Mid Cornwall Minerals
 Mid Cornwall Minerals          

Cornish Micromount- Micro Minerals  +  Various rare worldwide micromounts.

With ever increasing postage costs we have decided to include micromount collections based on various themes such as location, colour, specific mines and mineral type are now being assembled.                                          Micromount sales list  by e mail now available upon request.

What is a Micromount Specimen.

Basically one of natures minerals with crystals so small that they need some kind of magnification to view and appreciate them to their full potential.

Many of the rarer species simply do not grow any bigger but are spectacular when viewed under a microscope.

All of our specimens are tack mounted in to a 28mm square perky box and fully labeled and can now be checked using our own on site Raman technology.

 

With an ever increasing  collection of new, rare and interesting micro specimens we decided to invest in our own custom built  Raman 532 Spectrometer to be confident in our descriptions and identifications. and giving customer confidence in their purchase.

A photo of the Raman Spectrometer is given below for your interest.

 

 

The 532 Raman Spectrometer shown under  it's calibration set up, the green laser is normally shielded and protective glasse's are worn during operation. This has proved  invaluable with the recent identification of a local mineral which had been found and described as " yellow wavellite", in fact it has now shown to be wavellite on quartz, the yellow dusting which was giving it,s  yellow colour has  now been identified as ferrimolybdite.

Collections available. August 2024.

A collection of first class micro cassiterite specimens, all hand picked and of the best available, all showing crystal formations.

All tack mounted in to 28mm plastic perky boxes and sent post free to all UK mainland adresses.

Price £ 35.00. 

Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

The Hingston Down collection.

A collection of first class specimens mounted in to 28mm plastic perky boxes and sent post free to all UK mainland addresses.

Price: £25.00.

Contact:  info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk 

Bright crystals in the vug of it's granite matrix.

Gunheath Pit 1980@s #1006.

 

Price. £ 4.00.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Clinoclase and chrysocolla.

Wheal Gorland 1970's specimen # 1010.

 

Price. £ 7.00.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

A superb and rare specimen of cannonite, from the 2012 find at New Fowey Consols and the first recorded for the UK. Translucent to white crystals growing on bismuthenite crystals.# 1007.

Price. £ 30.00.

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Beudantite crystals on a white quartz matrix, collected from an old trial adit on Polmear cliff in the 1990's. # 1045.

Price £ 4.00.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

 

Cyrilovite on a quartz and granite matrix.

A much deeper yellow than my photo shows.

Gunheath 1980's. #1040

Price £ 4.00.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Copper and minor cuprite on a granite and chrysocolla coated matrix.

South Caradon mine. #1000

Price. £ 5.00. 

 

Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Wustite. Par Lead Smelter. Cornwall.

 Small tree like formations of Wustite in a hard slag matrix collected from the normally deep water area on a very low spring tide in 2020.

Price £ 5.00. Postage £3.90

 

Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk 

 

 

 

 

Wood / Toads Eye Tin. Lanlivery, Cornwall.

 

A superb selection of wood/Toads eye micromounts are now available from our new 2020 find on our site. All are on a hard white quartz matrix with variations as to habit growth, circular toads eye and wood type strings.

There is also a choice  of mineral association, some with native bismuth, bismuthenite and chalcopyrite, some lucky ones have all three. You decide and I will send the very best available.

 

Price. £8.00 each. Postage UK £3.90 Worldwide POA.

 

Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

   

Sphalerite Crystals. Par Adit/Trial.

Small amber coloured sphalerite crystals in the vugs of a crystalline quartz matrix. Collected from an unnamed trial along the coastline at Par in Cornwall.

 

Price £ 5.00.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Olivenite. West Caradon Mine.

A quartz matrix with rich areas and clusters of olivenite crystals.

Price: 8.00. 

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Connellite. New Fowey Consols.   

Tack mounted in a 28mm perky box. This is from the garden tip at New Fowey Consols which is a mile north of  the famous Fowey Consols. 

 

A rare location specimen.

 

Price £8.00. .

 

 

Childrenite. New East Wheal Russell.

Unusual elongated childrenite crystals on slender quartz crystals.

 

Four specimens available.

 

Price: £ 4.50. 

Contact:  info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Covellite. Bampfylde Mine.

A quartz and iron rich matrix with bright blue covellite on malachite.

 

Price £5.00. Postage £3.10 UK.

 

Contact:  info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Vivianite. Par lead smelter.

Vivianite: Par lead smelter.

In numerous vugs of the lead slag matrix, collected on an exceptionally low spring tide in 2019.

You will receive the best available. 

Price:£ 5.00. 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Wavellite: Hingston Down Quarry.

Wavellite: Hingston Down Quarry.

 

Three specimens available.

 

Snow white spheres on quartz.

 

Price £ 5.00 each.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

A very rich specimen from the 2016 find and the first time it was recorded from the UK.

Clear to white cannonite crystals on a bismuth and bismuthenite rich granite matrix.

One only. £50.00.

 

Sold

Contact.info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Native Copper. Lanlivery. Cornwall.

Native Copper on a quartz matrix with light blue chrysocolla coating some of the quartz.

Collected from the Penpell alluvial terrace area.

 

Price. £ 4.00. Postage £3.10 for any quantity.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Wood Tin. Luxulyan. Cornwall.

Single spheres and strings of cassiterite var wood tin embedded in a water clear quartz matrix. 

 

 

Price £ 3.00 each Postage UK £ 3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Siderite xxls. Trewavas Mine.

Unusual form and colour in this selection of siderite crystals growing in the vugs of a sulphide and quartz matrix.

From an old time geologist collection.

