Mining the house sales

One of the UK's finest collections of minerals, discovered during a house clearance in Cumbria, is to go on display at a museum in the county.

John Hamer spent his life collecting rocks and fossils from mines and geological sites, meticulously recording where each one was found.

The collection remained unseen to the public until Mr Hamer died in 2004.

Posted by David on March 18, 2005 1:15 PM