British Micromount Society's Photo Gallery

MPM-G7YChalcocite Cu₂S

Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK

Field of View: 4 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number 206. Columnar chalcocite, obtained by exchange.
Donated by Steve Rust.
Photographed by Martin Gale (October2016).
Modified by Helicon Focus.

XCK-TXQGoethite α-Fe³⁺O(OH)

Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK

Field of View: 4 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number -205. Slender,brown goethite needles on quartz...with calcite. Obtained by exchange.
Donated by Steve Rust
Photographed by Martin Gale (October 2016)
Modified by Helicon Focus

A21-7M0Sphalerite ZnS

Dale Mine, Warslow, Warslow and Elkstones, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK

Field of View: 3 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number -202. ('84) Pale sphalerite, not the most perfect cleavage when viewed in the correct direction.
Collected by Steve Rust
Photographed by Martin Gale
Modified by Helicon Focus

4W8-28ULinarite PbCu(SO₄)(OH)₂ , Malachite Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂ , Cerussite PbCO₃

Esgair Hir & Esgair Fraith mines, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Field of View: 2 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number. 213. ('85) Dark blue linarite with green malachite. Some white, striated cerussite. Bevins,R.E. 1994 'A Mineralogy of Wales', p.85, photograph.
Collected by Steve Rust
Photographed by Martin Gale (October 2016)
Modified by Helicon Focus

EJ6-DYLCaledonite Pb₅Cu₂(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆ , Leadhillite Pb₄(CO₃)₂(SO₄)(OH)₂

Esgair Hir & Esgair Fraith mines, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK

Field of View: 2 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number. 212. ('85) Well crystallised, blue rosette of caledonite with tiny hexagonal leadhillites. The pale blue spherules are not specified. Ref. Rust,S. and Mason,J.S. 1988 UK J. Mines and Minerals, 5,pp.35-43
Collected by Steve Rust
Photographed by Martin Gale (October2016)
Modified by Helicon Focus

6JT-M2PCuprite Cu₂O

Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK

Field of View: 5 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number. 211. ('76) Splendant octahedra of cuprite. The green pimples were not identified.
Collected by Steve Rust
Photographed by Martin Gale (October 2016)
Modified by Helicon Focus

EPD-DQ2Anatase TiO₂

Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 3 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number. 259. ('85) Steely black but actually blue, poor specimen of anatase from Buckland Monachorum.
Collected by Dorothy Merritt
Photographed by Martin Gale (October 2016)
Modified by Helicon Focus

EUG-P4FAnatase TiO₂

Little Duke Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 10 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number 555. ('87) One dark brown anatase crystal, the pale brown crytals are not defined. From Tavistock Hamlets.
Collected by David Clough
Photographed by Martin Stolworthy

PGF-1U7Anatase TiO₂

Little Duke Mine, Gulworthy, West Devon, Devon, England, UK

Field of View: 8 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number 554. ('87) Dark brown bipyramidal anatase crystals in chlorite. From Tavistock Hamlets.
Collected by David Clough
Photographed by Martin Stolworthy

04D-DJKCuprite (Var: Chalcotrichite) Cu₂O

Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Field of View: 5 mm

British Micromount Society Reference Specimen Number 552. ('86) A small red patch of chalcotrichite which is merely a filliform habit of cuprite. With a little copper and malachite straining.
Collected by Kemp Meikle
Photographed by Martin Stolworthy
Modified by CombineZP by running the original photo through the Do Stack process