Cumbrian minerals. Hilton fluorite with baryte on limestone,...

by Mellors & Kirk
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Cumbrian minerals. Hilton fluorite with baryte on limestone, Middle Level, Hilton Mine, Scoredale, Cumbria, 100mm, label noting its being found in May 1989; fluorite with baryte, Dowscar Level, Hilton Mines, 75mm w; seven further Hilton fluorites, some with pyrite or galena inclusions, the largest 110mm w; another fluorite, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, 83mm w, Paul Nicholson Collection #2904 label, (10) 

Provenance: 2nd: 1) No. 934 from The Ted Smithson Collection, of Yorkshire, purchased by him from the Russell Society auction, October 1983; 2) with Ralph Sutcliffe, his label.

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5th Nov 25 at 10am GMT

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