MINERALS " A to L "
CODE NAME Mineral specimens for sale from RICHARD TAYLER MINERALS www.richardtayler.co.uk sizes are in Centimetres . List Updated December 2024
61 ACTINOLITE various locations rich green fibrous 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £9
3 AEGIRINE Near Larvik Norway black elongated crystals 1 to 2cm in Syenite 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
963 ALBITE various locations variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, good for an Analysis of Albite 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £10 5x5 £22
16 ALBITE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evje Norway Rich grey-white cleavages , some with minor beryl or mica 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £4.50
36 ALLOPHANE Monte Copello Prospect, Genoa, Liguria Italy Light blue coating on rock. Glassy with small spheres. 2.5x1 £5


60 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway Sharp single dark brown crystal , normal shape ,about 8mm £3


1157 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway Single crystal about 15mm size, but incomplete , ok for educational use £1.50


1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained solid ,lustrous grain-like red-brown mass 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston . Wyoming ,U.S.A white nodule. Unusual location 2.5x1.5 £4


1035 AMBLYGONITE Montebras Creuse Limousin France white cleavage with blue Turquoise colouration 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £10 5x5 £20
1073 AMBLYGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central Africa Pure white cleavage mass 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £9 5x5 £18
17 ANALCIME Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland Small colourless to white crystals , on Basalt. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £7 5x5 £15
7 ANALCIME Moonen Bay Skye Scotland White crystals with little to no matrix . a) group about 1cm b) about 2cm a) £4 b) £8

1304 ANALCIME Mt St Hilaire Quebec Canada single white crystal section 2cm £8


1098 ANALCIME Bratthagen, near Larvik South Norway Unusually coloured yellow vitreous mass in Syenite Rock . 1.5 £4 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £12
1144 ANALCIME Dean Quarry, Lizard ,Cornwall white crystal , the top half of a crystal, with damage 1cm £5 2.5 £ £7

1064 ANAPAITE Bellver, Lleida, Spain Small yellowish green crystals on matrix, 1.5 x 1.5 £4


28 ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais, Brazil Single light brown, thin crystal 8mm long £10


811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway single blue 3mm crystal on quartz £7


2 ANDALUSITE Africa from item 19 above, Extracted tiny crystal sections. 70 grams box £20


1163 ANDALUSITE Unknown location variety CHIASTOLITE , crystal section- shows the internal structure 1.5 £1.50 2.5x2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6
1324 ANDALUSITE Tarquaral Minas Gerais Brazil single dark pinkish crystal (no termination) 1.5 £6


95 ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minho, Portugal Greyish-pink crystal sections in quartz 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5

1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)Small olive green masses in rock 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

19 ANDALUSITE Africa is the only location info Grey crystal sections up to 1.5mm x 1cm in and on an altered grey shale.
2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £6
140 ANDALUSITE Andalusia pure grey mass with possible crystal faces. 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £7 5x7 £11
52 ANDALUSITE Glomel. Brittany, France Rich pinkish-grey mass in dark grey hornfels. 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £5

236 ANDESINE Boulouris, St Raphael, France White phenocrysts up to 5mm size in porphyry rock. 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
5 ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway Good coverage of small brown crystals on rock 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
1312 ANDRADITE Cabezo Gordo, Cehegin, Murcia Spain variety MELANITE, single black crystal 5mm. A) £5


15 ANGLESITE Broken Hill, NSW. Australia small grey crystals on matrix 1.5 £5 2.5x1.5 £8

23 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Rich white to faintly blue masses 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
1094 ANHYDRITE Tarascon, Pyrenees France Pale faintly purple cleavage mass with quartz 1.5 £3 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £8
25 ANKERITE-KUTNAHORITE Sjogruvan Grythyttan, Sweden Rich fawn massive, x-rayed material. 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
18 ANORTHITE Loch Scridain Mull Scotland Rich grey crystalline mass. 2.5 £ 3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
1155 ANTHOPHYLLITE Bjordam, Bamble, South Norway flat silvery blades on and in rock 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15 5x7 £24
27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden Fawn sheaves in silvery schist 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4

502 ANTIGORITE County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall mixture with Chrysotile, pale grey-green massive. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

1346 APATITE Quebec Canada Fluorapatite,large reddish hexagonal crystal sections 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £16 5x7 £25
84 APATITE Imichil Morocco pale greenish translucent crystal section 5mm £2 8mm £4

32 APATITE Holmbush Mine, Kelly Bray , Cornwall Variety Francolite.rich mass of micro crystals over the main surface. 2.5x1.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £2.50 5x5 £5 5x7 £7,50
54 APATITE Minas Gerais Brazil Rich blue red massive 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £7 5x7 £10
68 APATITE Madagascar Terminated single brownish -grey-white crystal , sizes refer to height 2.5 cm £4 4 cm £6

33 APATITE Francois Lake, British Columbia , Canada (Carbonate hydroxylapatite) Obvious 2 to 3mm brown veins in and on matrix 1 x 1.5 £5 2.5 £8 2.5x5 £12
732 APATITE Parelho,Pariba,Brazil small pale blue crystals on matrix. 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10
122 APOPHYLLITE Maharashtra India single white crystal (top of crystal ,off matrix) 1.5 £3 2.5 £6

