Micromounts - Cumberland & Westmorland...........Updated 27 November 2024
1763 |
ADAMITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale green crust of tiny Adamite crystals on the surface of gossan matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1764 |
ASBOLANE & QUARTZ - Sandbeds Gill, Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, England |
Shiny black Asbolane scattered over Quartz crystals in a cavity in matrix |
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1765 |
AZURITE - Cumpston Hill, Mallerstang, Cumberland, England |
Small deep blue sparkling Azurite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1766 |
BARYTE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless blocky to tabular Baryte crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/- a little green Cornwallite |
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1148 |
BARYTE - Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Eden, Westmorland, England |
Aggregates of clear tabular Baryte crystals on a white baryte matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
1767 |
BARYTE & FLUORITE - Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Eden, Westmorland, England |
Colourless bladed tabular Baryte crystals with associated colourless cubic Fluorite crystals on baryte matrix |
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124 |
BARYTOCALCITE - Blagill Mine, Alston, Cumberland, England |
Off-white Barytocalcite crystals in a cavitiy in matrix |
�1.00 |
2 |
1768 |
BAYLDONITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Areas of green Bayldonite on quartz matrix |
50p �1.00 |
1 1 |
127 |
BAYLDONITE & MIMETITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Green botryoidal Bayldonite with tiny pale yellow Mimetite crystals plus some Malachite in a cavity in quartz
matrix |
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1769 |
BAYLDONITE & MIMETITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Areas of green Bayldonite with tiny white acicular crystals of Mimetite on matrix |
�1.50p |
1 |
129 |
BEUDANTITE - Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland, England |
Dusting of very minute yellowish green Beudantite crystals on matrix |
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1770 |
BROCHANTITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small dark green Brochantite crystals in quartz matrix |
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133 |
CALCITE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England |
Whitish rhombohedral Calcite crystals lining cavities in gossan matrix +\- a little black feathery Pyrolusite |
�1.00 �1.50p |
3 1 |
1771 |
CALCITE - Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Aggregates of clear Calcite crystals, some doubly terminated in cavities in matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
1 1 |
1771a |
CALCITE - Ullcoats Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Cavity linings of white Calcite crystals in matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1150 |
CARMINITE & BEAUDANTITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Minute red Carminite crystals with yellowish green Beaudantite crystals on quartz matrix |
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1772 |
CERUSSITE - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Cluster of greyish Cerussite crystals in a cavity in matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1773 |
CERUSSITE - Old Brandley Mine, Derwentwater, Cumberland, England |
White elongated Cerussite crystals some encrusting Galena crystals in cavities in quartz matrix. Ex
Colin Robinson |
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139 |
CHRYSOCOLLA Pseudomorphs after MALACHITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Bluish green Chrysocolla almost completely replacing acicular Malachite on matrix +/- pyromorphite, cerussite
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1774 |
COBALTOCALCITE - Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland, England |
Pale pink encrustations of small Cobaltocalcite crystals in cavities in matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1775 |
CORNWALLITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Cavity linings of very minute sparkling Cornwallite crystals in quartz matrix |
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1776 |
COSALITE - Carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small thin acicular Cosalite needles associated with brown Sphalerite and Muscovite on matrix |
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1777 |
CRYPTOMELANE - Iron Crag, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Aggregates of black acicuar Cryptomelane crystals in cavities in quartz/cryptomelane matrix |
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1153 |
DUFTITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Minute bright green sparkling Duftite crystals in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
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1778 |
ERYTHRITE - Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland, England |
Crusts of tiny pink Erythrite crystals on limestone matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1779 |
FLUORITE, QUARTZ & HAEMATITE - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Colourless cubic Fluorite crystals on pinkish Quartz crystals with a few black blades of Specular
Haematite crystals, no matrix |
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1780 |
GALENA - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Shiny grey highly modified Galena crystals in cavities in quartz matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1781 |
GALENA & CERUSSITE - 12 Fm Level, Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals with white Cerussite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
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1782 |
GOLDHILLITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Bluish green Goldhillite in cavities in quartz matrix, the green material is Cornwallite. Apparently the
majority of Phillipsburgite in the Caldbeck Fells is actually Goldhillite so, if you already have some Phillipsburgite it is quite
likely to be Goldhillite |
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142 |
GREENOCKITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Thin patches of yellow Greenockite on matrix |
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1783 |
HAEMATITE - Beckermet Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Shiny bladed black Haematite crystals with Quartz in matrix |
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144 |
HAEMATITE - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Plates of shiny black thin Specular Haematite crystals showing some irridescence on matrix +/- Quartz crystals |
�1.00 |
1 |
