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Australasia Australia New South Wales

3094 Conichalcite, Bayldonite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Tiny hemispheres of lighter green conichalcite on darker green bayldonite. Collected by Ian Graham. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • July 7, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat YW Conichalcite, Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland

Green balls with protruding crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • July 7, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1742 Corkite, Spotted Leopard Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales

Green crust. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • July 2, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat MAR02 M348 Corkite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Tiny colourless drusy crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • July 2, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

7423 JL1835 Eucryptite, Cookeite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia

White eucryptite with lilac cookeite. The eucryptite fluoreses white under longwave and red under shortwave. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $2.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack...

  • July 2, 2022
Australasia Australia Northern Territory

ncat VH735 Cordierite Kamulla Creek, Harts Range, Northern Territory

Massive translucent blue gem cordierite (iolite). Labelled Kamulla Creek, but I have not been able to locate this. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 17.25. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below...

  • June 30, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat VH142 Coloradoite, Calaverite, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Grey coloradoite sandwiched between two patches calaverite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • June 30, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP2924 Columbite-(Fe), Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite (Giles Prospect), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia

A single partially terminated black columbite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • June 30, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat JL315 NOVM Collinsite, Scholzite. Hillite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Bluish-grey rounded aggregates of collinsite (possibly coloured by underlying cryptomelane) with prismatic scholzite crystals and tiny colourless rhombohedral-looking hillite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the...

  • June 30, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

9099 JP2757 Hydroxylapatite, Collinsite, Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia

Colourless prismatic hydroxylapatite (centre of photo) with colourless to yellowish hemispheres of distinct collinsite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...

  • June 30, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

4275 Cobaltite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland

Crude white pseudocubes with a slight pinkish tinge (some altering to erythrite). Width 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (close up). Width 18.5mm. Stack of 109 images (wider view). Ex Diederik Visser. Click on the images...

  • June 30, 2022
Europe Hungary

ncat JP0873 Chabazite, Stilbite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre District, Pest County, Hungary

A dusting of goethite on some of the chabazite rhombs. A small stacked stilbite is nestled amongst the chabazite (centre of photo). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (stilbite)...

  • June 29, 2022
Europe Hungary

ncat JP874 Calcite, Pyrite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary

Tiny pyrite crystals part altered to goethite on calcite. There are two generations of calcite. The earlier one fluoresces red, and the later fluoresces white. There is a sharp delineation between the two. Ex Jo...

  • June 29, 2022
Europe Hungary

ncat JP875 Chabazite-Ca, Analcime, Biotite, Saponite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary

Pink twinned rhombohedral chabazite with colourless analcime. Tiny green spots of saponite (towards the bottom left for example) and biotite phenocrysts (not in photo) also present. Some of the chabazites exhibit an unusual stack-like habit...

  • June 29, 2022
Europe Italy

ncat MAR01 M2044 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Colourless spheres of melanophlogite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • June 27, 2022
California North and Central Americas United States

4037 Buddingtonite, San Mateo Co., California, USA

Massive fine-grained material. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Width of specimen 13.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • June 27, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat TBD Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters, Wallaroo, South Australia

Superb blue sprays of connellite with prismatic green brochantite and a couple of green malachite hemispheres, in slag. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Acquired from Greg Vort-Ronald at the 2022 Palmer Show,...

  • May 27, 2022
French Guiana South America

3913 Gold, Goethite, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France

Small patches of gold associated with altered pyrite. Labelled Inini. Ex Cedrick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 27, 2022
French Guiana South America

3915 Gold, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France

Small patches of gold in quartz. Labelled Inini. Ex Cedrick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 52 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 27, 2022
French Guiana South America

3914 Gold, Goethite, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France

Small patches of gold associated with altered pyrite. Labelled Inini. Ex Cederick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat JP3805 Cobaltaustinite after Cobaltite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Station, Olary Province, South Australia

Olive-green cobaltaustinite replacing cubes of cobaltite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia Type Locality

ncat VH1618 Cobaltaustinite, Erythrite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia

Dark olive-green coating of cobaltaustinite with lustrous purple-pink erythrite crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Dome Rock is the Type Locality for cobaltaustinite. Click on the image below...

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

8113 Cobaltaustinite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland

Olive-green rounded aggregates. Collected from the first Cu workings. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat VH730 Coalingite, Chrysotile, Wood’s Reef Mine, Barraba, New South Wales

Orange coalingite infilling chrysotile vein. Ex Joan Lamond, Ex Museum Victoria (M38281), Ex J.D. Hamilton, Ex Val Hannah. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland Type Locality

ncat GLEE Cloncurryite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland

Pale blue rosettes. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat YB Manganogrunerite (now Clino-ferro-suenoite), North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of specimen 48mm.

  • May 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat BDMAR01 M2427 Clinoclase, Conichalcite, Chrysocolla, Olivenite, Desolation Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland

Dark blue bladed crystals and lighter blue sprays of clinoclase with white fibres of olivenite and balls of green conichalcite and chrysocolla. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 46 images. Click...

  • May 25, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

4181 Pucherite, Clinobisvanite, Londonderry Li Deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia

Coatings and crystalline areas of pucherite (lighter yellow) with clinobisvanite (darker yellow to orange). Ex Jack Leach Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...