21 APOPHYLLITE Maharashtra India White crystals and groups on matrix.
2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15 5x7 £18
1329 ARAGONITE Sefrou Morocco Sphere of red-brown crystals, about 3 cm across £5 2.5x5 £8

676 ARAGONITE Aragon Spain individual pinkish hexagonal crystal 2.5 £6


24 ARAGONITE Levane, Arezzo Province, Tuscany Italy colourless needle like crystals in a small geode. Possible Kutnahorite 1.5cm £6


235 ARDEALITE Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Western Australia Fawn powder ,a) gelatine capsule a) £7


121 ARFVEDSONITE Mg Norra Karr,Ostergotsland Sweden MAGNESIO. Rich black fibrous in Syenite 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6 5x7 £10
1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan ,Grythyttan ,Sweden Red veinlets in matrix 1.5 £5 2.5 x1.5 £10

1128 ARSENOPYRITE Zacatecas Mexico 5 mm silvery crystals and cleavages in Arsenopyrite etc. 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £12

66 ARSENOPYRITE Ashanti Mine, level 8, Obuasi, Ghana silvery crystals about 1mm wide and 5 to 8 mm long in matrix with Pyrrhotite 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8
531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,England Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyrite 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4

1357 ASPHALT La Brea Deposit Trinidad Hard brown massive 2.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
1313 AUGITE Kenya (no other location info) single black Crystal, about 7mm £2


506 AXINITE Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Devon Very rich light brown massive with some crystalline structure 2.5x5 £1 5x5 £2 5x7 £4
1097 AZURITE Various locations rich blue massive to crystalline with some matrix 1.5 £4 2.5 £8 2.5x5 £15 5x5 £30
65 AZURITE Touissit Morocco Good blue crystalline coating on sulphide/rock matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

29 BADDELEYITE Palabora Mine, Phalabora, Transvaal, South Africa Black crystal section a) about 5mm B) about 1cm a) £3 b) £6

37 BARYTES County Durham pure creamy-white massive with some cleavage faces (Available by the Kg) 2.5x5 £1.50 5x5 £3 5x7 £4.50
1330 BARYTES no details translucent single crystal, colourless , faintly pink, no termination , 4mm width 1cm £5


42 BARYTES Sheppey, Kent Small white crystal group off septarian nodule matrix .white fluorescent LW 1 x 1 cm £3


390 BARYTES Near Appleby ,Cumbria Pure translucent colourless cleavage, some nearly clear areas 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15
41 BARYTES Winster Derbyshire Pure fawn columnar masses 2.5 £2


608 BARYTES Beckermet Mine,Cumbria Small clear crystals on hematite /dolomite. Good coverage. One or two broken xls 2.5x1.5 £2 2.5 £4

246 BARYTES Redhill, Surrey Unusual location from Fullers earth works, Pure golden-brown cleavage 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6 5x7 £8
622 BARYTES Masson Hill, near Matlock,Derbyshire Light brown finely banded .pale Fluorescent and Phosphorescent 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £9 5x7 £15
456 BARYTOCALCITE Near Alston Cumbria Creamy mass showing areas of small crystals 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

45 BARYTOCALCITE Near Alston, Cumbria Rich creamy coloured masses 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £5 5x7 £8
35 BAUXITE Baux France A more conglomeritic brown mass . 2.5 £2.50 2.5 x5 £5 5x5 £10 8x10 £10
48 BAUXITE Baux, Provence France Rich red brown massive 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £4.50 5x7 £7.50
224 BAUXITE Templepatrick,County Antrim,N.Ireland White oolitic in red-brown matrix 2.5 £1


75 BERTHIERINE Cornelian Bay,Scarborough Yorkshire Green masses with Siderite. Unusual for England 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
686 BERYL Hoydalen,Tordal,Norway variety MORGANITE. pale pink semi-vitreous mass, like rose quartz. 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10

30 BERYL Brazil single blueish hexagonal crystal section 1cm £1.50 1.5cm £3

715 BERYL Minas Gerais Brazil MORGANITE pale pink translucent with naturally etched surface and cut base 2.5x5 £3


164 BERYL Kolsva, Vastmanland Sweden Rich blue-grey massive with possible quartz 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5

87 BERYL Evje area . South Norway Pure greenish-brown mass 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
55 BIOTITE various Pure black plate
2.5x5 80p 5x5 £1.50 5x7 £2.30
1189 BIOTITE Nordfjord, Norway Black plates on quartz or gneiss 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8
495 BIOTITE St Austell Cornwall Lithium rich - rich pale brown intergrown plates 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £6
91 BIXBYITE Ultevis, Lappland Sweden Black areas in quartz . 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £10

133 BOEHMITE Many, Hungary Fawn 5mm mass in dark shale. 1.5 £4 2.5x1.5 £8

1051 BORNITE Gortdum Mine, Tipperary,S.Ireland mauve masses in matrix. 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6

1359 BORNITE O'Kiep Mine, North Cape Province South Africa massive mixed with magnetite in an igneous rock 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10
1358 BORNITE Mangula Zimbabwe Very rich mass with some minor matrix or other sulphides. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £16
73 BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy Dark grey massive with quartz or red mica 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10
40 BRAUNITE Gambatesa Mine, Val Graveglia Italy pure dark grey metallic mass with some micro crystals 2x3 £5 3x4 £10

