Hi all, Just a quick update to remind you that I have an eRocks auction closing tonight at 11pm GMT plus a new one just started. Highlights of the new one include a very rare Welsh fluorite specimen….. …….plus a super Ojuela Mine mimetite specimen displaying 2 generations of crystals with different crystal habits.
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Collecting Ireland – Zeolites 1 – Fallowvee, Waterfoot, County Antrim

Irish Zeolite Localities The Antrim Basalt Formation in County Antrim, Northern Ireland has long been a source of varied and interesting zeolite minerals. A combination of rugged coastline cliffs and multiple ‘road stone’ quarries has meant that good quality specimens can be obtained from multiple locations, serving to show the diversity of zeolite mineral occurrence
Continue reading »Friday Night eRocks Auctions 14/08/15
Good evening all, Just a reminder that my latest eRocks auction has just started and that another one is also ending at 11pm BST tonight. The new auction includes a couple of rare New Zealand zeolite specimens (mordenite pictured above) as well as a rare specimen of bottallockite from Ireland (pictured below).
Continue reading »eRocks Auctions Friday 7th August
Hi all, Just a reminder that I have an eRocks auction ending at 10pm BST this evening plus another new auction has just begun. As always theres a great range of minerals available!! Cheers, Trevor
Continue reading »Collecting Ireland – Tynagh Mine, Co Galway
I recently made the 4hr trip down to what is perhaps Irelands most prolific mineral locality, the Tynagh Mine in County Galway. Over 100 minerals species have been recorded from the locality and I was hoping to find at least a few of them!! Since closing in 1982 much of the site has unfortunately been
Continue reading »New eBay Items added 03/08/15
Please check out my eBay Shop for a new bunch of specimens just added, including very rare durangite crystals, zinclipscombite crystals from the species Type Locality and lovely dipyramidal wulfenite crystals from the Melissa Mine in Arizona. If you don’t have an eBay account and would like any of my specimens just email with your
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