Micromounts Rest of England...........Updated 28 March 2024
179 ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Reddish (iron-inclusions) plates and stalactites on Analcite crystals, little matrix. Colouring enhances the crystals nicely £1.50p 1
180 ANALCITE - Croft Quarry, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Clusters of colourless to reddish Analcite crystals, little or no matrix £1.00 1
182 ARAGONITE - Heights Quarry, Eastgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England White spiky Aragonite crystals covering Galena. Fluoresces creamy white £1.00 1
1175 AURICHALCITE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Small sky-blue Aurichalcite crystals in/on Calcite matrix £1.00 1
1176 AURICHALCITE & FLUORITE - Rutland Cavern, Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England Bluish-green feathery Aurichalcite crystals on clear Fluorite crystals in a cavity in matrix SOLD OUT .
1177 AURICHALCITE & HEMIMORPHITE - Rutland Cavern, Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England Bluish-green feathery Aurichalcite crystals with clusters and sprays of colourless Hemimorphite crystals in matrix £1.50p 2
1178 AZURITE & CALCITE - Cannington Park Quarry, Bridgwater, Somerset Sprays of dark blue Azurite crystals with creamy scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix £1.50 1
184 BARYTE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England Clusters and rounded aggregates of white to pink tabular Barytes crystals on matrix £1.00 £1.50p £2.00 3 7 5
1179 BARYTE - Myttons Beach Mine, Stiperstones, Shropshire, England Small thin tabular Baryte crystals in cavities in baryte matrix SOLD OUT .
185 BARYTE - Tenter Hill, Bramham, North Yorkshire, England Clear tabular bladed Baryte crystals with white edges on matrix +/- Calcite £1.00 £1.50p 1 1
186 BARYTE - Wetgrooves Mine, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, England Colourless Baryte crystals on sphalerite/limestone matrix £1.50p 1
187 BARYTE & FLUORITE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England Clusters and rounded aggregates of white to pink tabular Baryte crystals with pale mauve cubic Fluorite crystals on matrix £1.00 1
1180 CALCITE & HAEMATITE - Merehead Quarry, East Cranmore, Somerset, England Clear scalenohedral Calcite crystals in a cavity in Haematite matrix SOLD OUT .
1181 CARBON - JET - Port Mulgrave, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England Pieces of black Jet, 1 beach rolled SOLD OUT .
1182 CERUSSITE - Ladys Rake Mine, Harwood, Co. Durham, England Colourless Cerussite crystals in a cavity in galena matrix SOLD OUT .
191 COPPER & CUPRITE - New Cliff Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, England Solid piece of Cuprite with bits of Copper protruding and cavities filled with small Cuprite crystals £1.50p 1
192 COPPER, CUPRITE & MALACHITE - New Cliff Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, England Solid piece of Cuprite with bits of Copper protruding and green acicular Malachite crystals. Ex David Hardman collection £2.00 1
1183 FLUORITE - Blue Circle Quarry, Eastgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England Cluster of pale purplish green interpenetrant Fluorite twins on matrix. Fluoresces a very strong purple as would be expected from Weardale SOLD OUT .
1184 FLUORITE - Deep Wood Opencut, Derbyshire, England Smallish deep purple cubic Fluorite crystals in cavities in fluorite/baryte matrix SOLD OUT .
1185 FLUORITE - Deep Wood Opencut, Derbyshire, England Larger and paler with creamy bladed Baryte crystals in matrix SOLD OUT .
195 FLUORITE (Reticulated) - Old Towns Quarry, Middridge, Co. Durham, England Pale yellow thin tabular plates of Fluorite "reticulated" crystals on matrix +/- calcite & pyrite SOLD OUT .
197 FLUORITE & BARYTE - Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire, England Pale mauve cubic Fluorite crystals with clusters and rounded aggregates of white to pink tabular Baryte crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
1186 GOETHITE - Durnford Quarry, Long Ashton, Somerset, England Rounded aggregates of dark brown acicular Goethite crystals in cavities in Goethite matrix SOLD OUT .
1187 GOETHITE - Portishead, Somerset, England Cavity in solid Goethite matrix lined with small brown bladed Goethite crystals SOLD OUT .
200 HEMIMORPHITE - Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England Sprays of brownish transparent Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in matrix +/- some pale mauve cubic Fluorite £1.00 3
1188 MOTTRAMITE - Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England Crust of tiny dark olive-green or yellowish green Mottramite crystals on matrix 50p 1
204 MOTTRAMITE - Pim Hill, Harmer Hill, Shropshire, England Tiny greenish-black Mottramite crystals encrusting sandstone matrix 50p £1.00 1 2
205 MOTTRAMITE & CALCITE - Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England Crusts of tiny dark olive-green or greenish brown Mottramite crystals on greyish rounded scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix £1.00 £1.50p 1 1
206 NICCOLITE - Ladys Rake Mine, Harwood, Teesdale, Co. Durham, England Pinkish metallic Niccolite embedded in matrix SOLD OUT .
207 PHOSGENITE - Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, Somerset, England Pale brown transparent Phosgenite crystals in decomposed galena cavities in barytes matrix SOLD OUT .
208 PYRITE & CHLORITE (TOADSTONE) - Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England Small brassy cubic Pyrite crystals scattered throughout matrix with bluish green Chlorite. Locally known as Toadstone £1.00 1
209 PYROMORPHITE - Highfield Hushes, Harwood, Teesdale, Co. Durham, England Small pale green Pyromorphite crystals lining cavities in cellular Pyromorphite matrix 50p 3
210 QUARTZ & HAEMATITE - Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell, Derbyshire, England Clusters of colourless Quartz crystals with small spheres of Haematite scattered over them £1.50p 1
212 SIDERITE - Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Co. Durham, England Dark brown Siderite crystals in cavities in siderite matrix 50p 2
213 SIDERITE - Sidestrand Beach, Sidestrand, Norfolk, England Tiny brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals in cavities in flint nodules £1.00 2
215 SMITHSONITE - Mossdale Mine, Coniston, North Yorkshire, England Greenish-yellow botryoidal Smithsonite in cavities in matrix £1.50p 1
216 SMITHSONITE - Old Rake Vein, North Yorkshire, England Small yellowish Smithsonite crystals lining cavities in matrix 50p 2
217 SMITHSONITE - Stang Mine, Barnard Castle, North Yorkshire, England Small pale brown Smithsonite crystals in cavities in matrix £1.00 3
1189 SPHALERITE & PYRITE - Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England Small light brown Sphalerite xtls on calcite +/- pyrite SOLD OUT .
1190 SPHENE, MAGNETITE & DIOPSIDE - Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Cheshire, England Yellow Sphene crystals with black octahedral Magnetite crystals and deep green Diopside crystals in cavities in matrix SOLD OUT .
1191 SYLVITE - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire Dark reddish orange crystalline Sylvite, no matrix. Don't let it get wet, it will disappear SOLD OUT .
1192 VESIGNEITE - New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, England Spherical aggregates of small dark green tabular Vesigneite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .
1193 VESIGNEITE & MALACHITE - New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire, England Small spherical aggregates of tiny green tabular Vesigneite crystals with spheres of tiny acicular Malachite crystals on matrix SOLD OUT .