1787 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Hartley Birkett, Kirkby Stephen, Cumberland, England |
Sprays of pale brown bladed Hemimorphite crystals throughout matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
�1.00 |
1 |
1784 |
LINARITE - 12Fm Level, Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small blue bladed Linarite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
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1785 |
LINARITE - 60Fm Level, Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Coatings of tiny blue Linarite crystals on quartz matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1786 |
MALACHITE - Myers Head Mine, Hartsop, Westmorland, England |
Green fibrous Malachite shot through gossan matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1159 |
MALACHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Velvety green Malachite crystals in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
1160 |
MIMETITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Aggragates of yellow spiky Mimetite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
154 |
MIMETITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale yellow to green Mimetite crystals in various forms in cavities in quartz matrix +/- pale yellow
Bindheimite |
50p �1.00 �1.50p |
2 1 1 |
155 |
MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellow to orange Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix +/- Barytes. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1788 |
MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellow to orange tabular to elongated often doubly-terminated Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix +/- Barytes |
�1.00 �1.50p |
7 4 |
1789 |
MIMETITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p �1.00 |
7 3 |
1790 |
MIMETITE - Murton Mine, Scordale, Cumberland, England |
Small pale green acicular Mimetite crystals in a cavity in matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1161 |
MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Classic orange Campylite crystals on quartz/pyrolusite matrix |
�1.00 |
4 |
1791 |
MOTTRAMITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny black Mottramite crystals scattered over quartz matrix |
50p �1.00 �1.50p |
1 2 1 |
1792 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Burdell Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellowish green cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals manganese rich quartz matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
1793 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Minute greyish blue drusy Plumbogummite crystals with yellowish Mimetite crystals and white Baryte. Ex
Colin Robinson |
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1794 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greyish drusy Plumbogummite with yellowish-orange Mimetite crystals on matrix |
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1163 |
PSEUDOMALACHITE - Short Grain Middle, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small spheres of tiny green Pseudomalachite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
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1795 |
PYRITE - Hartley Birkett, Kirkby Stephen, Cumberland, England |
Cluster of brown (tarnished) modified cubic Pyrite crystals, no matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1796 |
PYRITE - New Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England |
Cluster of brown lightly tarnished modified pyritohedral Pyrite crystals, no matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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PYROLUSITE & CALCITE - Lindal Moor Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire), England |
Dark grey matted Pyrolusite with a few black complex free-standing stalactites of minute Pyrolusite crystals
on rhombic Calcite crystals on matrix |
�2.00 |
1 |
1797 |
PYROMORPHITE - Driggith Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Classic green barrel shaped Pyromorphite crystals on matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
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1798 |
PYROMORPHITE - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Small green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on matrix. Ex Colin Robinson specimen |
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1164 |
PYROMORPHITE - Mexico Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Yellow hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals with clear Quartz crystals mounted on a pedestal |
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1799 |
PYROMORPHITE - Old Brandley Mine, Derwentwater, Cumberland, England |
Green hexagonal elongated Pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix |
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1800 |
PYROMORPHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Aggregate of green elongated Pyromorphite crystals, no matrix |
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1801 |
PYROMORPHITE - "Barstows Trench", Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Dark green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystal perched on quartz matrix |
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1802 |
QUARTZ & HAEMATITE - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Squat colourless Quartz crystals on both Specular and Kidney ore forms of Haematite in a cavity in matrix |
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1803 |
SPHALERITE & QUARTZ - 12 Fm Level, Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Orange brown Sphalerite crystals on clear Quartz crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/- Galena |
50p �1.00 |
2 3 |
1804 |
SPHALERITE, GALENA & QUARTZ - 12 Fm Level, Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Orange brown Sphalerite crystals with grey modified Galena crystals on clear Quartz crystals in cavities
in quartz matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
1805 |
SUSANNITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale blue Susannite crystals on quartz matrix |
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1170 |
TETRAHEDRITE - Eagle Crag Mine, Grisedale, Westmorland, England |
Small dull grey tetrahedral Tetrahedrite crystals, bright and shiny where broken, in a cavity in
quartz/tetrahdrite/galena matrix |
50p |
1 |
1806 |
ZALESIITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Aggregates of pale green Zalesiite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix plus a little green Malachite |
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1807 |
ZINCOLIVENITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small spheres of tiny green Zincolivenite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
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