Micromounts - Cumberland & Westmorland...........Updated 9 September 2025
2884 |
ADAMITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny pale green Adamite crystals in cavities in quartz/baryte matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2270 |
ADAMITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Crusts of tiny pale green Adamite crystals on the surface of gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2885 |
ALBITE, ADULARIA & ORTHOCLASE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Pale pink glassy Albite crystals with white Adularia crystals and pinkish Orthoclase which
unusually occurs as as small aggregates of spheres (tested) +/- small colourless hexagonal Apatite crystals which fluoresce
pale orange. All in cavities in granite pegmatite matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
2886 |
ALSTONITE - Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England |
Classic Alstonite habit but unusual pale pink colouration of Alstonite crystals on mostly
alstonite matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2887 |
ANATASE & BROOKITE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Black bipyramidal Anatase crystal with brown bladed Brookite crystals with pale pink glassy
Albite crystals, white Adularia crystals and pinkish Orthoclase spheres (tested) in cavities in granite pegmatite matrix |
SOLD |
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2888 |
ANGLESITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless blocky or spear shaped Anglesite crystals in cavities in quartz/galena matrix |
£1.50p £2.00 £2.50p |
5 4 1 |
2889 |
ANGLESITE & SPHALERITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless Anglesite crystals with black slightly rounded Sphalerite crystals in quartz matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
2890 |
AZURITE - Cumpston Hill, Mallerstang, Westmorland, England |
Small deep blue Azurite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
2891 |
AZURITE - High Longrigg Mine, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England |
Crusts of tiny deep blue Azurite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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2892 |
BARYTE - Mowbray Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England |
Part of a single tabular Baryte crystals with a little Haematite attached |
SOLD |
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2893 |
BARYTE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small colourless tabular Baryte crystals in a cavity in quartz/baryte matrix |
SOLD |
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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 |
2894 |
BARYTE & BINDHEIMITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear elongated tabular Baryte crystals with pale yellow powdery Bindheimite in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2895 |
BARYTE & MIMETITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear elongated tabular Baryte crystals with orange Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
2896 |
BAYLDONITE - Brandy Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Green botryoidal Balydonite in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
SOLD |
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1768 |
BAYLDONITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Areas of green Bayldonite on quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2897 |
BAYLDONITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Areas of small green Bayldonite globules on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
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 |
2898 |
CALCITE - Shap Blue Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
White scalenohedral Calcite crystals plus a Chalcopyrite crystal in a cavity in matrix |
SOLD |
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2899 |
CALCITE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Whitish Calcite crystals in cavities in pegmatite matrix with Albite, Adularia crystals and
pinkish Orthoclase spheres plus Pyrite. Fluoresces pink in LW UV |
50p £1.00 |
2 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 |
2900 |
CALEDONITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to minute blue Caledonite crystals in cavities in galena/quartz matrix +/- Anglesite, Linarite,
Leadhillite |
£1.00 £1.50p £2.00 £2.50p |
5 2 2 1 |
2901 |
CALEDONITE - Thief Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small greenish blue Caledonite crystals plus some dark blue Linarite in cavities in matrix. Ex
George Fletcher collection |
£1.00 |
1 |
2902 |
CALEDONITE & LEADHILLITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small blue Caledonite crystals with colourless hexagonal Leadhillite crystals in cavities in
galena/quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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2903 |
CERUSSITE - Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumberland, England |
White "jackstraw" Cerussite crystals with tiny pinkish brown Pyromorphite crystals on quartz/baryte matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 3 |
2904 |
CERUSSITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Whitish tabular Cerussite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p |
1 |
2905 |
CERUSSITE & BINDHEIMITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear tabular Cerussite crystals with pale yellow powdery Bindheimite on matrix |
SOLD |
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2275 |
