Micromounts Africa...........Updated 24 October 2024
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AZURITE - Touissit, Jerada, Morocco |
Aggregates of deep blue Azurite crystals on gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 340 |
AZURITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Blue Azurite crystals on pale green Chrysocolla, no matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1243 |
BETA-ROSELITE (now known as ANORTHOROSELITE) - Aghbar Mine, Agdz Cercle, Zagora, Morocco |
Purplish pink Beta-Roselite crystals on matrix |
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| 1933 |
CERUSSITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Colourless Cerussite crystals scattered over gossan matrix with a few very pale yellow hexagonal
Mimetite crystals. Ex David Hardman specimen |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1934 |
CERUSSITE & DUFTITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Colourless Cerussite crystals in a mass of small Duftite crystals plus some possible tiny orange
Tsumcorite crystals. Ex David Hardman specimen |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1249 |
CHABAZITE var PHACOLITE & HEULANDITE - Leach & Brown Quarry, Ladysmith, KwaZulu/Natal
South Africa |
Clear Phacolite crystals sat upon greyer blocky Heulandite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
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| 343 |
CHALCOPHANITE - Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Namibia |
Spheres of small shiny black Chalcophanite crystals on matrix +/- clear spiky Calcite crystals |
£2.00 |
1 |
| 1250 |
CHALCOTRICHITE - Theta Mine, Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa |
Small ruby red acicular Chalcotrichite crystals scattered on Goethite matrix |
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| 1254 |
COPPER - Mufulira Mine, Mufulira, Copperbelt Province, Zambia |
Cluster of well formed Copper crystals, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1255 |
CORNETITE - L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut Katanga, DR Congo (Zaire) |
Small deep indigo blue Cornetite crystals scattered on surface of matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 355 |
DESCLOIZITE - Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia |
Aggregate of brown Descloizite crystals, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1258 |
DESCLOIZITE - Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia |
Dark brown spear shaped Descloizite crystals displaying multiple twinning, no matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 356 |
DIOPTASE - Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene, Namibia |
Bright green Dioptase crystals on matrix |
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| 1260 |
DIOPTASE - Kaokoveld Plateau, Opuwo Rural, Kunene, Namibia |
Bright green Dioptase crystals on Quartz matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 358 |
DIOPTASE - Reneville Mine, Reneville, Kindada, Dem. Rep. Congo |
Pieces of Dioptase with Dioptase crystals in various stages of alteration probably to Chrysocolla in cavities |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1262 |
DIOPTASE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Bright green Dioptase crystals with whitish Calcite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 364 |
ELBAITE - Jerry's Claim, Uis, Brandberg, Namibia |
Pale green Elbaite crystals embedded in and protruding from matrix |
£1.00 |
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| 1273 |
HEULANDITE - J. W. Smith & Son Quarry, Estcourt, Uthukela, KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa |
Cavities on thin platy matrix containing clear blocky Heulandite crystals |
£1.00 |
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| 1935 |
HOPEITE - Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zambia |
Aggregate of clear tabular Hopeite crystals in cavities in matrix +/- Zincolibethenite |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 1936 |
HYDROKENOELSMOREITE - Masaka II Gold Trial, Buthinda, Muyunga, Burundi |
Small yellow orange micaceous Hydrokenoelsmoreite crystals in cavities in Wolframite matrix. Ex John
Tuffnell collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 378 |
KARIBIBITE - Oumlil Mine, Agdz Cercle, Zagora, Morocco |
Spheres of yellow to orange acicular Karibibite crystals with small colourless Scorodite in gossan matrix |
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| 382 |
MAGNETITE - Palabora Pit, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
Small black octahedral Magnetite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 383 |
MALACHITE - Desire Mine, Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa |
Dark green acicular Malachite crystals on matrix |
£2.00 |
1 |
| 384 |
MALACHITE - Katanga, Dem.Rep.Congo,(Zaire) |
Green acicular Malachite crystals in cavities in Calcite lined Goethite matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1937 |
