Micromounts M to P...........Updated 21 January 2012
| 272 |
MAGNETITE - Haytor Vale Mine, Ilsington, Devon, England |
Black octahedral Magnetite xtls +/- some micaceous "bronzy" Hastingsite |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
| 274 |
MAGNETITE - Palabora Pit, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
Small black octahedral Magnetite xtls on calcite matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 275 |
MAGNETITE - Portmuck, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Black, shiny Magnetite xtls comprising a large portion of the matrix, the visible xtls are
multi-faceted, not octahedral |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 797 |
MAGNETITE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small black shiny octahedral Magnetite xtls in granite matrix +/- Epidote, Feldspar |
50p |
6 |
| 276 |
MAGNETITE - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England |
Black octahedral Magnetite xtls in cavities in matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 693 |
MALACHITE - Auchencairn Mine, Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Sprays of bright green acicular Malachite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 279 |
MALACHITE - Eaglebrook Mine, Talybont, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Small green spheres of very thin acicular Malachite xtls in matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 281 |
MALACHITE - Friedrich Mine, Wiessen, Eifel, Germany |
Radiating sprays of green acicular Malachite xtls in cavities in goethite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 282 |
MALACHITE - Gelnica, Slovenske-Rudohorie Mountains, Slovakia
SOLD |
Lumps of green botryoidal Malachite, little or no matrix |
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| 283 |
MALACHITE - Llechwedd Helyg Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Green acicular Malachite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 602 |
MALACHITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small light green acicluar Malachite xtls in cavities in quartz/chalcopyrite matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 798 |
MALACHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small green acicular Malachite xtls in either gossan or quartz matrix +/- Cerussite |
50p £1.00 |
6 1 |
| 285 |
MALACHITE - Vallone Mine, Calamita, Elba, Italy |
Radiating acicular green Malachite xtls on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 696 |
MALACHITE & BARYTES - Auchencairn Mine, Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Sprays of bright green acicular Malachite xtls with thin tabular colourless Barytes xtls in cavities in gossan
matrix |
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| 697 |
MALACHITE & CALCITE - Hospital Level, Paddy End Mine, Coniston, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Thin crust of green Malachite on tetrahedrite with small whitish Calcite xtls on matrix |
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| 698 |
MANGANAXINITE - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA |
Thin bladed yellowish-green Axinite-Mn xtls in cavities in Johannsenite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 288 |
MANGANBABINGTONITE - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA |
Small Manganbabingtonite xtls on matrix +/- Epidote |
50p |
1 |
| 799 |
MANGANITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Shiny black acicular Manganite xtls in cavities in massive Manganite matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 4 |
| 291 |
MANGANOAN CALCITE - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA |
Small masses of minute white Manganoan Calcite xtls on Johannsenite xtls |
50p |
3 |
| 293 |
MARCASITE - Reocin Mine, Reocin, Cantabria, Spain |
Small tabular twinned brassy Marcasite xtls, 1 on matrix, 2 not on matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 295 |
MERLINOITE - Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Naples, Italy |
Small colourless elongated Merlinoite xtls in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 298 |
MICROCLINE & EPIDOTE - Sligachan Quarry, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small white rhombic Microcline xtls with yellowish-green Epidote xtls in cavity on basalt matrix |
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| 301 |
MIMETITE - Altemann, Sebringen, Baden Wurtemberg, Germany |
Rounded masses of small yellowish Mimetite xtls, little or no matrix |
50p |
5 |
| 302 |
MIMETITE - Brandy Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England
SOLD |
Small to tiny yellowish-green Mimetite xtls on green Duftite/Bayldonite crusts in quartz matrix |
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| 800 |
MIMETITE - Chihuahua, Mexico
SOLD |
Mass of small yellowish Mimetite xtls |
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| 801 |
MIMETITE - Croft Gothal Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small white hexagonal elongated Mimetite xtls on quartz matrix |
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| 609 |
MIMETITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear to whitish acicular Mimetite xtls in cavities in matrix +/- Carminite, Beaudantite, Scorodite |
50p |
1 |
| 802 |
MIMETITE - Merehead Quarry, East Cranmore, Somerset, England
SOLD |
Tiny yellow Mimetite xtls in cavities in Pyrolusite matrix |
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| 305 |
MIMETITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico |
Small greyish-green Mimetite xtls in gossan matrix +/- Wulfenite |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 307 |
MIMETITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Crust of tiny greenish mimetite xtls on quartz/galena matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 308 |
MIMETITE - Rawhide Mine, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA |
Small orange Mimetite xtls on quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 803 |
MIMETITE - Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia |
Pale yellow Mimetite xtls on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 804 |
MIXITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of light green acicular Mixite xtls in gossan matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
| 805 |
