Micromounts Scotland...........Updated 9 September 2025
| 2377 |
ALBITE, EPIDOTE & PUMPELLYITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Small clear to white Albite crystals with small green Epidote crystals and greyish green Pumpellyite in
cavities in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 1870 |
AMPHIBOLE & CALCITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Small green acicular Amphibole crystals with clear spiky Calcite, (has been corroded in some way), in
cavities in lava matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3032 |
ANALCITE - Struan, Waternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Clear to white Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix |
£1.00 |
4 |
| 2380 |
ANALCITE - Talisker Bay, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Greyish Analcite crystals lining cavities in basalt matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
| 2381 |
ANALCITE & GROSSULAR - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
White Analcite crystals with orange brown Grossular crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3033 |
ANDRADITE - Coatsgate Quarry, Beattock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Orangy-brown Andradite crystals with black bladed Haematite on matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 263 |
ANGLESITE - Loch na Meine Mine, Strathglass, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small clear bladed Anglesite crystals in cavities in galena/quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 3034 |
ANGLESITE - Tait's Level, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small colourless Anglesite crystals in a cavity in decomposed galena matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 1873 |
BARYTE - Tronach Head, Portknockie, Morayshire, Scotland |
Clear with red staining thick tabular Baryte crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 267 |
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 |
1 1 |
| 271 |
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 |
| 272 |
CALCITE - Trearn Quarry, Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
White spiky Calcite crystals which fluoresce white on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3035 |
CERUSSITE - Raik Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Clear to whitish Cerussite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 £1.50p |
1 2 1 |
| 3036 |
CERUSSITE - Tait's Level, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Colourless to white Cerussite crystals in cavities in galena matrix |
50p |
2 |
| 2388 |
CHABAZITE - The Quiraing, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Colourless sparkling Chabazite crystals in a cavity in basalt matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 2389 |
CHABAZITE-Ca & THOMSONITE-Ca - The Quiraing, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Colourless rhombic Chabazite-Ca crystals with sprays of and globular cavity linings of Thomsonite-Ca |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2390 |
CLINOATACAMITE & PREHNITE - Carsaig Bay, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small clusters of tiny green Clinoatacamite crystals on greyish Prehnite in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2391 |
COPPER & PREHNITE - Carsaig Bay, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Small dull pieces of Copper with minor green secondary alteration on Prehnite in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 3037 |
EDINGTONITE - Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small colourless Edingtonite crystals on surface of granite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2394 |
EPIDOTE, CALCITE & ALBITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Small green Epidote crystals with greyish rounded Calcite crystals and clear to white Albite crystals
in cavities in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 2395 |
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 |
| 2396 |
EPIDOTE, PUMPELLYITE & HAEMATITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Small dark olive green Epidote crystals with some lighter green Pumpellyite and minute shiny black
Haematite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3038 |
GROSSULAR - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Sherry coloured Grossular crystals on matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 3038a |
GROSSULAR - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Sherry coloured Grossular crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2398 |
GROSSULAR & EPIDOTE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Sherry coloured Grossular crystals with small green Epidote crystals in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 3039 |
GROSSULAR & MAGNETITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Sparkling orangy-brown Grossular crystals on tiny black octahedral Magnetite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 3040 |
GROSSULAR, MAGNETITE, EPIDOTE & PUMPELLYITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Sparkling orangy-brown Grossular crystals on tiny black octahedral Magnetite crystals with
small green Epidote crystals and greyish green velvety Pumpellyite in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3041 |
HAEMATITE - Auchinleck, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Tiny flakes of reddish micaceous Haematite covering Quartz in cavities in matrix. Ex Jill
Goltz collection |
50p |
1 |
| 3042 |
HARMOTOME - Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Invernesshire, Scotland |
Colourless "cruciform" Harmotome crystals scattered over surface of granite matrix. Ex David
Hardman collection 8729 |
SOLD |
. |
| 2399a |
HEDENBERGITE & BIOTITE - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Greenish with a pale brown dusting columnar Hedenbergite crystals with greenish black Biotite crystals