70 BREWSTERITE Strontian, Scotland Good coverage of small crystals on matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

72 BROOKITE Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA Black single crystal about 5mm size 5mm £4


379 BRUCITE Lizard , Cornwall cleavages about 1 to 2mm thick in pale grey-green Serpentine 2.5 £7 2.5x5 £15 5x5 £30
74 BRUCITE Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Pure grey cleavage piece. 6mm £3


348 BRUCITE Malone, Hastings Co, Ontario Canada pure greyish cleavage plates 2.5 £8


504 BUSTAMITE Meldon Quarry, Okehamton,Devon Rich brown fibrous in matrix. Found some years ago. 2.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £5

869 CACOXENITE Plumelin, Morbihan, Brittany, France golden-brown micro spheres and acicular micros on rock 1.5 £4 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £15
727 CALAVERITE Cripple Creek,Colorado USA with some Silver content as well. Silvery areas on matrix 1cm £5


78 CALCITE Mendips White with areas of LONG LASTING blue PHOSPHORESCENCE (SW) 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

629 CALCITE Franklin New Jersey U.S.A Pure grey cleavages Bright orange with short wave U.V. 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £6
1086 CALCITE Landsverk, Evje, South Norway Translucent colourless cleavages, very unusually , it came from a Pegmatite 1x 1.5 £3 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £10
86 CALCITE Madagascar Good sharp dark grey rhombic cleavages 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4

79 CALCITE various location ICELAND SPAR variety. Clear cleavage, shows the double refraction 2.5 £6


638 CALCITE Langban Wermland Sweden with DOLOMITE. In micaceous matrix
Good orange short wave		 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £6
631 CALCITE Mendips Somerset White masses in Goethite, Strong orange fluorescence short wave U.V 2.5x5 £1 5x5 £2

39 CASSITERITE Galicia, Spain (no other details] Rich dark brown cleavages/crystal sections in quartz 1.5x 1.5 £3 2.5x1.5 £5 2.5 £8 2.5x5 £15
1165 CASSITERITE Elsmore Tin mine, Elsmore, NSW. Australia very lustrous intergrown brown crystals. Looks like one crystal 1cm £6


97 CASSITERITE Various Obvious brown mass in matrix, fairly rich 2.5x1.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £18
105 CASSITERITE Viloco Mine, La Paz Bolivia Lustrous 2 to4 mm brown crystals on massive Cassiterite. 1.5 x 1.5 £5 2.5x1.5 £8

1369 CASSITERITE various locations Rich brown mass in matrix 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15
1042 CASSITERITE Drakewalls Mine Cornwall Brown massive areas in quartz with killas 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £6

986 CATAPLEIITE Norra Karr, ostergotsland, Sweden Several pink areas around 5m size on pale green Grennaite rock 2.5x5 £7.50 5x5 £15

1099 CATAPLEIITE Bratthagen, near Larvik,Norway Rich pale pink crystalline mass with some micros on Feldspar. 1.5 £4 2.5 £8 2.5.5 £14
1057 CELESTITE Yate near Bristol, Gloucestershire White to translucent groups of crystals on matrix. 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
81 CELESTITE Yate, Gloucestershire Pure white to grey-blue mass. Location closed some years ago 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £6
153 CERUSSITE Tsumeb Namibia Crystal section about 2cm £7


94 CERUSSITE Brandy Bottle Mine , Yorkshire White small to micro crystals with Barytes micro crystals 1.5 x 1 £1.50 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5
1053 CERUSSITE Mibladen Morocco Small colourless crystals on pale pink Barytes Fluorescent Yellow Long wave 2.5x5 £6


726 CERUSSITE Arenas Mine, Oridda. Iglesias, Sardinia Rich white fibrous mass on and in rock, 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10

134 CHABAZITE Co Antrim N.Ireland Quite good coverage of small white crystals on basalt 2.5 £8 2.5 x5 £10

1083 CHALCOCITE Ngchanga, Zambia Quite rich metallic mass in matrix with minor Malachite. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

516 CHALCOCITE Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall Black micro crystals on matrix. A) one crystal b) 2 or 3 crystals A) £ 3 B) £5

1353 CHALCOCITE Poland Pure grey metallic mass, 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £9 5x5 £18
1341 CHALCOCITE New South Wales , Australia fairly rich grey veins and masses in matrix, minor Malachite 2.5 x 1.5 £4 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
521 CHALCONATRONITE Found on the metallic inside of a fire extinguisher !! ARTIFICIAL.3mm blue single crystal. 5mm £5


183 CHALCOPYRITE various locations Rich brassy mass in matrix 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15 5x7 £24
80 CHALCOPYRITE Wheal Penrose Cornwall rich brassy mass with some matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10
1058 CHALCOPYRITE Norway Massive , quite rich, but mixed with Pyrrhotite etc. Available by the Kilo 2.5 £1 2.5x5 £2.50 5x5 £5 5x7 £7.50
58 CHAMBERSITE Venice Dome, Lousiana, U.S.A Perfect, sharp Tetrahedron, discovered in Brine from a gas storage well 2mm £7


31 CHLORAPATITE Odegardensverk Norway Rich yellow masses with Phlogopite 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £12 5x7 £20
388 CHLORITE Minas Gerais Brazil variety CLINOCHLORE, pure green mica - like sheet about 3mm thick 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15 5x7 £25
237 CHLORITE South Crofty Mine, Camborne, Cornwall
(collected some years ago)		 variety DAPHNITE rich green mass in quartz with Arsenopyrite 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6

