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7A8-FG0Bustamite CaMn2+(Si2O6)

Meldon Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 9 cm x 5 cm

Bustamite, 90 x 50 mm. Collected 1983, Ian Jones collection.
Copyright: © Ian Jones      Photo ID: 9361     Uploaded by: Ian Jones   Approval date: 2024-05-18   View Count: 2264   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2592 x 1944 pixels (5.0 Mpix)

TYW-FUFNative Gold Au

Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 10 mm

Herring-bone growth of gold.

Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 31st Jan 2018
Copyright: © Van King      Photo ID: 853835     Uploaded by: Vandall Thomas King   Approval date: 2017-11-07   View Count: 15412   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 5400 x 2912 pixels (15.7 Mpix)

TVM-4G1Siderite (Var: Lady's Slipper) FeCO3

Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 175 mm

This is a superb epimorph of siderite after baryte from this old classic mine.
It is to my, and to some Cornish mineral collectors knowledge, the best specimen outside of the BMNH in London.
Ex Jung collection, who traded it with the BMNH, according to the label, in 1968.
Obtained from Alexander Matthies at the 2025 Hannut show. Thank you Alexander for the opportunity.
A coïncidense that the POTD today, is a beautiful picture of the British Museum. Please see: https://www.mindat.org/photo-1463897.html
Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.
Copyright: © Collection and photo © 2025, Paul De Bondt.      Photo ID: 1500075     Uploaded by: Paul De Bondt   Approval date: 2025-05-26   View Count: 257   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1426 x 2123 pixels (3.0 Mpix)

LXK-3D8Pseudomalachite Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Hematite Fe2O3 , Quartz SiO2

Bampfylde Mine, North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 5 cm x 5 cm x 3.5 cm

Dark blue-green botryoidal Pseudomalachite with light green Malachite on a Quartz/Hematite matrix. Collected on a Russell Society trip.
Copyright: © S Rust      Photo ID: 884288     Uploaded by: Steve Rust   Approval date: 2025-12-13   View Count: 405   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1556 x 1558 pixels (2.4 Mpix)

Waterwheel driven crusher house

Bampfylde Mine, North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

Copyright: © Phil Taylor      Photo ID: 889759     Uploaded by: Steve Rust   Approval date: 2018-05-12   View Count: 778   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 3264 x 2448 pixels (8.0 Mpix)

QXW-GTXScorodite Fe3+AsO4·2H2O

Hemerdon Tungsten Mine, Sparkwell, South Hams, Devon, England, UK

Largest Crystal Size: 1.2 mm

Green pale Scorodite ball. Collection & Photo Matteo Chinellato.

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Copyright: © ChinellatoPhoto - Matteo Chinellato      Photo ID: 927380     Uploaded by: Matteo Chinellato   Approval date: 2025-04-17   View Count: 198   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1300 x 873 pixels (1.1 Mpix)

5RK-K5HFluorapatite (Var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite) Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)

West Wheal Crebor, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 18 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number 432. ('85) What used to be called francolite (Franco mine!) is now called carbonate-fluorapatite. These are cartwheel shaped hexagonal prisms.
Collected by Richard Bell.
Photographed by Martin Stolworthy.
Copyright: © British Micromount Society      Photo ID: 767981     Uploaded by: British Micromount Society   Approval date: 2024-09-14   View Count: 307   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 1907 x 1413 pixels (2.7 Mpix)

3XY-0FTWavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O

High Down Quarry, West Buckland, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 3.4 cm

Classical radiated clusters of wavellite from the type locality for the specie. Collection of Chieh Ku, photo by K.C.Huang.
Photo ID: 1384453     Uploaded by: Ko-Chun Huang   Approval date: 2024-07-02   View Count: 239   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 6787 x 4530 pixels (30.7 Mpix)

HYF-T27Pyrite FeS2

Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Dimensions: 80 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 12 mm

One of my best examples of pyrite from Virtuous Lady Mine, collected over forty years ago and still remains stable.
Copyright: © Peter Trebilcock      Photo ID: 1247298     Uploaded by: Peter Trebilcock   Approval date: 2022-09-29   View Count: 233   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 4608 x 3456 pixels (15.9 Mpix)

E6M-J7NChildrenite Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O

George and Charlotte Mine, Devon and Cornwall United Mines, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 2.4 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.8 mm

Brown childrenite crystals, with typical rhombic bipiramids. Collection and photo by Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D750, bellows, Luminar 25 mm.
Photo ID: 1012857     Uploaded by: Gianfranco Ciccolini   Approval date: 2019-11-16   View Count: 661   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 5004 x 3334 pixels (16.7 Mpix)
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