RICHARD W. 8ARSTOW

V~A.T.No.: 132-7852-67

Drakewalls House, Drakewalls,Gunnislake, Cornwall, England.

Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381(STD (022)

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MARCH 1978

1. ACTINOLITE. Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria. Rich lustrous olive-green divergentbladed crystalline mass with minor schist. 4'!x2tx1t", £6.50p

2. ·AEG1RINE. Hedrum, Vestfold, Norway. Rich lustrous blackish bladed crystals embeddedin creamy feldspar matrix with minor pinkish Catapleiite. Specimen A: withcrystals to over 1" in length, 3ix1-f,x1~", £4.5Op. Specimen B: with crystals to~" in len,9th, 2tx1t", £1.5Op.

3. ALMANDINE GARNET. Roxbury, Connectict, U.S.A. Select raspberry-red ·lustrous sharpcrystals to 1" in' size, one showing good twinning, embedded in chlorite schist.Attractive sample for display. 51'41'27",' £16.5Op.

4. ANA~CIME, Dean Qry., Lizard, Cornwall. Lustrous snow-white sharp crystals andcrystal sections to t" in diameter encrusting gabbro matrix with a little light.greenish crystalised Prehnite in association. 47X3x1t", £9.00

5. ANDRADITE GAR~~T. San 8enito Co., California, U.S.A. Choice bright 'gemmy' goldensharp crystals to 3 mm in size dotted on serpentine matrix. This variety ofAndradite is' known as TOPAZOLITE. Specimer, A: 2'!x1t", £4.1>Op. Specimen B:not so rich as specimen A, 2tx1", £3.25p.

6. APATITE variety FRA~COLITE. Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich sparklingcrl,lsts of micro crystals covering altered granite. Specimen A: 31'2", £3.25p.Specimen 8: 2x1t", £2. SOp

7. ARSfNOPYRITE. Himgston Down, near callington, Cornwall. Specimen A: 8right silverysharp crystals to 4 mm in size covering tourmaline/arsenopyrite matrix withodd small quartz crystals and creamy hexagonal APATITE crystals and crystalsections to t" in size in association. 3ix1ix1~-", £5.50p. Specimen 8: 8rightsilvery sharp crystals to 1. cm in size scattered on matrix with needly greyishcrystals of Tourmaline and a little quartz. 3tx2" , 4.5Op

8. ARTINITE. San 8enito Co .• , California, U.S .A. Specimen A: Choice snow-w:,ite radiatedmasses of needly crystals richly scattered over serpentine matrix. 3x2tx2" ,£6.50pSpecimen 8: As specimen A, 2tX1,!x1", £3.25p. Specimen C: As specimen A, 2x1,!" ,£2.5Op. All are very attractive specimens from a new occurance in California.

9. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Very choice brrnght greentabular crystals aggregated in radial sprays amd thickly covering matrix. 2tx2",£18.00. Specimen 8: Attractive bright green radiated groups of tabular' crystalsscattered on greenish Chrysocolla on matrix. 31'2", £11.00. Specimen C: Brightgreen tabular and needly crystals thickly covering matrix, with greenish-tluDchrysocolla on the reverse. 2tx2", £6.50p. Specimen D: Bright green divergentcrystal sprays on bluish-green chrysocolla on mat rix. 1,!x1-?;x1", £4. SOp;

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AXINITE. Botallack ,. st. Just, Cornwall. Lust rous clove-brown sharp crystals toin size lining a 1x1" cavity in crystalline axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1••5~

AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-likecrystalline masses attrnactiuely encruscing and dotted over quartzose matrix witha little light green Malachite in association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~

BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent palegolden coloured long tapering tabular crystals to 2 " in length richly scatteredover and lying flat on hematite/dolomite matrix. The reverse side is completelyencrusted with small very bright clear Barytes crystals to -t" in size. An oldA.E. Foote (dealer of Philadelphia, U.S.A.) label is attached to the specimen.Choille sample for display. 6x5}x2t", £110.00

BARYTES. Pribram, Bohemia, C.S.S.R. Lustrous creamy cox-comb crystal masses to l" insize scattered on matrix with odd light yellow cubic crystals of FLUORITE to 1 cmin size in association. 3x~·x1~", £8.00

BENITOITE. San Benito Co., California, U.S.A. Choice light blue sharp crystals toouer 1 cm in size richly scattered on matrix with a little whitish Natrolite.Very fine example of this mineral; there is also a little micro crystallisedpalE brow JOAQUINITE on the matrix. 2~x17", £33.00

NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery massesI scattered in brownish jasper. 2tx2tx1~", £5.50p

16. BIXBYITE. Thomas Mts., Utah, U.S.A. Select lustrous black sharp cubic crystal 5x5 mmin size implanted on matrix. 25x15 mm. £6.50p

17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green crystalsscattered in a 1txt" cavity in milky quartz. 2~x2x1t", £6.5Op. Specimen B: Smalllight green lath-like crystals to 2 mm in size scattered on both sides of alteredslate matrix. 2~x1l", £4.50p. Specimen C: ~ bute light green c'rystals scatteredon hematite/quartz matrix. 2tx1tx1", £2.25p

18. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select silvery-greyintergrown group of twinned cog-uiheel crystals, the largest being nearly 1" in-diarreter. Minor small milky crystals og iJartz in association. 1tx1x1", £13.00.Specimen B: Silvery-grey twinned cog-wheel crystals to 1 cm in size intergrownand scattered on cellular quartz. 1x1", £8.00

19. CALCITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Choice lustrous creamy' hexagonal.crystals with flat terminations, to ~-" in size completely covering and free-standing on matrix. Specimen A: 4tx3" , £7.00. Specimen B: 2t-xlt", £2.5Op

20. CALCITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Choice transparent sharp rhombic crystals toover i" in size intergrown on matrix. Attractive specimen for display. 3x3x2" ,£8.00

21. CASSITERITE. Bunny Mine, nr. st. Austell, Cornwall. Lustrous black twinned crystalsand crystal sections to t" in size richly scattered on and embedded in quartz/tourmaibine/gilbertite matrix. 2~x2x1i", £6.50p

22. CASSITERITE. Great Work Mine, Breage, Cornwall. Fine bright brownish-black sharptwinned crystals to 5 mm in size very richly scattered in numerous cavities onboth sides of cellular chlorite matrix. 3x1ix1~1I, £9.00

23. CASSITERITE. Wheal Vreah, Breage, Cornwall. Lustrous blackish elongated 'sparable'crystals to 4 mm in length thickly covering matrix. A handwritten label by SirArthur Russell accompanies the specimen. 1f..x 1tx1 ", £8.00

24. CASSITERITE variety WOOD TIN. Gaverigan, Goss Moor, Cornwall. A quantity of roundedlight brown to reddish alluvial pebbles, all showing radiated and fibrous structurecharacteristic of wood-tin. Approx 20 small pebbles from *4". £4.50p lot.

25. CELESTITE. t~adagascar. Choice transparent light blue sharp terminated crystals to ~1Iin size free-standing on and encrusting crystalline celestite matrix. 3x3x2-t" ,£8.00

26. CERULEITE. Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall. Rich light blue crystalline crusts, covering quartzose gossan. Specimen A; with a little crystallised Olivenite in

association, 2x2",. £S.50p. Spccimen B: 1-!;x1t", £3.25p

27. CERUSSITE. Rum Jungle, N. Terr., Australia. Specimen A: Fine creamy coloured wellforrr.ed reticulated crystal mass with much light green velvety botryoidal MALACHITEin association. 2x2x1~-1I, £16.50p. Specimen B: As specimen 1\, 1-}x1". £3.50p

::..~ITE. Whea u-~ cl, Gwcnn~~, Corn~~ll. ~ich cel_~l~r mnss of minute s rkling cryst Iwith a little Duwrtz. 2"i,x1~?(1", 4.SOp

CUFflITE. Copper Queen nine, Disbee, Arizon" U.S.A. Very rich heavy d p red mass withnn alteration rind of mnlachite, and arews of silky fibrous Mal~chite and small rm ettesof crystallised zurite on the reverse side. qx2x1~", £4.7Sp

30. DaNALITE. Yxsjoberg, ~erml,nd, ,weden. Rich reddish- rown masses in skarn with a littlepyrrhotite ,md fluorite. 2h1'x1", £3.2Sp

31. DANBURITE. Russell, New York, U.5.A. l~rge tnn coloured well formed and terminated cryst,l1" in size implanted on massive danburite with sm"lller crystals. 2-tx2x1-f.", £7.00

32. DESCLOISITE. Berg nukQ~, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Specimen A: Unusual deep brown wedge-shapedcrystals to 1 cm in size thickly intergrown all over cellular matrix. 3x~-x1~", £12.00Specimen B: Lustrous deep brown sharp crystals to 1 cm in size thickly intergroa onmatrix. 2x1~", ['.SOp. Specimen C: Group of sharp lustrous deep brown crystals to over1 cm in size intergrown on matrix. 1x1", f.3.2Sp

33. DICKENSONITE. Focte Mine, King Mt., N. Carolina, U.5.A. Lustrous creamy-white small sharpcrystals intergrown in cavities in feldspnr. 1-f.x1'x1-!-", £4.SOp

34. DIOPTASE. Tsumeb, Otavi, S.W. Africa. Specimen A: Bright emerald green sharp crystals tonearly 1 cm in size intergrown on matrix with R little crystellised Cerussite. 2-tx2x1''',f.16.S0p. Specimen B: Sharp bright emerald green crystals to 4 mm in size intergrown andscattered on creamy calcite with a little light green Duftite. 1+x1~x1", £6.SOp

3S. DOLOMITE. Eugwi, Pamplom~, Spain. Ve~y choice sharp vransparent to translucent largerhombic crystals to 1-}" in size intergrown all over matrix. Fine specimen for display,samples from this location are now scarce. 4x4x3J..", £f8.00

36. DOLOMITE. Thorold, Onterio, Canada. Lustrous pale pinkish sharp saddle-shaped crystalsthickly lining a 2l.'->

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Hi ACHITE. P_c Gunni-l-ke 'ine, Gunnisl~k~, Cornw~ll. Rich deep g.8"' ~-s'e~ infil~ibrecci, ted qu.,rtz veinstuff. 2'x2x1''', £3.2

83. SPHALERITE. Hydraulic Shaft, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland. Very choice brightblack sharp crystals to 1 cm in size richly encrusting altered limestone matrix. Veryat tractive specimen for display. 7x~x2-t", £23.00

84. SPHALERITE. Aliva, Picos de Europa, near Santander, Spain. Lustrous gemmy transparentsherry coloured crystElIs to 1t" in size intergrown on massive translucent orengeysphalerite. Specimens of this quality 'md transparency re now r3re. 3-tx2~x2", £54.00

85. STANNITE. Bunny Mine, near st. Austell, §ornwall. Metallic greyish masses on and in greisenwith a little turquoise and muscovite mica. 2~x2x1t", £4.50p

86. STILBTTE. Poona, near Bomb3y, India. Choice lustrous creamy sheaves of crystals to 2~" insizefurming an intergrown group with odd small creamy Heulandite crystals. Very showyspecimen for display. 3-tx2tx2~''', £14.00

87. TARBUTTITE. Broken Hill, nr. Kabwe, Zambia~ Specimen A: Small sharp sparkling crystalsthickly encrusting both sides of cellular matrix with the upper surface partially 'encrusted with cleElr sharp HoPEITE cr~stals to 3 mm in size and whitish crusts ofHvdrozincite. 2x1~x1t", £14.00. Specimen B: SmEll I sharp sparkling crystals richlycovering a banded botrvoidal mass of Smithsomite. 2x1tx1t", £4.75p .

88. TETRADYMITE. Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Cumberlamd. Bright silvery-grey metallic massessparsely scattered in milky quartz. 2-tx2~~1i", "£4.50p. Specimen B: As specimen A,1tx1tx1", £2.75p

89. ToRBERNITE. Mine Bois-Noir, St. Priest-Ia-Prugne, Loire, France. Bright emerald green shElrptabular crystals to t" in size intergrown on areas of iron-stained altered granite.2x1tx1 " , £14.00 "

90. TOURMALINE variety SCHoRL. Tongafeno, Madagnscar. Sharp bright block crystnls to nearly 1"in size intergrown on reddish gnnite. 1~x1tx1", £3.50p

91. VANADINTTE. Mibloden, Atlns Mts., Morocco. Bright red shArp hexagonal crystals to t"" insize richly scattered over three sides of" a light colo\lred matrix. 3tx2tx2", £14.00

92. VIVIANITE. Wannon Falls, Victoria, Australia. A large deep bluish-black to greenish cleavedcrystal. 4~x2x1", £12.00

93. WILLEMITE. Tsumeb, Otavi, SoW. Africa. Choice sharp transparent pale green to colourlesscrystals most IV around 2-3 mm in size completely covering a cellular matrix. Very richspecimen. 4x2tx1t", £28.00

94. WILLEMITE. Franklin, New Jersev, U.S.A. Rich light brownish crystalline masses associatedwith creamy Calcite. 3tx2~x1f.-", £7.00

95. WITHERITE. Settlingstones Mine, near Hexham, Northumberland. Lustrcus creamy well formedcomppsite crvsti'lls forming boIl-like aggregates to 1" in size on massive witherite.4x2tx2", £11.00

96. WITHERITE. Nentsberrv Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. A group of well formed pseudo-hexagonalcrystals with a thin white barytes coating. Crystal faces to -t". 1tx1xi", £1.50p

97. WoHLERITE. Risova, Lagesundsfjorden, Norwav. Rich light" brown masses associated withnepheline svenite ,md odd black plates of Lepdidomelane. Specimen A: 2tx2x1", £2.50p.Specimen B: 1tx1x1", £1.25p

98. WoLFRAMITE. Hingston Down, near Gunnislake, Cornwall. Bright black blades in arsenopvrite/quartz veinstuff. 3x2", £2.75p

99. WULFENITE. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Bright orangev blockV tabular crvst~ls to ,}" insize scattered on calcite motrix, and with a later encrustation of light brown crystalsoll ENDLICHTTE. 4x3x2~'''' £28.00

100. WULFENITE. 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright orangey translucent tabular crystalsto 8 mm in size scattered on light orangev botryoidal Mimetite covering gossanv matrix.3x2tx1t", £8.00

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