Micromounts Q to S...........Updated 21 January 2012
373 RHODONITE - Cucma, Slovakia Pink xtlline Rhodonite with other black manganese minerals 50p 3
376 ROSASITE - Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, Germany Bluish-green botryoidal Rosasite on gossan matrix £1.00 2
828 RUTILE - Lanterdan Quarry, Tintagel, Cornwall, England SOLD Small but very nice specimen of yellow reticulated Rutile needles on quartz matrix . .
829 SAFFLORITE - Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Tiny metallic Safflorite xtls on matrix +/- Chloanthite (cubic) £1.00 1
830 SAFFLORITE Pseudomorph after SILVER - Shaft 207, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany SOLD Encrustations of minute Safflorite xtls pseudomorphing Silver plus some small cubic Chloanthite xtls, no matrix . .
830 SAFFLORITE Pseudomorph after SILVER & PROUSTITE - Shaft 207, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany SOLD Encrustations of minute Safflorite xtls pseudomorphing Silver plus some small cubic Chloanthite xtls and small ruby red Proustite xtls, no matrix . .
382 SCOLECITE - Mullion Cove, Mullion, Cornwall, England Vein infillings of white radiating Scolecite, little or no matrix. Confirmed specimens 50p 2
383 SCOLECITE - Ulva Quarry, Ulva Island, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland Small vesicles filled with white fibrous Scolecite. Confirmed specimens £1.00 2
384 SCORODITE - Bell Pit, Calebrack, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Pale yellowish to greenish-grey crust of Scorodite on matrix 50p £1.00 4 1
385 SCORODITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Thin creamy to pale green crust of minute Scorodite xtls on quartz matrix +/- Pharmacosiderite 50p £1.00 4 4
386 SCORODITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England Pale bluish-grey to brown (iron stained) drusy Scorodite lining cavities in matrix 50p 1
832 SCORODITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England Drusy greyish botryoidal Scorodite in cavities in gossan matrix 50p 1
833 SCORODITE - Wheal Music, Porthtowan, Cornwall, England Light bluish-grey to whitish botryoidal aggregates of minute drusy Scorodite xtls in matrix 50p £1.00 2 2
388 SCORODITE Epimorph after SIDERITE - Bell Pit, Calebrack, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Brownish "shells" of Scorodite epimorphing Siderite on matrix 50p £1.00 3 4
636 SCORODITE & BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Thin crust of minute grey Scorodite xtls with greenish-yellow to brown minutely xtllized Beaudantite on matrix 50p 1
637 SELENITE - Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England Colourless Selenite xtls on gossan matrix 50p £1.00 1 1
390 SELENITE - Jet Mine, Staithes, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England Clear elongated Selenite xtls on shale matrix 50p 1
834 SENARMONTITE - Wet Swine Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland SOLD Minute colourless octahedral Senarmontite xtls in cavities in quartz/stibnite matrix . .
726 SIDERITE - Caistor Cahlk Pit, Caistor St. Edmunds, Norwich, Norfolk, England Tiny dark brown Siderite xtls in quartz cavity in a flint nodule 50p 1
394a SIDERITE - Halamanning Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Small dark brown rhombic Siderite xtls in cavity in quartz matrix 50p 1
394b SIDERITE - Halamanning Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England Light brown mass of small intergrown rhombic Siderite xtls in cavity in quartz matrix 50p 1
710 SIDERITE - Kelly Bray Mine, Kelly Bray, Cornwall, England Small pale brown spiky Siderite xtls aggregating into larger "xtls" in cavities in Siderite matrix +/- Pyrite, Apatite-CAF £1.00 2
835 SIDERITE - South Crofty Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England SOLD Dark chocolate brown rhombic Siderite xtls on siderite matrix . .
642a SIDERITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England Reddish-brown sharp rhombic Siderite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix 50p 1
642b SIDERITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England Small brown modified rhombic Siderite xtls in cavities in quartz matrix 50p 2
642c SIDERITE - Wheal Cunning, St. Just, Cornwall, England Small chocolate-brown Siderite xtls encrusting surface of Goethite pseudos and epimorphs after Siderite £1.00 10
711 SIDERITE & APATITE-CAF - Kelly Bray Mine, Kelly Bray, Cornwall, England Small pale brown spiky Siderite xtls aggregating into larger "xtls" with white botryoidal aggregates of minute Apatite-CAF on matrix £1.00 2
712 SIDERITE & PYRITE - Kelly Bray Mine, Kelly Bray, Cornwall, England Small pale brown spiky Siderite xtls aggregating into larger "xtls" with brassy cubic Pyrite xtls on matrix 50p £1.00 1 2
836 SILVER - Pohla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany SOLD Dendritic Silver xtls running through matrix . .
837 SILVER - Shaft 207, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Very bright and shiny Silver wires in Calcite matrix £1.00 £2.00 1 1
641 SMITHSONITE - Moelyydd Hill Mine, Nr. Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England Pale brown masses of Smithsonite, not pretty but good location pieces 50p 3
401 SMITHSONITE - Old Millclose Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire, England Small light brown rounded Smithsonite xtls in cavities in Fluorite matrix 50p 1
838 SMITHSONITE - Rhosesmor Mine, Halkyn Mountain, Flintshire, Wales SOLD Brownish cellular mass of rounded Smithsonite xtls, no matrix, really nice . .
