Greenlaws Mine
Daddry Shield, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Greenlaws Mine is a former lead mine worked for fluorite.
The mine is known for fine fluorite specimens in a wide range of colours from golden-amber to a blue-grey.
A team of explorers and collectors have been clearing parts of the collapsed shafts and have broken through to the ‘Great Limestone Flats’, which allows for the examination and clearing of the former mine.
A video and excellent article on Mindat goes into some detail on this, showing excellent specimens of fluorite in situ.
Unfortunately it appears a visit from collectors caused some damage to the site in the past, and now visits are less accepted than once before.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-5152.html
- http://www.mineexplorer.org.uk/greenlaws.htm
- https://www.mindat.org/a/greenlaws2022
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
County Durham- Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
- Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Stanhope, County Durham
- Heights Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham
- High Skears Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham
- Newlandside Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham
- Old Towns Quarry, Heighington, Darlington, County Durham
- Pike Law Mines, Newbiggin, County Durham
- Rogerley Mine, Stanhope, County Durham
- Whitfield Brow Mines, Stanhope, County Durham
You can also browse by county: • Cheshire • Cornwall • County Durham • Cumbria • Derbyshire • Devon • Dorset • Gloucestershire • Kent • Lancashire • Leicestershire • Norfolk • North Somerset • North Yorkshire • Northumberland • Shropshire • Somerset • Staffordshire • Surrey • West Midlands •
For the rest of our UK stock, see below.
United Kingdom
Fossils from the United Kingdom - Minerals from the United Kingdom