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carefully sourced from exciting New and Classic localities bringing you hand picked specimens
from micro to museum..
Upcoming Shows & Events in 2023
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2023 DATES FOR THE OXFORD SHOWS :
March 26
July 23
November 26
note: May 7 show cancelled
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Oxford Mineral & Fossil Show
March 26th
Sunday 10 am until 4 pm
*NOTE CLOCKS CHANGED +1 HOUR
* Free entrance
* Free Parking
Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington,
Oxford, OX5 1AB
(additional parking in town within walking distance)
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Oxford Mineral & Fossil Show
July 23rd
Sunday 10 am until 4 pm
Free Entrance
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Bakewell Rock Exchange
October 14th & 15th
Admission fees
Lady Manners School, Schutts Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire Peak District
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Sussex Mineral & Fossil Show
November 18th
Saturday 10.00 - 4.30pm
Admission: £3.00 adults Child £1.00 (Rockwatch members free)
Haywards Heath College, Harlands Rd. Haywards Heath,
West Sussex, RH16 1LT
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Oxford Mineral & Fossil Show
November 26th
Sunday 10 am until 4 pm
* Free entrance
* Free Parking
Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington,
Oxford, OX5 1AB
(additional parking in town within walking distance)
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All the mineral galleries are very easy to view, simply by clicking on the links in the 'Gallery' boxes / Images or from the drop down menus above.
Enjoy perusing the galleries and click on the Buy buttons to add items to your cart and checkout.
Not everything makes it onto the website, so ASK ME if you have a particular request ( like FLUORITE for instance ) and I will be happy to source those individual mineral requests for you.
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Calcite crystal with Fe inclusions from the classic 'Banana Slide' area in Beckermet Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK.
ABOUT.....
About........
Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Colleen Thomson, and I am based 50 miles North of London, England, in the lovely County of Buckinghamshire.
I have been an avid mineral collector for the best part of 25 years, and my house is in imminent danger of imploding under the weight of rocks! I may yet be killed by a rockfall in my own lounge one day.
Let me just point out that this is not my main business - I already have a full time job slaving over a hot hairdryer.
The website came about because I felt the need to 'recycle' some of my collection, and because it will hopefully provide me with funds to upgrade some of my specimens. A hopeless rock addict to the last!
As many of my regulars will know, I am also delighted to support the Greenlaws Mining Project Team, who are exploring; mapping and recording their finds in this Lead Mine that closed in 1897. I will try to post regular updates on the project.
Enjoy perusing the galleries and I am sure there will be a treasure waiting for you to re home amongst the many eye catching minerals we have available.
. If you do not see anything on the site you like - just ask, I may not have gotten around to photographing it yet!