Berkshire Crystal Caves

Berkshire Crystal Caves Selling rocks, crystals and fossils and associated gift items. Perfect for home schooling resources.

Isn't nature wonderful. A lovely piece of sandstone with an iridescent coating of the iron mineral goethite. From the Wo...
06/04/2026

Isn't nature wonderful. A lovely piece of sandstone with an iridescent coating of the iron mineral goethite. From the Woburn Sands formation of cretaceous age. Perfect for your collection. Part of the new stock now available in our cabinet at White Lion Antiques, Hartley Wintney. Free parking, excellent cafe and lots to explore this Easter holiday.

New term, new stock! Whether you know someone studying KS2 rocks and fossils or just interested in the natural world, we...
11/01/2026

New term, new stock! Whether you know someone studying KS2 rocks and fossils or just interested in the natural world, we have the perfect gift. Everything from calcite and citrine to orthoceras and shark teeth...and for that special person in your life these beautiful necklaces. Visit our cabinet at White Lion Antiques Centre, near Hartley Wintney on the A30. Free parking and cafe. Perfect place to visit on a wet and windy day PM us if you are looking for any particular items. We can take payment by phone and post (for additional cost) items out across the UK.

Pleased to be supporting today's Community Fun Day & BBQ at School Green, Shinfield (12pm-3pm) raising money for Shinfie...
13/09/2025

Pleased to be supporting today's Community Fun Day & BBQ at School Green, Shinfield (12pm-3pm) raising money for Shinfield Community Church building fund. You might find something dino-related in the raffle!

Looking for resources for KS2 science rocks and fossils? Looking for somewhere interesting to go? Look no further than B...
07/10/2024

Looking for resources for KS2 science rocks and fossils? Looking for somewhere interesting to go? Look no further than Berkshire Crystal Caves cabinet at First For Vintage Antiques Emporium at Sheeplands Garden Centre RG10 9HW. Lots of new stock just arrived including cobalto calcite from the Congo, pecten bivalve from France and rastellum carinatum from Madagascar, as well as standard stock items such as pyrite and calcite. Plenty of other antiques and collectibles to browse whilst you’re there. Open Tuesday to Sunday. It’s a real Aladdin’s cave!

Mesolite white crystals on translucent Apophyllite. A beautiful specimen from the Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, South Afric...
24/02/2024

Mesolite white crystals on translucent Apophyllite. A beautiful specimen from the Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, South Africa. The largest open pit mine with a diameter of 2,000 metres and depth of 762 metres. Photo may be reproduced for educational purposes.

New stock just put into the cabinet at White Lion Antiques Centre. Some lovely specimens: Purpurite, Shattuckite (both e...
27/01/2024

New stock just put into the cabinet at White Lion Antiques Centre. Some lovely specimens: Purpurite, Shattuckite (both examples of the orthorhombic crystal system) and Malachite (monoclinic crystal system). Lots of other gemstones and fossils at pocket money prices…and the new cafe at the Centre opens 30 January! Photographs may be reproduced for educational purposes.

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas from Santa Dino and the Berkshire Crystal Caves team.
22/12/2023

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas from Santa Dino and the Berkshire Crystal Caves team.

Spiny trilobite dicranurus monstrous. Beautiful specimen from Morocco. From the Devonian period about 400 million years ...
16/12/2023

Spiny trilobite dicranurus monstrous. Beautiful specimen from Morocco. From the Devonian period about 400 million years old. This creature used to love crawling around the bottom of the ocean. I wouldn’t have wanted to meet this on a dark night! Photo can be reproduced for educational purposes.

Looking for a Christmas gift for a rock and fossil enthusiast. We have a wide selection of specimens at our cabinets at ...
16/12/2023

Looking for a Christmas gift for a rock and fossil enthusiast. We have a wide selection of specimens at our cabinets at the White Lion Antiques Centre on the A30 near Hartley Wintney and at First for Vintage Antiques at Sheeplands Garden Centre near Twyford on the A4. We’re nestled amongst a wide range of dealers selling antiques and collectibles so something for everyone. You’ll be sure to get a warm welcome, and you may even find Santa himself at Sheeplands. First For Vintage Antiques Emporium White Lion Antiques

Interesting to see the differences between copal and amber. Both are formed from tree resin but different ages. Copal (p...
22/10/2023

Interesting to see the differences between copal and amber. Both are formed from tree resin but different ages. Copal (photo on the left) is essentially immature amber. This one is from Madagascar. To form amber the resin would have been trapped under ground or under the ocean and allowed to age and harden over millennia. Amber is therefore harder and more durable than copal. Many pieces contain insects that became trapped in the soft resin as it dripped down from the tree all those years ago. It is very hard to date copal and amber. A long established standard has been that amber is at least ten million years old; anything else is copal. This one is 18-20 million years old. Always look for specimens with a certificate. Photographs can be reproduced for educational purposes.

A beautiful piece of polished labradorite next to an unpolished specimen. Just shows how the beauty of geological items ...
15/10/2023

A beautiful piece of polished labradorite next to an unpolished specimen. Just shows how the beauty of geological items is not always obvious. The spectacular display of colour is known as ‘labradorescence’ and is caused by light being reflected off a surface within the stone. Photographs may be reproduced for educational purposes.

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