• Lustrous blue tabular crystal, 8.5 cm (they come larger), seems to be a floater;
• Hematite stained clear/very light blue crystals to 6 cm in group;
• Ian Bruce's very large clear crystals;
• BMNH specimen, nearly red with white rims, about 20 cm overall;
• Flat tabular light yellow clear group, 5 cm with dolomite, uncommon form;
• Blue "cockscomb" like crystals, red towards tips, Jesse Fisher specimen;
• Blue prismatic 5 cm crystal;
• A relatively fat, very complex dark reddish-brown prismatic crystal, 5 cm;
• Typical dark yellow/clear zoned 3.5 cm blade, on dolomite, 5 cm specimen;
• Thick 4 cm crystal, light blue & yellow, then red, especially on termination, nice luster and gemmy, with small crystals on dolomite, 7 cm overall;
• Labeled Cleator Moor this Edinburgh NMS specimen has crystals to 140 cm;
• Jesse Fisher's "Frizington" specimen is with hexagonal calcite (unusual), 5x4 cm overall.
• Neat group of doubly terminated crystals with many "tips" or pyramid faces at the tips of each large crystal. The specimen is 8.5 x 9 cm.
• This unusual doubly terminated specimen with clear/bluish crystals to 3.5 cm on small globules of black to brown kidney ore labeled "Freyington." Probably misspelled "Frizington."

Winscales is between Egremont and Haile Moor, beyond the Florence mine. Above specimen in BMNH labeled Winscales.

This former lead-zinc mine (not the granite quyarry) evidently also had barite; some confusion with the "Threlkeld Side level" of the Dufton complex.

Derbyshire, near Eyam, Ladywash mine

White balls (tiny chalk-like blades) to 1 cm, partially coated with light purple fluorite druse, all on nice dark grey with yellow tinge fluorite cubes with pyrite (nickel-rich "bravoite") inclusions, mostly near surface. From Trumpet Vein.

Derbyshire, Matlock area

Several mines have (had) barite. Pale yellow tabular crystals to 2.5 cm. *Edinburgh NMS images are copyrighted and reproduction and display are prohibited without written consent. http://www.nms.ac.uk/

Devon, Sidmouth

Colorless to light honey brown tabular crystals to 4-5 cm, sometimes with bluish tinge. Occasionally elongated. In calcite nodules in coastal cliffs. UKJMM 23.

Kent, Isle of Sheppey, Warden Point

Glossy nodules (roses), grey or tan, commonly to 5 cm on thin dark yellow calcite coating matrix are found on the beach. This Edinburgh NMS specimen is about 3 cm. The nearly complete 2.5 cm ball is unusual, on 8 cm matrix with more tpical broken/contacted ball. The glossy radiating crystals are 3 cm in diameter are on a 7 cm specimen.

North Yorkshire, Swaledale, Old Gang mines (Old Gang Lead Mining Co.)

An old locality; this example of milky spears to 1.2 cm. are from the Old Rake vein on the Hard Level, dug recently (8/06). 6 cm group.

• Opaque white groups of blades in intergrown balls on black sphalerite (large intergrown crystals), 11 cm;
• These clear crystals, yellow tips, are 9 cm high, from one pocket only; a few were even larger;
• Blades to 6 cm with 3.5 cm calcites from the Hunterian M&AG, Glasgow;
• Thick greenish stained crystals to 7 cm covered with small calcites (20 cm specimen, Hunterian M&AG);
• White ball of witherite in barite with barite altering to witherite, 6 cm, Hunterian M&AG;
• The sphere of cockscomb crystals from Edinburgh NMS is about 9 cm;
• Grey to white cockscomb blades reach 8 cm (with minor pyrite), also Edinburgh NMS;
• Yellowish chisels (Edinburgh NMS) to 3.5 cm. These resemble material from nearby Leadhills, but the Edinburgh label says Wanlockhead;
• Lamellar crystals, 5 cm, are with small calcite crystals (Edinburgh NMS).

Clear thick doubly terminated crystal in Hunterian M&AG; almost too good for the area. 5 cm

Cardiff, Blaengwynlais Quarry

Milky to tan thin opague blades to 1 cm in tight groups, 3x3 cm specimen collected by Lloyd Llewellyn at Bench #3 in 5/2007.

 

Cardiff, Tafts Well Quarry

White blades with iron staining to 2.5 cm with tiny calcite crystals.

 

County Tipperary, Silvermines district, Mogul mine

Small (1.5 cm) cream-white blades on galena & sphalerite. Cal Graeber specimen.