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Rogerley mine, UK
Because of many requests and some misunderstandings we inform that Rogerley mine is a commercial operation and visiting and collecting there is not possible because of many reasons. The Mine owners ask to accept and respect this fact.
Tomasz Praszkier See Rogerley specimens in our store.
We came back to Rogerley mine again! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Asia and Tom ready to go digging! M. Oleszczuk photo.
The weather wasn`t perfect this year. J. Gajowniczek photo.
As always there is a lot of mud in the mine. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mine tunnels. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Putting down the rail. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Galena at the mine walls. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Cross-section through fluorite coated by quartz and mud :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
Remains of the Blue Bell pocket - Jewell Box zone. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Not much left there... J. Gajowniczek photo.
Small pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Small pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Black Sheep pocket still has a lot of fluorite in it, but the rock is very hard there. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big block with fluorite on the floor of the Black Sheep pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Black Sheep pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Black Sheep pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Black Sheep pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Black Sheep pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Black Sheep pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rat Tail pocket is almost gone. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rat Tail pocket is almost gone. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rat Tail pocket remains. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rat Tail pocket remains. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rat Tail pocket remains. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rat Tail pocket remains. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mine corridors. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mine corridors. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Equipment. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mine tunnels. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fluorite in the front part of the mine. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Rails prepaired to be used. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mine corridors. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mine corridors. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Clock :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
We go to the Penny`s Pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Inside Penny`s Pocket. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fluorite! J. Gajowniczek photo.
As always pocket was full of mud and majority of speicmens fell apart. J. Gajowniczek photo.
The famous Rogerley mud. J. Gajowniczek photo.
First specimens. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fluorite in situ. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Gemmy twin. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Gemmy twin. J. Gajowniczek photo.
First we worked at the ceiling. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Crystals sticking out from the mud at the ceiling. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Crystals sticking out from the mud at the ceiling. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom with Mariusz and a fluorite above their heads. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom with fluorite above his head. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Partly cleaned fluorite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Partly cleaned fluorite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Later we started digging in the brecciated zone. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Cleaning specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
At the begining a small group of crystals appeared. J. Gajowniczek photo.
After some time and work it turned out to be quite big and very good quality cluster. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fluorite in situ. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fluorite in situ. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fluorite in situ. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Dirty Tom with fluorite in the background. J. Gajowniczek photo.
time to take the prize. J. Gajowniczek photo.
We collected quite big specimen too. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fresh fluorite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
You said dirty? J. Gajowniczek photo.
Washing what we collected that day. J. Gajowniczek photo.
The best one of the day. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Really big twin and very good quality too. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mariusz and Tom happy with what they collected. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mariusz and Tom happy with what they collected. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom with the best piece. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Asia wasn`t that dirty, note necklace and earings - new underground fashion :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mariusz neads some cleaning. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Packing specimens... J. Gajowniczek photo.
... and sending them down. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Washing again. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Prizes. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mariusz and Tom with what they collected. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Not too bad as for the first day. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big twin. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Gemmy twin. J. Gajowniczek photo.
After a hard work we deserved for this... strangly looking snack :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
Next day we came back to the mine... J. Gajowniczek photo.
... to meet the mud again. J. Gajowniczek photo.
In the mine. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mud. J. Gajowniczek photo.
And digging again in the same zone. J. Gajowniczek photo.
And again fluorite in the mud. J. Gajowniczek photo.
That day we collected only a few specimens but two of them where really good. M. Oleszczuk photo.
Two best specimens of this trip J. Gajowniczek photo.
Perfect specimen with big gemmy twins. M. Oleszczuk photo.
Perfect specimen with big gemmy twins. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Here are some of the finds by Jesse and Cal. J. Fisher photo.
Here are some of the finds by Jesse and Cal. J. Fisher photo.
And this ones were collected by Jurgen and Robert who visited the mine soon after we left. J. Ralph photo.
And around two weeks later the Rogerley team discovered a huge plate in situ. J. Fisher photo.
That became even bigger after cleaning. J. Fisher photo.
It was the biggest specimen from the mine ever. J. Fisher photo.
The big one. J. Fisher photo.
Quality isn`t great (a lot of inclusions) but size of specimen and crystals is really impressive. J. Ralph photo.
Cal trying to make the big one lighter. J. Fisher photo.
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