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JDLY 1974 1. ADULARIA. Schonblick, Tyrol, Austria. Specimen A- Sharp, semi-transparent crystals to til in size richly encrusting Granitic matrix with odd scattered crystals of olive green Epidote, creamy coloured Sphenes and plates of Chlorite. 4x3". £6; Specimen B-A large glassy white single twinned crystal with minor smaller crystals in association, sharp and vlell formed. lxl". £1.25. 2. A~~DINE. Zillertal, Salzburg, Austria. Large deep red sharp crystals to i" in size, scattered on,and partially embedded in, Chlorite Schist. Choice display specimen. 4h2xli". £7. 3. ANGLESITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Long, spear-like, creamy coloured crystals to i" in length intergrown and partially protruding from a QuartzlBarytes matrix. 2tx2". £5. 4. ANHYDBITE. Rhokana, Zambia. Select, lavender coloured, pure cleavage mass with minor plates of brown Biotite in ll association. 2txltxl • 75p. 5. APATITE variety FRAN~OLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Choice, small, sharp transparent crystals richly lining cavities in and scattered on white Quartz veinstuff. an old F.H. Butler label accompanies this specimen. 2tx2txlt". £4. 6. NATIVE ARSENIC. Jachymov, Bohemia, C.S.S.F\. Solid, pure, blackish grey, metallic mass with odd small bright red crystals of PF\OUSTITE. 3x2t~. £6. 7. ARSENIOPLEITE. Sjogruva, Sweden. Salmon red rich masses intergrown and embedded in Bio~ite Hornfels. Specimen ~ 2tx2". £3; Sp ecimen B- 2xlt". £2. -2- 8. AURIc~LCITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Very rich turquoise needly crystals thickly encrusting large cavities in Limonitic Gossan with whitish Calcite in association. Superb specimen for display. 4ix4". £12. AXINITE. Obira Mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Lustrous, sharp, clove bro~m crystaIs, mostly around t" in size, thickly intergro~m and encrusting massive Axinite matrix. Excellent crystalised example of this mineral. 3x2tx2". £20. 10. AZURITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. africa. Specimen A- Choice group of well terminated thick, sharp, deep blue crystals, to t" in length implanted on a matrix of grey Chalcocite. ltxl". £10; Specimen B- Bright, deep blue, small sharp intergrO\1U crystals encrusting matrix with minor Cerussite in association. 3x2". £8. 11. BARYTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nr. ,;lston Cumberland. Intergro~m group of large white bladed crystals completely covering Limestone matrix. 2xlt'l • £3. 12. BAUMHAUERITE. Lengenbach Quarry, Binnental, Switzerland. Rich, metallic grey masses aggregated in white granular Dolomite with minor Pyrite in association. lxlt". £5. 13. BERYL. Tongafeno, Madagascar. Choice, well terminated, semi transparent, sharp hexagonal lime green crystal. It" long x It" wide. £6.50. 14. BIS~lliTHINITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tyv~rdreath, Cornwall. Thick, metallic lead grey, elongated needly crystals implanted in cavities in Chalcopyrite/Quartz matrix. 2txlt". £5. 15. BLOMSTRANDINE. Dauren, Iveland, Norway. A crude, resinous brown, single crystaL Itxl". £2. 16. BREWSTERITE. Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Superb, transparent, sharp crystals, thickly encrusting Gneiss matrix. Specimen A- 3tx3"x2t". £7; Specimen B- 2b2". £3. 17. BROCHliliTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico. Bright, emerald green needly crystals richly aggregated on and in cavities in Limonitic gossan. 2xlt". £2. 18. BUSTAMITE. B.R. Quarry, Meldon, Nr. Okehampton, Devon. Fine, pure, divergent light brown crystaline masses with very minor bronzey Pyrrhotite in association. Specimen J!. - 2ixlt". £2; Specimen B- 2xlt". £1.
19. CAL~ITE. st. JUldreasberg, Harz, Germany. Semi-transparent, zoned, creamy coloured platy hexagonal crystals to t" in size, richly intergrown on cellular Quartz/Calcite veinstuff with odd sMall masses of Galena. Classic old sample. 3tx3tll £5. 20. CALCITE. Bigrigg, West Cumberland. dn excellent, perfect, ~Iell terminated, complex single crystal water cle1;lr towards its termination grading to a milky colour at its base. Crystal is l~-" long x~-" across the axis. £2. -3- 21. CASSITERITE. Mulberry Mine, Lanivet, Cornwall. Lustrous, sharp, blackish broWl crystals to II in size, thickly encrusting a Tourmalinised Slate matrix. Jb:2". £4.50.
