Micromount (1-15MM)
Micromount minerals are small but typically exceptionally formed – magnification is always recommended for these minerals.
They range from 1-15MM approximately, but untrimmed ‘micros’ might have a small area of crystals in a much larger piece of matrix.
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Arthurite and Scorodite from Cligga Head, Cornwall
£5.00 -
Aurichalcite from Chah Kuh, Iran
£15.00 -
Azurite and Malachite from Ting Tang Mine, Cornwall
£2.50 – £5.00 -
Azurite from Ting Tang Mine, Cornwall
£2.00 – £4.00 -
Bayldonite from Penberthy Croft Mine, UK
£2.50 – £10.00 -
New
Calcite from Crimplesham Quarry, Norfolk
£1.50 – £2.00 -
New
Calcite on Siderite from Wheal Cock, Cornwall
£2.50 -
Cassiterite on Quartz from Cligga Head, Cornwall
£5.00 -
Chrysoprase from Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine, Australia
£5.00 -
Updated
Connellite from Cligga Head, Cornwall
£10.00 -
New
Fluorapatite from Fowey Consols, Cornwall
£0.50 – £2.50 -
New
Fluorapatite from Holmbush Mine, Cornwall
£1.50 – £3.00 -
Fluorapatite from Panasqueira Mines, Portugal
£12.00 – £20.00 -
Fluorite and Specularite from Ullcoats Mine, Cumbria
£5.00 -
Updated
Fluorite from Hilton Mine, Cumbria
£3.50 – £50.00 -
Fluoro-richterite from Wilberforce area, Canada
£7.50 -
New
Hemimorphite from Golconda Mine, Derbyshire
£2.00 – £3.00
Micromounts are probably not the first thing that new collectors look for; the added expense of magnification does make viewing and collecting them a little more tricky.
However, reasonable specimens can be found for a few pounds, and larger pieces can often be trimmed into several quality micromounts.
UK collectors will probably want to take a look at the following groups and links:
Other size classes for minerals include:
- Micromount (1-15MM)
- Thumbnail (10-30MM)
- Small cabinet (30-60MM)
- Cabinet minerals (60-100MM)
- Large cabinet minerals (100MM+)