Micromounts - Cornwall & Devon..................Updated 25 March 2025..........
| 2200 |
ADULARIA - Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of pale to dark pink Adularia crystals on matrix +/- Calcite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 1 |
| 2201 |
ADULARIA, CALCITE & MONTMORILLONITE - Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of pale pinkish Adularia crystals with complex colourless Calcite crystals and a very thin
white to grey crust of Montmorillonite coating some of them |
SOLD |
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| 2202 |
ANATASE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Small black tabular to bipyramidal Anatase crystals scattered throughout pale pink Feldspar matrix |
SOLD |
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| 4 |
ANATASE - South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England |
Small thin black tabular Anatase crystals in cavities in clinochlore matrix +/- small brown Cassiterite crystals,
can be hard to spot |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 10 |
ANATASE - Wheal Remfrey, St. Enoder, Cornwall, England |
Tiny black bipyramidal Anatase crystals +/- grey acicular Achroite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 3 |
| 2203 |
ANGLESITE & MALACHITE - Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, England |
Small colourless rhombic Anglesite crystals with small green spheres of Malachite in cavities in
Tetrahedrite/Chalcopyrite/Quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| 12 |
ARAGONITE - Port Quin Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England |
White "coralline" growths of Aragonite, no matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2204 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon, England |
Greyish Arsenopyrite crystals embedded in matrix, light tarnishing on some |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 17 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England |
Shiny grey Arsenopyrite xtls in Arsenopyrite/chlorite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2205 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Poldice Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Silvery Arsenopyrite crystals embedded in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| 1100 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall, England |
Cluster of small silvery Arsenopyrite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2206 |
BAYLDONITE - Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Mass of tiny green Bayldonite crystals, no matrix. Ex Jill Goltz specimen |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 2207 |
BEAUDANTITE - Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, Cornwall, England |
Small dark greenish Beaudantite crystals with some pale Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix. Ex Jill
Goltz specimen |
SOLD |
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| 23 |
BIOTITE - Lithium rich - Trelavour Downs, St. Dennis, Cornwall, England |
Flakes of dark bronzy brown Biotite mica, no matrix except one on a little quartz. Locally known as "Trelavourite" |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 2208 |
BOTALLACKITE - Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small dark green tabular Botallackite crystals on iron-stained killas matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2209 |
BOTALLACKITE & CONNELLITE - Levant Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small light green feathery acicular Botallackite crystals with some blue velvety Connellite on matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2210 |
BOULANGERITE - Tresungers Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall, England |
Shiny silvery acicular Boulangerite crystals in cavity in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| 1704 |
BROCHANTITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Small to tiny dark green Brochantite crystals in cracks and crevices in killas matrix +/- minor
Malachite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
3 2 |
| 2211 |
BROCHANTITE - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon, England |
Cavities in quartz matrix filled with tiny green lenticular Brochantite crystals plus a little altered
Langite |
SOLD |
. |
| 2212 |
BROCHANTITE & LINARITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Tiny green Brochantite crystals with small blue Linarite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix plus a
white Cerussite crystal in the bottom of it |
SOLD |
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| 1707 |
BROCHANTITE & PHARMACOSIDERITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Spherical aggregates of tiny green Brochantite crystals with minute cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 2213 |
CALCITE - Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Colourless complex Calcite crystals with a thin crust of Montmorillonite coating some of them |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2214 |
CALCITE & MONTMORILLONITE - Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Cornwall, England |
Complex colourless Calcite crystals partially coated in white to grey Montmorillonite in cavities in
matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2215 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE, (Francolite) - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Small to tiny white hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals in cavities in siderite matrix |
SOLD |
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| 1106 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE, (Francolite) - Sims Lode, Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown transparent hexagonal tabular Ca-Fluorapatite crystals comprising the bulk of the specimen |
SOLD |
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| 2216 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE, (Francolite) - Gunnislake Clitters, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of clear tabular hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals on granitic matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 1709 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite) - Tresavean Mine, Redruth, Cornwall, England |
Cavities in sphalerite/quartz matrix lined with small clear hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals with white
"caps" on the terminations |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 2217 |
Ca-FLUORAPATITE, (Francolite) & SIDERITE - Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Clear hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals with dark brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals in cavities in
cellular siderite matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2218 |
CASSITERITE - East Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England |
Small sparkling brown Cassiterite crystals in cavities in chlorite matrix. Ex Bob Cheetham collection |
SOLD |
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| 2219 |
CASSITERITE - Wheal Droskyn, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Black Cassiterite crystals on gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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| 1111 |
CASSITERITE var WOOD TIN - Wheal Charlotte, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England |
Small pale to dark brown circular aggregates of minute silky acicular Cassiterite in quartz/chlorite matrix |
