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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
800 MIMETITE - Chihuahua, Mexico SOLD Mass of small yellowish Mimetite xtls . .
801 MIMETITE - Croft Gothal Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England SOLD Small white hexagonal elongated Mimetite xtls on quartz matrix . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
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 . .
820 PYROMORPHITE - Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales SOLD Bright green Pyromorphite xtls on quartz in cavity in matrix . .
821 PYROMORPHITE - Hard Rigg Edge, Hartside, Westmorland, England SOLD Green hexagonal Pyromorphite xtls covering quartz matrix . .
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 . .
628 PYROMORPHITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver, Cornwall, England SOLD Small whitish Pyromorphite xtls on gossan amtrix . .
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 . .
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 . .
826 PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Alfred, Gwinear, Cornwall, England SOLD Yellowish green or green Pyromorphite xtls on quartz matrix . .
827 PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Ludcott, St. Ive, Cornwall, England SOLD Crust of snall bright green Pyromorphite xtls on matrix . .
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