Micromounts Asia & Australasia including Turkey...........Updated 9 September 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 |
1 7 |
| 2568 |
AEGIRINE/AUGITE - Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia |
Small yellow Aegirine/Augite crystals on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 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 |
| 3104 |
ARAGONITE - Kyogle, Rous Co., NSW, Australia |
Spray of colourless bladed Aragonite crystals mounted on a pedestal, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3105 |
ARSENOPYRITE & SPHALERITE - Kauri Mountain, Whangerai, New Zealand |
Grey rhombohedral Arsenopyrite crystals with black tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals in matrix |
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 |
| 2575 |
AZURITE & MALACHITE - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Deep blue Azurite crystals with green Malachite on matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3106 |
AZURITE & MALACHITE - Cowell, Franklin Harbour, South Australia |
Nodule of Azurite & Malachite crystals, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 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 |
| 3107 |
CALCITE & DOLOMITE - Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
White tabular Calcite crystals on pale brown rhombohedral Dolomite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3108 |
CAVANSITE & CHABAZITE - Aranga Quarry, Dargaville, New Zealand |
Tiny sprays of minute acicular Cavansite crystals in amongst small colourless Chabazite crystals in a cavity
in matrix. Ex David Hardman collection 7781 |
SOLD |
. |
| 3109 |
CAVANSITE & STILBITE - Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Radiating sprays of bright blue Cavansite crystals with whitish tabular Stilbite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman specimen |
£2.00 |
1 |
| 2006 |
CHEVKINITE-Ce - Arondu, Basha Valley, Shigar, Gilgit, Pakistan |
Black part crystals with crystal faces, no matrix |
£2.50p |
4 |
| 3110 |
COPPER - South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., NSW, Australia |
Piece of tarnished "sheet" Copper, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3111 |
COPPER & CHABAZITE - Aranga Quarry, Dargaville, New Zealand |
Specks of bright Copper embedded in colourless Chabazite crystals on matrix. Ex David Hardman
collection 7783 |
SOLD |
. |
| 3112 |
CROCOITE - Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
Bright orange elongated Crocoite crystals on gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 2580 |
CROCOITE & PYROMORPHITE - Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
Bright orange Crocoite crystals with small green Pyromorphite crystals on gossan matrix |
£1.00 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 3113 |
EPIDOTE - Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Pistachio green Epidote crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2585 |
ERYTHRITE - Mount Cobalt, Selwyn, Queensland, Australia |
Radiating sprays of pink Erythrite crystals on matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 3114 |
GISMONDINE & CHABAZITE - Aranga Quarry, Dargaville, New Zealand |
Aggregate of white Gismondine crystals in amongst colourless Chabazite crystals on matrix. Ex
David Hardman collection 8741 |
SOLD |
. |
| 2589 |
GOLD - NSW, Australia |
Bright shiny Gold in quartz gossan matrix |
£2.00 £3.00 £4.00 |
7 8 3 |
| 2590 |
GYROLITE & PREHNITE - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Creamy Gyrolite spheres on grey Prehnite matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3115 |
HAEMATITE - Okahune Crater, Ruapehu, New Zealand |
Irridescent botryoidal Haematite thickly coating matrix. Ex David Hardman collection 8225 |
£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 |
| 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 |
3 |
| 2593 |
IRON METEORITE - Henbury Station, Northern Territory, Australia |
Rusty piece of Iron Meteorite, no matrix. Container contains dessicant |
SOLD |
. |
| 2012 |
MALACHITE - Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territories, Australia |
Green nodules of acicular Malachite crystals, no matrix |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 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 |
| 2601 |
MOLYBDENITE - Bannockburn, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand |
Bright silvery roughly hexagonal Molybdenite crystals on quartz matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 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 1 |
| 3116 |
MORDENITE - Puketui Road, Hikuai, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand |
Sprays of silky white acicular Mordenite crystals in cavities in matrix. Ex David Hardman
collection 8742 |
SOLD |
. |
| 3117 |
PHLOGOPITE, HAEMATITE & TRIDYMITE - Hendersons Quarry, Ngongotaha, Rotorua, New Zealand |
Thin brown plates of Phlogopite with tiny black hexagonal Haematite crystals and thin colourless
Tridymite crystals lining cavities in matrix. Ex David Hardman collection #7929 |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3118 |
PYRITE & CALCITE - Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Tasmania, Australia |
White tabular Calcite crystals with cubic brassy Pyrite crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 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 |
SOLD |
. |
| 2613 |
SELLAITE & FLUORITE - Brocks Creek, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
White to colourless Sellaite intergrown with purple Fluorite, no crystals |
£1.50p |
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 |
£2.00 |
5 |
| 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 |
6 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 |
£1.50p £2.00 |
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 |
SOLD |
. |
| 676 |
STAUROLITE - Cattle Creek, Rosebud Station, Queensland, Australia |
Dark brown twinned Staurolite crystalsm, no matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 3119 |
STIBNITE - Thames River, Coromandel, Waikato, New Zealand |
Bright silvery Stibnite crystals with Quartz in cavities in matrix |
£1.00 |
2 |
| 3120 |
TORBERNITE - Buller Gorge, Westland, South Island, New Zealand |
Small green Torbernite crystals on gossan matrix. Ex David Hardman collection 8224 |
£1.00 |
1 |
| 3121 |
TOPAZ - Chamachu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Colourless Topaz crystals on matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 2620 |
TRIDYMITE - Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia |
Clusters of white tabular Tridymite crystals in cavities in matrix |
SOLD |
. |
| 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 |
4 |
| 3122 |
TUHUALITE & AEGIRINE - Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
Brown (with surface alteration) Tuhualite crystals with small dark green Aegirine crystals in
cavities and on matrix. Ex David Hardman collection 7998 |
SOLD |
. |
| 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 |
£1.50p |
1 |
| 2624 |
VIOLARITE, PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE & ANNABERGITE - Durkin Mine, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia |
As per 2623 with more substantial Annabergite |
£1.50p |
2 |
| 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 |