517 CHLORITE Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall Variety DAPHNITE. Dark green masses with some quartz 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8

244 CHLORITE Dypingdal, Snarum, Vikersund Norway CLINOCHLORE Grey-green crystal sections in matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

1151 CHLORITE Traversella, near Turin Italy Clinochlore "Pennine" quite rich mass of dark green plates in and on matrix 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15 5x7 £25
513 CHLORITE Croft Gothal, St Hilary, Cornwall CLINOCHLORE Ferroan ,small green areas in quartz 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £7 5x5 £15
1191 CHLORITE Ala valley, Piedmont Italy dark green crystalline mass on matrix. 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10

311 CHLORITOID Ottre Belgium numerous small black plates in schist (used to be Ottrelite) 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10
1340 CHROMITE no location details rich black metallic with minor matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12 5x7 £18
1023 CHROMITE Nikka Vord, Unst, Shetlands, Scotland Rich black coarse granular in serpentine 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
1119 CHROMITE Kemi North Finland 1mm octahedral xls and parts of crystals in matrix. 1x½ for micros 2.5x1.5 £3 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £7 5x7 £10
158 CHROMITE Pindos Mountains Greece rich back massive in matrix 2.5 x5 £4 5x5 £6 5x7 10
142 CHRYSOPRASE Queensland Australia variety of Chalcedony. Compact green massive 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £5
1338 CINNABAR Tiefenbach Valley, Hartenstein,Erzgebirge, Germany Pinkish 5mm crystalline vein in slate with quartz 1.5 £4 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £12
98 CINNABAR Almaden Spain Rich red masses in matrix. A poisonous mineral. 2.5 £4.50 2.5x5 £9 5x5 £18
85 CLINOPTILOLITE Hazard section, Botallack mine Cornwall (was Heulandite) Microcrystalline coverage on matrix . 1cm area £5 2cm £10 5cm £20
50 CLINOPTILOLITE Succor Creek,Malheur County, Oregon, USA good coverage of clear drusy tiny crystals on nodule matrix, 2.5 £8 3.4 £15

579 COBALTITE Near Elizabeth Lake, 5 miles east of Espanola,Ontario,Canada dull silvery 5mm part crystal section in calcite B) richer piece 2.5 £4 B) £7.50

711 COBALTITE Hakonsboda , south of Kopparberg, Sweden Silvery single cubic 4mm crystal with slight damage, in Pyrrhotite £5


63 COLEMANITE Espey mine, Emet,Turkey Pure grey fibrous vein section 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6
725 COLEMANITE (Boron, California, USA) Rich crystalline mass 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
1364 COLEMANITE California USA Rich mass of intergrown creamy Cleavages 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
118 CONICHALCITE Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA Green coating on matrix 2.5 £3


51 COOKEITE Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil rich creamy mass of 2mm sphere-like platy crystals(like Gyrolite ). with quartz 6mm £3 1.5 £5 2.5x1.5 £7
109 CORDIERITE India Pure dark blue translucent massive. 7mm 80p 1.5 cm £1.20 2.5 x1.5 £3
110 CORDIERITE Bjordam near Kragero, South Norway Quite rich blue-grey masses in quartz 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £14 5x7 £25
106 CORONADITE Cowshill, Weardale, County Durham. Pure black cellular mass, some slightly botryoidal 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £15
1371 CORUNDUM no details variety SAPPHIRE, dark blue with paler areas , worn crystal section 1cm £4 1.5cm £8

64 CORUNDUM Tanzania single pink hexagonal crystal. B) 2cm across 1.5 £4 B £6

1325 CORUNDUM no location details RUBY deep pink single crystal . Fluorescent red Long wave 8mm £6


107 CORUNDUM no loctaion details good obvious brown cleavage in syenite 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

96 CORUNDUM Madagascar blue grey single hexagonal crystal 2x1 cm £6


815 CORUNDUM SAPPHIRE Anakie, Queensland, Australia Blue translucent cleavage 3mm £3


206 COWLESITE Skye Scotland Tiny spheres in small cavity in basalt B) a little larger cavity 2.5 x2.5 £6 B) £8

117 COWLESITE County Antrim, Northern Ireland Grey area of tiny spheres in vugh on Basalt. 1x2cm £7 2cm £10

1070 CRANDALLITE Blaton Belgium good creamy coating, with slight radiations structure, a bit like Wavellite, on shale 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £6

156 CREEDITE Hall Mine,Tonopah.Nye County,Nevada, U.S.A amethyst like veins in matrix. 2.5 £4 4x2 £6

115 CRISTOBALITE Utah U.S.A Rich white massive in Black Obsidian 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £23 5x5 £6.00
112 CRISTOBALITE Vechec , Slanske Mtns, Presov , Slovakia 1mm white spheres ,sparse scattering over grey Andesite 2.5 £10


