Micromounts C...........Updated 21 January 2012
| 532a |
CALCITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Colourless modified Calcite xtls in cavities in Calcite matrix, one of the many variations in form at this
location |
50p £1.00 |
3 1 |
| 532b |
CALCITE - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales |
Colourless spiky Calcite xtls in cavities in Calcite matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 101 |
CALCITE - Forcett Quarry, East Layton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England |
Whitish Calcite xtls in cavities in barytes/witherite matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 104 |
CALCITE - Karikas Hill Quarry, Bazsi, Veszprem Co., Hungary |
Small creamy coloured rhombohedral Calcite xtls on matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 105 |
CALCITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany |
Aggregates of white rhombic Calcite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Phillipsite, Augite, Montmorillonite |
50p £1.00 |
2 3 |
| 749 |
CALCITE - Linhay Hill Quarry, Ashburton, Devon, England
SOLD |
Small clear to whitish, "nail-head" to spiky Calcite xtls in cavities in Dolomite matrix |
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| 107 |
CALCITE - Stank Mine, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England |
Clear tabular hexagonal striated Calcite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix +/- Pyrolusite |
50p |
3 |
| 109 |
CALCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Off white rhombic Calcite xtls perched on top of scalenohedral Calcite xtls on calcite matrix +/- pyrite |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 110 |
CALCITE & ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Whitish Calcite xtls and clear Analcite xtls on matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 112 |
CALCITE & PHILLIPSITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany |
Aggregates of white rhombic Calcite xtls in cavities in matrix with really nice white Phillipsite xtls in cavities in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 114 |
CALCITE & STRONTIANITE - Moneen Quarry, Castlebar, Co. Sligo, Ireland
SOLD |
Grey "nail-head" Calcite xtls with sprays of whitish Strontianite xtls scattered amongst them |
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| 116 |
CARMINITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Minute orangy-red to deep red Carminite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Beaudantite, Scorodite, Pharmacosiderite, Mimetite |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 750 |
CARMINITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Minute deep red Carminite xtls in cavities in gossan amtrix |
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| 543 |
CARMINITE & BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Minute red Carminite xtls with minute greenish-yellow Beaudantite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Scorodite, Pharmacosiderite,
Mimetite |
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| 751 |
CARMINITE & BEAUDANTITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Minute red Carminite xtls with minute greenish-yellow Beaudantite xtls in gossan matrix |
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| 119 |
CASSITERITE - Bucketts Mine, Redruth, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small to tiny, brown to black Cassiterite xtls on chlorite matrix |
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| 121 |
CASSITERITE - Gonamena Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small brown "sparable" Cassiterite xtls in cavities in chlorite matrix |
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| 752 |
CASSITERITE - Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Cornwall, England |
Small black Cassiterite xtls on killas matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 125 |
CASSITERITE - West Great Work Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown sparable Cassiterite xtls in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 127 |
CASSITERITE - Wheal Commerce, Hewaswater, St. Austell, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small brown sparable Cassiterite xtls in matrix +/- siderite |
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| 128 |
CASSITERITE - Wheal Metal, Breage, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown to black sparable Cassiterite xtls in cavities and partly embedded in quartz/cassiterite/tourmaline matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 3 |
| 675 |
CASSITERITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England |
Shiny brown sparable Cassiterite xtls in quartz/chlorite matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 129 |
CASSITERITE - Wheal Tye, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown "sparable" Cassiterite xtls in matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| 130 |
CASSITERITE var WOOD TIN - Tolvaddon Mine, Marazion, Cornwall, England |
Small pale brown circular aggregates of minute silky acicular Cassiterite in quartz/chlorite matrix |
£1.50p £2.00 |
1 1 |
| 132 |
CAVANSITE - Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
| Bright blue "starburst" of Cavansite xtls, no matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
| 133 |