  • May 24, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat MAR01 M3816 Cinnabar, Kilkivan, Queensland

Crimson red cinnabar on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 19 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 12, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

7443 JL2634 Churchite-(Y), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

ncat VHD3 Chrysotile, Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, Tasmania

White to green fibres in a vein in serpentine. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

0804 Chrysocolla after Malachite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia

Green chrysocolla pseudomorphing malachite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

0758 Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Quartz, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia

Blue chrysocolla with white hemimorphite. The matrix and the hemimorphite are coated with drusy quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

0757 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia

Pale blue chrysocolla with green malachite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

0572 Chrysocolla after Azurite, Blue Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola, South Australia

Pale blue chrysocolla replacing azurite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0801 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Pale blue chrysocolla with sprays of green malachite and crystals of brown cerussite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

ncat SM Chrysoberyl, Weld River, Tasmania

A waterworn green chrysoberyl crystal. It is weak red under longwave UV. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 9, 2022
Australasia Australia Northern Territory

1752 Chrysoberyl, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory

Single green crystal on a sliver of matrix. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 37 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 9, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

ncat MMM Chromite, Roaring Meg Creek, Queenstown, Tasmania

Brian Smith from the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania, identified the specimens below as belonging to a member of the Helicopsychidae family, a species of caddis fly larvae. Instead of the tube shaped homes that...

  • May 9, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat VHD11 Chromite, Grossular, Lizardite, 45 Ton Mine, Mount Lightning, Coolac, New South Wales

Green chromium grossular on chromite and minor lizardite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Collected by Ian Graham. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • May 3, 2022
Asia China

ncat OW201 Roweite, Olshanskyite, Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Linxi County, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China

Tan roweite and colourless/white fibrous to prismatic olshanskyite. Much of the white material could be something else but has not been analysed. Width of specimen 70mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...

  • May 1, 2022
Europe Germany

2231 Jeremejevite, Sanidine, Topaz, Sodalite, Hematite, Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Tiny blue jeremejevite with white sodalite, colourless prismatic topaz and colourless/grey sanidine. Hematite also on specimen. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 29, 2022
Asia Japan

5489 Henmilite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Purplish crystal of henmilite on white olshanskyite. Type Locality for henmilite. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 29, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5781 Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5780 Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5779 Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5778 Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5776 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5773 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5772 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5771 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5770 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5769 Gypsum, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5768 Malachite, Serpierite, Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5767 Lautenthalite, Unknown Yellow, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5766 Quartz, Malachite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5765 Covellite?, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5763 Serpierite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5762 Serpierite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5761 Plagioclase, Godfrey’s Beach, Stanley, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5760 Chabazite, Godfrey’s Beach, Stanley, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5759 Olivine, Godfrey’s Beach, Stanley, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5758 Linarite, Serpierite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

  • April 27, 2022
Uncategorised

30137 Boron

Boron metal. Width of view 11.5mm.

  • April 21, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5764 Smithsonite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Rice grain smithsonite crystal group. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 18, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5757 Linarite, Serpierite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Prismatic blue crystals of linarite with pale blue serpierite(?). Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 18, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5774 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Sharp prismatic anglesite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images.

  • April 18, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5775 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Colourless bladed crystals of anglesite with acicular crystal (also anglesite?). Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images.

  • April 18, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

5777 Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Unidentified white hemispheres that have grown in a thin space in slag. They look zoned, with the outermost part having a silky lustre. Note also some complete balls in gas cavity upper left. Width of...

  • April 18, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0043 Chlorargyrite (bromian), Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales

A combination cube and octahedral crystal. Width of view 5.75mm, Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 11, 2022
Asia Japan

20078 Danalite, Hirako mine, Saijo, Shoubara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Brown triangular shaped crystal embedded in matrix. 30x25x25mm. Ex Richard Tayler. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 7, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

2471 Chloritoid, Staurolite, Muscovite, Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia

Black crystals of chloritoid. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 5, 2022
Connecticut North and Central Americas United States

2237 Calcite, Chlorite Group, O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry), Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Green chlorite (labelled clinochlore) on and under zoned colourless/white calcite crystals from the Silliman Quarry (as per the label). Little balls of chlorite can be seen perched on the termination of a couple of the...

  • April 4, 2022
Cumbria England United Kingdom

4427 Fluorite, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Colourless but iron-stained fluorite crystals. Fluorescent blue under longwave UV. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images (white light) and 30 images (UV). Use the slider to see specimen under white light and longwave...

  • April 3, 2022
Europe Germany

4686 Erythrite, Im Lochborn Copper mine, Bieber, Gelnhausen, Spessart, Hesse, Germany

Pale pink puffballs with darker pink surfaces. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 3, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

4611 Chlorite Group, Smoky Quartz, Albite, Orthoclase, Glenrowan, Victoria

Black chlorite (chamosite?) with small smoky quartz crystals, colourless albite and white orthoclase. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 2, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2447 Chlorite Group, Axinite-(Fe), Arsenopyrite, Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Dark green hexagonal worms of chlorite (chamosite?) with purple axinite-(Fe) and arsenopyrite. Width of view XX. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 2, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1578 Chlorite in Quartz, Philosopher’s Ridge, Gormanston, Tasmania

Vermicular chlorite (probably chamosite) in quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 2, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

8204 M1183 Chlorargyrite, Lake Boga, Victoria

A single green crystal of chlorargyrite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 1, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2362 Chlorargyrite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania

Greyish-green chlorargyrite crystals with minor prismatic orange crocoite crystals. Ex Frank Mihajlowits. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 1, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat JP2070 Chlorargyrite, Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

A tiny green chlorargyrite crystal embedded in matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • April 1, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP1293 Chlorargyrite, Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia

Nice green chlorargyrite on brownish dolomite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 31, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1508 Chlorargyrite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania

A specimen collected by me. I remember seeing the bright green crystals when I broke open the gossan. They darkened rapidly before my eyes! Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the...

