Micromounts D to G...........Updated 21 January 2012
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 218 |
GALENA - Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Modified cube/octahedral Galena xtls on quartz/siderite matrix |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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