MIXITE - Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Sprays of light green acicular Mixite xtls on quartz gossan matrix |
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| 312 |
MORDENITE - Tairu, Thames, North Island, New Zealand |
Cavities in matrix filled with white acicular Mordenite xtls |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 313 |
MORDENITE - Tod Head Point, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Radiating sprays of white to red Mordenite xls completely infilling cavities in matrix. Confirmed specimens |
50p £1.00 |
4 4 |
| 703 |
MOTTRAMITE - Ford Mine, Tucson, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA |
Aggregates of small black tabular Mottramite xtls on matrix +/- Vanadinite |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 704 |
MOTTRAMITE & VANADINITE - Ford Mine, Tucson, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA |
Aggregates of small black tabular Mottramite xtls with yellowish orange hexagonal Vanadinite xtls on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
5 2 |
| 315 |
NATROLITE - Browns Bay, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
SOLD |
Radiating sprays of white Natrolite xtls on pinkish Gmelinite-Na xtls in cavities in basalt matrix |
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| 316 |
NATROLITE - South of Canty Bay, East Lothian, Scotland |
Whitish to pale pink radiating Natrolite xtls embedded in matrix. Confirmed specimens |
50p |
2 |
| 320 |
OFFRETITE - Limberg No1 Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany |
Small translucent spheres of Montmorillonite or Hyalite covered on tiny spiky Offretite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix +/- Phillipsite |
50p |
1 |
| 321 |
OLIVENITE - Lubietova Svatoduska, Slovenske-Rudohorie Mountains, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia |
Tiny olive green Olivenite xtls in cavities in quartz/gossan matrix +/- dark green Cornwallite |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 806 |
OLIVENITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, St. Day, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small dark green Olivenite xtls in cavity in quartz matrix |
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| 322 |
OLIVENITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Small dark green Olivenite xtls in gossan matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 3 |
| 323 |
OLIVENITE - Wheal Unity, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Dark olive-green Olivenite xtls in various shapes and sizes in quartz gossan/manganese matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 324 |
OLIVENITE & CORNWALLITE - Lubietova Svatoduska, Slovenske-Rudohorie Mountains, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia |
Tiny olive green Olivenite xtls with dark green Cornwallite in cavities in quartz/gossan matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 807 |
WOOD OLIVENITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, St. Day, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Pale green tightly packed fibrous Olivenite xtls reminiscent of wood fibres |
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| 810 |
ORTHOCLASE & SMOKY QUARTZ - Claughlands Point, Lamblash, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Creamy coloured Orthoclase xtls with pale brown Smoky Quartz xtls in cavity in granite matrix |
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| 326 |
PECTOLITE - High Force Quarry, Teesdale, Co. Durham, England |
Creamy silky radiating Pectolite infilling cavities in calcite |
50p £1.00 |
3 1 |
| 705 |
PECTOLITE - Shap Blue Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Creamy silky radiating Pectolite on matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 811 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Minute to small, green to brown cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
3 3 |
| 812 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Craddock Moor Mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small green cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix |
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| 813 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Minute to small, green to brown cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in quartz matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 339 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Small green to yellow cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls in gossan matrix +/- scorodite |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 814 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Hen, St. Just, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Minute yellowish-green Pharmacosiderite xtls in cavities in jasper matrix |
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| 815 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE & CARMINITE Epimorphs after MIMETITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Minute green Pharmacosiderite and red Carminite xtls encrusting Mimetite xtls in gossan matrix |
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| 816 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE & CHALCOPHYLLITE - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Minute to small, green to brown cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls with tiny green hexagonal Chalcophyllite xtls in matrix |
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| 817 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE & SCORODITE - Cathedral Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Minute to small, green to brown cubic Pharmacosiderite xtls with minute grey spheres of Scorodite in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 331 |
PHILLIPSITE - Giants Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Small clear to white blocky Phillipsite xtls lining cavities in basalt matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 6 |
| 616 |
PHLOGOPITE & PYRITE - Kitt Hill Consols, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England |
Matrix composed almost entirely of Phlogopite xtls with a little schorl and small bright cubic Pyrite xtls |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 818 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE Epimorphs after GALENA Pseudomorphs after PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Hope, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Minute light brown Plumbogummite xtls epimorphing Galena pseudomorphs after Pyromorphite on quaretz matrix |