  • March 31, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3996 Azurite, Malachite, Chlorargyrite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, New South Wales

Brownish crystal of chlorargyrite on malachite. Also present but not in photo, azurite crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 29, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

5001 Chlorargyrite, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Chlorargyrite (bromian), originally known as embolite, is uncommon as distinct crystals. It is more regularly blobs or masses and often a purplish-grey due to exposure to light. This one is an old specimen from Broken...

  • March 28, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

1785 Chenevixite, Dome Rock, Olary Province, South Australia

Green crusty-looking material. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat MAR06 M1403 Chalcosiderite, Variscite, Unknown, Mount Oxide Mine, Queensland

Collected on the upper dump by Bernie Day. Olive-green unknown (Fe phosphate?) and grey variscite (upper right) on green chalcosiderite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the...

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP3497 Chalcopyrite, Shangri La, Kununurra, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia

A single mounted chalcopyrite crystal, no matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat JP2573 Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia

Hematite crystals on a hollowed out chalcopyrite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat OW302 Chalcopyrite, 4780 Level, 4 Lens Drill Drive 3, Mount Gordon, Queensland

Tarnished chalcopyrite crystals. Specimen measures 74x42x40mm. Ex Rory McCann. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat OW302 Chalcopyrite, 4780 Level, 4 Lens Drill Drive 3, Mount Gordon, Queensland

Rounded chalcopyrite crystals. Specimen measures 53x34x33mm. Ex Rory McCann. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat BDMAR01 M1385-1 Chalcopyrite, Calcite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland

Tarnished crystals on pink-fluorescing calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2266 Chalcopyrite, Hellyer Mine, Tasmania

Interesting twinned chalcopyrite crystals without matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1855 Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania

A cluster of iridescent chalcopyrite crystals on ankerite/dolomite with quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Northern Territory

1756 Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Dolomite, Sepiolite, Peko Mine, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory

One main twinned and iridescent chalcopyrite crystal with a few smaller ones, with hematite and fibrous cream sepiolite on dolomite. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat JP2474 Hemimorphite after Smithsonite, Chalcophanite, Phosphophyllite, Scholtzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Silver chalcophanite with colourless thin prismatic scholzite crystals and white hemimorphite after smithsonite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...

  • March 27, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

9136 JP2680 Chalcophanite, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania

Hexagonal crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2145 Chalcophanite, 4 Level Open Cut, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania

Tiny hexagonal crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

0035 Wulfenite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia

Extreme closeup of a wulfenite crystal at the limit of what can be achieved with my equipment. This image has not been cropped. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image...

  • March 26, 2022
Europe Norway

5636 Epididymite, Aegirine, Johs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Off-white rosettes and platey crystals of epididymite with green aegirine needles. Width of view 8.63. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 25, 2022
Co. Down Northern Ireland United Kingdom

4418 Danalite, Lindsay’s Leap, Newcastle, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Tiny yellow crystals. Acquired from Richard Bell in 2007. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 25, 2022
Brazil South America

5411 Zanazziite, Apatite, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Greenish radial sprays of zanazziite with brown prisms of apatite? Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 25, 2022
Brazil South America

1066 Helvite, Pyrite, Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Triangular brown helvite crystals with associated pyrite, previously in the Brian Shelton collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below...

  • March 25, 2022
Asia Myanmar (Burma)

5400 Phenakite, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar

Rough & Cut. Crystal shows the characteristic drill-bit termination. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 24, 2022
Asia Vietnam

5073 Beryl var Heliodor, Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam

Two heliodor crystals without matrix. The one photod is 15mm long. Width of view 19mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 24, 2022
Asia Pakistan

ncat IKEA Beryl, Baha, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Cluster of zoned beryl crystals ranging from pale pink (morganite) through shades of blue (aquamarine) to colourless/white. Specimen measures 45x40x35mm. Photo width of view 33mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...

  • March 24, 2022
Asia China

ncat WD112 Beryl, Muscovite, Albite, Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Half a dozen beryl crystals on a matrix of muscovite and albite. The largest beryl measures 22mm across. Width of crystal in photo 16mm. Stack of 60 images. Whole specimen measures 54x32x30mm. Click on the...

  • March 24, 2022
Asia Vietnam

20024 Aquamarine, Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

Single thin pencil of aquamarine. Labelled as Thuong Xuan (near to Xuan Le). Crystal is 27mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 24, 2022
Colombia South America

ncat 2RG Beryl var Emerald, Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Western Boyacá Province, Boyacá Department, Colombia

A Trapiche emerald, one of a number of isolated pieces, this one showing six emeralds emanating from an emerald core. The specimen pictured measures about 4.3mm across. Click on the image below for a higher...

  • March 24, 2022
Uncategorised

30136 Beryllium

Beryllium metal. Width of view 11.5mm.

