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Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

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Baryte : BaSO4

Wheal Augusta (Bridford Barytes Mine), Bridford, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

An opaque mass of tabular crystals with bright faces, 2.5cm x 1.5cm. Collected and photographed 2003, Chris Popham collection.
Photo ID: 12097    View Count: 535

Baryte : BaSO4, Galena (Var: Argentiferous Galena) : PbS

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

27cm x 10cm
 © malcolm chapmanPhoto ID: 262382    View Count: 15

Baryte : BaSO4, Galena (Var: Argentiferous Galena) : PbS

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Typical banded Baryte with small veinlets of Galena from Williams Shaft, Wheal Exmouth. Specimen measures approximately 10 x 8 x 8 inches. This material is common though rich in Baryte is poor in Galena and was obviously thrown away.
 © Bernie MillingtonPhoto ID: 262282    View Count: 14

Galena : PbS

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Galena distributed through quartz vein material.
30mm x 50mm
Chris Popham specimen & photo, Feb 2008
Photo ID: 150031    View Count: 119

Galena : PbS

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

A solid piece of galena showing some cubic structure but mostly just a coarse mass. The exterior of the piece has weathered to a pale yellow oxide.
25mm x 60mm
Chris Popham specimen & photo, Feb 2008
Photo ID: 150030    View Count: 109

Galena (Var: Argentiferous Galena) : PbS, Baryte : BaSO4

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

A specimen of Argentiferous Galena from the tips of Wheal Exmouth. The specimen measures approx 60mm x 50mm and comprises of massive Galena set in massive white Barytes. (2009)
 © Bernie MillingtonPhoto ID: 261929    View Count: 15

Linarite : PbCu[(OH)2|SO4]

Frank Mills Mine (Frankmills Mine), Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Blue linarite (and I think a spray of white barite).
Field of view 12mm wide.
Chris Popham specimen & photo, 2007
 © Chris PophamPhoto ID: 101820    View Count: 136

Linarite : PbCu[(OH)2|SO4]

Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Bright blue linarite with a radiating needle structure though much weathered, alongside undetermined green copper secondaries.
25mm x 15mm
Chris Popham specimen & photo, Feb 2008
Photo ID: 150032    View Count: 108

Multiple photos availableManganosite : MnO, Pyrochroite : Mn(OH)2, Rhodochrosite : MnCO3

Scanniclift Manganese Mine, Doddiscombsleigh, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

Overall specimen dimensions approx, 3 x 2 x 3 inches. The following information supplied by curator (Minerals dept) Natural history Museum, London following analysis.
"The result is that our x-ray analysis shows that that material appears to consist of a mixture of Manganosite (MnO) and Pyrochroite (Mn(OH)2). Neither of these species is ...
 © Bernie MillingtonPhoto ID: 78762    View Count: 336

Quartz (Var: Jasper) : SiO2

Scanniclift Manganese Mine, Doddiscombsleigh, Teign Valley, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK

A blood red specimen of Jasper,cut and polished on one side to show the manganese inclusions.
Specimen size is approximately 90mm x 60mm x 40mm.
 © P Trebilcock.Photo ID: 250583    View Count: 44
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