Micromounts Scotland...........Updated 13 February 2019
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ANALCITE - Road Cutting, Struan, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Whitish to colourless Analcite Crystals on basalt matrix |
50p £1.00 |
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| 401 |
ANALCITE & MESOLITE - Road Cutting, Struan, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Whitish to colourless Analcite Crystals with acicular Mesolite crystals on basalt matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 402 |
ANDRADITE - Allt Coire Chleirich, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Cluster of brown intergrown Andradite crystals on andradite matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 403 |
ANDRADITE - Coatsgate Quarry, Beattock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Dark orangy-brown, very gemmy, Andradite crystals on matrix |
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ANDRADITE & CALCITE - Coatsgate Quarry, Beattock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Dark orangy-brown Andradite crystals with greyish Calcite crystals on matrix |
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| 405 |
APOPHYLLITE - Dunvegan Quarry, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Creamy coloured blocky Apophyllite crystals in a cavity in basalt matrix |
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| 406 |
ARSENOPYRITE - Louisa Mine, Glendinnig, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small grey elongated Arsenopyrite crystals in quartz matrix |
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| 407 |
BARYTES - Allt Tighe Cumhaig, Struy, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Clusters of colourless blocky Barytes crystals, some with minute sulphide inclusions, little or no matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
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BREWSTERITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless to pale brown Strontianite crystals on Calcite crystals on granite/calcite/barytes matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
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CERUSSITE - Hopeful Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Whitish Cerussite crystals with green Pyromorphite on matrix |
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CERUSSITE - Pibble Mine, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Small whitish Cerussite crystals in gossan matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 411 |
CHABAZITE & CALCITE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Colourless rhombic Chabazite crystals with off white rhombic Calcite crystals on matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 412 |
CHRYSOCOLLA Pseudo after VESZELYITE - Straitstep Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Bluish-green Chrysocolla completely replacing Veszelyite crystals on Hemimorphite in quartz gossan matrix |
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CHRYSOTILE - Old Hagdale Quarry, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland |
Greenish Chrysotile, no matrix |
£1.00 |
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| 414 |
CLINOHUMITE - Camas Malag, Kilchrist, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Aggregates of Clinohumite crystals in cavities in clinohumite matrix |
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COWLESITE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Rounded aggregates of minute whitish Cowlesite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 1 |
| 416 |
EPIDOTE & PUMPELLYITE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Radiating sprays of yellowish-green acicular Epidote Crystals growing out of a carpet of dark green Pumpellyite
crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
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| 418 |
FLUORITE - Netherglen Quarry, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland |
Pale mauve cubic Fluorite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
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| 419 |
HAEMATITE - Castletown Mine, Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small reddish-brown micaceous Haematite crystals in cavities in cellular quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
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| 420 |
HARMOTOME - Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Classic colourless "cruciform" Harmotome crystals on granite matrix |
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HARMOTOME - MacDougalls Level, Tyndrum Mine, Tyndrum, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
Small glass clear Harmotome crystals in varying habits including "cruciform" on matrix |
£1.50p |
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HARMOTOME & KAINOSITE-Y - Corrantee Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Classic colourless "cruciform" Harmotome crystals with small white silky Kainosite-Y crystals covering a
calcite crystals |
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HEDENBERGITE - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Light grey-green intergrown masses of acicular hair-like Hedenbergite crystals in a cavity in granite matrix |
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HEMIMORPHITE - Pibble Mine, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Cavities in gossan matrix lined with small greyish Hemimorphite crystals |
50p £1.00 |
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HYDROZINCITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire |
White Hydrozincite coating Calcite crystals on matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 426 |
MAGNETITE - Coire Buidhe, Loch Creran, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small black octahedral Magnetite crystals on quartz matrix +/- epidote |
50p |
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METASTIBNITE & STIBNITE - Louisa Mine, Glenridding, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small areas of red Meta-Stibnite on bright silvery Stibnite in matrix |
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MOLYBDENITE & FERRIMOLYBDITE - Chapel of Garioch, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Bright silvery-grey hexagonal Molybdenite plates embedded in quartz matrix with pale yellow feathery acicular
Ferrimolybdite in association |
£2.50p |
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MOTTRAMITE - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Tiny dark brown Mottramite crystals thickly lining cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
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MULLITE - Port na Cloidheig, Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Pale pink, square sectioned Mullite crystals embedded in baked mudstone matrix +/- Sapphire |
50p |
1 |
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NATROLITE on PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Colourless natrolite crystals on very pale green Prehnite in cavities in Prehnite matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
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PHILLIPSITE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Cavity in basalt matrix lined with whitish blocky Phillipsite crystals |
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PREHNITE Pseudo after LAUMONTITE - Sgurr nan Cearcall, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Stacks of whitish tabular Prehnite crystals replacing former Laumontite crystals on matrix |
£1.50p |
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PYROMORPHITE - Belton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Yellowish-green to orange hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 3 |
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PYROMORPHITE - Glengonnar Shaft, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Green to orange hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
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PYROMORPHITE - Hopeful Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Yellowish-orange hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in matrix |
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PYROMORPHITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Green to orange Pyromorphite crystals on matrix |
50p £1.00 £2.00 |
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PYROMORPHITE - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small greenish-yellow to orange hexagonal Pyromorphite on matrix |
50p £1.00 £1.50p |
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SPHALERITE - Louisa Mine, Glenridding, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Black modified Sphalerite crystals in cavities in quartz/sphalerite matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
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SPHALERITE & PYRITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals with brassy cubic Pyrite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
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SPHALERITE, QUARTZ & DOLOMITE - Louisa Mine, Glenridding, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Black modified Sphalerite crystals with colourless Quartz crystals and brownish rhombohedral Dolomite on matrix |
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SPHALERITE & SULPHUR - Louisa Mine, Glenridding, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Black modified Sphalerite crystals with tiny very pale yellow Sulphur crystals in cavities in quartz/sphalerite
matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
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STIBNITE - Blackhillock Quarry, Keith, Morayshire, Scotland |
Silvery with a light tarnish Stibnite crystals in calcite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
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STIBNITE - Hare Hill Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Grey or lightly tarnished, very fine acicular to relatively thicker Stibnite crystals in cavities in
quartz/stibnite matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
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STIBNITE - Louisa Mine, Glenridding, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small silvery acicular Stibnite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
50p |
1 |
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STILBITE - Bracadale, Loch Harport, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Small whitish flat topped Stilbite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p |
1 |
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STILBITE - Glas Beinn Mhor Granite, Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Colourless Stilbite crystals in cavities in granite matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 450 |
STILBITE & LAUMONTITE - Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Quite large 2cm clear Stilbite crystal with white Laumontite crystals attached, no matrix |
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STRONTIANITE & CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire
SOLD |
White sphere of minute spiky Strontianite crystals on pale brown Calcite crystals in a cavity in limestone matrix |
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THOMSONITE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Sprays of thin whitish bladed Thomsonite crystals in a cavity in basalt matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 453 |
TOPAZ - Beinn Tarsuinn, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, Scotland |
Small colourless Topaz crystals in cavities in granite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 454 |
VALENTINITE - Louisa Mine, Glendinning, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Creamy coloured Valentinite crystals in cavities in sphalerite matrix |
£1.50p |
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VALENTINITE - Louisa Mine, Glendinning, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Creamy coloured Valentinite crystals in a mostly valentinite/stibnite matrix |
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WULFENITE - Gairnshiel Mine, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SOLD |
Small orange Wulfenite crystals with a little Pyromorphite in a cavity in granite matrix |
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