136 CROCOITE Dundas, Tasmania orange crystalline on rock 1.5 x 1.5 £3 2.5x1.5 £5

1328 CROCOITE Dundas area , Zeehan Tasmania Single orange crystal section about 1cm long £4


92 CRYOLITE Ivigtut Arsuk Fjord Greenland white mass, some with Siderite and sulphides 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £7 5x5 £14
168 CRYPTOPERTHITE Ula, near Larvik, South Norway Microcline cryptoperthite pure pale brown cleavages. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £7 5x5 £12 5x7 £15
104 CUMMINGTONITE Lead, South Dakota, U.S.A quite rich grey fibrous mass in matrix 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £10 5x5 £25
77 CUPRITE no location details Reddish metallic mass or veins in matrix 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15
93 CYLINDRITE Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia rich mass of small grey cylinders in matrix. Rare Tin mineral. 1.5x1.5 £5 2.5 £8

180 DANBURITE Morogoro Tanzania Pure pale orange vitreous mass. About 1cm size £6


1306 DANBURITE Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Single clear to translucent crystal 5mm £3 1.5 cm £7

1080 DANBURITE San Luis Potosi, Mexico 6mm terminated crystals on matrix, some + tourmaline 1x 1.5 £3 2.5 £5

127 DELAFOSSITE Consolidated Copper Co. Nevada. USA Tiny black spheres in white matrix Fairly rich. Micro probed . 5mm size £5


1063 DESCLOIZITE Berg Aukas, Namibia Brown spear shaped crystal a) 1cm b) 2cm a) £3 b) £6

1071 DIADOCHITE Vise, Argentaux, Belgium pure pale brown nodule, (old stock and the location is finished) 2cm £5 3cm £8

150 DIASPORE Near Pinarcik, Mugla Province Turkey translucent cleavage piece about 12mm x 8mm £12


1172 DIOPSIDE Brazil rich , green crystalline or cleavage 1.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

125 DIOPSIDE Near Broadford Skye ,Scotland Greyish green massive. Checked material 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £8
119 DIOPSIDE Loch Scridain, Mull, Scotland Green grains about 2mm across , fairly rich in rock 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
147 DIOPSIDE Ojen, Malaga, Spain Black crystal section a) about 2cm long , b) 1cm a) £10 b) £6

696 DIOPSIDE Outokumpu Finland Greenish masses and crystalline 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £7 5x7 £9
673 DOLOMITE Teruel, Spain Black sharp single crystal , resembling an octahedron 5mm £2 8mm £4

130 DOLOMITE West Cumbria Good small brown curved crystals on dolomite 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6 5x7 £8
1184 DOLOMITE Otta, Oppland, Norway Rich intergrown mass of creamy coloured cleavages 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
139 DOLOMITE Selasvatn, Fiane, Norway Unusual lustrous dark grey ,showing very nice rhombic cleavage 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
131 DOLOMITE Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria FERROAN DOLOMITE, rich brown massive 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6
26 DOLOMITE Thoiras Quarry. Anduze . France Good creamy curved crystals on matrix, well covered
2.5x5 5 5x5 £ 10
1114 DRAVITE Bjordam Bamble near Kragero,Norway Black crystal sections around 6 mm size on white quartz. Nice contrast 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6

1193 DRAVITE Yinnietharra, Western Australia TOURMALINE brown crystal like a garnet-, with a little mica. 1.5 to 2cm £7


114 DUMORTIERITE Madagascar Rich blue mass in Quartz 2.5x 2.5 £5


128 DUNDASITE Tynagh Mine , Loughrea, County Galway,Ireland White micro fibres or crusts with possible Allophane on rock 1.5x1.5 £4


821 EDENITE Tvedalen, Larvik, Norway Black cleavages on feldspar, fairly rich 1x 1.5 £3 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £10
162 ENSTATITE Nye County. Nevada, USA rich mass of small brown cleavages in matrix 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £10 5x5 £25
1320 ENSTATITE Labrador Canada pure dark grey cleavage ( old label says Hypersthene ) 1.5 £2 2.5x1.5 £4 2.5 £6
151 EPIDIDYMITE Mt Malosa, Zomba, Malawi pure white platy crystal section. 1.5 " £5 2.5x1.5 £8 2.5 £12 2.5 x4 £25
187 EPIDOTE No location Pure green, coarsely fibrous mass 1.5 £3 2.5x1.5 £6

1337 EPIDOTE Bindura Zimbabwe Translucent brown crystal (not terminated) 1cm £4 2cm £6

146 EPISTILBITE Sgurr nan Bocc, Minginish,Skye sharp colourless micros in about a 5mm vugh in Basalt 2.5cm £5


129 EPISTILBITE Malomvolgyi Quarry, Szob Hungary Clear micro crystals on brown rock, a bit sparse coverage. 1cm £6 2x5 £15

123 ERIONITE P.D.Well No 1 , near Ajo, Pima County, Arizona , U.S.A micro crystals lining numerous small vughs in basalt. 2.5x1.5 £4 2.5 £8 5x5 £15
770 ERYTHRITE Bou Azzer Morocco Pink coatings and small veins in matrix 1.5 £3 2.5x1.5 £5 2.5x5 £10
202 ETTRINGITE N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, South Africa pure pale yellow translucent cleavage mass 1.5 x 1.5 £6 2.5 £12 2.5x5 £25
135 EUDIALYTE Norra Karr Ostergotsland Sweden Pinkish areas in Syenite 2.5 £4 2.5x5 6 5x5 £10
1082 EUDIALYTE St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada quite rich brown masses in Syenite 1.5 £4 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £10
1168 FASSAITE Mina el Penoncillo, Ojen, Coin, Malaga, Spain ( Var. of Diopside) dark crystal sections in matrix b) single 1cm xl section £3 1.5 £4 2.5 £ 6

