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 .
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 .
2892 BARYTE - Mowbray Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England Part of a single tabular Baryte crystals with a little Haematite attached SOLD .
2893 BARYTE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Small colourless tabular Baryte crystals in a cavity in quartz/baryte matrix SOLD .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
2909 DOLOMITE - Frizington Parks Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England White rhombohedral Dolomite crystals in a cavity in matrix SOLD .
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 .
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 .
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 .
2920 LEADHILLITE & ANGLESITE - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Whitish hexagonal Leadhillite crystals with some tiny colourless Anglesite crystals on matrix SOLD .
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 .
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 .
2936 PHARMACOSIDERITE - Burdell Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England Brownish green cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals on matrix SOLD .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .