Micromounts A to B...........Updated 21 January 2012
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ACTINOLITE - Meldon Quarry, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Intergrown mass of greyish-green fibrous Actinolite shot through matrix |
£1.00 |
6 |
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ADAMITE - Kamariza Mine, Laurion, Greece |
Pale green glassy Adamite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix |
50p |
1 |
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AGARDITE-Ce - Clara Mine, Wolfach, Black Forest, Germany |
Silky mats of pale green Agardite-Ce xtls in cavities in barytes matrix +/- Fluorite |
£1.00 |
2 |
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AGARDITE-Ce - Kamariza Mine, Laurion, Greece |
Very fine pale green acicular Agardite-Ce xtls in cavities in gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
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ALLANITE-Ce - Ard Dorch, Luib, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Small black thin tabular Allanite-Ce xtls in cavity in granitic matrix +/- Magnetite, Feldspar, Heulandite,
Quartz, Stilbite, Epidote |
50p |
1 |
| 723 |
ALLANITE-Ce - Claughlands Point, Lamblash, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small black Allanite-Ce xtl on granite matrix |
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| 724 |
ALLARGENTUM - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany |
Bright silvery pinkish metallic Allargentum mostly on matrix (1 not), +/- Safflorite |
£1.00 £1.50p £2.00 |
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| 725 |
ALLARGENTUM & SAFFLORITE - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
SOLD |
Bright silvery pinkish metallic Allargentum with tiny shiny Safflorite xtls on matrix |
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| 726 |
ALLARGENTUM, SAFFLORITE & SILVER - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
SOLD |
Bright silvery pinkish metallic Allargentum with slightly tarnished Safflorite xtls and blackish dendritic
silver on matrix |
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ALMANDINE - Central Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Very deep red Almandine Garnet xtls embedded in schist matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
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ALSTONITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Typical clear pointed 6 sided Alstonite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
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ALSTONITE - Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, Northumberland, England
SOLD |
Classic greyish-white pointed hexagonal Alstonite xtls in cavities in matrix |
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AMPHIBOLE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Dark green elongated bladed Amphibole xtls in cavities in granitic matrix +/- Stilbite, Epidote, Quartz,
Feldspar, Magnetite |
50p £1.00 |
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ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Clear to colourless Analcite xtls on matrix |
50p |
1 |
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ANALCITE - Beach Outcrop, Isle of Eigg, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Small clear Analcite xtls on matrix |
50p |
3 |
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ANAPAITE - Bellver de Cerdanya, Catalonia, Spain |
Pale green translucent Anapaite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p |
1 |
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ANATASE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small black bipyramidal Anatase xtls in greisen matrix |
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ANATASE - Hopffeldboden, Obersulzbach Valley, Salzburg, Austria |
Small black bipyramidal Anatase xtls in Adularia matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 729 |
ANCYLITE-Ce - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small pale pink xtls in cavities in Calcite/Barytes/Galena matrix +/- Calcite, Barytes xtls, Chamosite |
50p £1.00 £1.50p |
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ANGLESITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England |
Colourless blocky Anglesite xtls in quartz/galena or quartz matrix +/- banded Anglesite |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 730 |
ANGLESITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small elongated glassy colourless Anglesite xtls in cavities in galena matrix +/- minor Pyromorphite |
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APATITE - Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale green elongated Apatite xtls embedded in Muscovite matrix +/- quartz. pyrite, calcite |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
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APATITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Colourless to white and pale blue Apatite xtls embedded in and spanning cavities in quartz/gilbertite matrix +/- Gilbertite
Torbernite, Achroite |
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| 731 |
APATITE-CAF, SIDERITE - Kelly Bray Mine, Kelly Bray, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
White botryoidal Apatite-CAF scattered over pale brown spiky Sideritextls on matrix |
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APOPHYLLITE & PUMPELLYITE - Diabase Quarries, Herborn-Seelbach, Hessen, Germany
SOLD |
Colourless blocky Apophyllite xtls with dark green Pumpellyite spheres on little matrix. Nice specimens |
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ARAGONITE - Heights Quarry, Weardale, Co. Durham, England |
White spiky Aragonite xtls on ironstone matrix |
50p |
1 |
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ARAGONITE - Karikas Hill Quarry, Bazsi, Veszprem Co., Hungary |
Radiating sprays of colourless acicular Aragonite xtls on matrix +/- calcite |
50p |
1 |
