Micromounts Scotland...........Updated 28 March 2024
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ALLANITE-Ce, FLUORITE & CHEVKINITE-Ce - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small black thin tabular Allanite-Ce crystals with mauve Fluorite in cavities in matrix plus dark
brown acicular Chevkinite-Ce crystals with the characteristic alteration halo embedded in the matrix |
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| 254 |
AMPHIBOLE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Very thin green acicular Amphibole needles lining cavities in matrix |
�1.00 |
3 |
| 256 |
ANALCITE - Bracadale, Loch Beag, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Whitish to colourless Analcite crystals in cavities and on basalt matrix |
�1.00 |
2 |
| 257 |
ANALCITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small glass clear Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix +/- Chabazite-Ca |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 258 |
ANALCITE - Fishnish, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless Analcite crystals lining cavities in matrix |
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| 259 |
ANALCITE - Road Cutting, Glen Eynort, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Colourless to white Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
6 3 |
| 260 |
ANALCITE - Road Cutting, Struan, Bracadale, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Whitish to colourless Analcite crystals on basalt matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 261 |
ANALCITE - Talisker Bay, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Greyish Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix |
50p �1.00 |
1 3 |
| 1206 |
ANALCITE - Talisker Bay, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Colourless Analcite crystals which look pale brown due to micro Thomsonite encrustation on matrix. Ex
David Harman collection |
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| 262 |
ANALCITE - Tiroran, Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless Analcite Crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix |
50p �1.00 |
3 1 |
| 263 |
ANGLESITE - Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Small clear bladed Anglesite crystals in cavities in galena/quartz matrix |
�1.00 |
3 |
| 1208 |
ANILITE & PARATACAMITE - Castletown Mine, Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Black Anilite infilling cavities in cellular quartz matrix with small dark green Paratacamite crystals |
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ARSENOPYRITE - Louisa Mine, Glendinning, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small grey elongated Arsenopyrite crystals in matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 265 |
BREWSTERITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Colourless to pale brown Brewsterite crystals on Calcite crystals on granite/calcite/barytes matrix |
�1.00 |
2 |
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BREWSTERITE-Sr - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Super little specimens of colourless Brewsterite-Sr crystals, many doubly terminated on calcite matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
2 2 |
| 268 |
BREWSTERITE-Sr & HARMOTOME - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Specimen of colourless Brewsterite-Sr crystals with white or colourless Harmotome crystals on calcite matrix |
�2.00 |
1 |
| 1209 |
CALCITE, GROSSULAR, MAGNETITE & ANTHOPHYLLITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Clear Calcite crystals with sparkling orangy-brown Grossular crystals, tiny black octahedral Magnetite
crystals and dark green fibrous Anthophyllite in cavities in matrix |
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| 270 |
CALCITE - Lealt Quarry, Lealt, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Whitish scalenohedral Calcite crystals on matrix. Fluoresces pale pink |
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CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
White scalenohedral Calcite crystals with pale brown rhombic Calcite crystals lining a cavity in a bivalve
shell in matrix. White Calcite fluoresces pink |
�1.00 �1.50p |
1 1 |
| 272 |
CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
White spiky Calcite crystals which fluoresce white on matrix |
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CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
White scalenohedral Calcite crystals with pale brown rhombic Calcite crystals and a few small tetrahedral
Chalcopyrite crystals in a cavity in a bivalve. White Calcite fluoresces pale pink |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 274 |
CALCITE & ANALCITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Whitish complex Calcite crystals in cavities in matrix with white Analcite crystals in some of them |
50p |
1 |
| 276 |
CALCITE, EPIDOTE & ALBITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
White to brown rhombic Calcite crystals with small dark green bladed Epidote crystals and small white Albite
crystals in cavities in matrix |
�1.50p |
2 |
| 1209 |
CALCITE, GROSSULAR, MAGNETITE & ANTHOPHYLLITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Grey Calcite crystals with orange brown Grossular crystals and tiny black octahedral Magnetite
crystals, also greyish green fibrous Anthophyllite and thin reddish Haematite crystals all in various cavities in matrix |
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| 1210 |
CHABAZITE - Leac nan Fionn, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Colourless rhombohedral Chabazite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix |
50p |
4 |
| 278 |
CHABAZITE - Talisker Bay, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Pale pinkish Chabazite cystals lining "detached" vesicles, no matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 1211 |
CHABAZITE - Totescore Quarry, Uig, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Aggregate of whitish rhombic Chabazite crystals, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
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| 280 |
CHABAZITE-Ca - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Colourless rhombic Chabazite-Ca crystals in cavities in basalt matrix +/- Saponite, Thomsonite-Ca |
�1.00 |
2 |
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CHALCEDONY Pseudomorphing CALCITE - Lealt Quarry, Lealt, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Scalenohedral Calcite crystals completely replaced with Chalcedony, no matrix |
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CHRYSOCOLLA - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Areas of sky blue Chrysocolla embedded in matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
1 2 |
| 1212 |
CHRYSOCOLLA Pseudo after VESZELYITE & HEMIMORPHITE - Straitstep Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Bluish-green Chrysocolla completely replacing Veszelyite crystals on Hemimorphite lining cavities in
gossan matrix |
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CHRYSOCOLLA & CHALCOCITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Bluish green Chrysocolla with shiny black Chalcocite in prehnite matrix |
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COWLESITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Rounded aggregates of minute whitish Cowlesite xtls in cavities in basalt matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
2 2 |
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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 |
3 1 |
| 287 |
