Manfred Schönfelder's Photo Gallery
L65-28AFluorite CaF2
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 6 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm
Size: 6 x 5 x 5 cm; Location: Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, England/UK; Collected 1977
F40-3D7Fluorite CaF2 , Galena PbS
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 15 cm x 11 cm x 6 cm
Size: 15 x 11 x 6 cm, the clear fluorite-XX to 15 mm; Location: Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, England/UK,
91U-4H4Fluorite CaF2 , Limonite
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 25 cm x 18 cm x 8 cm
Size: 25 x 18 x 8 cm, fluorite-XX to 17 mm; Location: Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, England/UK; Collected 1987
JNR-G6WGalena PbS , Fluorite CaF2
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 7 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm
Size: 7 x 4 x 4 cm; Location: Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, England/UK; Collected 1977
UAP-TWNGalena PbS , Fluorite CaF2
Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 18 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm
Size: 18 x 9 x 9 cm; Location: Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, England/UK; Collected 1987
X7W-WKVFluorite CaF2 , Siderite FeCO3
Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 18 cm x 9 cm x 11 cm
Both sides of the specimen are covered with fluorite; Size: 18 x 9 x 11 cm, fluorite-XX to 10 mm; Location: Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, North Pennines, England/UK; Collected 1976
GHT-L10Fluorite CaF2 , Siderite FeCO3
Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 22 cm x 12 cm x 9 cm
In about the first 20 years after collecting the colour of fluorite was pale green, slowly the green disappeared and now the colour is pale yellow; Size: 22 x 12 x 9 cm, fluorite to 16 mm; Location: Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, North Pennines, England/UK; Collected 1976
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R5Q-XPRQuartz SiO2 , Fluorite CaF2
Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 9 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm
The quartz-XX are scattered over the pale green fluorite-cristals; Size: 9 x 7 x 7 cm; Location: Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, North Pennines, England/UK; Collected 1976
1TP-9F4Fluorite CaF2 , Siderite FeCO3
Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 19 cm x 11 cm x 7 cm
Unusually for the Weardistrict, that all the fluorite-XX on the stalaktitlike specimen are untwinned; Size: 19 x 11 x 7 cm, fluorite to 14 mm; Location: Stanhopeburn Mine, Stanhope, North Pennines, England/UK; Collected 1976
NEQ-UT1Galena PbS , Fluorite CaF2
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 13 cm x 6 cm x 7 cm
and some crystals of chalcopyrite on fluorite; Size: 13 x 6 x 7 cm, fluorite to 44 mm, galena to 36 mm; Location: Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, England/UK; Collected 1977