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3DJ-8W1Quartz SiO₂ , Scheelite Ca(WO₄)

Ramsley Mine, South Tawton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 20 mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 15 mm

Quartz after scheelite. Excellent well formed small specimen. The pseudomorphs are still there to be found! At the bottom of the largest tip closest to the A30.

MNE-Y9KMarcasite FeS₂

Gwynfynydd Mine, Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Dimensions: 65 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 4 mm

Marcasite and Goethite with calcite. Excellent well formed crystals from an isolated pocket in the mine.

6YA-MPPCopper Cu

Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 70 mm x 40 mm x 12 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 6 mm

Several well defined native copper growths. From spoil tips below top level, two have been cleaned the others remain as dug. It was spring 1990 and a foul day, the heavy rain made them easy to spot. Native copper from Cornwall doesn't come much better.

643-VYPCassiterite SnO₂

Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 160 mm x 110 mm x 90 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 12 mm

Well formed black cassiterite crystals in quartz matrix. Large, heavy specimen.

TDV-9QVCassiterite SnO₂

Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 80 mm x 80 mm x 70 mm

Rich cassiterite specimen with crystals to 10mm

CNR-060Gold Au

Prince of Wales Mine, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Dimensions: 60 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm

Native Gold in Quartz. Rich specimen from this classic site right on the Dolgellau belt

MAP-AVRGold Au

Dolfrwnog Mine, Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Dimensions: 50 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm

Native gold in quartz with iron staining. Rich specimen from this rare locality. Collected 50 years ago.

WYM-NKJGold Au , Quartz SiO₂

Gwynfynydd Mine, Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

Dimensions: 70 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm

Quartz with Native Gold, brown Sphalerite and Tetradymite, all spread throughout the specimen. White Barstow label, ex Davis 1231. Gold to 2mm.

L51-A3MQuartz SiO₂

Ramsley Mine, South Tawton, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 6.2 cm x 3.7 cm x 3.8 cm

Both crystals shown in this photograph were discovered on the spoil heaps of Ramsley Mine. The crystal on the left was the first of approximately fifteen discovered overall. The dimensions of both crystals are as follow: the crystal on the left 6.2cm x 3.7cm x 3.8cm and the crystal on the right 6.0cm x 3.3cm x 3cm.

WD0-VJ8Anatase TiO₂

Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 2.6 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.5 mm

This specimen was collected on site at Hingston Down Quarry.