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ARSENOPYRITE - Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of tiny dark grey Arsenopyrite xtls and also tiny rounded aggregates of Arsenopyrite xtls in cavities in
matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 732 |
ARTHURITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Apple green crusts of Arthurite on granite matrix |
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AUGITE - Limberg No1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany |
Black often doubly terminated Augite xtls embedded in and protruding from matrix +/- cavities filled with Phillipsite xtls |
50p |
1 |
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AURICHALCITE - Eaglebrook Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Small sprays of greenish-blue Aurichalcite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix |
50p |
1 |
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AURICHALCITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Pale greenish-blue feathery Aurichalcite xtls in gossan matrix |
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AURICHALCITE - Llangynog Quarry, Llangynog, Denbighshire, Wales |
Masses of tiny sky-blue Aurichalcite xtls lining cavities in dolomitic matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 733 |
AURICHALCITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales |
Rich silky greenish-blue Aurichalcite xtls in cavities in Hemimorphite or Barytes matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 734 |
AURICHALCITE & ROSASITE - Machen Quarry, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Wales
SOLD |
Rich silky greenish-blue Aurichalcite xtls with darker spheres of Rosasite in matrix |
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AXINITE-Fe - Roscommon Cliff, St. Just, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Dark brown Axinite-Fe xtls to 12mm, no matrix |
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AXINITE-Mn - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA |
Thin bladed yellowish-green Axinite-Mn xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Johannsenite |
£1.50p |
2 |
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AXINITE-Mn & JOHANNSENITE - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA |
Thin bladed yellowish-green Axinite-Mn xtls with radiating sprays of greenish Johannsenite |
£1.50p £2.00 |
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| 735 |
AZURITE - Cap Garonne, Var, France
SOLD |
Small deep blue bladed Azurite xtls on quartz matrix |
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| 736 |
AZURITE - Eagle Crag Mine, Grisedale, Westmorland, England
SOLD |
Tiny dark blue Azurite xtls on quartz matrix |
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AZURITE - Great Orme Mine, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales |
Small deep blue Azurite xtls in cavities in dolomite matrix +/- Malachite, Chalcopyrite |
50p |
3 |
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AZURITE - Great Sleddale Mine, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England |
Sprays of small deep blue Azurite xtls in cavities in quartz/chalcopyrite matrix +/- Malachite |
50p £1.00 |
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AZURITE - Jean Baptiste Mine, Laurion, Greece |
Sparkling deep blue Azurite xtls in gossan matrix +/- Malachite |
£1.00 |
1 |
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AZURITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England |
Massive blue Azurite in matrix |
50p |
1 |
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AZURITE & CUPRITE - Ray Mine, Arizona, USA
SOLD |
Small deep blue Azurite xtls with small aggregates of tiny red cubic Cuprite xtls on matrix |
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AZURITE & MALACHITE - Judkins Quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
SOLD |
Small green spheres of Malachite with small dark blue Azurite xtls on matrix |
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BABINGTONITE - Qiaojia, Qiaojia Co., Yunan Province, China |
Black blocky babingtonite xtls +/- Quartz, Epidote and possible heulandite on matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
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BARYTES - Auchencairn Mine, Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Thin clear bladed Barytes xtls in cavities in quartz matrix +/- minor malachite |
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| 739 |
BARYTES - Brandybottle Mine, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England |
Cramy coloured tabular Barytes xtls on barytes matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 512 |
BARYTES - Deer Hills Barytes Dump, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small white tabular Barytes xtls in cavity in quartz matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 513a |
BARYTES - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Small colourless blocky Barytes xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
3 1 |
| 513b |
BARYTES - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
White to grey tabular Barytes xtls in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 673 |
BARYTES - Jeremiah's Mine, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Germany |
Small white rhombic Barytes xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p |
3 |
| 514 |
BARYTES - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Nice, colourless well terminated Barytes xtls in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 515 |
BARYTES - Lead Mines Clough, Anglezarke, Lancashire, England |
Tabular rhombic Barytes xtls in cavities in barytes matrix |
50p |
2 |
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BARYTES - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small whitish elongated bladed Barytes xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p |
1 |
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BARYTES - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England |
Glass clear colourless Barytes xtl in cavity in Quartz matrix |
50p |
1 |
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BARYTES - Tenter Hill, Bramham, North Yorkshire, England |
Greyish doubly terminated with white terminations, some iron stained in cavities in barytes matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
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BARYTES - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England |
Grey to yellowish brown Barytes xtls on fluorite matrix |
50p |
1 |
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BARYTES & CERUSSITE - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Small white blocky Barytes xtls with greyish Cerussite xtls in matrix |
50p |
1 |
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BARYTOCALCITE - Rorrington Hill Mine, Chirbury, Shropshire, England
SOLD |
Small clear off-white Barytocalcite xtls in cavities in matrix |
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BAUXITE - Villeveyrac, France |
Ok, not really a mineral but really nice examples of dark brown iron-rich pisolitic Bauxite |
50p |
4 |
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BAYLDONITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Cellular mass of dark green Bayldonite xtls with a little dark olive-green sparkling Duftite in cavities |
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BAYLDONITE & MIMETITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Cavities in quartz matrix filled with small creamy Mimetite xtls and green globular Bayldonite |
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BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greenish-yellow crust of minute Beaudantite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Mimetite, Carminite, Scorodite |
50p £1.00 |
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| 740 |
BEAUDANTITE - Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Tiny sparkling brown Beaudantite xtls on quartz matrix |
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BISMUTH - Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Bright silvery Bismuth in quartz matrix |
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| 743 |
BISMUTH - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany |
Clusters of rounded pinkish tarnished Bismuth xtls, no matrix +/- Chloanthite, Safflorite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
4 2 |
| 744 |
BISMUTH & CHLOANTHITE - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
SOLD |
Clusters of rounded pinkish tarnished Bismuth xtls with silvery cubic Chloanthite xtls, no matrix |
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| 745 |
BISMUTH & ERYTHRITE - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
SOLD |
Clusters of rounded pinkish tarnished Bismuth xtls with crusts of tiny pink Erythrite xtls, no matrix |
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| 746 |
BOULANGERITE - Zlata Bana, Presov, N. Slanske Mountains, Slovakia |
Small "mats" of minute grey acicular Boulangerite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p |
3 |
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BREWSTERITE-Sr & HARMOTOME - Middleshop Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Very pale brown Brewsterite-Sr xtls with colourless Harmotome xtls displaying various habits on matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 747a |
BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless to pale brown Strontianite-Sr xtls on Calcite xtls on granite matrix |
50p £1.00 |
3 4 |
| 747b |
BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless to pale brown Strontianite-Sr xtls on Calcite xtls on granite matrix which has small pink garnet
xtls in it |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 524 |
BROCHANTITE - Dale Head Mine, Ennerdale, Cumberland, England |
Tiny sparkling bright green Brochantite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p |
1 |
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BROCHANTITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small spheres of tiny dark green Brochantite xtls in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
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| 526 |
BROCHANTITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small dark green Brochantite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 90 |
BROCHANTITE - Silver Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Tiny bright green Brochantite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix +/-Linarite, Aurichalcite, Cuprite |
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BROCHANTITE - Trevarthian Downs Mine, St.Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small dark green Brochantite xtls on an earthy matrix +/- blue Serpierite |
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| 748 |
BROCHANTITE & CARBONATE CYANOTRICHITE - New East Wheal Russell, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England
SOLD |
Small dark green Brochantite xtls with bright blue Carbonate-Cyanotrichite on copper/quartz matrix |
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BROCHANTITE & CONNELLITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Small spheres of tiny dark green Brochantite xtls with deep blue Connellite spheres in matrix |
£1.00 |
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BROCHANTITE & MALACHITE - Dale Head Mine, Ennerdale, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Small dark green Brochantite xtls with fibrous green Malachite in quartz matrix |
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BROCHANTITE & MALACHITE - Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland, England |
Crusts of tiny green Brochantite xtls with green spherical malachite on limestone matrix |
£1.00 |
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