22. C~SSITERITE. vfucal Kitty, St. hgn€S, Cornwall. Small, sharp, black lustrous twinned crystals completely en rusting Slate matrix. 2xlt"o £3. 23. CI.SSITERITE. Llallagua, P01;osi, Bolivia. hn intergrown group of large sharp black tetragonal crystals on a base of pure massive Cassiterite. Largcst .::rystals are ttl on edge. 2xltxlt". £5. 24. CELESTITE. Girgenti, Sicily, Italy. Very choice, lustrous, translucent to nilky vlhite clusters of terminated crystals in paraIel growth thickly encrusting matrix with minor yellow Native Sulphur in association. Excellent example of this nineral, with most of the crystals being over i" in length. lttx5t". £15. •
25. CERUSSITE. Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire. lL nass of lustrous gl~ssy intergrown crystals with minor Limonite. Crystals show much parallel grovlth and range up to II in size. Itxl;~". £1.75. 26. CIfuLCEDONY. Wheal Mary ,L'1n, Menheniot, CornwJll. Large, inter grown octahedral crystals of Fl~orite completely replaced by vlhite Cholcedon:t on Chalcedonic Quartz natrix. Cryst3ls are up to 1 co. on face edge, and this is ~ goo example of this interestin pseudol:lOrph. 2tx2". £1.25. 27. Clli.LCOCITE. Dolcoath line, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich, metallic grey intergrown platy crystals partially altered to Bornite on Quartz/Chalcopyrite matrix, with a later partial encrustaticn of small drusy Chalcocite crystals. 4--~x2t". £10. 28. CHhLCO?YRITE. South hoskear Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Large, sha rp, bra s sy complex cryst3ls scattered in large cavities of cellular drusy Quartz with minor Chlorite in association. 2tx2x2". £6. 29. CHALCOPYRITE. Dreislar, Sauerland, Germany. Choice, very bright, complex crystals, some with a slight irridescence, and varying in size up to 5 ~. richly scattered over snow-white lenticular Barytes crystals. Very attractive specimens. Specimen,~ - 4--~x2t". £6; Specimen B- 3x2". £4-; Specimen C- 2txlt". £2; Specimen D- l!i-x2". £1.50. 30. CHALCOPYRITE variety BLISTER COPPER. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Dark, bronze coloured botryoidal mass of unusual shape and form the individual botryoids being strongly pronounced. 2xl,,-".i £2.25. 31. CHALCOSIDERITE. Phoenix Mine, Lirucinhorne, Cornwall. Very rich, dark olive green small crystals completely encrusting cellular Quartz/Limonite matrix. 4-x2:t". £8. 32. CHILDRENITE. Crinnis Mine, st. ,.ustell, Cornwall. Small, lustrous, sharp well formed crystals of a light coffee brown colour encrusting Quartz/Sl:3te matrix. 2txl~-". £5. -4--
33. CHRYSOBEltYL. Collintina , Espirito Santo, Brazil. .• single, complexly twinned sharp pale lime green crystal of good form, and partially transparen~. Crystal is a9proximately 15 mID. in size. £16. CHRYS0~OLLn. Kakontwe, K~tanga, ~1ire. Spe imen - Brillian~ turquoise blue CJncentri botryoi al mass partially overlain and interbanQed \- ith ereen , slii;htly botryoidal, 11alachite. Very cJlvurful specit:len. 3~2txl~". £6; Specimen B- InteL'b3r,ded, brilliant turquoise blue Chrysocolla with li.;ht green 1i:J13chite :md fragments of bro\mis veinstone ~Ti.th :I t" c3vity lL'1ed wit bright green, small sharp, ~alacnite rystnls. L;·x2". £3.
35· COB"LTITE. Hakansbo, Vnst~nland, \o!eden. Sharp, tin-white, modified single crystals partially embedded in bronzey Pyrrhotite matrix. 8pec'.men a - I-btrix Itxlt" with a 5 mm. crysta1. £3; Specir.:en B- Ma trix l'~'xl" ~Tith a 4- mm. rystal. £2.
36. CONICILLCITE. Najuba Hill, elshir.g C'J., Nevada, U.S •.•• Light green botryoiual crusts richly covering irony gossan matrix \o!ith minor velvet·· netdly areas Jf pale green MIXITE in association. Hxl·}". £3.
