Fluorite, Hidden Forest Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
UK Mining Ventures (UKMV) is the mineral discovery sister company of Crystal Classics.
Formed in 2017, the company has been involved in several mining projects. Past projects
have included the famous Heliodor and Topaz locality Volodarsk-Volynskii in Ukraine and
the Rocklands Copper mine near Cloncurry in Queensland, Australia.
Ongoing projects are currently concentrated throughout the Weardale valley in County Durham,
UK; the Rogerley, Diana Maria and Lady Annabella mines being the only active professional
specimen-producing Fluorite mines in Europe.
Fluorite, Northern Lights Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
Fluorite from Weardale is world famous due to the quality of its crystals; wonderful
variations in colour and for its unmistakable daylight fluorescence.
In 2020 our most recent project, the Lady Annabella mine, was ready for production.
It has since produced a variety of magnificent, different coloured Fluorites ranging
from acidic yellow, forest and emerald green to sky blue and purple, but closed at the end of 2022.
UK Mining Ventures continues to pursue new localities in and outside the UK for new and
exciting finds in the mineral world.
UKMV owner Ian Bruce, second from left, with his daughter Verity, far left, his son
Joe, second from right, and wife Diana, far right at the Lady Annabella Mine
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