Micromounts D to G...........Updated 21 January 2012
193 DIOPSIDE - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England Green to dark green Diopside xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Sphene, Haematite, Calcite, Hornblende, Magnetite, Feldspar Chlorite, Analcite 50p £1.00 1 1
195 DOLOMITE - Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, Ireland Small white rhombohedral Dolomite xtls in cavity in matrix 50p 2
196 DOLOMITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England SOLD Very pale pink, (the microscope light washes the colour out a bit) curved Dolomite xtls on quartz. If left in the sun they will turn yellow and then brown . .
197 DOLOMITE - Troiras Quarry, Anduze, France White slightly curved Dolomite xtls on limestone matrix 50p £1.00 1 2
198 DOLOMITE & CALCITE - Troiras Quarry, Anduze, France White slightly curved Dolomite xtls with small clear Calcite xtls on limestone matrix 50p 1
770 DUFRENITE - Gunheath Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England SOLD Greyish-green spherical aggregates of Dufrenite on granite matrix . .
687 EMMONSITE - La Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Small green spheres of Emmonsite on matrix 50p £1.00 5 1
199 EPIDOTE - Ard Dorch, Luib, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland Tiny olive green Epidote xtls in cavity in granitic matrix 50p 1
204 ERIONITE-K - Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland White sprays of acicular Erionite-K xtls in cavities in matrix 50p £1.00 3 1
572 EWALDITE & HARMOTOME - Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales Small pale greenish-brown hexagonal pointed and truncated Ewaldite xtls with colourless "cruciform" Harmotome xtls on matrix +/- Calcite £1.00 1
771 FIBROFERRITE - Cae Coch Mine, Trefriw, Caernarvonshire, Wales SOLD Aggregates of tiny white acicular Fibroferrite xtls on matrix . .
774 FLUORITE - Claughlands Point, Lamblash, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland Small clear octaheral Fluorite xtls in cavities in granite matrix £1.00 5
775 FLUORITE - Heights Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England Green cubic Fluorite xtls on limestone matrix 50p 2
776 FLUORITE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland Small clear to very pale mauve modified Fluorite xtls in cavities in granitic matrix +/- Feldspar, Amphibole 50p 2
216 FRANCONITE - Poudrette Quarry, Mont Ste. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada SOLD Tiny white spheres of minute acicluar Franconite xtls in serandite rich matrix . .
218 GALENA - Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumberland, England SOLD Modified cube/octahedral Galena xtls on quartz/siderite matrix . .
777 GALENA - Silver Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Small modified cube/octahedral Galena xtls in cavities in quartz/galena matrix +/- Cerussite 50p 2
778 GARNET - Eilat, Israel SOLD Small pinkish Garnet xtls loose in a box . .
222 GARNET - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England Deep red, possibly Almandine, rounded xtls embedded in matrix 50p 2
223 GARRONITE - Galboly Escarpment, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland White Garronite infilling cavities in basalt matrix £1.00 2
225 GMELINITE-Na - Madmans Window, Glenarm, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Well formed, white to pale orange hexagonal Gmelinite-Na xtls +/- Analcite on basalt matrix 50p £1.00 1 2
226 GMELINITE-Na - Magheramourne Quarry, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland One of my favourite minerals. Cavities in basalt filled with colourless "sceptre" Gmelinite xtls, nice examples £1.00 1
227 GOETHITE - Breedon Cloud Quarry, Worthington, Leicestershire, England Sparkling deep brown acicular Goethite xtls in cavities in ironstone matrix 50p £1.00 1 3
229 GOETHITE - La Excomulgada Mine, Los Oscos, Asturias, Spain Black botryoidal Goethite with microcrystalline surface 50p 2
230 GOETHITE - La Kaymar, Aveyron, France Sparkling black Goethite xtls lining cavities in quartz/goethite matrix £1.00 1
231 GOETHITE - Restormel Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England Bright and shiny dark brown sprays of Goethite xtls in cavities in goethite matrix £1.50p 1
580 GOETHITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England Black botryoidal Goethite with brown Siderite lining cavities in quartz matrix £1.00 1
234 GOETHITE - Stowes Shaft, Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England Black, shiny to dull botryoidal Goethite lining cavities in cellular Goethite matrix 50p £1.00 1 2
779 GOETHITE Epimorph after SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England SOLD Small dark brown hollow casts of Goethite after Scorodite in cavity in quartz matrix . .