53 FELSOBANYAITE Near White Nab, Scarborough,Yorkshire White mass on Sandstone 1 x 1.5 £4


46 FELSOBANYAITE Weymouth,Dorset,England (renamed BASALUMINITE) white masses intergrown with Selenite 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10
173 FERRIERITE Railway cutting , Kamloops, British Columbia red to pink micro crystals on pale matrix . 2cm £10


247 FERROACTINOLITE DH Claims, Gila County,Arizona Pure green to pale brown masses 2.5 £4


169 FLUELLITE Azcarate Quarry Eugui Spain Translucent 1 to 2mm crystals on about 1cm area on larger matrix . £8


137 FLUOREDENITE Biancavilla. Etna, Italy yellow micro needles with micro black hematite crystals on matrix a) 1cm b)2cm a) £7 b) £10

641 FLUORITE Weardale England Pale grey massive. Strong purple L.W. U.V. 5x5 £2 5x7 £4

462 FLUORITE Kleppe, Skardfjell,Tordal,Norway yellow massive translucent 5mm £2


292 FLUORITE Various Cubic crystals around 1cm size on matrix, , good to illustrate cubic crystals. 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 5x7 £6
143 FLUORITE L'Avellan, Frejus, France pure green-grey cleavage pieces. Fluorescent long wave bluish 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4 2x4 £7 8x10 £12
1355 FLUORITE Weardale England Pure, pale mauve cleavages or crystal sections 2.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £6
144 FLUORORICHTERITE Wilberforce Ontario Canada Pure grey lustrous cleavages "B" small single crystal about 1cm 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £3 B £4
145 FRANKLINITE Franklin New Jersey U.S.A Rich black granular in matrix 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £8 5x7 £12
399 GAHNITE Broken Hill, NSW Australia dark green 1mm crystal sections in quartz , fairly rich 1.5 £4 2.5x1.5 £6

141 GALENA ARC Quarry, Machen, Gwent, Wales rich cleavages, some matrix. Location interest 2.5 £2.50


483 GALENA N.England Very rich silvery metallic mass with some matrix 2.5 £1 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4
163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals about 1.5cm size on matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

542 GALENA Greystones Quarry, Lezant,Cornwall Really rich silvery masses in matrix 2.5 80p 2.5x5 £1.50 5x5 £3 5x7 £5
161 GANOPHYLLITE Cassagna Mine, Graveglia Valley , Liguria Italy good coverage - golden brown micaceous on matrix 2.5 £6 2x4 £12 4x5 £30
232 GARNIERITE No location details Green massive in matrix 1x 1.5 £1.50 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
1143 GARNIERITE Madagascar, (only info) Quite rich pale green mass 1.5 £3 2.5 £5

234 GARRONITE Galboly Village, near Garron Head,N.Ireland White filling 5mm vugh in 2.5cm Basalt 2.5 £7


152 GAYLUSSITE Searles lake, California, U.S.A Single crude crystal. 1cm £4


155 GEARKSUTITE Hall Mine, Tonopah,Nye County,Nevada, U.S.A Pure white-creamyhalf of a 2.5cm nodule. 2.5 £6


1031 GEDRITE Skisshyttan,Ludvika, Sweden Thin black elongated crystal sections in creamy matrix 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £10 5x5 £20
1090 GETCHELLITE Getchell Mine, Nevada, USA deep red tiny cleavages spots in orpiment/realgar (poisonous minerals) 8mm £5


102 GIBBSITE Tynagh Mine. County Galway, S.Ireland Soft white clay nodule . It is 50 % Gibbsite + fine grained quartz 10% Illite 10% 1cm £6 1.5cm £8

138 GIBBSITE Wenshan Prefecture Yunnan China rich blue bubbly on matrix 1.5 £4 2.5x1.5 £6 2.5 £10
89 GLAUCONITE Near Eastbourne, Sussex, England Rich green , at X10 magnification it is oolitic, and is a large component of the rock. 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
149 GLAUCONITE Ightham Kent QUARTZITE rock coloured light green by Glauconite . "Ightham Stone" 2.5x5 £1.50 5x5 £3 5x7 £4.50
197 GMELINITE Co Antrim Northern ireland pale orange crystallised on basalt.Size is approx area of Gmelinte 1.5cm £7 2.5cm £12

447 GOETHITE Spain pure brown massive with worn black Botryoidal top 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12

196 GOETHITE Spain Good quality dark brown vein sections or botryoidal with massive goethite. 5x5 £20 5x7 £30

525 GOETHITE Coldvreath, Roche,Cornwall Attractive light brown radiating mass. With minor quartz 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8
207 GOETHITE Union Mine Murcia Spain Attractive yellow orange mass with limonitic surface. Post mining formation. 2.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8
628 GRAPHITE Ratnapura District,Sri Lanka Pure grey mass 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £12
159 GRAPHITE Borrowdale Cumbria Rich masses on matrix, First mined here in the 18th C, 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £8
172 GRAPHITE Spitzkopje area, Erongo Namibia Tiny silvery crystal plates 1 to 2 mm across scattered in a clean white calcite 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15
508 GROSSULAR Lake Jaco , Mexico 1cm fawn dodecahedral crystal of Garnet. 1cm £2.50