37. NATIVE COPPER. l:Jheal Virr;in, Gwenl ap, Corm-JaIl. u. reddish, hackly, crystalised mass ~Iivh mi or fragments of \o!hitish vein quartz. 3x2":,}" thiele, £'+. 38. N"TIVE COP ER. Fowey CJnsols Mine, Ty\·rardreath, Cornwall. Metallic, coppery, crystaline veinlets and masses richly tr~ve~sing and impre nating a dense Quartz/Lionite matrix. 2x2xH". £1.25. 39. NdTIVE COPPER. Copper Falls Mi e, Keweenaw Pen., Michigan, U.S.n.. r'- -ery ~hoi;;e di'.-ergent hackly m3SS of dark metallic copper as.::').::iJ~ed ,-'ith so!:'e small wi itish CaJcite crystals. Very fine shape and form. 3tx2". £8. 4-0. COVELLITE. Hen 4-6. EPIDOTE. Prince of Willes Island, Alaska, U.S.i~. Specimen 1;. L::Jng, dark oli\1e green, thick terminated crystals to til in size richly scattered and intergrown with slender terminated Quartz crystals on granular Epidote matrix. 3tx2t". £6; Specimen B- ,ill intergrovm mass of lustr::Jus deep olive green thick terminated crystals. 2xlt". £3. 4-7. EDXENITE. Stolpemyn, Iveland, Norway. 1. pure, resinous, pitch brmID mass vlith very minor Feldspar. Extremely rich specimen of this Rare Earth mineral. 3x5'''. £6. 4-8. FLUORITE. Hisquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. ,i roup of three large semi-transparent light puxple crystals, with faces slightly over 1" on edge and sh:l\Ying interesting bevelling and etch patterns on their faces. The crystals are associated with a little Limonitic matrix. 3x2". £5'. 4-9. GhDOLINITE. Dauren, Iveland, No)~way. Rich, dark black, cryst31iIle mass with a littJ.e resinous dark brovm BLOMSTR"NDINE and cdd specks of '.Ihitish TENGThITE in associaticm. 3xlt". £4-. 5'0. GhLENA. Weardale, Co, :Jurham, Bright, sharp, cube-octahedral crystals with a vHry high lustre, and up t::J 1 cm. in size, richly inte~grovm and scattered on a matrix of small transparent delicata purple Fluorite crystals. Specimen ~ 4-x2". £4-; SpeciPlen B- 3xlt". £3. 5'1. GhLEfu.. Treburgett Mine, St, Teath, Cornwall. h pure, metallic, lead grey crystaline cleavage mass with one side encrust.ed with a crGa~y yellow alteration product. Interesting rich ore sam le from this now derelict mine. 3tx4-xlt". £2. 5'2. GOLD. BogJslovsk, Ural Mts., Russj.a. Bright, metallic, golden flakes and specks richly aggregated in Quartz/Limonite matrix with odd specks of NaI:xhite. txt". £4-. 53. GOLD. Grass Valley, California, U .S.h. Rich specks and small masses scattered on and in mill:y ,.hite Quartz. txt". £4-. 54-. GOLD. Goodnews BaY 1.1a ska, U. S "" i~ select via tel' worn nuggetty mass l2" !.n sizea £6. 5'5. HnRM1 LEPIDOLITE. Minas Gerais, Brazil. Specimen ~ - Small, sharp, lavender coloured hexag)nal crystals thickly aggregated on a white crystaline mass of Cleavelandite. Crystals are approximately 4- mm. in size and cover an area lxl" on matrix 2tx2", £3; Specimen B- Sharp, hexag~nal, crystal sections partially embedded in white Cleavelandite with gemmy pink and pale green T)urmaline crystals in association. 2xl". £1. 50. 64. LIBETHENITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinh)rne, C·)rnwal1. Small, sharp, dark olive green crystals scattered on and in cavities in dense Quartz/T)urmaline velnstuff. Specimen ~ 3x2". £1.50; Specimen B- 2xlt". 50p. 65, LINnRITE. Leadhills, Lanarkshire. Lustr~us, sky-blue, small crystals and ~rystal masses richly intergrown with glassy Cerussite and a little light blue CALEDONITE on a Quartzose matrix. 2xlt". £4. 66. MAGNETITE. Haytor Iron Mine, Hay tor Vale, Devon. Bright, sharp, black octahedral crystals richly encrusting massive Magnetite/Hastingsite. 