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| 335 |
PLUMBOJAROSITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England |
Cavities in quartz/galena matrix filled with very minute brown Plumbojarosite xtls |
50p £1.00 |
5 4 |
| 337 |
PREHNITE - Ard Dorch, Luib, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Small very pale green to white "cockleshell" aggregates of Prehnite xtls in cavities in granitic matrix +/-
Epidote |
50p |
2 |
| 336 |
PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Quite ugly and impossible to clean further but interesting nonetheless. Greyish-green Prehnite spheres stuck together in little
clusters. Unusual occurrence for Loanhead |
£1.00 |
8 |
| 340 |
PREHNITE - Orrock Quarry, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland |
Small whitish blocky Prehnite xtls in calcite matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 342 |
PREHNITE - Sondeled, Aust-Agder, Norway |
Aggregates of pale greenish Prehnite xtls on matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 619 |
PSEUDOMALACHITE - Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Cumberland, England |
Small green globules and tiny Pseudomalachite xtls in small patches on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
5 4 |
| 343 |
PSEUDOMALACHITE/REICHENBACHITE - Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Vicosa, Portugal |
Small deep green Pseudomalachite/Reichenbachite xtls in cavities in gossan matrix |
50p £1.00 |
4 5 |
| 621 |
PYRITE - Beeswing Quarry, Beeswing, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Small bronzy cubic Pyrite xtls on granite matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 344 |
PYRITE - Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales |
Small brassy to bronzy coloured cubic Pyrite xtls embedded in matrix |
50p |
4 |
| 345 |
PYRITE - Mona Mine, Parys Mountain, Anglesey, Wales |
Modified Pyrite cubes embedded in soft waxy looking matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
| 346 |
PYRITE - Rhiw Nant Mine, Rhiw Nant, Radnorshire, Wales |
Small brassy cubic Pyrite xtls in quartz/galena/pyrite matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 347 |
PYRITE - Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England |
Small cubic Pyrite xtls thickly coating quartz matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 351 |
PYRITE on CALCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small bright brassy modified pyritohedra on Calcite xtls |
50p £1.00 |
2 2 |
| 354 |
PYROLUSITE & CALCITE - Stank Mine, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England |
Tiny silky black acicular Pyrolusite xtls on clear tabular striated Calcite xtls in ironstone matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 819 |
PYROMORPHITE - Aberdaunant Mine, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales
SOLD |
Small bright green Pyromorphite xtls on Goethite in quartz/galena matrix +/- cerussite |
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| 820 |
PYROMORPHITE - Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales
SOLD |
Bright green Pyromorphite xtls on quartz in cavity in matrix |
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| 821 |
PYROMORPHITE - Hard Rigg Edge, Hartside, Westmorland, England
SOLD |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls covering quartz matrix |
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| 358 |
PYROMORPHITE - High Pirn Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small sparkling yellow to green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls in cavity in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 822 |
PYROMORPHITE - Katystaklin Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Green through yellow to orange, acicular to hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls in cavities in pyromorphite or galena
matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
4 1 |
| 360 |
PYROMORPHITE - Llechwedd Helyg Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Cardiganshire, Wales |
Small orange-yellow to green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls on matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 823 |
PYROMORPHITE - Pengenna Mine, St. Kew, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls on gossan matrix |
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| 628 |
PYROMORPHITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Small whitish Pyromorphite xtls on gossan amtrix |
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| 627 |
PYROMORPHITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small creamy to greenish Pyromorphite xtls on quartz matrix |
50p |
5 |
| 363 |
PYROMORPHITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small orange-yellow to green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls on matrix +/- Linarite |
50p |
3 |
| 824 |
PYROMORPHITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls in Pyromorphite/Cerussite matrix |
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| 365 |
PYROMORPHITE - Thief Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Cellular mass of small green, yellowish and orange Pyromorphite xtls occaisionally coating cerussite xtls |
50p |
1 |
| 825 |
PYROMORPHITE - Trevinnick Mine, St. Kew, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Light green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls on gossan matrix |
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| 826 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Alfred, Gwinear, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Yellowish green or green Pyromorphite xtls on quartz matrix |
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| 827 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Ludcott, St. Ive, Cornwall, England
SOLD |
Crust of snall bright green Pyromorphite xtls on matrix |
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| 369 |
PYROMORPHITE & HYDROCERUSSITE - High Pirn Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Creamy lenticular Hydrocerussite xtls coated in bright yellow micro-xtln Pyromorphite in cavities in matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |