Stephen Moreton's Photo Gallery
N7E-766Goethite α-Fe3+O(OH)
Dimensions: 10 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm
Lustrous stalactitic goethite from Glandore mine.
7H9-WLAPyrolusite Mn4+O2
Field of View: 40 mm
Radiating, crystalline black pyrolusite. XRD & XRF confirmed. Field of view 40 mm across.
View of Glandore Engine house in May 1992.
View of the engine house in 1992. The wooden lintels have gone, but it remains in good condition for a Victorian engine house. It is difficult to see now, being covered in ivy and surrounded by trees.
Glandore mine engine house in August 1986
The engine house of Glandore mine as it was in 1986. It is now covered in ivy and obscured by trees.
M62-QC8Cryptomelane K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16
Dimensions: 125 mm x 115 mm x 57 mm
Botryoidal cryptomelane (XRD & XRF identification) though with significant Ba (not enough to be hollandite). Found in a waste heap at Lecht mine in March 2020.
RT8-0QCCorkite PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 , Goethite α-Fe3+O(OH)
Field of View: 50 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.5 mm
Unusually rich specimen of corkite crystals (about 1.5 mm) on goethite-rich matrix. Field of view in 50 X 37 mm. Identity confirmed by XRD, EDS and quantitative XRF.
2F6-CFPCorkite PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 , Goethite α-Fe3+O(OH)
Field of View: 20 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 6 mm
Exceptionally large pseudocubic crystal of corkite from Glandore mine. A full 6 mm across. Identity confirmed by XRD, EDS & quantitative XRF on other crystals from the same boulder.
02C-2YCFluorite CaF2
Dimensions: 150 mm x 100 mm x 60 mm
Amber cubes 18 - 25 mm on edge. From Middle level.
JC7-RCWFluorite CaF2
Dimensions: 155 mm x 100 mm x 75 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 48 mm
Amber cubes with an unusually large (48 mm) twin at one end, sadly dinged.
U06-42NFluorite CaF2
Dimensions: 65 mm x 55 mm x 55 mm
This is actually a stubby stalactite and has a hollow tube up the middle. Joseph Brown's Cross Cut.