  • March 23, 2022
North and Central Americas United States Utah

ncat 2RG Beryl var Bixbite, Ruby Violet claims, Beaver County, Utah, USA

A single deep purplish-red hexagonal crystal 7mm long and 6mm across in matrix. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 23, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat OW110 Gold, Costerfield, Victoria

Bright gold richly embedded throughout matrix. Ex Margaret Brown. Ex Castlemaine School of Mines. Ex CLC Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 21, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

10087 Levyne, Analcime, Mt Stormont, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania

Plates of levyne with tiny analcime crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 14, 2022
Africa Madagascar

2776 Copal with Flies and Beetles, Copal localities, Sava, Madagascar

Copal from this locality is about 2 million years old. This piece is ~30x30x10mm, is polished, and fluoresces bluish-white. It holds four beetles and a couple of smaller flies. Width of view 11mm. Stack of...

  • March 14, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat Malachite, Burra, South Australia

Quite blocky green malachite crystals. Acquired by me at the 2022 Gemkana from the Waverley Gem Club stall. Ex John Wren Collection. Acquired by John in 1986 for $4 from the Waverley Gem Club stall....

  • March 14, 2022
Canada North and Central Americas

8054 Carletonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada

A single crystal without matrix showing perfect cleavage. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 13, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

4542 Chalcocite, Prehnite, Malachite, Bowen River, Strathmore, Queensland

Chalcocite forming both a tapering prismatic crystal with a pseudohexagonal crystal at its base, with tufts of malachite on a vugh lining of crystalline prehnite. Ex Margaret Brown. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70...

  • March 12, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

1625 Chalcocite, Unknown, Mt Gunson Copper Mine, Mt Gunson, South Australia

Pseudohexagonal crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 12, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

0615 Chabazite, Sunderland Bluff, Victoria

Pseudocubic orange chabazite crystals sprinkled with goethite. Top photo: Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

0609 Chabazite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria

Pseudohexagonal chabazite-Na. Width of view 7.5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat JP3065 Chabazite, Natrolite, Thomsonite-Ca, Dolomite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria

Tiny pseudocubic chabazite impaled on natrolite with bladed thomsonite-Ca and a ball of white dolomite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

3972 Chabazite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria

Pseudohexagonal phacolite chabazite. Width of view 5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

5359 Siderite, Chabazite-Na, Pioneer Quarry, Narre Warren, Victoria

Basket Weave siderite with pseudocubic chabazite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1982. Width of view 10.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

4543 Phillipsite, Chabazite, Cairns, Queensland

A specimen of pseudocubic chabazite and twinned phillipsite in a vugh in basalt labelled as ‘Cairns, Queensland’ that was collected probably in the 1970s or early 1980s. All I can find out is that the...

  • March 9, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat WD202 Chabazite, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland

Isolated pseudocubic chabazite crystals, some interpenetrant. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 9, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat EA5 Chabazite, Clovass quarry, Clovass, Rous Co., New South Wales

Labelled as Caniaba Quarry, Casino, but likely to be the Clovass Quarry. Four phacolitic chabazite crystals with no matrix, collected in 1984 or earlier. Acquired by Margaret Brown in 1984 from “Shirley”. Width of view...

  • March 9, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat EA5 Chabazite, Natrolite, Analcime, Bundella, Pottinger Co., New South Wales

  • March 9, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat EA5-1 Chabazite, Natrolite, Lynchs Creek, Rous Co., New South Wales

Four pieces. Fairly large phacolitic chabazite on natrolite. Tiny later rhombs of chabazite sprinkled on natrolite needles. Photo width 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 9, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

7032 JL0850 Chabazite, Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales

Complex twinned chabazite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 8, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat WD218 Chabazite, Sulphur, Alabandite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Southern operations mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales

Orange-coated pseudocubic crystals of chabazite and green sulphur crystals on alabandite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 8, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat VH11 VH643 Chabazite-Ca, Little Island, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales

Twinned pseudohexagonal chabazite crystals coating inside of vesicle. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 8, 2022
Afghanistan Asia

ncat WD211 Spodumene (Kunzite), Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Afghanistan

A pale pink kunzite crystal. Specimen is 29mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 6, 2022
North and Central Americas North Carolina United States

1613 Spodumene (Hiddenite), Hiddenite (near), Alexander Co, North Carolina, USA

A pale green hiddenite crystal without matrix. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 6, 2022
Arizona North and Central Americas United States

ncat OW403 Azurite, Holbrook Extension, Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

A lovely cluster of azurite crystals without matrix, labelled as from the Holbrook Extension. Width of view 32mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 5, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat MAR03 Aragonite, Bon Accord Open Cut, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Green afterglow. Ex Barry Schubert. Width of view 28mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • March 5, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

0906 Malachite, Chrysocolla, Goethite, Princess Royal Mine, Burra, South Australia

Chrysocolla as blue patches and as green coatings and/or replacement of malachite. Green unaltered malachite also present. Some malachite altered to goethite, and goethite also present as the coating of vughs possibly coating or replacing...

  • March 4, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

0027 Wulfenite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia

A 1mm wide yellow wulfenite crystal on a goethite matrix. A few other crystals occur on other parts of the specimen. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for...

