Pim Hill Mine, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK

Tiny black mottramite crystals.

© Steve Rust

Black crust of Mottramite crystals. (micro) Collection and photo: Arliguie M.

© Arliguie M

Microcrystaline crust on matrix. Even though the type locality for mottramite is Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, UK, the original material to be analysed came from piles of ore which is thought to have originated from Pim Hill mine in Shropshire. Jason Evans collection.

© Jason J. Evans

A thin sandstone matrix with good coverage of micro crystals of black mottramite.

© P. Nicholson

Rich covering of tiny, sparkling green-black mottramite crystals on sandstone. Purchased from Richard Tayler Minerals in 1995. Stack of 30 images.

© Andrew Hodgson

Black to brown Mottramite on sandstone matrix, from the likely original source of the Mottramite used to describe the species. This mine has had limited research and in association are a (possible) number of other vanadium minerals. Photo and specimen, Liam Schofield.

A thin sandstone matrix with good coverage of micro crystals of black mottramite.

© P. Nicholson

A thin sandstone matrix with good coverage of micro crystals of black mottramite.

© P. Nicholson

Blackish brown crystals of mottramite on sandstone. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and Nikon 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking clean-up with Faststone and PhotoScopeX. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.

© RJ Martin