SOLD |
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| 45 |
CERUSSITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Clear to white elongated Cerussite crystals scattered in cavities of drusy quartz gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2220 |
CERUSSITE & LINARITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Whitish crystalline Cerussite with blue Linarite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2221 |
CHILDRENITE - Crinnis Cliff, St. Austell, Cornwall, England |
Pale brown transparent Childrenite crystals some doubly terminated on quartz/gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2222 |
CHILDRENITE - George & Charlotte Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Sparkling brown Childrenite crystals on matrix |
£1.50p £2.00 |
1 1 |
| 2223 |
CHILDRENITE - Prince of Wales Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Sparkling crust of small brown Childrenite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 2224 |
CHRYSOCOLLA - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon, England |
Bluish green Chrysocolla in a thin vein in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2225 |
CHRYSOCOLLA & COPPER - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon, England |
Bluish green Chrysocolla with small bits of reddish Copper in thin veins in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2226 |
CHRYSOCOLLA, COPPER & CUPRITE - Devon Friendship Mine, Mary Tavy, Devon, England |
Bluish green Chrysocolla with small bits of reddish Copper plus some Cuprite in thin veins in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 2227 |
CLINOATACAMITE & MALACHITE - Geevor Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small dark green Clinoatacamite crystals with lighter green Malachite on killas matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2228 |
CLINOCLASE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Very deep blue veins and patches of Clinoclase with a few crystals in quartz matrix |
£2.00 £2.50p |
5 1 |
| 59 |
"ENYSITE" - Wheal Coates, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England |
Pale bluish green "Enysite" showing depositional banding, no matrix. It used to be the practice to "varnish"
the specimens to try and prevent them dehydrating and falling apart, it didn't work this time however, these are quite stable though still
fragile |
£2.00 |
4 |
| 2229 |
FLUORITE & ANATASE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Small pale mauve cubic Fluorite crystals with small black tabular to bipyramidal Anatase crystals
scattered throughout pale pink Feldspar matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2230 |
FLUORITE & SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Light purple Fluorite embedded in Siderite matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2231 |
GALENA & Ca-FLUORAPATITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavity in siderite matrix containing grey cube/octahedral Galena crystals with an encrustation of
minute white Ca-Fluorapatite crystals |
SOLD |
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| 2232 |
GALENA & SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in siderite matrix containing grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals with brown curved
rhombohedral Siderite crystals |
£1.00 £1.50p £2.00 |
2 3 2 |
| 2233 |
GALENA, SIDERITE & Ca-FLUORAPATITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in siderite matrix containing grey cube/octahedral Galena crystals with brown curved
rhombohedral Siderite crystals and minute white hexagonal Ca-Fluorapatite crystals |
SOLD |
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| 2234 |
HAEMATITE - Vitifer Mine, Dartmoor, Devon, England |
Shiny black foliated Haematite embedded in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 67 |
HAEMATITE - Wheal Cock, St.Just, Cornwall, England |
Sparkling black platy Haematite crystals richly scattered over Quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 2235 |
LIROCONITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England |
Small location specimens of greenish blue crystalline Liroconite on matrix, no crystals |
SOLD |
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| 2235a |
LIROCONITE - Ting Tang Mine, Carharrack, Cornwall, England |
Small greenish blue crystalline Liroconite with a couple of small crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2236 |
MALACHITE - Bampfylde Mine, North Molton, Devon, England |
Sprays of tightly packed geen acicular Malachite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2237 |
MALACHITE - Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England |
Green velvety Malachite lining cavities in gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2238 |
MARCASITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in quartz/siderite matrix thickly lined with tiny brassy Marcasite crystals |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 2239 |
MARCASITE & QUARTZ - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in quartz/siderite matrix lined with tiny brassy Marcasite crystals and colourless Quartz
crystals |
£2.00 |
1 |
| 1736 |
OLIVENITE - Bedford United Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Dark green Olivenite crystals partially coated in Mn oxides on killas matrix |
£1.00 £2.00 |
2 1 |
| 2240 |
OLIVENITE - Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England |
Small dark green Olivenite crystals lining a cavity in Quartz gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2241 |
OLIVENITE - Wheal Unity, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Elongated olive-green Olivenite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix with a small amount of Cornwallite |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2242 |
ORTHOCLASE & ALBITE - Kessel Down Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England |
Whitish blocky Orthoclase crystals with white bladed Albite crystals on pegmatite matrix, plus pale
Smoky Quartz |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 87 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Unity, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Very minute greyish green Pharmacosiderite crystals thickly encrusting quartz matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 1 |
| 1749 |
PYROLUSITE - Fullabrook Mine, Braunton, Devon, England |
Dark grey to black cavity linings of velvety Pyrolusite in manganese rich matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2243 |
PYROLUSITE var POLIANITE - Fullabrook Mine, Braunton, Devon, England |
Dark grey blocky to bladed Polianite crystals on manganese rich matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 2244 |
PYROMORPHITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Pale pinkish brown to white, (possibly replacements by Ca-Fluorapatite), Pyromorphite crystals on
siderite matrix +/- Galena, Ca-Fluorapatite |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2245 |
PYROMORPHITE - Pentire Glaze Mine, St. Minver, Cornwall, England |
Clusters of brown hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p £2.00 |
3 2 3 |
| 2246 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Small yellowish to green hexagonal or spiky Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/-
minor Bindheimite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
6 1 |
| 1134 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Small green barrel shaped Pyromorphite crystals in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
