It is sometimes really hard to relate the minerals I see underground to the professional sample pictures on places like Wiki and Google. All I wanted was to be sure that what I saw was a certain thing. Well, I’ve started a Flickr album showing actual minerals in actual mines in the hope that I can make it easier for everyone else to identify what you’re looking at. There are loads of omissions still, but it is a start!
A collection of various minerals that you are likely to encounter in LCMLA caves and mines around the UK. It is hoped that these real sample pictures will aid you in identifying what you are looking at underground. All specimens were collected for education purposes from waste hillocks or loosely on the floor and no mineral chipping occurred!