Derbyshire Minerals Photo Gallery by Hajar at pbase.com

Derbyshire Minerals

Derbyshire is famed in mineralogical circles for its late 18th century to mid 19th century phosgenites and matlockites with associated anglesite from the Wirksworth-Cromford district. Some fine examples are shown below.

Significant finds of interesting mineral species were made in the Whitwell Quarry (in Permian magnesian limestone) during the 1980s from the Park Hall Fault. The fault zone contained mixed lead and vanadium mineralisation (see: http://www.steetleyminerals.com/cms.php?id_cms=14 ). The rare minerals phosphohedyphane, leadhillite, hydrocerussite, lanarkite, vanadinite, descloizite and mattheddleite from this occurrence are shown here.

6 cm galena (showing panelled cube faces, octahedron and dodecahedron) with fluorite, sphalerite. Wirksworth-Cromford District	6 cm galena (showing panelled cube faces, octahedron and dodecahedron) with fluorite, sphalerite. Wirksworth-Cromford District	Matlockite rosettes of tabular crystals (individually to 10mm) with anglesite and phosgenite, 46 mm, Wallclose Vein, Bage Mine	Matlockite rosettes of tabular crystals (individually to 10mm) with anglesite and phosgenite, 46 mm, Wallclose Vein, Bage Mine	Matlockite edge bevels detail, Bage Mine
Matlockite crystal model	Anglesite on Matlockite rosettes of tabulate crystals, 46 mm, Wallclose Vein, Bage Mine	Anglesite on Matlockite rosettes of tabulate crystals, 46 mm, Wallclose Vein, Bage Mine	Phosgenite, transparent tabular crystal with etched edges	Phosgenite, transparent tabular crystal with etched edges
Phosgenite, transparent tabular crystal with etched edges	Phosgenite, transparent tabular crystal with etched edges	Exquisite old specimen from the Type Locality, a group of gemmy doubly terminated crystals to 21 mm.	Bage Mine phosgenite crystal model (using smorf.nl)	Phosgenite pinacoid
Phosgenite crystal, 17 mm, type locality, Bage Mine, Comford.	Phosgenite crystal, 17 mm, type locality, Bage Mine, Comford.	Model of the Brage phosgenite crystal using smorf.nl	Phosgenite from Derbyshire in Sowerby vol IV	Phosgenite and matlockite from Greg & Lettsom (1858)
Phosgenite and matlockite from Wallclose Mine, Bage Mine	Zoned purple fluorite crystals showing tetrahexahedron and cube,, Pindale, Derbyshire	Zoned purple fluorite crystals showing tetrahexahedron and cube,, Pindale, Derbyshire	Blue John, with baryte, 100 x 50 x 50 mm, Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, ex Smedley, 19th century Blue John worker	Flourite, Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire
Antique fluorite with galena and cerussite, Matlock, Derbyshire	Antique fluorite with galena and cerussite, Matlock, Derbyshire	Antique fluorite with galena and cerussite, Matlock, Derbyshire	Antique fluorite with galena and cerussite, Matlock, Derbyshire	Antique fluorite with galena and cerussite, Matlock, Derbyshire
Large Derbyshire calcite of very distinctive form, James Sowerby 1809 illustration	Derbyshire calcite crystal very similar to Sowerby's 1809 illustration, Ladywash Mine, 11 cm	First pass model of Ladywash calcite crystal using smorf	Calcite crystal from Ladywash Mine, Eyam with Victorian MM label	Calcite crystals from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire
Beautiful honey-coloured gemmy calcite twins on matrix. Ladywash Mine, Eyam, 81 mm x 66 mm x 24 mm	Calcite, rare "axehead" twin, 4 cm. Bonsal Moor, Derbyshire, UK. 1981 find.(twin plane {01.2})	Calcite twin, {00.1}, "Derbyshire twin," 26 mm. Hollandtwine Mine, Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK.	Smithsonite on fluorite, Ball Eye Mine, Cromford, Derbyshire	Cerussite crystal 10 mm on 25 mm galena matrix, Park Hall Fault, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
Hydrocerussite crystals to 2 mm, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.	Phosphohedyphane after cerussite, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire. 5 cm specimen, 15 mm field of view.	Lanarkite in crystals to 3 mm, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.	Leadhillite crystals to 2 mm, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.	Anglesite, Dene Quarry, Cromford, Derbyshire. The crystal is about 2.5 mm long.
Mattheddleite, a rare lead nesosilicate, on 18 mm galena matrix, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire.	Vanadinite with descloizite, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire. Detail of 33 mm specimen.	Vanadinite with descloizite, Whitwell Quarry, Whitwell, Derbyshire. Detail of 33 mm specimen.	Cerussite with fluorite on galena, Beans and Bacon Mine, Bonsall Moor, 44 mm x 28 mm x 20 mm	Aurichalcite on calcite, Golconda Mine, Hopton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Derbyshire classic from the Millclose Mine; a honey coloured anglesite (9 mm crystal) with fluorite, pyrite and galena.	Model of the Millclose anglesite	Baryte, Hollandtwine Mine, Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, 38 mm x 25 mm x 33 mm	Detail of quartz with spheroidal inclusions (goethite) from Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell in the Peak, Derbyshire	Quartz with spheroidal inclusions (goethite) from Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell in the Peak, Derbyshire

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joseantonio		03-Feb-2023 14:38
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