1376 GROSSULAR Sri Lanka HESSONITE - orange fragments in 2cm plastic box £6


1111 GRUNERITE Epteland, Evje-Iveland area, South Norway Black Grunerite mixed with red Almandine garnet. 2.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
1181 GYPSUM no details SELENITE single crystal 2.5 £1.50


418 GYPSUM Various SELENITE variety, pure colourless cleavage plate 2.5 50p 2.5x5 £1 5x5 £2.50 5x7 £4
1182 GYPSUM no details twin crystal, some not all that obvious 2.5 £2 5 cm £4

228 GYPSUM various locations variety SATINSPAR, pure finely fibrous white masses 2.5x5 £1 5x5 £2 5x7 £4
160 GYROLITE Poona India 3 mm grey spheres, rich coverage on matrix 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £16 5x7 £24
165 HACKMANITE Bancroft Ontario Variety of SODALITE pure white massive with areas that fluoresce orange L.W. 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6

772 HALITE Cubic colourless crystal groups. Crystals 1 to 2cm Salar de Uyni, Potosi dept , Bolivia
2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15
148 HALITE various locations pure orange to grey massive. 2.5x5 £1.50 5x5 £3 5x7 £5
1339 HALITE Sicily Italy cubic colourless cleavage 1.5 £3 2.5x1.5 £5

1314 HALITE Salt deposit, Mulhouse, Haut- Rhin, France Pure grey fibrous vein section some parts blue , two cm thick 1.5 £3 2.5 £5

178 HALLOYSITE Gold Hill Utah USA Light blue mass in matrix (Colour due to copper) 2.5 cm £4 2.5x5cm £6

167 HANKSITE Searles Lake, California, U.S.A Single terminated fawn coloured crystal 3mm £3 7mm £5

212 HARMOTOME Whitesmith Mine,Strontian,Scotland White crystals on calcite .B and C have better coverage 2.5 £3 B) 2.5x5 £8 C) 5x5 £15
480 HAUYNE Laacher-See, Eifel region , Germany Small blue spots (about 1mm) in Sanidine rich rock 1.5 £5 2.5 £8 2.5x5 £15
478 HELVITE Hortekollen, near Sylling, Norway Brown areas in matrix with magnetite and fluorite. 2.5 £6


1026 HEMATITE Elba Italy SPECULARITE rich black crystalline mass, possible small crystals 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £7
1137 HEMATITE Snarum, Vikersund, Norway Large black crystal sections some with yellow Lizardite 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15
1361 HEMATITE Clinton Oneida County, New York USA Oolitic form. Like oolitic limestone but made of hematite 1.5 £1 2.5x1.5 £2 2.5 £4
1343 HEMATITE Australia Very rich to almost pure , lustrous grey, metallic mass 2.5x5 £2.50 5x5 £6 5x7 £9 8x10 £15
457 HEMATITE Ballycummisk, near Rossbrin, County Cork. S.Ireland Rich lustrous black massive. Minor matrix
2.5x5 £4 5x5 £7 5x7 £10
657 HEMATITE Carleon Cove, Poltesco, Lizard Cornwall Rich black vein section about 6mm thick, (coated on top) 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £10
171 HEMATITE West Cumbria Pure red-brown massive. (Available by the Kilo,) 2.5 60p 2.5x5 £1 5x5 £2.50 5x7 £4
1041 HEMATITE West Cumbria KIDNEY ORE. Good pieces of the red botryoidal form, 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10 5x7 £15
467 HEMATITE Itabera ,Brazil Pure foliaceous ,lustrous dark grey mass 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4 5x5 £6
1024 HEMIMORPHITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi,Mexico Good coverage of small colourless crystals on matrix 2.5 £5 2.5x5 £9 5x5 £18 5x7 £28
170 HEULANDITE Sgurr nam Boc, Minginish Skye Vughs ( 1 to 2cm) in Basalt , filled with colourless micro crystals. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

191 HEULANDITE Poona India grey to pale orange crystals on basalt. Good rich covering 2.5 £2,50 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £10
194 HIBONITE Elsiva, Madagascar. Original location . A few brown crystal sections about 2mm in feldspar. 2.5 £5


193 HOLLANDITE Black Jack Mine, Pima County. Arizona U.S.A Rich black massive, probably mixed with traces of Pyrolusite. 2.5 £2.50 2.5x5 £4

179 HOLMQUISTITE Uto Island Sweden The Type Location Small dark blue fibres, in rock 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £10 5x5 £20
1001 HORNBLENDE Norway Rich masses of dark cleavages 2.5 £1.50 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6 5x7 £10
484 HYDROBIOTITE Palabora Mine , South Africa (known as Vermiculite at this location) solid golden brown mica-like flat plate 2.5 £2.50 5x5 £5 5x7 £9
116 HYDROBORACITE Killik Mine. Emet,Turkey fibrous mass with COLEMANITE, the latter is the coarser material 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

43 HYDROBORACITE Killik Mine, Emet, Turkey pure light brown fibrous mass 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

184 HYDROMAGNESITE Mesco Ophiolites, Levanto, Italy Clear micro crystals in thin cavities in altered serpentine 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £12