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat BAA Chalcanthite, Mineral Hill, New South Wales

Pale blue crusts and distinct crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat SMLN Chalcanthite, Surprise Mine, Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia

Chalcanthite crystals that had grown on mine timbers in the lower levels of the mine. Specimen was collected around 1968 and was still attached to the timber. Unfortunately it has since become detached. Width of...

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2525 Chalcanthite, Central Balfour Mine, Balfour, Tasmania

Deep blue curved crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat OW302 Chalcanthite, Endeavour 26, Northparkes Mine Project, Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales

Pale blue post-mining efflorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat JP3051 Chalcanthite, East Pit (Triako open cut; Eastern crosscut), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales

Typical post-mining blue efflorescence. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1736 Chalcanthite, Argent Flats, Zeehan, Tasmania

Pale blue post-mining efflorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 11, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP3599 Chalcanthite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia

Two interpenetrant blue crystals. There was a chalcanthite pool underground at the mine. The colour is a bit lighter blue in person but hard to capture accurately. Ex Jo Price Collection. Largest crystal is 10mm....

  • February 10, 2022
Australasia Australia South Australia

ncat JP988 Chalcanthite, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

A light blue crust, probably post-mining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat MAR06 M789 Cyanotrichite, Chalcoalumite, Mount Oxide Mine, Queensland

White to pale green chalcoalumite with fine needles of blue cyanotrichite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2464 Chalcoalumite, Beaverite-(Cu), Brochantite, Cuprite, Orieco Mine, Scamander, Tasmania

Pale pink to pale blue crust of chalcoalumite with green brochantite and yellow crusty beaverite-(Cu). Visual ID by Ralph Bottrill in about 2007. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images (first photo – chalcoalumite)...

  • February 10, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

1716 Chalcoalumite, Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland

Pale blue rosettes of platy crystals. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 10, 2022
Canada North and Central Americas

5517 Grossular, Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources (previously Asbestos), Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

A group of pale but lustrous grossular garnets with interesting surface features. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs. Width of specimen 12mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...

  • February 10, 2022
England Greater London United Kingdom

1190 Almandine, River Thames, London, UK

A single red crystal collected on the banks of the River Thames by a Mudlarker. These garnets are thought to have originated in South Asia, maybe India, and may have been lost overboard while being...

  • February 10, 2022
Asia Vietnam

1108 Graphite, Pargasite, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam

A tiny silver graphite crystal with green pargasite crystals in white marble. Width of view 11.5. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 9, 2022
Asia Vietnam

0981 Pargasite, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam

A number of green pargasite crystals in white marble. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 9, 2022
Asia Vietnam

0890 Pargasite, Spinel, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam

Two green pargasite crystals in a marble matrix, one of which (pictured) overgrows a barely visible red spinel, really only visible under UV. Width of view 8.6mm. Stack of 25 images (white light), 20 images...

  • February 9, 2022
Europe Italy

ncat JP2527 Andradite, Chrysotile, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Green demantoid andradite garnets nestled in pinkish-white chrysotile (asbestos). Precise locality not known. There are a few possibilities: Dossi di Franscia and the Sferlùn asbestos mine amongst others. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view...

  • February 8, 2022
Co. Antrim Northern Ireland United Kingdom

0641 Gmelinite-Na, Basalt quarry, Magheramorne, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Pale pink stalactites of gmelinite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 8, 2022
Mexico North and Central Americas

20078 VHD10 Grossular, Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

A single deep pink/purple grossular crystal on a small amount of wollastonite matrix. A few smaller crystals are dotted around. The garnet, a darker pink than many, fluoresces red under longwave UV. Ex Keith Williams,...

  • February 6, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat VH3590 Cervantite, Stibnite, Steels Creek, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria

Yellow cervantite in fractures and on surfaces of massive stibnite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Acquired by Val from Ruth in 1993. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on...

  • February 3, 2022
North and Central Americas Pennsylvania United States

1652 Cacoxenite, Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Zoned yellow cacoxenite hemispheres. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • February 3, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0966 Cerussite, Goethite, Anglesite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania

Goethite coating cerussite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0453 Cerussite Twin, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania

Single prisms and knee-shaped twins of grey to pale green cerussite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0427 Cerussite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania

A cluster of yellow-green so-called “chrome” cerussite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 26, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat WD204 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Wulfenite, Silver King Mine, Uaroo Station, Pilbara, Western Australia

Five specimens. The one photographed has parallel growth cerussite with “pancake” pyromorphite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 25, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

4368 Cerussite, Mimetite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia

Prismatic colourless cerussite with tiny yellow mimetite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Merv and Lil Legg at the 1999 Gemkana for $2. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click...

  • January 25, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP3484 Cerussite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia

White bladed crystals on a gossanous matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 25, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP3063 Cerussite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia

Colourless crystals showing twinning, no matrix, mounted on a black-painted wooden post. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 25, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat MK2 Azurite, Malachite, Cerussite, Cuprite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland

Grey cerussite crystals on azurite. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 20, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

ncat VH498 Pyromorphite, Hyalite Opal, Black Star Open Cut, Mt Isa Mine, Queensland

White globular hyalite opal partially coating one of the greenish barrel-shaped pyromorphite crystals. The opal fluoresces white under longwave UV. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the...