CERUSSITE & MALACHITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear Cerussite crystals with a spray of green Malachite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2906 |
CERUSSITE & QUARTZ - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear Cerussite crystals scattered in amongst Quartz crystals on quartz matrix |
50p |
3 |
2907 |
CHENEVIXITE - Cumpston Hill, Mallerstang, Westmorland, England |
Olive green massive Chenevixite embedded in matrix with some dark blue Azurite |
SOLD |
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2908 |
CORONADITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Dark greyish black Coronadite forming the bulk of the specimen plus a little Campylitelue layer of Plumbogummite and a
coating of black Coronadite covering most of the top surface |
SOLD |
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2909 |
DOLOMITE - Frizington Parks Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England |
White rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
SOLD |
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2910 |
DOLOMITE - Haile Moor Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Creamy coloured slightly curved Dolomite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p |
1 |
2911 |
DOLOMITE - Shap Beck Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Pale pink curved rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in cavities in limestone matrix |
50p |
1 |
2912 |
FLUORITE, QUARTZ & HAEMATITE - Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, England |
Colourless cubic Fluorite crystals with colourless squat Quartz crystals and small thin black
tabular Haematite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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2913 |
GALENA & FLUORITE - Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumberland, England |
Dark grey modified cube/octahedral Galena crystals sitting on pale yellow cubic Fluorite
crystals on matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
SOLD |
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2914 |
GOLDHILLITE - Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Spherical aggregates of green Goldhillite in cavities in quartz matrix. 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 |
£1.00 £1.50p |
5 1 |
2915 |
GOLDHILLITE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Spherical aggregates of green Goldhillite in cavities in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
1787 |
HEMIMORPHITE - Hartley Birkett, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England |
Sprays of pale brown bladed Hemimorphite crystals throughout matrix. Ex Colin Robinson |
£1.00 |
1 |
2916 |
HYDROCERUSSITE - Thief Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
White to creamy coloured lenticular Hydrocerussite crystals on quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2917 |
LEADHILLITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless to clear thin tabular to barrel shaped hexagonal Leadhillite crystals on matrix +/-
Caledonite, Linarite |
£1.00 |
3 |
2918 |
LEADHILLITE - Thief Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless hexagonal Leadhillite crystals plus some pale yellow earthy Bindheimite on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2919 |
LEADHILLITE & ACANTHITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless thin tabular hexagonal Leadhillite crystals in and on matrix plus some very tiny
sprays of black spiky Acanthite crystals indicating that there is some Silver on the specimen |
SOLD |
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2920 |
LEADHILLITE & ANGLESITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Whitish hexagonal Leadhillite crystals with some tiny colourless Anglesite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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2921 |
LEADHILLITE & SUSANNITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Colourless thin tabular Leadhillite crystals with pale blue spiky Susannite crystals sometimes
as roughly hexagonal prisms, +/- Cerussite |
SOLD |
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2922 |
MALACHITE - High Stennerskeugh Mine, Ravenstonedale, Westmorland, England |
Tiny green Malachite crystals lining cavities in chalcopyrite/galena/gossan matrix |
SOLD |
. |
1159 |
MALACHITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Velvety green Malachite crystals in cavities in quartz gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2923 |
MALACHITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small green Malachite crystals in a cavity in quartz matrix |
50p |
1 |
2924 |
MALACHITE & BARYTE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Green acicular Malachite crystals with white rhombic Baryte crystals on matrix |
50p |
1 |
2925 |
MALACHITE & CERUSSITE - Silver Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small green acicular Malachite crystals with clear Cerussite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
50p |
1 |
1160 |
MIMETITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Aggregates of yellow spiky Mimetite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2926 |
MIMETITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small yellow hexagonal Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
2927 |
MIMETITE - Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Clear to whitish acicular Mimetite crystals with minutely crystallised yellowish green
Beaudantite on quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2928 |