185 HYDROTALCITE Snarum, Vikersund Norway White pearly areas on and in yellow Serpentine. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £15 5x7 £25
476 HYDROXYL-HERDERITE Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil Orange-brown single 8mm single platy CRYSTAL , minor Muscovite £7


82 ILLITE Lleyn Peninsula North Wales Dark brown 3 to4mm massive areas scattered in matrix. .Also contains Barytes. 2.5 £8 2.5x5 £15

67 ILMENITE Monastry Mine, South Africa pure grey mass (from Kimberlite Pipe) 6mm £1.50 1cm £3

242 ILMENITE various Pure black metallic mass 2.5 £9 2.5x5 £18

1332 ILMENITE Nigeria Rich dark grey- to black massive 1.5 £3


1084 ILVAITE Rio Marina Elba Italy Rich black massive in matrix 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
1107 INESITE Monte Nero Mine, La Spezia Province Italy thin pink fibrous exposed vein 2.5 x1.5 cm area on larger matrix , £6


1015 JACOBSITE Langban, Wermland, Sweden rich small black grains in pale dolomite. Possible minor hematite 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £15 5x7 £20
195 JAROSITE Laurium Greece Micro yellow-brown crystals on limonite or Goethite. 1x 1.5 £3


754 JAROSITE Various locations yellow- or brownish mass. 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £16
182 JEREMEJEVITE Erongo, Namibia single clear crystal section about 7mm £5


320 JET Runswick bay, near Whitby, Yorkshire black mass, 1.5 £2.50 2.5x1.5 £4

201 KAERSUTITE Lugar, Ayrshire,Scotland Black crystallised and rich masses in matrix 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4

309 KAOLIN Wheal Phoenix, Minions Cornwall Yellow green massive with some matrix, Colour due to Cu AsO/4 2.5 £6 2.5x5 £12

1171 KAOLINITE St Austell Cornwall Off white mass, with Quartz ; an altered granite 2.5 £1 2.5x5 £2 5x5 £4
865 KAOLINITE St Austell Cornwall Very pure white mass, from processing plant 2.5x1.5 £4 2.5 £6

240 KERNITE Boron, Kern County,California U.S.A Good cleavable masses 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £5 5x5 £8
1102 KNEBELITE Svartberg, Ludvika , Central Sweden (Manganoan Fayalite) Rich resinous brown mass 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £16
1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordam, near Kragero, south Norway Brown crystal sections in quartz. Unusual location 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £15 5x7 £20
210 KORNERUPINE Kazabazua, Quebec, Canada grey-green granular and small elongated crystals in gneiss 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6

204 KORNERUPINE Madagascar dark green pure mass. Unusual to see it pure like this. 1.5 x 1.5 £5 2.5x1.5 £7.50 2.5 £13 2.5 x 3 £18
318 KYANITE Minas Gerais Brazil Single blue crystal blade about 1cm across 2.5 £1.50 5cm £3

1365 KYANITE no location details Blueish elongated crystallised, some minor iron staining 2.5 x7 £5 2.5 x10 £7

473 LABRADORITE Madagascar Good solid grey cleavage mass 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £12
1066 LABRADORITE Hidra,Norway the type known as 'Spectrolite' dark grey cleavages with some schiller 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £7

229 LANSFORDITE Davis Mountains,Maricopa County,Arizona, USA white micro crystals all over saguaro cactus skeletons. 7 mm £4


1374 LAPIS LAZULI Badakhshan Province .Afghanistan Blue granular mass in matrix 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8

624 LAVENDULAN Hilarion Mine , Laurium,Greece bright blue micro's scattered over antique slag. 1.5x1.5 £3 2.5 £5

1061 LAVENDULAN Meskani, Iran Sky blue micro spheres on matrix with darker blue Azurite. 1cm £6


252 LAZULITE Jacksonville Mining district, Oregon USA Obvious blue massive areas in mainly feldspar./mica 1.5cm £5 4x2 £10 5x5 £18
214 LEPIDOLITE Londonderry Quarry, West Australia Purple radiations and masses in feldspar quite rich 2.5 £2 2.5x5 £4

1180 LEPIDOLITE Varutrask, Vasterbotten Sweden single, pale purple coloured hexagonal crystal about 15mm wide , 4 mm thick. £6


217 LEPIDOLITE Tordal, Telemark Norway Excellent purple cleavable mica plate. Good colour 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6 5x7 £8
1020 LEUCITE Roccamonfina,Italy Grey crystal sections in a tuff 2.5 £3 2.5x5 £6 5x5 £9
1309 LEUCITE Ariccia ,Alban Hills Rome Italy Greyish crystal , not perfect about 5mm £4


226 LEVYNE Oisgill Bay, Skye, Scotland Good sharp white crystals in cavities in Basalt 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £6

931 LIMONITE various locations Rich yellow-brown mass on matrix 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £5 5x7 £8
1166 LIZARDITE Snarum, Vikersund, Norway Colourful greenish-yellow mass, 2.5 £4 2.5x5 £8 5x5 £16
256 LIZARDITE Roscolyn,Anglesey,Wales Greenish cleavages, an alteration of Enstatite 2.5 £1.80 2.5x5 £3 5x5 £6
1034 LUDWIGITE Brosso Mine Italy Rich black radiating mass with some matrix 2.5 £5