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Alston Moor Minerals



The well known Brownley Hill mine is disussed here: http://northernenglandminerals.blogspot.com/2014/11/westgarth-forster-1821-brownley-hill.html
Galena, 11 cm tall with cuboctahedra to 6 cm and calcite crystals. Maisy Mouse Pocket, Rampgill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Galena, 11 cm tall with cuboctahedra to 6 cm and calcite crystals. Maisy Mouse Pocket, Rampgill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.		 Galena cuboctahedra to 7 cm across. Old Fan Flatts, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Galena cuboctahedra to 7 cm across. Old Fan Flatts, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 Galena cuboctahedra to 2 cm, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, N Pennines, Cumbria.
Galena cuboctahedra to 2 cm, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, N Pennines, Cumbria.		 Galena cuboctahedra to 12mm with ankerite on drusy quartz. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Galena cuboctahedra to 12mm with ankerite on drusy quartz. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 5 cm Galena cuboctahedron with quartz and sphalerite on ankerite-dolomite. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
5 cm Galena cuboctahedron with quartz and sphalerite on ankerite-dolomite. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Galena, Brownley Hill mine
Galena, Brownley Hill mine		 Sphalerite crystals to about 15 mm in 7 cm group. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria.
Sphalerite crystals to about 15 mm in 7 cm group. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria.		 Beautiful 65 mm specimen of sphalerite (crystals to 15 mm) and calcite, Smallcleugh Mine.
Beautiful 65 mm specimen of sphalerite (crystals to 15 mm) and calcite, Smallcleugh Mine.		 Gemmy sphalerite crystals on quartz, Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs, Alston Moor.
Gemmy sphalerite crystals on quartz, Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs, Alston Moor.		 Sphalerite, galena, ankerite and barite pseudomorphs after alstonite (5 mm), Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Sphalerite, galena, ankerite and barite pseudomorphs after alstonite (5 mm), Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Sphalerite crystals to 7 mm on 8 cm quartz matrix. Scraithole Mine, Carrshield, W Allendale, Northumberland, UK.
Sphalerite crystals to 7 mm on 8 cm quartz matrix. Scraithole Mine, Carrshield, W Allendale, Northumberland, UK.		 Sphalerite on minor matrix, 33mm, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Sphalerite on minor matrix, 33mm, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria.		 Group of pyrite cubes to 5 mm. Nenthead Mine, Alston Moor.
Group of pyrite cubes to 5 mm. Nenthead Mine, Alston Moor.		 Fluorite crystal 12 mm across on 68 mm matrix of quartz with sphalerite. Appropriation Pocket, Boundary Flatt, Rampgill Mine
Fluorite crystal 12 mm across on 68 mm matrix of quartz with sphalerite. Appropriation Pocket, Boundary Flatt, Rampgill Mine		 Beautiful transparent twinned fluorite (with hexoctahedral corners), Diana Vein, Beaumont Mine, Allendale, Northumberland.
Beautiful transparent twinned fluorite (with hexoctahedral corners), Diana Vein, Beaumont Mine, Allendale, Northumberland.
Gemmy fluorite twin with quartz. St Peter's Mine, Allendale, Northumberland
Gemmy fluorite twin with quartz. St Peter's Mine, Allendale, Northumberland		 Lustrous gemmy penetration twinned fluorite, 35 mm on 11 cm matrix. Rotherhope Fell Mine, Tynebottom Flats, Alston Moor, Cumbria
Lustrous gemmy penetration twinned fluorite, 35 mm on 11 cm matrix. Rotherhope Fell Mine, Tynebottom Flats, Alston Moor, Cumbria		 Rotherhope fluorite detail
Rotherhope fluorite detail		 Rotherhope fluorite detail
Rotherhope fluorite detail		 Rotherhope fluorite detail
Rotherhope fluorite detail
Rotherhope fluorite detail
Rotherhope fluorite detail		 Witherite sixlings with thin baryte coating, 5 cm, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor.
Witherite sixlings with thin baryte coating, 5 cm, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor.		 Witherite twins, 4 cm. Cross cut on Liverick Vein, between High Raise and Treloar veins, Nentsberry Haggs Mine.
Witherite twins, 4 cm. Cross cut on Liverick Vein, between High Raise and Treloar veins, Nentsberry Haggs Mine. 		A fine 55 mm witherite crystal with micro barite coating. Admiralty Flats, High Raise, 2nd Sun Vein, Haggs Mine. Found 1992.
A fine 55 mm witherite crystal with micro barite coating. Admiralty Flats, High Raise, 2nd Sun Vein, Haggs Mine. Found 1992.		 Witherite, 45 mm specimen. Liverick Twin Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Witherite, 45 mm specimen. Liverick Twin Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Witherite, 35 mm pyramidal crystal twin, Nentsberry Haggs, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Witherite, 35 mm pyramidal crystal twin, Nentsberry Haggs, Alston Moor, Cumbria.		 Rare epitaxial baryte on witherite, Scaleburn Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 12 mm witherites on 35 mm matrix.
Rare epitaxial baryte on witherite, Scaleburn Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 12 mm witherites on 35 mm matrix.		 Alston witherite 1.jpg
Alston witherite 1.jpg		 Alston witherite 3.jpg
Alston witherite 3.jpg		 Alston witherite 2.jpg
Alston witherite 2.jpg
Alstonite, High Cross Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, UK. 2.5 x 4 cm cluster sixling twins to 1 cm with calcite.
Alstonite, High Cross Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, UK. 2.5 x 4 cm cluster sixling twins to 1 cm with calcite.		 Russell barytocalcite 2.jpg
Russell barytocalcite 2.jpg		 Russell barytocalcite 1.jpg
Russell barytocalcite 1.jpg		 Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.		 Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.		 Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.