in a cavity in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 3043 |
LANARKITE - Tait's Level, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small whitish bladed Lanarkite crystals in cavities in decomposed galena matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3044 |
MANGANITE - Laverock Braes, Middleton Park, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Shiny black acicular Manganite crystals in cavities in massive Manganite matrix. Ex David
Hardman collection 8572 |
SOLD |
. |
| 2401 |
PREHNITE - Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Very pale green rounded aggregates of small Prehnite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 3045 |
PREHNITE - Carsaig Bay, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Round aggreagates of small whitish tabular Prehnite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
6 |
| 298 |
PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Aggregate of pale greenish tabular Prehnite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2403 |
PREHNITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Very pale green rounded aggregates of small Prehnite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2404 |
PREHNITE - Loch Scridain, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Very pale green rounded aggregates of small Prehnite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2406 |
PREHNITE & CALCITE - Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Very pale green rounded aggregates of small Prehnite crystals with clear complex rhombohedral Calcite
crystals on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
| 2407 |
PREHNITE & CALCITE - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Very pale green rounded aggregates of small Prehnite crystals with clear complex rhombohedral Calcite
crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3046 |
PREHNITE & DJURLEITE - Sligachan Quarry, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small greyish Prehnite crystals lining a cavity in basalt matrix with some small black
Djurleite on a broken surface |
SOLD |
. |
| 2409 |
PREHNITE & GROSSULAR - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Pale green tabular Prehnite crystals with orange-brown Grossular crystals in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3047 |
PUMPELLYITE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Greyish-green to dark green Pumpellyite crystals lining cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 3048 |
PUMPELLYITE & EPIDOTE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Rounded aggregates of minute greyish-green Pumpellyite crystals with small single green Epidote
crystals scattered over, lining cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
3 |
| 3049 |
PUMPELLYITE & PREHNITE - Creag Brimishgan, Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland |
Greyish-green to dark green Pumpellyite crystals lining cavities in matrix with a spray of
greyish thin tabular Prehnite crystals |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 2410 |
PYROMORPHITE - High Pirn Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Green hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals on quartz matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 3050 |
PYROMORPHITE - Moffats Shaft, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Yellow to green acicular to hexagonal Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in pyromorphite matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
4 2 |
| 3051 |
PYROMORPHITE - Raik Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Yellow orange to green Pyromorphite in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
2 1 |
| 3052 |
PYROMORPHITE - Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Orange to green Pyromorphite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 4 |
| 3053 |
PYROMORPHITE - Tait's Level, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Small greenish orange Pyromorphite crystals in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3054 |
PYROMORPHITE - Wilsons Shaft, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Small yellowish green acicular Pyromorphite crystals in a cavity in gossan matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 3055 |
PYROMORPHITE & CERUSSITE - Raik Vein, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Small yellowish green Pyromorphite crystals with white Cerussite crystals in matrix |
50p |
1 |
| 3056 |
SCOTLANDITE - Tait's Level, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
Minute grey spiky Scotlandite crystals in a cavity in decomposed galena matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3057 |
SELENITE - Tomnadashan, Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland |
Densely packed aggregate of thin bladed Selenite crystals, no matrix, quite fragile |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
| 3058 |
SPHALERITE - Corrantee Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland |
Clusters of black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
4 3 |
| 3059 |
TETRAHEDRITE - Barlocco Mine, Barlocco, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
Shiny blackish Tetrahedrite embedded in baryte/quartz matrix. A few Tetrahedrite crystals are
visible in cavities |
£1.00 £1.50p |
3 5 |
| 1923 |
THOMSONITE-Ca - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Thin whitish tabular Thomsonite-Ca crystals crammed into a small cavity in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2420a |
THOMSONITE-Ca - Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Sprays of colourless Thomsonite-Ca crystals in a cavity in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2422 |
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 |
3 |
| 3060 |
ZIRCON - Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Small pale orange or yellow flattened tetragonal Zircon crystals in cavities in granitic matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |