Origin: Hazard Section, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England,
UK
Sample size: crystalline botryoidal malachite (area 5 mm) on pale blue
chrysocolla
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Isolation Mine, Snelston, Derbyshire, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: New Cliff Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, England,
UK
Sample size: area 6 mm on
chrysocolla (top left), area 8 mm, malachite on
vesignieite (top right), Area 8mm, malachite on
vesignieite (bottom)
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Waterbank mine, Ecton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Sample size: radial divergent crystal masses of malachite, the
barite
crystal to left is about 0.75 mm diameter
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Eaglebrook (Nant-Y-Cagel) Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion
(Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Sample size: area 8 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Henfwlch Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion (Dyfed;
Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Sample size: fibrous crystal groups to 0.75 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Castell Mine (Dyffryn Castell. New Castell. West Esgairlle. Gwaithddu.
Cripiau Bach), Ponterwyd, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire),
Wales, UK
Sample size: area 10 mm x 15 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Lletty Evanhen Mine (Vaughan), Bontgoch, Trefeirig, Ceredigion (Dyfed;
Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Sample size: area 1.5 cm
Owner: Steve Rust
Origin: Nant-y-Car Mine, Rhayader, Powys (Radnorshire), Wales, UK
Sample size: 5 mm pseudomorph of malachite after an octahedral crystal of
galena
(left), bow-tie crystals to 0.7 mm (right)
Owner: Steve Rust
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