2xl". £1. 67. M.,I.;~CHITE. Jadotville, Katanga, Zaire. Light green, lustrous, b)tryoidal masses thickly encrusting Quartzose veinstuff Hith minor blackish HETEhOGENITE in association. 5xlt". £3. 68. MA~CHITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Rich, fibrous, green masses thickly intergrown with granular quartz, a little blackish Chalcocite and kaolinised Granite03t-x2".£2. -7- ~Y_ITE. MeldJn, Devon. Rich, waxy yellow, oasses inter gro\-ffi ",ith Pyrite, Sphalerite and vlallastonite. FluJresces a bri ht lightish green colJur under shJrt wave U/V. 2tx2". £4. 70. MJ.NGhNITE. Kilo ~ oto f\egiJn, Katanga, Zaire. Shining black, drusy crystals thickly lining large cavities in massive Manganite. Specinen _, - 2xl-txl". £2; Specimen B Itxlt". £10 71. MIMETITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.• rtfrica. ChJice lustrous, lemon yell::Jw, elJno;;ated hGxagJnal crystals richly scattered Jver both sides of a fragment Jf uartz. I-txlt". £4. 72. MIME~ITE. San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Unusual bright yellow rounded crystal aggregates richly encrusting Limanitic GOSSCln. Specimen '" - }xIxl". £4; Speci:nen B- Itx2". £3; Specimen C-. I-txl". £1. 50 • 73. OLIVENITE. Ilheal Unity, Gwennap, Corm~all. Sharp, lustrJus, ollve green crystals tJ 4 urn. in length, richly lining cavities and joints in Quartz/Slate matrix. 2tx2t". £4.50. 74. ORTHO~LHSE. HensbarrJw Jor, St. rtustell, Cormlall. _, gr JUp of large intergrJ"ill tab~lar crystals partially altered to white KaJlinite, sharp and "Iell fJrCled. 2-tx2". £2. 75. OWYHEEITE. Keyser Tunnel, MJrey, Nye Co., Nevada, U.S.h. icro, lead grey, needly crystals richly aggregated in small cavities \~ith IrJn Pyrites on pJrphory. 2txlt". £2. 76. PSEUDOK~L'CHITE. Kambove, Katanga, zaire. Superb, deep green, velvety fibrous botryoidal mass with minor fragments of br'Jwnish il.rkase. 3tx2txl-t". £10. 77. PYRITES. Wheal Fortune, Gwennap, Carnwall. Small, bright, O~T.iliEDhHL crrstals ricb~y encrusting a cellular QuartzJse veinst.:me. 32X2txl~-". £4. 78. PYROMORPHITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Carnwall. Fine, light green hexagonal crystals thickly encrusting GJssan matrix. 3tx2 ". £5. 79. PYROMORPHITE. Wheal hlfred, Phillack, Cornwall. Bright, yellawy green, sharp hexagonal crystals richly encrusting cellular Quartz. Ch Jice Jld time specimen. 2txl-t". £5. 80. YROMORPHITE. Broken Hill, Zambia. Small, light green, needly crystals, richly scattered over both sides of cellular Lir.nnitic GJssan. 3txlt". £2.50. 81. QU,~TZ. CJlcerrJw Quarry, Luxulyan, CJrnwall. n very interesting and unusual specimen frJm il Pegmatite vein consisting ::Jf three l::Jng hexagonill terminated Quartz crystills varying frJm 1" - It" in length, clear at theit.lterminatiJns, and sitting on ill matrix Jf c01rsely crystalised creamy OrthJclase, which is encrusted with aggregates of golden GILBEF.TITE MICh. The Orth'Jclase is very well crystalised in one place and has fJrmed a 2 '1 sh:1rp flat terminated crystal. There are als) odd small pale blue ,J'!>.TITE crystals scattered on the matrix. 5tx3tx2t. £10. -8- 82. QUhi\TZ. Stnnk Mine, Ulverst:>n, L3ncashire. LJrge, lustrJus, gla s sy, intergr J\yn, sli.;;htly sm.Jky crysta ls t J 1" in size, thickly c:lVering bJtryJidal He,.atite "lith a little platy Specularite in JssJciatLm. 3xl~". £1.50. 83. SELENOKOBE~LITE. BJliden, SYleden. Fine, pure, metallic (:;rey crystaline masses. ChJice examples :Jf this rare mineral. Specimen .. - 2xl", £4; Specimen B- l-!rxl". £2. 