MALACHITE - Mashamba West Mine, Mutshatsa, Lualaba, Dem.Rep.Congo,(Zaire) |
Dark green Malachite crystals on malachite matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 387 |
MALACHITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Sprays of green acicular Malachite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 391 |
MALACHITE & CHRYSOCOLLA - Shaba Province, DR Congo (Zaire) |
Velvety green Malachite with blue Chrysocolla forming most of specimen |
SOLD OUT |
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| 394 |
MIMETITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Creamy coloured to yellowish green elongated Mimetite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 395 |
MIMETITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Pale yellow nicely terminated Mimetite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 398 |
MOTTRAMITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Stalactitic/dendritic olive-green Mottramite, no matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
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| 1279 |
MOTTRAMITE & VANADINITE - Mibladen, Morocco |
Small very dark green spear shaped Mottramite crystals with pale orange hexagonal Vanadinite crystals
on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 1938 |
PYROCHROITE - Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa |
Black micaceous Pyrochroite, no matrix. Ex John Tuffnell collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1939 |
QUARTZ - Crystal Falls, Champagne Castle, Drakensburg, KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa |
Cavities in basalt matrix lined with clear Quartz crystals |
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| 405 |
QUARTZ - AGATE - Sunset Trail, Champagne Castle, Drakensburg, Natal, South Africa |
Pieces of Agate displaying distinct banding, no matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 406 |
RHODIZITE/LONDONITE - Ibity, Antsirabe, Madagascar |
Single pale yellow dodecahedral Rhodizite/Londonite crystals, no matrix |
£1.50p £2.50p |
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| 1940 |
SAPPHIRINE - Tranomaro, Amboasy, Anosy, Madagascar |
Dark greyish blue Sapphirine crystals embedded in matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1283 |
SCHOEPITE - Shinkolobwe Mine, Haut Katanga, DR Congo (Zaire) |
Bright yellow micro crystalline Schoepite, no matrix +/- some green Torbernite |
SOLD OUT |
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| 409 |
SENEGALITE - Kouroudiako Mine, Faleme, Tombacounda, Senegal |
Pale yellow glassy Senegalite crystals in cavities in matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 410 |
SHATTUCKITE - M'Sesa Mine, Kambove, Haut Katanga, Dem. Rep. Congo |
"Bands" of blue Shattuckite in matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1941 |
SPINEL - Port Shepstone Marble Quarries, Ugu District, KwaZulu/Natal, South Sfrica |
Small black Spinel crystals embedded in matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1942 |
STURMANITE & CALCITE - N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, South Africa |
Small yellow Sturmanite crystals in amongst colourless Calcite crystals on matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1943 |
TANZANITE - Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Manyara, Tanzania |
Fragment of a blue Tanzanute crystal, no matrix. Ex John Tuffnell collection |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1287 |
TUPERSSUATSIAITE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Sprays of golden brown acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals on colourless Natrolite crystals in a cavity in phonolite
matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 417 |
TUPERSSUATSIAITE & VILLIAUMITE - Aris Quarry, Windhoek, Namibia |
Spray of brown acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals with pink Villiaumite and small black Aegirine crystals in
a cavity in phonolite matrix |
SOLD OUT |
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| 1288 |
VANADINITE - Mibladen, Morocco |
Orange tabular hexagonal Vanadinite crystals on or off matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
| 422 |
WILLEMITE - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Aggregates of clear to whitish hexagonal Willemite crystals in cavities in matrix. Ex David Hardman specimens |
SOLD OUT |
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| 424 |
WULFENITE - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi |
Tan coloured modified bipyramidal Wulfenite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 1944 |
ZINCOLIBETHENITE & HOPEITE - Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zambia |
Small sky blue spheres of Zincolibethenite with colourless Hopeite crystals in gossan matrix |
£1.50p £2.50p |
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