  • January 20, 2022
Australasia Australia Northern Territory

ncat OW201 Cerussite, Malachite, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory

Prismatic brownish cerussite crystals, some twinned on green malachite. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 73 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 20, 2022
Australasia Australia Northern Territory

ncat WD106 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Malachite, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory

A neat reticulated cerussite specimen coated in tiny pyromorphite crystals. Sandwiched between the two is a bit of malachite. Specimen measures 48x45x22mm.

  • January 20, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

2592 Cerussite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales

A lovely sixling reticulated cerussite, no matrix, with a pale orange fluorescence under longwave UV. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 31 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 20, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0789 Azurite, Cerussite, Malachite, 115ft Level, Block 9 Mine, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales

Brownish bladed cerussite with green needles of malachite and blue bladed azurite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 37 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 20, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0492 Azurite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales

Lustrous azurite crystals on and with prismatic white cerussite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 33 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 19, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0774 Cerussite, Old CSA Open Cut, Cobar, New South Wales

Reticulated cerussite. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 19, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat OW109 Cerussite, Malachite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin District, New South Wales

A phantom(!) reticulated cerussite with malachite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 19, 2022
Colorado North and Central Americas United States

10086 Topaz, Tribute Pocket, Agnus Dei Claim, Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

Pale peach/pink coloured topaz 38x35x26mm. Found by Rich Fretterd during an episode of The Prospectors. See article in Minerals Newspaper.

  • January 16, 2022
Australasia Australia Queensland

10043 Topaz, Mount Surprise, Tablelands Region, Queensland

Single colourless crystal measuring 20x20x23mm.

  • January 16, 2022
Australasia Australia Victoria

Topaz, Quartz Creek, Gentle Annie, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria

A waterworn blue topaz, 43x25x23mm. Ex Peter Mostert. Click on the link below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 16, 2022
Uncategorised

30135 Lithium

Lithium metal in oil in a glass vial.

  • January 14, 2022
Australasia Australia Australian Capital Territory

ncat OW109 MB Malachite, Cerussite, Hemimorphite, Paddy’s River, Australian Capital Territory

Reticulated cerussite groups on hemimorphite with malachite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Ex Gerry Morvell. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 13, 2022
Canada North and Central Americas Type Locality

7079 JL0772 Weloganite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1985 from a collector in Edmonton, Canada. Width of specimen 9mm. Stack of 112 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 13, 2022
Chile South America

7081 JL0040 Chalcophyllite, Teniente Mine, El Teniente, Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, O’Higgins, Chile

Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Melbourne Museum in 1983. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 13, 2022
Brazil South America

4429 Rutile, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex Dragon Minerals. One of a number of small reticulated rutile specimens. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 13, 2022
Chile South America

ncat RL Joteite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Type Locality. Tiny pale blue crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 61 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 12, 2022
Nevada North and Central Americas Type Locality United States

2023 Goudeyite, Olivenite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA

Type Locality for goudeyite. Green patches of botryoidal goudeyite and tiny needles visible under higher magnification, with pale-coloured prismatic olivenite crystals. Ex Richard Grant Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on...

  • January 11, 2022
Cornwall England United Kingdom

1301 Ceruleite, Whiteworks, United Downs, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK

Sky blue puffballs. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 10, 2022
Europe Germany

ncat JP1762 Weilite, Erythrite, Sainfeldite, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany

White weilite with pink tufts of erythrite, and pale pink balls of sainfeldite(?) and deeper pink-purple prismatic crystals of sainfeldite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 37 images (weilite) and 63...

  • January 10, 2022
Czech Republic Europe Type Locality

ncat JP2198 Kladnoite, Kladno Mine, Libusin, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic

Colourless flat bladed crystals. Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 52 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 10, 2022
Cornwall England Type Locality United Kingdom

1647 Bayldonite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England

Green bayldonite with colourless prisms of mimetite (not in photo), and coated quartz crystals (not in photo). Type Locality for bayldonite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image for a...

  • January 10, 2022
Alabama North and Central Americas United States

1403 Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co, Alabama, USA

Lilac bladed crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 21 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 10, 2022
Europe Germany

2234 Faujasite, Opal, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Octahedral crystals of faujasite with opal spheres and coating. Exact species of faujasite not known. Ca, Mg and Na recorded (the latter two being Type Locality species). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images....

  • January 10, 2022
California North and Central Americas Type Locality United States

0052 Gold, Timroseite, Khinite, Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Visible gold (just above centre) with yellow timroseite and green khinite. Type Locality for timroseite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 10, 2022
Arizona North and Central Americas Type Locality United States

4525 Maricopaite, Mimetite, Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Spring, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

White sprays of maricopaite with yellow mimetite. Type Locality for maricopaite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 10, 2022
Nevada North and Central Americas United States

4507 Searlesite, Esmeralda Formation, Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Colourless prismatic crystals. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 10, 2022
Mexico North and Central Americas

6073 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

Vintage Neal Yedlin micromount. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 44 images. A fine adamite from the Ojuela Mine, mounted by Yedlin on a piece of black cork in a hand-labeled vintage cardboard micromount box,...

  • January 10, 2022
Europe Italy

1658 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Four spheres with a slight pinkish hue. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 63 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 9, 2022
Australasia Australia Type Locality Western Australia

1828 Jeppeite, Priderite, Celadonite, Walgidee Hills, Kimberley, Western Australia

Type Locality for jeppeite and priderite. Black jeppeite with brown priderite in a lamproite matrix comprised of green celadonite and chlorite pseudomorphs of olivine, pyroxene and leucite. Width of view 24mm. Stack of 49 images....

  • January 8, 2022
Australasia Australia New South Wales

5004 Cassiterite, Kathida Tin Mine (Kathida Mine; Cathida Mine; Kath-Ida Mine), The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales

A single crystal of cassiterite with no matrix. 13x13x7mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 7, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

ncat JP3528 Wulfenite, Chrysocolla, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia

An interesting paragenesis. I think what has happened is that malachite was replaced by blue chrysocolla, then wulfenite crystals formed on that, then a later coating of paler chrysocolla covered the lot! Ex Jo Price...

  • January 3, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2730 Cassiterite, Zircon, Spinel, Sapphire (Alluvial), Derby, Tasmania

A sample of alluvial heavy concentrate in a vial from the Ringarooma River, Derby, containing mostly brown to black cassiterite, with minor orange zircons, and occasional sapphires and black spinel. Width of view 14.25mm. Stack...

  • January 2, 2022
Australasia Australia Western Australia

2618 Cassiterite, Barbara Mine, 8km South of Coolgardie, Western Australia

A tiny cassiterite crystal embedded in matrix. Width of view 4.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 1, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1937 Cassiterite, Topaz, Torbernite, Royal George Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania

Sharp crystals of cassiterite ranging in colour from yellow through grey and brown to black, some zoned, with white topaz (to the right and slightly below the main cassiterite crystal) and green torbernite (not in...

  • January 1, 2022
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1807 Cassiterite, Rex Hill Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania

Brown to black euhedral cassiterite crystals with zoned divergent sprays of prismatic crystals in the matrix. Width of view 16mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 30, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1732 Cassiterite, Topaz, Royal George Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania

Dark brown cassiterite crystals and an iron-stained topaz crystal (centre top) embedded in a corroded greisen matrix. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 30, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1911 Cassiterite, Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania

Three loose complex crystals without any matrix. Collected underground. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 30, 2021
Australasia Australia South Australia

1549 Cassiterite, Smoky Quartz, Baxter’s Prospect, Outalpa Station, Olary Province, South Australia

A twinned cassiterite crystal with a small smoky quartz crystal at the centre, no matrix. A gift from, and collected by, the late Albert Chapman. Width of view 14mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on...

  • December 30, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1354 Cassiterite, Quartz, Chlorite, Actinolite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania

Lustrous black cassiterite crystals with chlorite-coated quartz and dark olive-green prismatic actinolite. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 85 images. (Top image). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 30, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1256 Cassiterite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Actinolite, Dolomite, Actinolite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Sharp cassiterite crystals on one edge of a specimen containing well-formed arsenopyrite crystals, quartz crystals, and botryoidal orange dolomite. Width of view 14.25, Stack of 80 images (cassiterite photo). Second photo width of view 8mm....

  • December 29, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1157 Cassiterite, Mount Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania

Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with white quartz crystals, from the edge of a porphyry dyke. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 29, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0121 Cassiterite, Quartz,The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales

Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with quartz. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 29, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0109 Cassiterite, Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Aggregate of cassiterite crystals. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 29, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0104 Cassiterite, Pine Ridge, Copeton, New South Wales

Prismatic cassiterite crystal with interesting features. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 29, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0108 Cassiterite, Muscovite, Elsmore, New South Wales

Twinned cassiterite. Width of view 12mm. Stack of 56 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 29, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0107 Cassiterite, Elsmore, New South Wales

A group of crystals with gemmy portions and no matrix. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 28, 2021
Australasia Australia Western Australia

7306 JL3545 Gypsum, Carrboydite, Jarosite, North 132 Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia

Colourless gypsum on green carrboydite with yellow to brown jarosite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Doedens via Audrey Tuck. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below...

  • December 27, 2021
Australasia Australia Type Locality Western Australia

ncat JP1043 Carrboydite, Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia

Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Specimen measures 9x7x3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 27, 2021
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat JP321 Barite, Phillipsite, Goethite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria

Off-white barite aggregates on iron-stained phillipsite with tiny black goethite balls. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 26, 2021
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat JP304 Dolomite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria

Globular dolomite on analcime crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 26, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

4193 VHD5 Cerussite, Massicot, Dundas, Tasmania

ex Jack Leach Collection. Specimen is 25x18x14mm.

  • December 24, 2021
Australasia Australia Western Australia

30134 WD212 Malachite, Wulfenite, Fornacite, Whim Creek, Western Australia

Malachite after azurite and orange-yellow wulfenite crystals and tiny olive green fornacite crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of specimen 43mm. Stack of 182 images. Depth of view about 25mm. Click on the image below...

  • December 24, 2021
Australasia Australia South Australia Type Locality

ncat WD112 Davidite-(La), Carnotite, Radium Hill, South Australia

Type Locality for davidite-(La). Old German label. Yellow carnotite on massive davidite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 23, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat GLEE Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Robust dark red to almost black, carminite crystals with green beudantite-segnitite. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 23, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat GLEE Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales

Red carminite with green beudantite-segnitite. Interesting dark lines along some of the carminite crystals. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 23, 2021
Australasia Australia Western Australia

1048 Gartrellite, Beudantite, Carminite, Philipsbornite, Anticline Mine, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia

Dark orange-red carminite with lighter orange beudantite, light yellow-green philipsbornite in a pale green gartrellite matrix. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 21, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

8031 Tocornalite, Capgaronnite, Perroudite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales

Capgaronnite is extremely light-sensitive. There was a reasonable area of yellow-green capgaronnite after being lightly rubbed on the specimen photographed. But this had almost completely turned black by the time the photograph was taken. If...

