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.

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.

Collections available. August 2024.

Wustite. Par Lead Smelter. Cornwall.

Wood / Toads Eye Tin. Lanlivery, Cornwall.

Sphalerite Crystals. Par Adit/Trial.

Olivenite. West Caradon Mine.

Connellite. New Fowey Consols.

Childrenite. New East Wheal Russell.

Covellite. Bampfylde Mine.

Vivianite. Par lead smelter.

Wavellite: Hingston Down Quarry.

Native Copper. Lanlivery. Cornwall.

Wood Tin. Luxulyan. Cornwall.

Siderite xxls. Trewavas Mine.

Wood Olivenite. Hingston Down Quarry.

Kettnerite, Luxulyan, Cornwall.

Cyrilovite. Gunheath Pit Cornwall.

Cuprite on Copper crystals. Geevor mine. Cornwall.

Connellite. Poldice Mine, St day.

Chalcopyllite. Wheal Unity. Cornwall.

Brochantite. Hingston Down Consols.

Pharmacosiderite. Hingston Down Consols ( Mine)

Cassiterite, var Toads Eye. New Fowey Consols.

Bismuthinite crystals. New Fowey Consols, Lanlivery.

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

Beudantite. Polmear Cliff Trial.

Cassiterite and rashleighite.

Holmbushite. Holmbush Mine Cornwall.

Erythrite. Wherry Mine. Cornwall.

Phosgenite.

Wavellite.

Pyromorphite

Variscite

Devilline