4 |
| 2247 |
PYROMORPHITE & ARAGONITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
White, (possibly replacements by Ca-Fluorapatite), Pyromorphite crystals with tiny whitish acicular
Aragonite crystals lining cavities in siderite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2248 |
PYROMORPHITE & GALENA - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Pale pinkish Pyromorphite crystals with grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals in cavities in
siderite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2249 |
PYROMORPHITE & WULFENITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Small green Pyromorphite and small yellow orange Wulfenite crystals in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2250 |
QUARTZ - Wheal Cock, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small yellowish Quartz crystals lining a cavity in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2251 |
RANCIEITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Silvery brown micaceous Rancieite covering siderite in cavities in siderite matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2252 |
RANCIEITE & SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Silvery brown micaceous Rancieite encrusting reddish brown lenticular Siderite crystals in a cavity in
siderite matrix |
SOLD |
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| 2253 |
SCORODITE - Bedford Utd Mine, Tavistock Hamlets, Devon, England |
Small spherical aggregate of minute pale yellowish Scorodite crystals in a cavity in gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 1758 |
SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England |
Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.00 £2.00 £2.50p |
1 2 1 |
| 1758a |
SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England |
Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 1136 |
SCORODITE - Hemerdon Bal Mine, Plympton, Devon, England |
Greyish-blue Scorodite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix. Ex Peter Braitwaite collection |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 1759 |
SCORODITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Tiny greyish drusy botryoidal Scorodite crystals lining cavities in gossan matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
| 2254 |
SCORODITE - Prince of Wales Mine, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Clusters of small greyish Scorodite crystals on Goethite on killas matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2255 |
SCORODITE - Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Drusy greyish blue micro Scorodite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 101 |
SCORODITE - Wheal Maid, Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
Tiny greyish-blue drusy Scorodite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
| 2256 |
SCORODITE - Wheal Unity, St. Day, Cornwall, England |
Small bluish grey Scorodite crystals in a cavity in matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
SOLD |
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| 2257 |
SCORODITE & PHARMACOSIDERITE - Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall, England |
Small greyish blue Scorodite crystals with yellow cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals on matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 2258 |
SIDERITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Curved aggregates of dark chocolate brown lenticular Siderite crystals in a cavities in siderite matrix
+/- white Ca-Fluorapatite |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 2259a |
SIDERITE - Gravel Hill Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England |
Brown "bow-ties" of Siderite crystals on quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 107 |
SIDERITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark chocolaty brown Siderite crystals, (typical for Wheal Drea), in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2260 |
SIDERITE - Wheal Drea, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Dark reddish brown "triangular" Siderite crystals on Quartz in jasper matrix |
SOLD |
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| 1139 |
SIDERITE - West Wheal Owles, St. Just, Cornwall, England |
Small dark brown lenticular Siderite crystals in a quartz lined cavity in jasper matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2261 |
SIDERITE & Ca-FLUORAPATITE (Francolite) - Holmbush Mine, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England |
Dark brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals with white to pale brown acicular Ca-Fluorapatite crystals
in cavities in cellular matrix. Nice specimen |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 2262 |
SIDERITE & GALENA - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in siderite matrix containing brown curved rhombohedral Siderite crystals with grey modified
cube/octahedral Galena crystals |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2263 |
SIDERITE & QUARTZ - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Cavities in siderite matrix containing brown curved rhombohedral Siderite crystals and small "glass
clear" colourless Quartz crystals |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2264 |
SMOKY QUARTZ & ORTHOCLASE - Kessel Down Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England |
Pale brown Smoky Quartz crystals with whitish blocky Orthoclase crystals on pegmatite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 1140 |
SPHALERITE & DOLOMITE - Silverbrook Mine, Ilsington, Devon, England |
Black composite Sphalerite crystals with whitish to pale brown rhombic Dolomite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 2265 |
TETRAHEDRITE - Frank Mills Mine, Christow, Devon, England |
Bright silvery tetragonal Tetrahedrite crystals embedded in quartz matrix with the occaisional crystal
face visible |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 2266 |
TETRAHEDRITE & SIDERITE - Silver Vein Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England |
Bright silvery Tetrahedrite with orange brown crystalline Siderite all embedded in quartz/siderite
matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 1 |
| 2267 |
TORBERNITE - South Terras Mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall, England |
Green blocky probably zoned Torbernite/Meta-Torbernite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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| 114 |
TREMOLITE/ACTINOLITE - Penhawger Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Aggregates of pale yellowish green fibrous Tremolite/Actinolite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 £1.50p |
1 2 1 |
| 2268 |
WAVELLITE - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall, England |
Sprays of small (iron stained) orange brown Wavellite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 117 |
WULFENITE & PYROMORPHITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Small orange blocky and/or bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals with green Pyromorphite crystals in quartz matrix |
SOLD | +
. |
| 118 |
WULFENITE, PYROMORPHITE & BINDHEIMITE - Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England |
Small orange blocky and/or bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals with green Pyromorphite crystals and pale
yellow powdery Bindheimite in quartz matrix |
£1.50p | +
2 |