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In this Gallery we present a selection of minerals from the classic British districts of Weardale, Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) and Cornwall. You can find a variety of fluorites, mimetites (variety campilite), hematites, "jack-straw" cerussites, secondary copper minerals and others from these prolific localities. Minerals from Cumbria and Scotland are found in page 1 and minerals from Cornwall and Weardale in page 2. |
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WGB-29 - Galena and quartz Smallcleugh Main Flatts, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead (Cumbria, Great Britain) Alston Moor, who has not seen any wonderful mineral from this famous district in old books and museums? One of the classic districts in England, rich in lead, zinc and barium minerals. This specimen consists of a matrix coated by a thin layer of small creamy dolomite crystals on which there are several dull grey cubic galena crystals to almost 3 cm. with octahedral modifications on the corners. Finally there is a coating of white quartz crystals. Some damage at the edges of the specimen but still a good representative example of the district. 10.3x6x4 - 45 € |
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WGB-46 - Campylite Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck (Cumbria, Great Britain) One of the minerals that made Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) a classic mineral district is the mimetite variety campylite found in a variety of forms and colors in this small but world-famous mine. The specimen presented is a plate of white quartz fully covered with orange to greenish barrel-shape crystals of campylite to 3 mm. There is also some areas covered with black psilomelane. Some bruising as seen in the photos. 12x11x3.2 - 120 € |
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WGB-22 - Campylite Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck (Cumbria, Great Britain) One of the minerals that made Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) a classic mineral district is the mimetite variety campylite found in a variety of forms and colors in this small but world-famous mine. This specimen is a piece of vein-quartz covered with burnt-orange barrel-shape crystals of campylite to 5 mm. The majority of the crystals in this specimen are undamaged. 5.5x5.3x2 - 50 € |
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WGB-55 - Campylite Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck (Cumbria, Great Britain) One of the minerals that made Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) a classic mineral district is the mimetite variety campylite found in a variety of forms and colors in this small but world-famous mine. This specimen is a piece of vein-quartz covered with burnt-orange barrel-shape crystals of campylite to 8 mm. The contacted areas seen in the pictures are in fact recrystallized and the present crystals are all undamaged. 4.3x3.6x3.3 - 45 € |
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WGB-47 - Campylite Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck (Cumbria, Great Britain) One of the minerals that made Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) a classic mineral district is the mimetite variety campylite found in a variety of forms and colors in this small but world-famous mine. This specimen is a piece of vein-quartz covered with brown to orange barrel-shape crystals of campylite to 8 mm. Although some areas are contacted or bruised the specimen is a great example of campylite from a real classic locality. 9.5x6x4 - 110 € |
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WGB-49 - Campylite and baryte Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck (Cumbria, Great Britain) One of the minerals that made Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) a classic mineral district is the mimetite variety campylite found in a variety of forms and colors in this small but world-famous mine. The specimen presented here consists of an aggregate of white baryte plates mostly coated by black psilomelane. On them there is a scattering of small brown to lime-greenish barrel-shape crystals of campylite to 3 mm. 8.5x5.5x4.2 - 65 € |
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WGB-S/N-2 - Harmotome on calcite Strontian (Argyllshire, Scotland , Great Britain) A matrix of crude grey scalenohedra of calcite is partly coated by small lustrous translucent to transparent white crystals of harmotome to 0.4 cm. 8.3x6.7x5.5 - 20 € |
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WGB-S/N-3 - Harmotome Strontian (Argyllshire, Scotland , Great Britain) Cavity in granitic breccia coated by tiny light brown calcite crystals on one side and small lustrous colorless crystals of harmotome on the other. The largest crystals are opaque white and reach about 0.5 cm. long. Some paper-thin white blades of barite also present. 6.7x4.5x4.5 - 18 € |
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WGB-S/N-4 - Harmotome on calcite Strontian (Argyllshire, Scotland , Great Britain) Vein of calcite with brown crystals on the surface to about 0.7 cm. across lightly coated by lustrous white crystals of harmotome to 0.4 cm. long. Some bruising as seen in the pictures. 8.4x6.5x3.8 - 15 € |
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