  • December 21, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat BAA Tancaite-(Ce), Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, New South Wales

Dull yellow cerianite on quartz. John Haupt advises that the cerianite from Kingsgate is likely tancaite-(Ce). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...

  • December 20, 2021
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ncat BAA Bismite, Cannonite, Koechlinite, Bismutite, Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, New South Wales

Colourless cannonite and pale yellow bismutite after bismuthinite on quartz. Orange bismite and yellow-green koechlinite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher...

  • December 20, 2021
New Hampshire North and Central Americas United States

2549 Palermoite, Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

Type Locality. Light orange stained crystals. White arrow points to spot. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 19, 2021
New Hampshire North and Central Americas United States

0456 Brazilianite, Quartz, G. E. Smith Mine (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA

Pale yellow brazilianite with colourless quartz collected in 1969, mounted Feb. 5, 1984, and from the renowned collection of J.W. Grandy. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100. Click on the mineral image below for...

  • December 19, 2021
Australasia Australia Western Australia

0466 Calcite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia

Pink scalenohedral crystals of cobalt-bearing calcite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 14, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2333 Calcite, Thomsonite-Ca, Addisons Creek, Gads Hill, Upper Mersey Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania

Golden, almost fibrous, calcite on thomsonite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 14, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1816 Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania

Tiny sharp calcite crystals that look like they may have replaced something else, something vaguely cubic. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 14, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1882 Calcite, Stellerite, Pyrite, Longley Quarry, Longley, Tasmania

Pyrite on and in calcite on a bed of stellerite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 14, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1846 Calcite, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania

Normally, the only calcite that you find at this locality is stuff that needs to be removed with acid to expose the crystals of other species. This is the only piece that I collected that...

  • December 14, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

4025 Siderite, Calcite, Hematite, South Pit, Savage River Mine, Tasmania

Collected 5/2005. A single calcite crystal on lustrous siderite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 14, 2021
California North and Central Americas United States

0885 Gold, Placerville (Hangtown), Placerville Mining District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

Hackly gold in a quartz vein. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 13, 2021
Georgia (US) North and Central Americas United States

0413 Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA

Nicely protected yellow sprays in a quartz vugh. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 12, 2021
Colorado North and Central Americas United States

0228 Zunyite, Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA

Type Locality. Brownish modified tetrahedra frozen in matrix. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 11, 2021
Nevada North and Central Americas United States

0064 Chalcophyllite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA

Bluish-green platy crystals of chalcophyllite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 11, 2021
North and Central Americas Oregon Type Locality United States

0034 Metaheinrichite, White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA

Type Locality for metaheinrichite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light), stack of 20 images (UV). Use the slider to see specimen under white light and longwave UV. Click...

  • December 11, 2021
North and Central Americas United States Washington

0037 Heulandite, Chlorite, Rock Creek, Stevenson, Skamania Co., Washington, USA

Orange coffin-shaped heulandite crystals coating the inside of a vesicle in basalt, from a locality first discovered in the 1960s. Also present is rosettes of green chlorite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack...

  • December 11, 2021
Europe Spain

0036 M3823 Cinnabar, Almadén, Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Interesting choice of mounting with this specimen. There is really only one decent crystal, the rest of the cinnabar being patches frozen in matrix, and...

  • December 10, 2021
Cumbria England United Kingdom

0033 M1504 Caledonite, Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK

Light blue prismatic crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 10, 2021
Austria Europe

0032 Ferrierite-Mg, Calcite, Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria

White sprays of ferrierite on tan calcite. Heulandite crystal not in photo. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 9, 2021
Mexico North and Central Americas Type Locality

0022 Boleite, Pseudoboleite, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Type Locality. Cubic crystal of boleite upon which plates of pseudoboleite have grown epitactically on the boleite cube faces. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image...

  • December 9, 2021
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0002 Crocoite, Pyromorphite, Platt Mine, Dundas, Tasmania

Orange-red prismatic crocoite crystals on zoned green pyromorphite hexagonal prisms. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 7, 2021
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat VH99 Calcite, Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Grant, Portland, Victoria

A scalenohedral crystal group without matrix. Bluish-white fluorescence under longwave UV. Specimen is 20mm high. Ex Val Hannah Collection.

  • December 5, 2021
Australasia Australia Victoria

ncat VH108 Calcite Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Grant, Portland, Victoria

Colourless scalenohedral crystals, some with a white coating. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 5, 2021
Derbyshire England United Kingdom

4947 Smithsonite, Barite, Hope Quarry, Bradwell, Derbyshire, England, UK

Rounded honey-coloured jellybean smithsonite crystals with bladed barite. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 3, 2021
Derbyshire England United Kingdom

4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK

Tiny smithsonite crystals on interpenetrant fluorite and bladed barite crystals, on quartz. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a...

  • December 3, 2021
England United Kingdom

4868 Smithsonite epimorphs after Calcite, Wet Grooves Mine, Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Smithsonite epimorphs after calcite. Acquired from Richard Bell. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • December 2, 2021
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