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Anglesite, Matlock, Derbyshire, EnglandTapering, colourless crystals of anglesite on galena. The specimen label, handwritten by collector Philip Rashleigh, states Common lead ore with flat columnar crystals of white lead ore each side
Galena, Earl Ferrers Mine, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, EnglandReticulated mass of grey galena on top of octahedral crystals of galena with colourless calcite and brassy yellow chalcopyrite, on pink baryte
Liroconite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandA large, rare, liroconite crystal on strashimirite found in 1808. At 2.5cm, the specimen is the largest known crystal from any locality worldwide
Gold, Carnon Stream Works, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, EnglandGold is a native element and precious metal which has been prized by mankind for thousands of years for its beauty, malleability and resistance to corrosion
Cuprite with Minor Quartz, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 16)
Wolframite, Castle an Dinas Mine, St Columb Major, Cornwall, EnglandWolframite contains iron, manganese and tungsten and is the main ore mineral of tungsten. Until the mid 1800s it was treated as a waste product but it later became a high value by product at many tin
Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandCoarse crystals of chalcophyllite. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue: Transparent six sided thin Crystals of Copper Ore with some eight sided crystals of green Do
Galena, Matlock, Derbyshire, EnglandBright metallic grey galena. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue 126 Lead Ore shot in the form of a leaf called Thorn-Leaf Lead Ore. Matlock
Cassiterite, Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, EnglandCassiterite with quartz. A very rich tin ore of a brown colour with black crystals of a curious form on the surface intermixed with white quartz
Bournonite with Quartz, Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, EnglandSteel-grey twinned bournonite crystals, in distinctive cog wheel formation, with colourless quartz. This fine specimen from the lead and silver mine, Herodsfoot
Chalcopyrite on Baryte, Ecton Mine, Ecton Hill, Staffordshire, EnglandBrassy yellow chalcopyrite on botryoidal cream baryte. This specimen is a classic example from the Ecton Copper Mines in Staffordshire. Chalcopyrite is an important copper ore
Copper, Cornwall, EnglandAn intricate dendritic growth of copper crystals. Also known as native copper, the specimen is pure copper, uncombined with any other elements
Copper, United Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 17)
Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Minor Sphalerite, United KingdomThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 7, Figure 3) which states Is yellow copper ore
Chalcocite with Quartz, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 7)
Torbernite on Quartz, Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandAn earthy, orange coated, quartz mass bearing fine towers and clusters of books of emerald to bottle green square plates of torbernite
Hematite, Buxton, EnglandMassive, compact, water worn hematite, dark red in colour. The specimen label states Iron Ore, the best pieces are used for burnishing when polished - from Buxton or thereabouts
Calcite, Ball Eye Mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, EnglandCalcite, dog-tooth spar variety. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 20)
Malachite, Wheal Husband, Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, EnglandBotryoidal malachite coated in limonite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 8)
Clinoclase, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandSpheroidal clinoclase coating liroconite, 4.5 cm in diameter. The specimen is probably from Wheal Gorland or Wheal Unity. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue
Galena, Sphalerite, Bitumen and Fluorite, Ashover, Derbyshire, EnglandGrey galena, brown sphalerite, black bitumen and colourless fluorite. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue
Galena, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, EnglandReticulated dull grey galena on larger dull grey octahedral crystals of galena. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue
Tetrahedrite, Trenance, St Issey, near Padstow, Cornwall, EnglandTetrahedrite coated in chalcopyrite with minor siderite. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote: Crystals of Grey Copper Ore in triangles with a little spatose Iron Ore, near Padstow. Rashleigh Collection
Native Copper, Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandSolid crystalline copper like a root of a tree crystallised at the points. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue: Virgin Copper in form of the Root of a Tree
Baryte, Bonsall Dale, Bonsall, Derbyshire, EnglandVariety of baryte known as brainstone. White sprays of dendritic crystals in a limonitic ground mass with one polished face
Gypsum, Cumberland Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, EnglandCurved, fibrous aggregates of gypsum crystals. The crystals are milky white in colour and in the same feathery groups as illustrated in Specimens of British Minerals
Goethite with Calcite, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, EnglandStalactitic goethite with colourless calcite crystals. This variety of goethite, known as brush ore, was high quality iron ore from the Forest of Dean, often containing between 60-65% iron
Manganite, Warwickshire, EnglandAcicular manganite crystals on massive manganite. Manganite, which is a valuable manganese ore, was worked at Nuneaton and Hartshill in Warwickshire by the Cornish Mining Company from around 1820 to
Galena with Calcite, Sphalerite and Pyrite, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England6mm pale yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals (dog tooth spar) and brassy yellow chalcopyrite crystals on galena and sphalerite
Galena with Sphalerite, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, EnglandGrey galena with black clusters of sphalerite, colourless calcite and brassy yellow chalcopyrite on pink baryte and brown dolomite
Cassiterite, Wheal Maudlin, Lostwithiel (formerly in Lanlivery Parish), Cornwall, EnglandA superb twinned crystal of cassiterite. In Cornwall, cassiterite is concentrated in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites associated with granite intrusions
Cassiterite Partly Replacing Orthoclase, Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, EnglandTwinned crystals of orthoclase feldspar partially replaced by cassiterite. This rare kind of replacement, or partial pseudomorph, is best seen in specimens from Wheal Coates
Cassiterite, St Agnes, Cornwall, EnglandLarge crystals of cassiterite, varying from black to dark brown in colour. In Cornwall, cassiterite is concentrated in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites associated with granite intrusions
Chalcopyrite with Calcite and Galena, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, EnglandBrassy yellow chalcopyrite crystals on colourless scalenohedral calcite crystals (dog tooth spar) with metallic grey galena on limestone
Copper with Quartz, South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall, EnglandCopper with crystalline quartz. Most Cornish copper specimens are dull, but native copper (pure copper, uncombined with any other elements) from Caradon is invariably bright
Copper, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, EnglandA dendritic growth of copper crystals. Also known as native copper, the specimen is pure copper, uncombined with any other elements
Chalcocite, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandCoarse platy chalcocite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 15)
Scorodite, Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 9, Figure 3) which states Is copper ore of a dull olive-green colour
Chalcopyrite with Malachite, East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandCapillary chalcopyrite with malachite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 6)
Malachite, North Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandClusters of botryoidal malachite crystals. Malachite is a common hydrated copper carbonate secondary mineral, formed by the near surface weathering of primary sulphide minerals
Cassiterite, Ulu Johan, Ipoh, Kinta district, Southern Perak, MalaysiaThis large specimen of water worn cassiterite was brought to Cornwall from Malaysia by Redruth businessman James Wickett in 1910
Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite, Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandSteel coloured crystals of chalcocite covering chalcopyrite. This botryoidal variety of chalcopyrite is known as blister copper
Chalcopyrite on Quartz, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, EnglandBrassy yellow crystals of chalcopyrite, with an iridescent tarnish, on colourless quartz crystals. The specimen label states Six sided cristals of yellow copper ore crossing each other in opake
Cerussite on Galena and Baryte, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, EnglandCerussite on galena and baryte. The specimen label states: 330 Lead ore with transparent crystals of lead ore found near Matlock very Rare. Galena is the primary ore mineral of lead
Galena and Quartz, Derbyshire, England (Uncertain Locality)Reticulated grey galena with colourless quartz crystals. Galena is the primary ore mineral of lead
Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, EnglandReticulated galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite on octahedral crystals of galena. The locality is recorded as Staunton Harold and this specimen is probably from the Earl Ferrers Mines
