Micromounts A to B...........Updated 21 January 2012
2 ACTINOLITE - Meldon Quarry, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England Intergrown mass of greyish-green fibrous Actinolite shot through matrix £1.00 6
3 ADAMITE - Kamariza Mine, Laurion, Greece Pale green glassy Adamite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix 50p 1
4 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
5 AGARDITE-Ce - Kamariza Mine, Laurion, Greece Very fine pale green acicular Agardite-Ce xtls in cavities in gossan matrix £1.00 2
8 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 . .
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 1 1 1
725 ALLARGENTUM & SAFFLORITE - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany SOLD Bright silvery pinkish metallic Allargentum with tiny shiny Safflorite xtls on matrix . .
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 . .
9 ALMANDINE - Central Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria Very deep red Almandine Garnet xtls embedded in schist matrix £1.00 2
500 ALSTONITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Typical clear pointed 6 sided Alstonite xtls in cavities in matrix 50p £1.00 1 1
10 ALSTONITE - Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, Northumberland, England SOLD Classic greyish-white pointed hexagonal Alstonite xtls in cavities in matrix . .
727 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 6 2
11 ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Clear to colourless Analcite xtls on matrix 50p 1
12 ANALCITE - Beach Outcrop, Isle of Eigg, Invernesshire, Scotland Small clear Analcite xtls on matrix 50p 3
14 ANAPAITE - Bellver de Cerdanya, Catalonia, Spain Pale green translucent Anapaite xtls in cavities in matrix 50p 1
502 ANATASE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England SOLD Small black bipyramidal Anatase xtls in greisen matrix . .
19 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 2 1 2
29 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 . .
669 APATITE - Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Pale green elongated Apatite xtls embedded in Muscovite matrix +/- quartz. pyrite, calcite 50p £1.00 2 1
32 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 . .
731 APATITE-CAF, SIDERITE - Kelly Bray Mine, Kelly Bray, Cornwall, England SOLD White botryoidal Apatite-CAF scattered over pale brown spiky Sideritextls on matrix . .
35 APOPHYLLITE & PUMPELLYITE - Diabase Quarries, Herborn-Seelbach, Hessen, Germany SOLD Colourless blocky Apophyllite xtls with dark green Pumpellyite spheres on little matrix. Nice specimens . .
39 ARAGONITE - Heights Quarry, Weardale, Co. Durham, England White spiky Aragonite xtls on ironstone matrix 50p 1
40 ARAGONITE - Karikas Hill Quarry, Bazsi, Veszprem Co., Hungary Radiating sprays of colourless acicular Aragonite xtls on matrix +/- calcite 50p 1
507 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 . .
44 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
45 AURICHALCITE - Eaglebrook Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales Small sprays of greenish-blue Aurichalcite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix 50p 1
508 AURICHALCITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England SOLD Pale greenish-blue feathery Aurichalcite xtls in gossan matrix . .
48 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 . .
51 AXINITE-Fe - Roscommon Cliff, St. Just, Cornwall, England SOLD Dark brown Axinite-Fe xtls to 12mm, no matrix . .
52 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
53 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 1 1
735 AZURITE - Cap Garonne, Var, France SOLD Small deep blue bladed Azurite xtls on quartz matrix . .
736 AZURITE - Eagle Crag Mine, Grisedale, Westmorland, England SOLD Tiny dark blue Azurite xtls on quartz matrix . .
54 AZURITE - Great Orme Mine, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales Small deep blue Azurite xtls in cavities in dolomite matrix +/- Malachite, Chalcopyrite 50p 3
510 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 4 1
55 AZURITE - Jean Baptiste Mine, Laurion, Greece Sparkling deep blue Azurite xtls in gossan matrix +/- Malachite £1.00 1
737 AZURITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England Massive blue Azurite in matrix 50p 1
59 AZURITE & CUPRITE - Ray Mine, Arizona, USA SOLD Small deep blue Azurite xtls with small aggregates of tiny red cubic Cuprite xtls on matrix . .
738 AZURITE & MALACHITE - Judkins Quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England SOLD Small green spheres of Malachite with small dark blue Azurite xtls on matrix . .
60 BABINGTONITE - Qiaojia, Qiaojia Co., Yunan Province, China Black blocky babingtonite xtls +/- Quartz, Epidote and possible heulandite on matrix £1.50p 1
672 BARYTES - Auchencairn Mine, Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland SOLD Thin clear bladed Barytes xtls in cavities in quartz matrix +/- minor malachite . .
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
516b BARYTES - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Small whitish elongated bladed Barytes xtls in cavities in quartz matrix 50p 1
517 BARYTES - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England Glass clear colourless Barytes xtl in cavity in Quartz matrix 50p 1
67 BARYTES - Tenter Hill, Bramham, North Yorkshire, England Greyish doubly terminated with white terminations, some iron stained in cavities in barytes matrix £1.00 2
68 BARYTES - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Grey to yellowish brown Barytes xtls on fluorite matrix 50p 1
518 BARYTES & CERUSSITE - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England Small white blocky Barytes xtls with greyish Cerussite xtls in matrix 50p 1
71 BARYTOCALCITE - Rorrington Hill Mine, Chirbury, Shropshire, England SOLD Small clear off-white Barytocalcite xtls in cavities in matrix . .
72 BAUXITE - Villeveyrac, France Ok, not really a mineral but really nice examples of dark brown iron-rich pisolitic Bauxite 50p 4
522 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 . .
523 BAYLDONITE & MIMETITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England SOLD Cavities in quartz matrix filled with small creamy Mimetite xtls and green globular Bayldonite . .
73 BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Greenish-yellow crust of minute Beaudantite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Mimetite, Carminite, Scorodite 50p £1.00 1 3
740 BEAUDANTITE - Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England SOLD Tiny sparkling brown Beaudantite xtls on quartz matrix . .
78 BISMUTH - Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England SOLD Bright silvery Bismuth in quartz matrix . .
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 . .
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 . .
746 BOULANGERITE - Zlata Bana, Presov, N. Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Small "mats" of minute grey acicular Boulangerite xtls in cavities in matrix 50p 3
86 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
88 BROCHANTITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England SOLD Small spheres of tiny dark green Brochantite xtls in cavities in quartz gossan matrix . .
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 . .
91 BROCHANTITE - Trevarthian Downs Mine, St.Hilary, Cornwall, England SOLD Small dark green Brochantite xtls on an earthy matrix +/- blue Serpierite . .
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 . .
93 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 1
530 BROCHANTITE & MALACHITE - Dale Head Mine, Ennerdale, Cumberland, England SOLD Small dark green Brochantite xtls with fibrous green Malachite in quartz matrix . .
96 BROCHANTITE & MALACHITE - Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland, England Crusts of tiny green Brochantite xtls with green spherical malachite on limestone matrix £1.00 1