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 |
1 1 1 |
2929 |
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 £2.00 |
7 5 2 |
1789 |
MIMETITE - Low Pike Trial, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
7 3 |
2931 |
MIMETITE - Sandbed Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 |
4 1 |
1161 |
MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Classic orange Campylite crystals on quartz/pyrolusite matrix |
£1.00 |
3 |
2279 |
MIMETITE & BARYTE - Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small greenish-yellow hexagonal Mimetite crystals with colourless tabular Barytes crystals in cavities
in quartz matrix |
£2.00 |
2 |
2930 |
MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE & BARYTE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Classic orange "barrel shaped" Campylite crystals with grey to colourless Baryte on matrix |
£1.50p £3.00 |
1 1 |
2932 |
MOTTRAMITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny black Mottramite crystals scattered over quartz matrix |
50p £1.00 £1.50p |
4 4 5 |
2933 |
MOTTRAMITE & MIMETITE - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny black Mottramite crystals with small clusters of thin yellow hexagonal Mimetite
crystals in a cavity in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2934 |
MOTTRAMITE, MIMETITE & QUARTZ - Arm 'o' Grain, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small to tiny black Mottramite crystals with small clusters of thin yellow hexagonal Mimetite
crystals and druzy grey botryoidal Quartz on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2935 |
ORTHOCLASE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Small pinkish aggregates of Orthoclase spheres (tested) with pale pink glassy Albite crystals
and white Adularia crystals in cavities in granite pegmatite matrix |
SOLD |
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2936 |
PHARMACOSIDERITE - Burdell Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Brownish green cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
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2937 |
PLUMBOGUMMITE - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Greyish blue botryoidal Plumbogummite on quartz matrix with Mimetite and black manganese oxides in association |
SOLD |
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162 |
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 |
2938 |
PYROMORPHITE - Kinniside Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
Small green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on matrix. Ex Colin Robinson specimen |
SOLD |
. |
2284 |
PYROMORPHITE - Mexico Opencut, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
2939 |
PYROMORPHITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small yellow fibrous Pyromorphite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
50p |
1 |
2285 |
ROSASITE - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Small blusih green Rosasite spheres on gossan matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
2940 |
SCHEELITE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Colourless to creamy and pale yellow mostly octahedral Scheelite crystals in cavities in
pegmatite matrix. +/-Anatase, Molybdenite. Fluoresces bluish in SW UV |
£1.00 £1.50p |
3 2 |
2941 |
SCHEELITE & ANATASE - Shap Granite Quarry, Shap, Westmorland, England |
Creamy coloured octahedral Scheelite crystal with a black bipyramidal Anatase, in another
cavity plus Albite, Adularia & Calcite in pegmatite matrix. Fluoresces bluish in SW UV |
SOLD |
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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 2 |
2942 |
SPHALERITE, SIDERITE & QUARTZ - Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumberland, England |
Black Sphalerite crystals with light brown curved Siderite crystals and clear Quartz crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2943 |
SUSANNITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale blue spiky and irregularly shaped roughly hexagonal Susannite crystals often intergrown
with or epitaxially overgrowing on clear tabular to columnar Leadhillite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
£1.50p £2.00 |
3 1 |
2944 |
SUSANNITE & BINDHEIMITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale blue spiky and irregularly shaped roughly hexagonal Susannite crystals with pale yellow
earthy Bindheimite in cavities in quartz matrix +/- Cerussite |
£2.00 |
1 |
2945 |
SUSANNITE & CERUSSITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale blue spiky and irregularly shaped roughly hexagonal Susannite crystals with clear
tabular Cerussite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2946 |
SUSANNITE, LEADHILLITE & BINDHEIMITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale blue spiky and irregularly shaped roughly hexagonal Susannite crystals often intergrown
with or epitaxially overgrowing on clear tabular to columnar Leadhillite crystals with pale yellow powdery Bindheimite in
cavities in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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2947 |
SUSANNITE, LEADHILLITE, BINDHEIMITE & CERUSSITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England |
Pale blue spiky and irregularly shaped roughly hexagonal Susannite crystals often intergrown
with or epitaxially overgrowing on clear tabular to columnar Leadhillite crystals with pale yellow powdery Bindheimite and
whitish in tabular Cerussite crystals in quartz matrix |
SOLD |
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