84. SIDERITE. DevJn Great CJnSJls Mine, Nr. TavistJck, Dev.Jn. a cellular, highly avernJus, veinstJne Ylith all the cavities c)mpletely lined Ylith snall dark brJYln crystals. 2x2txH". 75p. 85. Ni,TIVE SILVER. Silver Isle, Lake SuperiJr, Canada. Rich, "liry, masses thickly scattered thrJugh a hard QuartzJse rJck with odd specks Jf Galena. 2txlt". £5. 86. SMITHSONITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. hfrica. H. sharp t" cJ1Jurless transparent rhJmbic crystal implanted amidst a cellular crust Jf smell sharp WILLEMITE crystals cJverinG matrix. 3x2t". £6. 87. SODDYITE. ChinkJ1Jb\'le, Katanga, Zaire. Small, well f Jrmed, mustard yello"l crystals scatterec. In massive SJdCyite "lith oranGe CUEITE in assJciati'Jn. lx:;-". £3. 88. SPECULnRITEo Florence Mine, E~remJnt, W. Cumberland. Brilliant black shining platy crystals assJciated Ylith large semi transparent sharp terminated Quartz crystals t ickly encrusting botryJidal HEr.latite. l~xltxl". £4. 89. SPF.hLEIi.ITE variety IL.m1J.TITE. Oppu Mine, i,Jm.:>ri, H.:>kkaido, Japan• •-ill intergrJ\.1il mass of lustr.:>us black sharp cJmplexly forDed stria ted crysta ls to t" in size. 3X2". £4. 90. SPHENE. Capelinha, Hinas Gerais, Brazil. S!aall, sharp, light yellowish green transparent crystals richly scattered .:>ver bJth sides Jf matrix ",ith :lee Vlhite well f Jrmed hIBITE crystals an 92. STIIBITE. PJona, InGia. 1~ superb mass of very large, perfect, lustrous white crystal sheaves c:Jmpletely envelJping a portion )f cellular basalt. The crystals are extremely well developed and the specimen is ideal for display. 5x4x2-}" - with individual sheaves up t) l'~-" in size - £20. 93. STROMEYERITE. MagDa Mine, Superior, Pinal CJ., B.rizma, U.S.,.. " very rich pure, purply tarnished, metallic mass. 2:l-xl~xl". £6. 94. TETF".HEDhITE. Kapnik, Rumania. Sharp, br1ght metallic grey, Tetrahee~ral crystals tJ +" 1n size scattered In a cellular Quartz matrix Ylitt a little Sphalerite and Pyrite. 3x2-i-". £4. -9- 95. METn-TOnBEhNITE. Old Gunnislake 1ine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. 1. large -t" enerald green sheaf )f platy cryst~Jls implanted an a reddened irony Ouartz matrix. Very chJice old time specimen l~xlxl". £6. 96. TO ~INE variety nUBE~LITE. Pala, San Die~o ~~., ~alifarnia, U .S.J,. BriGht pink, elon~ated, prismatic crystals thickly embedded and intergrJvm with a matrix 0f granular Lepidolite mica. 2xlt". £2. 97. TOUF.i'L, LINE. Haslau, BJhel!1ia, C.S.S.R. Sharp, lar.,;e, jet black crystals to 1 cm. in size ilplanted )n crystaline milky Quartz. 2-hH". £]4. 98. TYUY, lUNITE. ParadJx Valley, CJlorado, U .S,-. Rich, bri.;ht, yellow micrJ crystals and masses thickly encrustin5 a crystaline Cal"ite matrix. Specimen 1>. - 3xl~xlt" - very rich in Tyuyamunite - £3; Specimen B- 2xlt". £2. 99. \·II~LEMITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.\ • 1.frica. Very sharp, ale green, snall crystals rL:hly covering a cellular matrix ,.,ith minor drusy vlhite -':alcite in association. 4xl;~". £10. 100. \oi1J::.FENITE. L:>s Lamentos, 0hihuahua, "1exic o. JL large brisht orange zoned single crystal -t" in size ano. well formed, implanted In its ediSe on a matrix of vlhite ~lcite with ninor redcish Hematite. 3x2". £11. 101. iULFENITE. Mesica, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Light, lustrous, 0rangey yellaw tabular crystals thickly intergraWll and forming a cellular mass. Specimen ~ - With crystals to +" in size. 3tx2x2". £6; Specir.len B- 2xl-}xl". £1. 50.