Bernie Millington's Photo Gallery

W9P-25LCassiterite SnO₂ , Tourmaline AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z , Quartz SiO₂

Ringleshutes Mine, Holne, South Hams, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 130 mm x 90 mm x 40 mm
Weight: 603 g

A specimen of light brown micro-crystalline Cassiterite in a matrix of white Quartz and Tourmaline collected from the burrows of Ringleshutes mine, Holne, Devon.

5XM-DVYCassiterite SnO₂ , Schorl NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH) , Quartz SiO₂

Ringleshutes Mine, Holne, South Hams, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 90 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
Weight: 376 g

A specimen of Cassiterite in Tourmaline peach and Quartz from Bourne's Pits (Burn's Pits) on Ryder's Hill, Holne, Devon. (Nearest location on Midat is Ringleshutes Mine some half a mile to the north east). The small tin pits are located at OS SX6620 6921.

964-M4WWolframite Group, Scorodite Fe³⁺AsO₄·2H₂O

Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 80 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm
Weight: 250 g

A rare fairly rich Wolframite specimen with very minor Scorodite collected following a severe storm in April 2024 from the beach at Trevaunance Cove.

43Y-N8TCuprite (Var: Tile ore) Cu₂O , Malachite Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂ , Cuprite Cu₂O

Wheal Charlotte, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 50 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm

A small specimen of Cuprite transitioning to the variety Tile ore with minor Malachite and an unidentified blue secondary mineral collected in April 2024 from the burrows of a shaft in the east section of the sett.

Y1T-PD4Goethite α-Fe³⁺O(OH)

Wheal Charlotte, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 40 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm

A small Goethite on a white meta-sediment from Great Wheal Charlotte , Porthtowan. Collected from a surface exposure within the east section of the sett.

1LP-MH5Cassiterite SnO₂ , Limonite-stone, Quartz SiO₂

Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK

Dimensions: 80 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 12 mm
Weight: 496 g

Cassiterite in Limonite and Quartz from Cligga Head Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, UK.

T03-X6UCassiterite SnO₂

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

Dimensions: 80 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
Weight: 339 g

A Cassiterite specimen self collected with miner and collector Mike Cooper underground from Harriet Lode, Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen comprises of rich brown Cassiterite in a blue peach with a vugh of sharp bright shiny crystals up to 5mm.

GCM-GJGCassiterite SnO₂ , Quartz SiO₂ , Opal SiO₂·nH₂O , Feldspar Group

Ringleshutes Mine, Holne, South Hams, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 60 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
Weight: 109 g

Chocolate brown Cassiterite in white Quartz from Ringleshutes mine, Holne, Dartmoor, Devon. The white area is a small area of common Opal and the Quartz contains some pink Feldspar.

JXJ-EMXCassiterite SnO₂ , Quartz SiO₂ , Tourmaline AD₃G₆ (T₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃X₃Z

Rattlebrook Mine, Lydford, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 60 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
Weight: 109 g

A rare locality specimen of Cassiterite in Quartz from a small un-named tin pit on the higher slopes of Rattlebrook Hill, Lydford, Dartmoor, Devon, UK. It comprises of white Quartz containing rich dark brown Cassiterite in Tourmaline peach. Pit located approximately half a mile SSW of Rattlebrook mine.

U5M-JDACassiterite SnO₂ , Quartz SiO₂ , Granite

Rattlebrook Mine, Lydford, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 20 mm x 40 mm x 15 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 1 mm
Weight: 61 g

A small but pretty Cassiterite from Curbeam Tin pit on the Rattlebrook River, Lydford, Dartmoor. Specimen comprises of a scattering of small dark sharp crystals of Cassiterite in an opened small Quartz vein in a fine compact orange coloured granite. Crystals up to 1mm. Curbeam pit is approximately 1/4 of a mile from Ratllebrook Mine on Rattlebrook Hill.