Micromounts Asia & Australasia including Turkey...........Updated 1 March 2025
2001 |
AEGIRINE & ANORTHOCLASE - Opo Bay, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
Small dark green Aegirine crystals with colourless glassy Anorthoclase crystals in cavities and in
matrix |
50p £1.50p £2.00 |
1 7 1 |
2568 |
AEGIRINE/AUGITE - Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia |
Small yellow Aegirine/Augite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
2569 |
AGATHACOPALITE (KAURI GUM) - Dargaville, Kaipara, New Zealand |
Piece of orange Kauri Gum, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2570 |
ANALCITE - Bickers Quarry, Tokatoka, Kaipara, New Zealand |
Small colourless Analcite crystals in a cavity in matrix |
50p |
1 |
2571 |
ANGLESITE - South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Aggregate of white/colourless Anglesite crystals possibly pseudomorphing Cerussite, no matrix. Ex David
Hardman collection #7742 |
SOLD |
. |
2571a |
ANGLESITE - South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Aggregate of white/colourless Anglesite crystals possibly pseudomorphing Cerussite, no matrix. Ex David
Hardman collection #7587 |
£2.00 |
1 |
2572 |
AUGITE - Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New Zealand |
Small orange elongated Augite crystals with white hexagonal Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix. Ex
David Hardman collection #6008 |
SOLD |
. |
2573 |
AUGITE - Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
Small black stubby Augite crystals in cavities in matrix. According to the last talk I heard it is unlikely that
anymore material will be collected in future. Cultural sensitivities |
50p £1.50p |
1 1 |
2574 |
AZURITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Deep blue Azurite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #7589 |
£1.00 |
1 |
2575 |
AZURITE & MALACHITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Deep blue Azurite crystals with green Malachite on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
601 |
BISMUTH - Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia |
Bright silvery Bismuth embedded in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
602 |
CALCITE - Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia |
Rhombic Calcite crystals on matrix |
50p |
1 |
2576 |
CHABAZITE - Lyttleton Quarry, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch, New Zealand |
Colourless Chabazite crystals in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2006 |
CHEVKINITE-Ce - Arondu, Basha Valley, Shigar, Gilgit, Pakistan |
Black part crystals with crystal faces, no matrix |
£2.50p |
5 |
2577 |
CLINOCHLORE - Omaui Serpentine Quarry, Greenhills, Invercargill, New Zealand |
Brown micaceous Clinochlore embedded in feldspar matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #6723 |
SOLD |
. |
2578 |
COOMBSITE - Akatore Mine, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
Pale brown massive Coombsite forming most of specimen |
SOLD |
. |
2579 |
COPPER - Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia |
Nugget of Copper, no matrix |
£2.00 |
1 |
610 |
COPPER & CUPRITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Bits of Copper and Cuprite protruding from a jaspery matrix +/- Malachite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
4 2 |
1424 |
COPPER & CUPRITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Bits of Copper and Cuprite protruding from a Jasper matrix. Ex David Hardman collection |
SOLD |
. |
2580 |
CROCOITE & PYROMORPHITE - Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
Bright orange Crocoite crystals with small green Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2581 |
CRYPTOMELANE - Reaphook Hill, Martin's Well, South Australia, Australia |
Very dark grey stalactitic Cryptomelane forming all of specimen. Ex David Hardman collection #8481 |
£1.50p |
1 |
616 |
CUPRITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Cavities in solid Cuprite lined with small "black" or deep red cubic Cuprite crystals |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 1 |
2582 |
CYRILOVITE Pseudo after STRENGITE - Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, Eyre Peninsula, South
Australia, Australia |
Orange Cyrilovite replacing small Strengite crystals on matrix. Ex Geoff Whimpress collection |
SOLD |
. |
619 |
ELPIDITE-Ca & AEGIRINE - Khan Bogd Massif, Khanbogd District, Omnogovi, Mongolia |
Orange crystalline Elpidite-Ca with dark green Aegirine crystals embedded in matrix |
£2.00 |
1 |
2583 |
EMBOLITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small brown waxy looking Embolite crystals in small cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2584 |
EMERALD - Aga Khan Mine, Poona, Western Australia |
Single green hexagonal Emerald crystal, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2585 |
ERYTHRITE - Mount Cobalt, Selwyn, Queensland, Australia |
Radiating sprays of pink Erythrite crystals on matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
2586 |
ERYTHRITE, HETEROGENITE & MANSFIELDITE - Mount Cobalt, Selwyn, Queensland, Australia |
Sprays of pink Erythrite crystals with shiny black Heterogenite and pale pink Mansfieldite spheres on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2587 |
FLUORAPOPHYLLITE-K & PREHNITE - Malad Quarries, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Mass of colourless Fluorapophyllite-K crystals on whitish stalactitic Prehnite plus one small sphere
of Gyrolite, no matrix |
£2.00 |
1 |
2588 |
FLUORAPOPHYLLITE-K & SCOLECITE - Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless blocky Fluorapophyllite-K crystals with colourless Scolecite crystals, no matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2589 |
GOLD - NSW, Australia |
Bright shiny Gold in quartz gossan matrix |
£2.00 £3.00 £4.00 |
8 8 5 |
2590 |
GYROLITE & PREHNITE - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Creamy Gyrolite spheres on grey Prehnite matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 1 |
2591 |
GYROLITE & QUARTZ - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Sphere of Gyrolite with a cluster of Quartz crystals attached, no matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
637 |
HEULANDITE - Nilwandi Dam Rock Quarry, Akole, Maharashtra, India |
Colourless tabular Heulandite crystals lining the inside of a detached vesicle, no matrix |
£2.00 |
1 |
2009 |
HEULANDITE - Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Thin tabular Heulandite crystals with some quartz on basalt matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
2592 |
HSINGHUALITE - Hsingua Ridge, Linwu Co., Hunan, China |
Colourless to greyish Hsinghualite embedded in chlorite matrix |
£2.50p |
1 |
641 |
HUNTITE - Tea Tree Gully, South Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
Creamy white earthy Huntite forming the whole specimens |
£1.00 |
2 |
2010 |
HYALITE - Lake Rotokawa Sulphur Mine, Taupo, New Zealand |
Colourless glassy botryoidal Hyalite on matrix |
£1.00 |
4 |
2593 |
IRON METEORITE - Henbury Station, Northern Territory, Australia |
Rusty piece of Iron Meteorite, no matrix. Container contains dessicant |
£5.00 |
1 |
1439 |
KINGITE - Clinton Phosphate Quarry, Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
| White earthy Kingite forming the bulk of the specimens, no matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
2594 |
LINARITE, CERUSSITE & CUPRO-SMITHSONITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Sprays of blue Linarite crystals with white Cerussite crystals covered in tiny pale green
Cupro-Smithsonite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #3925 |
SOLD |
. |
2595 |
MALACHITE - Brilliant Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Sprays of dark green Malachite crystals on quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2596 |
MALACHITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small dark green blocky Malachite crystals in cavities in quartz gossan matrix. Ex David Hardman
collection #8719 Ex Mike Leppington collection |
SOLD |
. |
2012 |
MALACHITE - Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territories, Australia |
Green nodules of acicular Malachite crystals, no matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
644 |
MALACHITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Green acicular to small dark blocky Malachite crystals in cavities in quartz matrix +/- some cuprite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
1 1 |
2597 |
MALACHITE & CERUSSITE - Tui Mine, Waikato, New Zealand |
White "jackstraw" Cerussite crystals on green velvety Malachite in cavities in sphalerite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
646 |
MALACHITE & CUPRITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Green acicular to small dark blocky Malachite crystals with massive Cuprite in cavities in quartz/jasper matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
647 |
MALACHITE, CUPRITE & QUARTZ - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Green acicular to small dark blocky Malachite crystals with massive Cuprite and small Quartz crystals in cavities
in quartz/jasper matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
2598 |
MELANTERITE - Ercadi Maden, Turkey |
Aggregate of minute pale green Melanterite crystals with probable white acicular Halotrichite crystals,
no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
649 |
MIMETITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Pale brown hexagonal Mimetite crystals with either flat tops or pointed terminations in cavities in matrix |
£1.50p £2.00 |
2 1 |
2599 |
MIMETITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small pale yellow Mimetite crystals on Goethite in a cellular matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2599a |
MIMETITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Yellowish green hexagonal Mimetite crystals on a manganese/quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2600 |
MIMETITE & GOETHITE - MMM Opencut, South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small colourless sparkling Mimetite crystals on cellular Goethite matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #927 |
£2.00 |
1 |
2601 |
MOLYBDENITE - Bannockburn, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand |
Bright silvery roughly hexagonal Molybdenite crystals on quartz matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
2602 |
MOLYBDENITE - Moonta Mines, Moonta, South Australia, Australia |
Bright silvery roughly hexagonal Molybdenite crystals on and embedded in granite matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
2 2 |
2603 |
MONTMORILLONITE - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
Dark grey Montmorillonite lining cavities in basalt matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2604 |
OLIVENITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Tiny green Olivenite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman #8720 & Mike Leppington collections |
50p |
1 |
659 |
PREHNITE - Kandivali Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Aggregate of whitish platy Prehnite crystals, no matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
661 |
PSEUDOMALACHITE - Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Rounded aggregates of minute green Pseudomalachite crystals on gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
662 |
PSEUDOMALACHITE & CUPRITE - Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Australia, Australia |
Small dark green Pseudomalachite crystals encrusting deep ruby red Cuprite in cavities in quartz/jasper matrix |
£1.50p |
2 |
2605 |