CERUSSITE - Barrow Mine, Uzzicar, Cumberland, England |
White "jackstraw" Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 134 |
CERUSSITE - Brandy Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Whitish Cerussite xtls in quartz matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 135 |
CERUSSITE - Brandybottle Mine, Swaledale, North Yorkshire |
White Cerussite xtls on barytes matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 545 |
CERUSSITE - Bwlch Glas Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales |
White to grey Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 136 |
CERUSSITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Clear tabular Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz/galena matrix |
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| 138 |
CERUSSITE - Hull Mine, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA |
Whitish Cerussite xtls, no matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 753 |
CERUSSITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Small greyish to white Cerussite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Pyromorphite |
50p £1.00 |
3 2 |
| 140 |
CERUSSITE - Llechwedd Helyg Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Clear to whitish Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p |
3 |
| 143 |
CERUSSITE - Padstow Consols, Padstow, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small white tabular Cerussite xtls generally displaying "sixling" twinning on gossan matrix |
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| 548 |
CERUSSITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear to white Cerussite xtls in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
50p |
4 |
| 145 |
CERUSSITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Whitish Cerussite xtls in quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
5 2 |
| 146 |
CERUSSITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
White "jackstraw" Cerussite xtls in quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 754 |
CERUSSITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Small whitish Cerussite xtls in cavity in cerussite matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 147 |
CERUSSITE - Wheal Rose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Clear platy Cerussite xtls in gossan matrix +/- Goethite |
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| 756 |
CERUSSITE & PYROMORPHITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small greyish to white Cerussite xtls with small orange Pyromorphite xtls |
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| 149 |
CHABAZITE - Ard Dorch, Luib, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Small clear to pale yellow Chabazite xtls in cavities in granitic matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 150 |
CHABAZITE - Grauley, Lammersdorf, Eifel, Germany
SOLD |
Colourless multiple twinned Chabazite xtls on matrix |
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| 151 |
CHABAZITE - Limberg No.1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany |
Small colourless Chabazite xtls on Montmorillonite in cavities in basalt matrix +/- Phillipsite, Augite |
50p £1.00 |
3 2 |
| 757 |
CHABAZITE - Maglovec Quarry, Vysna Sebastova, Northern Slanske Mountains, Slovakia |
Light greyish-green (probably due to inclusions of Palygorskite), no matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 153 |
CHABAZITE - Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
SOLD |
Colourless rhombic Chabazite xtls in cavities in matrix |
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| 552 |
CHABAZITE-Na & PHILLIPSITE - Horseshoe Dam, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
SOLD |
Translucent lenticular Chabazite-Na xtls with spherical aggregates of tiny pinkish Phillipsite in Saponite
lined cavities in basalt matrix |
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| 678 |
CHABAZITE-Na & SIDERITE - Simpkins Quarry, Toka Toka, North Island, New Zealand |
Whitish tabular hexagonal Chabazite-Na xtls with brown rounded Siderite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 4 |
| 758 |
CHABAZITE & THOMSONITE - Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
SOLD |
Whitish Chabazite xtls with white spherical aggregates of tiny Thomsonite xtls in Phillipsite lined cavities in
basalt matrix |
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| 759 |
CHALCOPHYLLITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small green hexagonal Chalcophyllite xtls with Cuprite in matrix |
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| 557 |
CHALCOPYRITE & DOLOMITE - Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA |
Brassy very slightly irridescent modified tetrahdral Chalcopyrite xtls on creamy Dolomite xtls +/- Calcite xtls |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 760 |
CHALCOSIDERITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of tiny green Chalcosiderite xtls on granite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 681 |
CHALCOSIDERITE - Stowes Shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England |
Crusts of tiny dark green Chalcosiderite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 6 |
| 761 |
CHALCOSIDERITE, WAVELLITE & DUFRENITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Aggregates of tiny green Chalcosiderite xtls with brownish radiating sprays of Wavellite xtls and small dark
green spherical Dufrenite on granite matrix |
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| 682 |
CHALCOTRICHITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England |
Mats of tiny bright red acicular Chalcotrichite xtls on granite matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 683 |
CHIASTOLITE variety of ANDALUSITE - Glenderaterra Valley, Cumberland |
Creamy coloured "square" Chaistolite xtl sections embedded in matrix |
50p |
3 |
| 160 |
CHILDRENITE - Prince of Wales Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small pale brown Childrenite xtls encrusting killas matrix |
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| 161 |
CHILDRENITE - West Wheal Crebor, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Small pale brown Childrenite xtls encrusting killas matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 762 |
CHLOANTHITE - Shaft 207, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany |
Grey to silvery modified cubic Chloanthite xtls, no matrix +/- Safflorite |
50p £1.00 £1.50p |
2 8 9 |
| 763 |
CHLOANTHITE & SAFFLORITE - Shaft 207, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
SOLD |
Grey to silvery modified cubic Chloanthite xtls with encrustation of tiny Safflorite xtls, no matrix |
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| 764 |
CLAUDETITE - Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Small aggregates of tiny clear Claudetite xtls in cavity in quartz/stibnite matrix |
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| 765 |
CLINOATACAMITE - Levant Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small dark green tabular to blocky Clinoatacamite xtls on iron rich matrix |
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| 166 |
CLINOCHLORE - Halamanning Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Dark green bundles of thin tabular hexagonal Clinochlore xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
6 1 |
| 766 |
CLINOCLASE - Wheal Unity, St. Day, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Areas of deep indigo blue Clinoclase in gossan matrix +/- minor Cornwallite, Olivenite |
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| 170 |
CLINOZOISITE - Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan |
Nice green gemmy Clinozoisite xtls +/- white albite on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 171 |
COBALTOCALCITE - Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland, England |
Pieces of small stalactites comprising tiny pink Cobaltcalcite xtls, some on matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 173 |
CONICHALCITE - Hilarion Mine, Laurion, Greece |
Small bright green Conichalcite spheres on gossan matrix, nice |
50p |
3 |
| 174 |
CONICHALCITE - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Small green rounded aggregates of tiny Conichalcite xtls thickly coating gossan matrix |
£1.50p |
3 |
| 176 |
COPPER - Central Mines, Keeweenaw, Michigan, USA |
Very bright "hackly" Copper, embedded in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
| 177 |
COPPER - Halamanning Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Bright copper infilling cracks in quartz gossan matrix +/- cuprite |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 178 |
COPPER - Wheal Jewel, Carharrack, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Metallic Copper embedded in granite matrix +/- Cuprite, Malachite, Connellite, Chrysocolla |
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| 560 |
COPPER, SIDERITE & GOETHITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Reddish-brown "ferns" and/or spongy masses of Copper on small brown Siderite xtls and black botryoidal
Goethite +/- silvery-brown todorokite |
£1.00 £1.50p £2.00 |
2 4 1 |
| 561 |
COPPER, SIDERITE, GOETHITE & TODOROKITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Reddish-brown "ferns" and/or spongy masses of Copper on small brown Siderite xtls and black botryoidal
Goethite with silvery-brown todorokite |
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| 179 |
CORKITE - Polzeath Consols, Polzeath, St. Minver, Cornwall, England |
Thin greenish-yellow crust of Corkite on quartz gossan matrix +/- cerussite, malachite |
50p £1.00 |
3 1 |
| 180 |
CORKITE & APATITE - Gravel Hill Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Thin greenish-yellow crust of Corkite with whitish Apatite on quartz gossan matrix |
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| 767 |
CORNWALLITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Dark green Cornwallite running throughout matrix |
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| 768 |
COWLESITE - Lower Karandoli Quarry, Lonavla, Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Rounded aggregates of minute whitish Cowlesite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix |
£1.00 £2.00 |
9 1 |
| 565 |
COWLESITE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Rounded aggregates of minute whitish Cowlesite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix +/- Calcite, Chabazite |
50p £1.00 |
7 1 |
| 769 |
CYANOTRICHITE - Lubietova Svatorduska, Slovenske Rudohorie Mountains, Slovakia
SOLD |
Tiny sky-blue spheres of Cyanotrichite on gossan matrix |
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