Choice of types; dark amber or bright almost chrome yellow.

Price each £ 3.00. Postage UK £3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Reserved PB

 

 

Wood Olivenite.                                       Hingston  Down Quarry.

Wood olivenite  growing on massive olivenite with a small area of arthurite on on edge.

Price £5.00 each. Postage £ 3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Kettnerite, Luxulyan, Cornwall.

Platy white crystals of kettnerite on chalcopyrite coated bismuthenite crystals.

Single crystal XRD tested. FOV 5 mm.

Specimens are in a vuggy quartz bismuth matrix.

2 specimens available.

Sold

 

Cyrilovite. Gunheath Pit Cornwall.

 Sharp  cyrilovite crystals to about 0.5 mm in quartz vugs associated with chalcosiderite.

Price: £ 4.00 each.

Postage for any quantity £3.10

 

Three specimens remaining

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Cuprite on Copper crystals.                     Geevor mine. Cornwall.

Stunning bright cuprite crystals growing on copper crystals from Geevor mine, these are as bright as the day they were collected in the 1980's, (the mine geologist kept them sealed in a jar of the black water which they were growing in).

All now pin mounted in perky boxes.

Price. £ 5.00. Postage Uk  £3.10.

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

3 specimens Remaining

 

 

Connellite. Poldice Mine, St day.

Superb deep blue specimens of connellite with both spherical and radiating forms.

Collected from Poldice mine, St Day.  

Price£ 5.00 each.

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk.

 

 

Chalcopyllite. Wheal Unity. Cornwall. 

A fresh specimen of chalcopyllite from Wheal Unity, St Day

Price £10.00. 

 

Contact:  info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Brochantite. Hingston Down Consols.

Brochantite on Smoky quartz crystals.

Collected from Hingston Down Consols Mine.

Price £ 4.00. 

 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Reserved 1#EH

Pharmacosiderite.                                 Hingston Down Consols ( Mine)

A rich coating of deep green pharmacosiderite crystals on a matrix of arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite.

Price £8.00. 

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Cassiterite, var Toads Eye.                           New Fowey Consols.

Toads eye  cassiterite in a clear quartz matrix, collected from New Fowey Consols, not to be confused with Fowey Consols it's more famous neighbour a mile to the south.

Price £5:00. Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Bismuthinite crystals.                                    New Fowey Consols, Lanlivery.                                                                                                 

Bismuthinite crystals in the vug of the white quartz matrix.

Price: £5.00. Postage Uk £3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Two specimens remaining

 

Reserved PB

 

 

Cassiterite. var Toads Eye Tin.                    Rostowrack CCP. Cornwall. 

Cassiterite. Wood tin var; Toads eye tin.

Fresh specimens of cassiterite showing partial and complete spheres of the variety known as Toads eye tin in  honey coloured  crystalline vugs of the quart matrix.

Price £5.00. Postage UK £3.10

 

Reserved PB 

Beudantite. Polmear Cliff Trial.

Beudantite. Polmear Cliff trials. St Austell. Cornwall.

Very bright yellow crystals of the pseudo cubic form in the vugs of a hard quartz matrix. 3 available.

Price. £ 5.00.  Postage UK. £3.10

Contact info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Cassiterite and rashleighite.

 

Cassiterite and crystalline rashleighite.

Gunheath Pit. Cornwall.

Fine crystalline strings of cassiterite coated with botryoidal rashleighite. 2 available one sold

Price £ 5.00.

Postage UK  £ 3.10

Contact. info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Holmbushite.                                  Holmbush Mine Cornwall.

Holmbushite on Siderite  in a boxwork siderite matrix.

Good quality specimens.

Price: £ 5.00.

Postage £ 3.10

Contact.   info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Goethite Restormel Royal Iron Mine.

Bright prismatic crystals in a quartz vug.

Price £6.00.

Postage UK £3.10

 

Three specimens remaining.

 

Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Libethenite. East Gunnislake Mine. Cornwall.

Large deep green crystals.

Price £ 5.00.

Postage £3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Wood olivenite and arthurite from Hingston Down Consols mine in Cornwall.

Price: £ 5:00.

Postage UK £ 3.10 Worldwide £ 10:00.

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

Out of stock

 

Erythrite. Wherry Mine. Cornwall.

Superb erythrite spherules and sprays on a cassiterite rich chlorite matrix with micro areas of an unidentified cobalt mineral.

From material collected in the winter of 2014.

Price £ 5.00 each.

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Phosgenite.

Phosgenite, Gravel Hill Mine, Perranporth.

Blocky crystals in the vugs of a Quartz Galena matrix.

Price.  £10:00.

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Wavellite.

Wavellite. Hingston Down Quarry.

White radiating crystals and spheres of wavellite on a smoky coloured quartz matrix.

Price £ 5.00.

Contact:info@midcornwallminerals.cp.uk

 

 

Pyromorphite

Pyromorphite: Wheal Mary Ann. Cornwall.

10 specimens available. A choice of crystals on a white quartz or on a black manganese coating, please state which is prefered.

Price. £5.00. Postage UK £3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

Variscite

Variscite: Gunheath Pit, Hensbarrow , Cornwall.

1 specimens remaining

Price.£ 4.00. Postage UK £ 3.10

Contact: info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

 

Devilline

Devilline,  bright blue/green sprays of crystals on a rich sulphide matrix.

Copy of XRD test included.

Fixed in to a 28mm perky box for postal security due to there delicate nature.

 

Price £10.00 each. Postage to Uk £3.10, rest of the World £10:00.

Contact:   info@midcornwallminerals.co.uk

 

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