Hayward’s Heath Mineral Show 2017
Last Updated: 28th Dec 2017By Jolyon Ralph
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Tom and I will be reporting today from the Hayward’s Heath Show - here is the crowd waiting to come in.
Chris Mavris!
Chris has some pyrites from Elba.
And also some mimetite and wulfenite from Greece
I think I do this exact same shot every time I do a report here. Apparently Tom was taking the same photo but it didn’t upload!
The Sussex Mineral And Lapidary Society run this show. Here’s Peter Hay, who is smiling because he just got me to pay my annual subscription dues.
Gondwana have tables in the hallway.
Minerals Bulgaria with lots of sulphides.
Ed Loye!
Rhodochrosite and Kutnahorite from Durnford Quarty, Somerset - Ed Loye specimen
Hope’s Nose, Devon gold - also Ed Loye
Rocks galore and a selection of the great new Irish fluorite
Some lovely kidney-ore hematites from Egremont, UK - Ralph Sutcliffe
Great bargains. This is half price. Or it was, I just bought it, Greenside Minerals
Fossil weevil nest! Port Kennedy, Australia - Ross Whittaker specimen
Hauyne crystal from Afghanistan - Ross Whittaker specimen
Sandwich and cake stall getting off to a great start.
Richard Bell
Mogul mine, Ireland sphalerite- Richard Bell specimen
Vivianite from Wheal Jane - Richard Bell specimen
Spanish Fluorite - Allan Mortimer specimen
UV display
Some nice northern England fluorite- Peter Briscoe specimens
Scottish agates - Ralph Sutcliffe
Neil Hubbard from Midland Minerals
Waiting for competitive case results
Judged by Mike Rumsey, NHM London
The trophy
And the winner is... Colleen Thompson with her cabinet of minerals from the New Cliffs Quarry Leicestershire
Colleen case
Tony Lee’s case of minerals from the Restormel Mine, Cornwall
Goethite from the above cabinet
Chris Finch’s case of Somerset Minerals.
Cassiterite from different Mines in St Just district, Cornwall. - Richard Humphrey
Leicestershire Minerals - Neil Hubbard
Pennines and Leicestershire minerals - Peter Briscoe
The ever popular pot luck raffle.
What’s in here?
Let’s find out...
It’s my rocks from Kola which have finally arrived
Perovskite! Self collected.
Mike Brooke, Broadstone Minerals
Cobaltite from Sweden. - Broadstone
Moorland Minerals
Malachite from Alihies, Ireland -Moorland Minerals.
Wavellite, Ballybunion, Ireland - Moorland Minerals
A great Gypsum on Quartz from Cavnic in an equally great showcase
Nic from Taranis Minerals
Dodecahedral galena - Taranis Minerals
Oxford University Museum display - collectors tales.
And it’s time to say goodnight and end our work for the day! Oxford Mineral Show will be the next live report, in 3 weeks.
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