I recently managed to get a hold of some excellent quality specimens formerly owned by Roger Harker, a prominent British mineralogist who happens to have studied in my home city of Leicester.
Plenty of these were owned by other well known figures in the mineralogy world, and while the boxes are a little shabby from storage, the labels are primarily intact keeping the specimens reasonably well labelled.
I’ve collected them all in a series of blog posts here, so you can take a look. I’ve tried to keep the prices down – specimens like this can fetch quite a price but hopefully these are somewhat more affordable. Click through to the listings, and let me know if you’d like any more photos.
••• Roger Harker specimens – Set #1 ••• Roger Harker specimens – Set #2 ••• Roger Harker specimens – Set #3 •••
Aurichalcite on Fluorite from Yarnbury Mines, North Yorkshire
Azurite on Calcite from Ecton Mine, Staffordshire
Cerussite and Fluorite from Coldstones Quarry, North Yorkshire #2
Childrenite from West Wheal Crebor, Devon #2
Clinoptilolite and Mordenite from Succor Creek, USA
Dioptase and Hemimorphite from Bonanza Mine, USA
Heulandite from Dean Quarry, Cornwall
Malachite from Cannington Park Quarry, Somerset #2
Malachite and Mimetite from Rum Jungle, Australia #2
Meta-Torbernite and Parsonite from Etang de Reliez, France
Olivenite from Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Titanite from Thurstaston Beach, Merseyside
Wardite from Big Fish River, Canada