643 SMITHSONITE - Stancombe Quarry, Flax Bouton, Somerset, England Tan coloured waxy looking Smithsonite in cavities in smithsonite/galena matrix 50p £1.00 1 1
404 SMITHSONITE Epimorphs after CALCITE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Hollow casts of pale brown botryoidal Smithsonite remaining after the Calcite has gone on matrix 50p £1.00 £1.50p 2 3 1
839 SMITHSONITE, FLUORITE & SPHALERITE - Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England SOLD Small creamy coloured Smithsonite blobs with colourless Fluorite xtls and orange Sphalerite xtls on limestone matrix . .
840 SPANGOLITE - Agouisha, Corsica, France SOLD Crust of small greenish-blue Spangolite xtls in matrix . .
644 SPECULAR HAEMATITE & QUARTZ - Parkside mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England SOLD Very thin and shiny black tabular Specular Haematite xtls on small Quartz xtls in cavity in matrix . .
841 SPECULAR HAEMATITE - Wheal Drea, St.Just, Cornwall, England SOLD Shiny, black, thin hexagonal to rounded plates of Specular Haematite with white Adularia and Quartz xtls in cavities in iron-stained granite matrix . .
408 SPHALERITE - Abbeytown Quarry, Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, Ireland Bright sparkling orange-brown Sphalerite xtls in cavities in Sphalerite matrix £1.00 3
409 SPHALERITE - Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Graham Co., Arizona, USA Rounded "weathered" Sphalerite xtls on Johannsenite matrix, pale yellowish-green on broken surfaces 50p 3
842 SPHALERITE - Kessels Down Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England SOLD Small orange-brown Sphalerite xtl in cavity in granite matrix, unusual occurence . .
645 SPHALERITE - Les Malines Mine, St. Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, France Bright sparkling orange Sphalerite xtls on Dolomite xtls on matrix 50p 1
411 SPHALERITE - Middleshop Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, England Black tetrahedral Sphalerite xtls on matrix 50p £1.00 1 1
412 SPHALERITE - Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England Small black to deep brown Sphalerite xtls on matrix +/- cerussite, greenockite and crusty smithsonite 50p 1
646 SPHALERITE - Milltown Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England Deep reddish-brown Sphalerite xtls on Fluorite 50p 2
413 SPHALERITE - Old Millclose Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire, England Small dark brown to black Sphalerite xtls in cavities in sphalerite/fluorite matrix 50p 1
414 SPHALERITE - Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England Mass of sparkling black Sphalerite xtls on matrix £1.00 1
415 SPHALERITE - Unser Fritz Mine, Herne, N. Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Deep brown Sphalerite xtls with Pyrite on calcite/dolomite matrix 50p 1
843 SPHALERITE & CALCITE - Judkins Quarry, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England Whitish scalenohedral Calcite xtls with spherical aggregates of small Sphalerite xtls £1.00 1
844 SPHENE - Mendig, Eifel, Germany SOLD Small pale orange Sphene xtls in matrix . .
845 SPHENE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland Very small tan coloured twinned Sphene xtls cavities in granite matrix +/- Epidote, Feldspar, Amphibole Fluorite, Magnetite 50p 2
846 SPHENE & DIOPSIDE - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England SOLD Very nice yellow Sphene xtls with deep green Diopside xtls in cavities in matrix . .
422 SPHENE & MAGNETITE - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England Black octahedral Magnetite xtls with yellow Sphene xtls in cavities in matrix £1.00 1
423 SPHENE, MAGNETITE & PYRITE - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England Yellow Sphene xtls, black Magnetite xtls and modified cubic Pyrite xtls in cavities in matrix £1.00 1
847 SPHENE & ZIRCON - Mendig, Eifel, Germany SOLD Small orange Sphene xtls with creamy blocky Zircon xtl in different cavities in matrix . .
427 STIBNITE - Hare Hill Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland SOLD a "nest" of small grey acicular Stibnite xtls in cavity in quartz matrix . .
428 STIBNITE - Treore Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England Silvery grey Stibnite shot through quartz matrix and spanning cavities 50p £1.00 1 1
848 STIBNITE - Zlata Bana, Presov, N. Slanske Mountains, Slovakia Small radiating sprays of greyish-black Stibnite xtls in quartz matrix 50p 1
650 STIBNITE & STIBICONITE - Bwlch Mine, Deganwy, Caernarvonshire, Wales Silvery grey Stibnite with waxy yellowish Stibiconite on matrix 50p 2
849 STILBITE - Claughlands Point, Lamblash, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland SOLD Sprays of small Stilbite xtls in cavities in granite matrix . .
430 STILBITE - Pancharevo Reservoir, Sofia, Bulgaria Small creamy coloured Stilbite xtls on matrix 50p £1.00 1 2
850 STILBITE - Scarisdale River, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland SOLD White to clear Stilbite xtls cavities in granite matrix +/- Amphibole . .
433 STILBITE & ANALCITE - Sgurr nam Fiadh, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland SOLD Nice clear bladed Stilbite xtls on Analcite xtls on basalt matrix . .
436 STILBITE & HEULANDITE - Ard Dorch, Luib, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland SOLD Colourless Stilbite xtls with colourless Heulandite xtl in cavities in granitic matrix . .
851a STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland Greenish-brown well terminated Strontianite xtls on calcite or barytes matrix £1.00 3
851b STRONTIANITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argylllshire, Scotland Radiating pale brown acicular Strontianite xtls in barytes matrix £1.50p 1
439 STRUNZITE - Blaton, Hainault, Belgium Small straw coloured acicular Strunzite xtls on matrix +/- Cacoxenite £1.00 1