Barytocalcite, honey brown monoclinic crystals to 15 m on 55 mm witherite matrix. Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria.		 Alston Moor cerussite, 38 mm. Ex John Albanese (1898-1969), New Jersey, USA.
Alston Moor cerussite, 38 mm. Ex John Albanese (1898-1969), New Jersey, USA.		 Calcite crystals to 33 mm on 9 cm matrix. Blue-grey calcite overgrowths on colourless cores. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill.
Calcite crystals to 33 mm on 9 cm matrix. Blue-grey calcite overgrowths on colourless cores. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill.		 Calcite crystals to 33 mm on 9 cm matrix. Blue-grey calcite overgrowths on colourless cores. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill.
Calcite crystals to 33 mm on 9 cm matrix. Blue-grey calcite overgrowths on colourless cores. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill.
Calcite crystals to 33 mm on 9 cm matrix. Blue-grey calcite overgrowths on colourless cores. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill.
Calcite crystals to 33 mm on 9 cm matrix. Blue-grey calcite overgrowths on colourless cores. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill.		 Tynebottom calcite crystal model
Tynebottom calcite crystal model		 Doubly terminated calcite crystals to 22 mm on sphalerite, Jug Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Cumbria. Ex Lindsay Greenbank.
Doubly terminated calcite crystals to 22 mm on sphalerite, Jug Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Cumbria. Ex Lindsay Greenbank.		 Prismatic calcite crystals to 15 mm with flat terminations. Rodderup (sometimes spelt Rotherhope) Fell Mine, Alston, Cumbria.
Prismatic calcite crystals to 15 mm with flat terminations. Rodderup (sometimes spelt Rotherhope) Fell Mine, Alston, Cumbria.		 Calcite_twin_Smallcleugh.jpg
Calcite_twin_Smallcleugh.jpg
Cobaltoan calcite, 63 mm druse of fine tiny pink scalenohedra. Main Flats, Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumbria. Found May 1987.
Cobaltoan calcite, 63 mm druse of fine tiny pink scalenohedra. Main Flats, Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumbria. Found May 1987.		 Malachite crystals, Ashgill Field Mines, Crossgill, Alston Moor, Cumbria, 3 cm specimen
Malachite crystals, Ashgill Field Mines, Crossgill, Alston Moor, Cumbria, 3 cm specimen		 Brianyoungite white microcrystals on sphalerite, Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Brianyoungite white microcrystals on sphalerite, Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 Brianyoungite on sphalerite, with fluorite and quartz, Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Brianyoungite on sphalerite, with fluorite and quartz, Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 Brainyoungite, acicular crystals on 25 mm matrix. Brownley Hill Mine.
Brainyoungite, acicular crystals on 25 mm matrix. Brownley Hill Mine.
Hydrozincite, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, UK.
Hydrozincite, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, UK.		 Galena cuboctahedra to 12mm with ankerite on drusy quartz. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Galena cuboctahedra to 12mm with ankerite on drusy quartz. Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 Ankerite on thin quartz epimorph of fluorite with sphalerite. Barneycraig Mine.
Ankerite on thin quartz epimorph of fluorite with sphalerite. Barneycraig Mine.		 Barite cockscomb of transparent sharp crystals, 7 cm. Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria.
Barite cockscomb of transparent sharp crystals, 7 cm. Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria.		 Brochantite and aragonite, detail of a 6 cm specimen. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumbria.
Brochantite and aragonite, detail of a 6 cm specimen. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumbria.
Erythrite in spheroidal aggregates, on 3 cm matrix. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Cumbria. (FOV ca 4 mm).
Erythrite in spheroidal aggregates, on 3 cm matrix. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Cumbria. (FOV ca 4 mm).		 Erythrite with selenite gypsum, Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Cumbria. (FOV ca 5 mm).
Erythrite with selenite gypsum, Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Cumbria. (FOV ca 5 mm).		 Detail of erythrite from the Tynebottom mine.
Detail of erythrite from the Tynebottom mine.		 Pyromorphite crystals to 2 mm on 3 cm matrix, Hardrigg Edge, Melmerby Fell, Alston, Cumbria.
Pyromorphite crystals to 2 mm on 3 cm matrix, Hardrigg Edge, Melmerby Fell, Alston, Cumbria.		 Melanterite (according to label) crystals to 7 mm (or epsomite) on 36 mm matrix, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria.
Melanterite (according to label) crystals to 7 mm (or epsomite) on 36 mm matrix, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria.
Quartz epimorphs after fluorite, with sphalerite, 47 mm specimen. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Quartz epimorphs after fluorite, with sphalerite, 47 mm specimen. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 Quartz epimorphs after fluorite, with sphalerite, 60 mm specimen. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Quartz epimorphs after fluorite, with sphalerite, 60 mm specimen. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.		 Detail of zoned fluorite in 11 cm specimen. Brownley Hill (though labelled Stotfield Burn Mine, Rookhope)
Detail of zoned fluorite in 11 cm specimen. Brownley Hill (though labelled Stotfield Burn Mine, Rookhope)		 Fallowfields witherite, Northumberland, 52 mm
Fallowfields witherite, Northumberland, 52 mm		 Fallowfield witherite, 8 cm, an unusual prismatic habit
Fallowfield witherite, 8 cm, an unusual prismatic habit
Hexham Northumberland alstonite, 5 cm matrix, Carnegie label, 1840s.
Hexham Northumberland alstonite, 5 cm matrix, Carnegie label, 1840s.		 Hexham Northumberland alstonite, 5 cm matrix, Carnegie label, 1840s.
Hexham Northumberland alstonite, 5 cm matrix, Carnegie label, 1840s.

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