PYROLUSITE - Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |
Shiny black bladed Pyrolusite crystals in a cavity in pyrolusite matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8363 |
£1.50p |
1 |
2606 |
PYROMORPHITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Rich coverage of small clear to white spiky Pyromorphite crystals on matrix plus some orange Garnets |
£2.00 |
1 |
2607 |
PYROMORPHITE & HINSDALITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Whitish Pyromorphite crystals on matrix all covered with tiny yellowish green Hinsdalite crystals. Ex
David Hardman collection #6521 |
£1.00 |
1 |
2608 |
QUARTZ & EPIDOTE - Paritu, Coromandel, Waikato, New Zealand |
Whitish Quartz crystals with pale yellow Epidote crystals in a cavity in matrix. Ex David Hardman
collection #5835 |
£1.00 |
1 |
2609 |
ROSASITE - Billy Springs Mine, Mount Fitton, South Australia, Australia |
Bluish green Rosasite spheres in a cavity in matrix |
SOLD |
1. |
2610 |
SARABAUITE & WOLLASTONITE - Sarabau Mine, Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Indonesia |
Red veins of Sarabauite running through white Wollastonite matrix |
£3.00 |
1 |
2611 |
SCHOLZITE - Reaphook Hill, Martin's Well, South Australia, Australia |
Aggregate of thin whitish bladed Scholzite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8483. Also
comes with an old Willyama Minerals label |
£1.50p |
1 |
2611a |
SCHOLZITE - Reaphook Hill, Martin's Well, South Australia, Australia |
Aggregate of colourless Scholzite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #8483. Also comes
with an old Willyama Minerals label |
£1.00 |
1 |
2612 |
SCHORL - Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Western Australia, Australia |
Single black Schorl Crystals, no matrix |
£1.50p £2.00 |
1 1 |
2613 |
SELLAITE & FLUORITE - Brocks Creek, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
White to colourless Sellaite intergrown with purple Fluorite, no crystals |
£1.50p £2.00 |
1 1 |
669 |
SILVER - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small aggregates of very bright spongy Silver on gossan matrix. Some light tarnishing on a few pieces |
£1.50p £2.00 |
2 1 |
670 |
SMITHSONITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Stalactitc Goethite encrusted with greyish translucent clusters of Smithsonite crystals, rather nice |
£1.50p £2.00 |
7 1 |
2614 |
SMITHSONITE & CERUSSITE - Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Small greyish spiky Smithsonite crystals withcolourless blocky Cerussite crystals in galena matrix |
50p |
1 |
671 |
SMITHSONITE & CORONADITE - Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Clusters of greyish multiple twinned Smithsonite crystals on black/dark grey coronadite matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p £2.00 |
2 3 1 |
2615 |
SMOKY QUARTZ & GOETHITE - Reaphook Hill, Martin's Well, South Australia, Australia |
Brown Smoky Quartz crystals with small dark brown acicular crystals lining small geodes |
£1.00 |
2 |
2616 |
SPHALERITE - Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |
Black modified tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2617 |
STAUROLITE - Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia |
Brown interpenetrant Staurolite crystals, no matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
676 |
STAUROLITE - Cattle Creek, Rosebud Station, Queensland, Australia |
Dark brown twinned Staurolite crystalsm, no matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
2618 |
STICHTITE - Stichtite Hill, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia |
Pinky mauve Stichtite in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
2619 |
STICHTITE & SERPENTINE - Stichtite Hill, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia |
Pinky mauve Stichtite with green Serpentine in matrix. Ex Jill Goltz collection |
SOLD |
. |
2620 |
TRIDYMITE - Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia |
Clusters of white tabular Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix |
50p £1.00 |
1 1 |
2621 |
TRIDYMITE & AUGITE - Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia |
Clusters of white tabular Tridymite crystals with small dark brown Augite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
2622 |
TRIDYMITE, AUGITE & MAGNETITE - Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia |
Clusters of white tabular Tridymite crystals with small dark brown Augite crystals and tiny black to
grey octahedral Magnetite crystals in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 £1.50p |
4 1 |
2623 |
VIOLARITE, PYRRHOTITE & PENTLANDITE - Durkin Mine, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia |
A bit tricky this one as all the minerals are intermixed. I understand the Violarite is a dull grey
colour +/- small amount of Annabergite |
£1.00 £1.50p |
12 |
2624 |
VIOLARITE, PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE & ANNABERGITE - Durkin Mine, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia |
As per 2623 with more substantial Annabergite |
£1.50p |
3 |
2625 |
VIVIANITE - Raglan Harbour, Waikato, New Zealand |
Vivianite geodes lined with dark blue/black Vivianite crystals, no matrix |
SOLD |
|
2031 |
WAVELLITE - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
Sprays of whitish acicular Wavellite crystals with clear to pale brown blocky Fluellite crystals in
cavities in matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
2626 |
WAVELLITE - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
Sprays of clear bladed Wavellite crystals in cavities in gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
1462 |
WULFENITE & BARYTE - Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan Yi, Sichuan Province, China |
Orange blocky Wulfenite crystals with white thin bladed Baryte crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |