The Mineral Gallery

Case R1

01 | Chalcocite

Chalcocite. From Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

02 | Cuprite

Cuprite with quartz. From Gwennap, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

03 | Chalcotrichite

Chalcotrichite (variation of Cuprite) on chalcocite coated in iron oxides. From Wheal Providence, Gwinear, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

04 | Olivenite

Olivenite on quartz. From Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

05 | Azurite

Azurite on quartz with malachite, cuprite and tenorite. From Wheal Providence, Gwinear, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

06 | Azurite

Azurite crystals with malachite. From Carharrack Mine, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

07 | Native copper

Dendritic native copper. From Botallack Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

08 | Native copper

Native copper. From Poldory Mine, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

09 | Olivenite

Olivenite on cuprite with arsenopyrite and chalcocite. From Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

10 | Olivenite

Olivenite on quartz and chalcocite, coated in tenorite. From Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

11 | Olivenite

Olivenite on quartz. From Carharrack Mine, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

12 | Olivenite

Olivenite on chalcocite, coated in tenorite. From Wheal Muttrell, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

13 | Chalcocite

Coarse, platy chalcocite. From Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

14 | Liroconite

Liroconite. From Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

15 | Olivenite

Olivenite with pseudomalachite, chalcocite and pyrite in quartz. From Wheal Providence, Gwinear, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

16 | Malachite

Malachite coated in limonite. From Wheal Husband, Sticker, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

17 | Olivenite

Olivenite on quartz. From Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

18 | Chalcopyrite

Chalcopyrite with quartz and sphalerite. From an unknown location. Philip Rashleigh collection.

19 | Olivenite

Olivenite. From Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

20 | Clinoclase

Clinoclase and quartz. From Carharrack Mine, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

21 | Olivenite

Olivenite with liroconite, cuprite and malachite. From Wheal Muttrell, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

22 | Chalcocite

Chalcocite. From Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

24 | Malachite

Malachite on limonite. From Banat, Romania. Philip Rashleigh collection.

27 | Clinoclase

Clinoclase on liroconite with azurite and malachite on quartz. From Wheal Providence, Gwinear, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

28 | Cerussite

Cerussite and azurite. From Siberia, Russia. Philip Rashleigh collection.

29 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite and fluorite on chlorite. From Trevaunance Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

30 | Cassiterite

Sparable cassiterite with chlorite and fluorite on quartz. From Pell Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

31 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite with quartz. From Trevaunance Mine, St Ages, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

32 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite with marcasite on chlorite. From Trevascus Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

33 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite with chalcedony. From Pednandrea Mine, Redruth, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

35 | Scorodite

Scorodite on quartz with chalcite, coated in tenorite. From Carharrack Mine, St Day, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

36 | Pharmacosiderite

Pharmacosiderite on chalcocite, coated in tenorite. From Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

37 | Anglesite

Anglesite on limonite and quartz. From East Wheal Rose, Sithney, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

38 | Chalcedony

Chalcedony with bitumen. From Auvergne, France. Philip Rashleigh collection.

39 | Galena

Galena with marcasite on fluorite. From Derbyshire, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

40 | Galena

Galena with fluorite. From Eyam, Derbyshire, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

41 | Galena

Galena with fluorite. From Derbyshire, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

42 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite on quartz. From St Agnes, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

43 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite with quartz. From Glasteining Mine, St Mewan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

44 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite, quartz and specular haematite. From Wheal Change, St Austell, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

45 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite (wood tin). From St Enoder, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

46 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite with quartz. From Glasteining Mine, St Mewan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

47 | Cassiterite

Cassiterite nodules of wood tin and black tin. From St Austell, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

48 | Gold

Gold on quartz with chalcocite. From Olonitz, Russia. Philip Rashleigh collection.

49 | Gold

Leaf gold on quartz. From Transylvania, Romania. Philip Rashleigh collection.

50 | Gold

Leaf gold on quartz. From Transylvania, Romania. Philip Rashleigh collection.

51 | Gold

Gold branch on milky quartz. From Siberia, Russia. Philip Rashleigh collection.

52 | Fluorite

Fluorite with dolomite and siderite. From Alston Moor, Cumbria, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

53 | Siderite

Siderite pseudomorphs after pyrite on quartz. Wheal Cock, St Just, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

54 | Chlorargyrite

Chlorargyrite. From Wheal Mexico, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

55 | Goethite

Goethite. From St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

56 | Tetrahedrite

Tetrahedrite on siderite. From Padstow, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

57 | Silver

Silver on amethyst and acanthite. From Freyburg, Germany. Philip Rashleigh collection.

58 | Scorodite

Scorodite. From Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

59 | Silver

Silver on calcite. From Norway. Philip Rashleigh collection.

60 | Cerussite

Cerussite. From Burne Mine, Durham. Philip Rashleigh collection.

61 | Sphalerite

Sphalerite on quartz. From Kapnik, Transylvania. Philip Rashleigh collection.

62 | Calcite

Calcite. From Alston Moor, Cumbria, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

63 | Steatite

Steatite (soapstone). From Stowesend Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Philip Rashleigh collection.

64 | Topaz

Topaz partly altered to adularia. From Siberia, Russia. Philip Rashleigh collection.

65 | Calcite

Calcite. From Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA. Philip Rashleigh collection.

66 | Quartz

Smoky quartz, feldspar and mica in granite. From Russia. Philip Rashleigh collection.

67 | Calcite

Calcite (dogs-tooth spar). From Ball Eye Mine, Derbyshire, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

68 | Instruments

Philip Rashleigh’s chemical balance, thought to have been used by him in his experiments on the minerals in his collection.

69 | Gypsum

Gypsum on limestone. From Cumberland Mine, Derbyshire, England. Philip Rashleigh collection.

70 | Quartz

Quartz. From Dauphine, France. Philip Rashleigh collection.

71 | Stibnite

Stibnite on selenite. From Felsobanya, Romania. Philip Rashleigh collection.

72 | Stibnite

Stibnite and quartz. From Auvergne, France. Philip Rashleigh collection.

73 | Wulfenite

Wulfenite on quartz. From Bleiberg, Austria. Philip Rashleigh collection.

74 | Cobaltite

Cobaltite with erythrite and chalcopyrite. From Tunaberg, Sweden. Philip Rashleigh collection.

75 | Valentinite

Valentinite on quartz with pyrite and galena. From Bohemia, Czechia. Philip Rashleigh collection.

76 | Erythrite

Erythrite on cobaltite. From Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Philip Rashleigh collection.