EPIDOTE & PUMPELLYITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Small dark olive green Epidote crystals with some lighter green Pumpellyite in cavities in matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 288 |
FERRO-HORNBLENDE - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
| Small shiny black Ferro-Hornblende crystal in a cavity in granitic matrix |
�1.00 |
2 |
| 1214 |
HAEMATITE, GROSSULAR, MAGNETITE & ANTHOPHYLLITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Black with a deep red "glow" thin lenticular Haematite crystals with sherry coloured Grossular crystals which are sat
and tiny black Magnetite crystals with dark green fibrous Anthophyllite crystals in cavities in matrix |
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| 1215 |
HARMOTOME - Middleshop Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Large white Harmotome crystal with smaller ones around it's base, little matrix |
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HEMIMORPHITE - Pibble Mine, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Sprays of small white bladed Hemimorphite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 292 |
LAUMONTITE - Floddigarry, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small white elongated Laumontite in cavities in basalt matrix plus some Analcite & Stilbite |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 294 |
LEVYNE - Oisgill Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
White tabular hexagonal Levyne crystals in cavities in basalt matrix |
�2.00 |
2 |
| 1217 |
MAGNETITE - Kilchrist, Torrin, Strathaird, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Black dodecahedral Magnetite crystals in matrix |
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MESOLITE & ANALCITE - Bracadale, Loch Beag, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Whitish to colourless Analcite crystals with fine whitish acicular Mesolite crystals associated in cavities in
basalt matrix |
�1.50p |
1 |
| 297 |
PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Aggregates of grey-green Prehnite spheres, no matrix. Ugly but interesting nonetheless |
�1.00 |
3 |
| 298 |
PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Aggregate of pale greenish tabular Prehnite crystals on matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 1218 |
PUMPELLYITE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Greyish-green to dark green Pumpellyite crystals lining cavities in matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
2 1 |
| 1219 |
PUMPELLYITE & EPIDOTE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland |
A carpet of dark green Pumpellyite lining cavities in matrix with radiating sprays of yellowish-green
acicular Epidote Crystals |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 1220 |
PYROMORPHITE - Horners Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Velvery yellow Pyromorphite lining cavities in matrix |
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| 306 |
PYROMORPHITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Green to orange Pyromorphite crystals on matrix |
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| 1221 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wilsons Shaft, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Small yellow green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in Pyromorphite matrix |
�1.50p |
1 |
| 1222 |
REYERITE - Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Whitish micaceous Reyerite infilling a cavity in basalt matrix |
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| 1223 |
REYERITE & TOBERMORITE - Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Whitish to greenish micaceous Reyerite with white Tobermorite on the outer rim infilling cavities in
basalt matrix |
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SAPONITE - Camas nan Sidhein, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Aggregates of tiny pale orange Saponite spheres in cavities in basalt matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 310 |
SAPONITE & BIOTITE - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small brown spheres of Saponite with greenish black "books" of Biotite crystals in a cavity in granitic matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 311 |
SMITHSONITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE & DOLOMITE - Blackcraig Mine, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Small off-white "rice grain" Smithsonite crystals with clear Quartz crystals, bronze coloured Chalcopyrite
crystals on and pale brown Dolomite crystals on matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 312 |
SPHALERITE - Corrantee Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Clusters of black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals on matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
1 1 |
| 1224 |
SPHALERITE - Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals sat on matrix |
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| 1225 |
STELLERITE & HEULANDITE - A850 Roadcut, Edinbane, Waternish, Isle of Skye,
Invernesshire, Scotland |
Spray of buff coloured Stellerite crystals sat on colourless blocky Heulandite crystals, no matrix |
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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 |
| 315 |
STILBITE - Ros a Mheallain, Bracadale, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Sprays of white "flat-topped" Stilbite crystals with a few pale orange acicular Amphibole fibres in cavities in
basalt matrix. Plus some unknown white spheres |
�1.00 |
2 |
| 316 |
STILBITE-Ca - A850 Road Cut, Edinbane, Waternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Cluster of buff coloured pointed Stilbite-Ca crystals, no matrix |
�1.50p |
1 |
| 317 |
THOMSONITE - The Quirang, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Cavity in matrix thickly lined with small bladed Thomsonite crystals |
50p |
1 |
| 318 |
THOMSONITE & ANALCITE - Bracadale, Loch Beag, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Sprays of whitish bladed Thomsonite crystals on clear Analcite crystals in cavities in basalt matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 320 |
THOMSONITE, MESOLITE & ANALCITE - Bracadale, Loch Beag, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Sprays of whitish bladed Thomsonite crystals on clear Analcite crystals and with fine hair-like Mesolite fibres in
cavities in basalt matrix |
�2.00 |
1 |
| 1226 |
THOMSONITE-Ca - The Quiraing, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Cavity in basalt matrix lined with whitish almost botryoidal Thomsonite-Ca |
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THOMSONITE-Ca - Talisker Bay, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Aggregates of small white thin bladed Thomsonite-Ca crystals in a cavity in basalt matrix |
�1.00 |
1 |
| 1227 |
THOMSONITE-Ca & CHABAZITE - The Quiraing, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Sprays of colourless thin tabular Thomsonite-Ca crystals with colourless rhombic Chabazite crystals in
a cavity in basalt matrix |
�1.00 �1.50p |
1 2 |
| 1228 |
TOBERMORITE, REYERITE & ANALCITE - Drynoch, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
White Tobermorite lining the outer rim of a cavity with whitish micaceous Reyerite with in the centre
and in the very centre some white Analcite in basalt matrix |
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| 1229 |
VANADINITE & PHOSPHOHEDYPHANE - Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Pale brown tabular hexagonal Vanadinite crystals scattered over velvety Phosphohedyphane in cavities in matrix |
�1.50p |
1 |