Sphn leri teo 3x2xlt". £10. SCORODITE. Hemcraon Bal, Plympton, Devon. Finc light green to bluish well formed crystals lining nvities an' scattered on greisen ~ntl' ix. Sp c1 en L>. - 4- x 2t '. Very rich in Scorodite. £3; Sp e~ir.Jen B- 2xl;r". £1. 86. N.~TIVE SILVEIi.. Gowganda, Ont3rio, Cnnada. ,. bright sheet of Silver Itxl" lying on Dolerite matrix with Dinor flecks of 'ltive Silver. 2tx2". £8. 87. SM..LTITE. Bieb r, Hesse, Germany. -et311ic, silvery ~rey, cubo-octahedrol crystals to 5 mm. in size, richly intcr:;roln and partiJlly embeGded in QU3rtz matrix. l~xlxt". £4-. 88. SMITHSO, ITE. Tsumcb, Otavi, S.W. africa. Sharp, creaDy colourc well formed rhombic crystals tv t" in size, intergrown and covering a r.tass1ve S· ithsonite matrix. 2tx2". £5. 89. SPHn.LERITE. Red Skin Mine, Oklaho!llD., U.S.,. Two extreoely large, well formed blackish crystals I-lith 2" faGe edges implanted on a matrix of crystalised pinkish Dolonite, which is encrusted l'lith sharp, sphenoidal, crystals of Cha lcopyrite. 4-tx2tx2t" high. £12. 90. SPHENE. Capelinh3, Minas Gerais, Brazil. lorge seoi- transparent bright olive green crystal over t" in size, sitting on a mDtrix of sm311er Sphene crystals on massive Sphene. 3xlt". £6. 91. STIBNITE. Felsob3nya, Rumania. an excellent brouP of thick grey, well formed and perfectly terminated crystals numerous crystals radiating out from centres to form a "hedgehog" shaped specimen. 2·.~xlt, with individual crystals to nearly 1" in length. £22.
92. STIBNITE. Felsobanya, Rumania. A bright grey mass of inter gro"m thin crystals, many well terminated, and with individual rods up to 2" in length forminb a bood shaped and fine specimen. 3x2'!x11·". £20. 93. SYLVANITE. Nagyag, Transylvania. Silvery tarnished, nee ly, crystals embedded in Quartz on a reddish matrix. 2x2". £5. 94-. TaRBUTTITE. Broken Hill, ~3mbia, Fine, bri~ht, perfect glassy crystals, richly encrusting and lining cavities in cellular Limonitic gossan. Specimen .. - 2tx2x2". Very rich in Tarbuttite. £15; Speci.men B- 3x2". £10; Specimen C- 2xlt". £6; Specimen D- 3xlt". £6. These are good examples of this now very rare mineral. 95. TETR..DYNITE. Canock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Metallic grey, bladed masses, with bri:;ht plates of Joseite richly embedded in Quartz. 2xl". £2.
96. TEI'RHEDRITE. Herodsfoot Hine, Lanreath, Corm-r.lll. Specimen ll Large intergrown sharp t" crystals coate I~ith Chalcopyrite and associated with minor uartz. lx~". £5; Specinen B sharp crystals to t" in size o3ted "lith Chalcopyrite and inteq;rown with minor GalGna on uartz !llD.trix. 2xl~". £3; Specimen C- Sharp perfect t" crystals coate with Chalcopyrite and associated with Galena, b:l". £3; Specimen D- Small sharp crystals coated with Ch31copyrite and intergro,m on Quartz. Itxl". £2. -8-
THOMSONITE. Magheramourne, Co •••ntrim, N. Ireland. Specimen u - sparkling crusts of ne€dly crystJls lining lar~e ?aviti~s in Basalt. ~x2t". £l~25; Specimen B a 12x12" caVl ty encrusted \111 th sparkllng Thomsonite crystals in Basalt matrix 3x2~. £1. 98. TOPaZ. st. Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. Specim6n.J. Sharp well formed glassy crystals in a cavity in Quartz and greisen Glatrix. 2x2". £2; Specimen B- Sharp milky crystals in a sGlall cavity with minor Quartz on greisen. Itxl". 75p. 99. TRIPLITE. Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. Pure, clove brown, mass \~ith minor Quartz and Muscovite Mica. Itxl~-". 75p. 100. V&NADINITE. Mibladen, Nr. Midelt, ~tlas Mountains, Morocco. Bright, lustrous, orangey red, elongated hexagonal crystals to t" in length, richly encrusting a buff coloured Dolomite matrix. 2tx2". £8. 101. WAVELLITE. High DOvID Quarry, Filleigh, Barnstaple, Devon. Specimen ~ - Large radiated masses with a botryoidal surface intergrown and covering joints in a blackish Slate matrix. 3x2-}xlt". £1.50; Specimen B- Rich radiat6d rounded aggregates richly encrustlng and lining joints in Slate. 2xl·~-". 75p. 102. WITHERITE. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Bright, sharp, intergrown mass of creamy coloured pseudo hexagonal crystals up to til on face edge. 2xltxl~". £5. 103. WOLFRhMITE. St. Michaels Mount, Marazion, Cornwall. Specimen A Very rich, black, bladed, divergent masses in Quartz with minor J>.patite and Muscovite Mica. ltix2txlt". £3; Specimen B- Rich black blades scattered through Quartz "lith minor Muscovite Mica. 3tx2t". £1. 50.
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