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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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....
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
3972 Chabazite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Pseudohexagonal phacolite chabazite. Width of view 5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
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.
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)...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10043 Topaz, Mount Surprise, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Single colourless crystal measuring 20x20x23mm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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....
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.
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.
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.
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,...
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.
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....
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
4193 VHD5 Cerussite, Massicot, Dundas, Tasmania
ex Jack Leach Collection. Specimen is 25x18x14mm.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
4856 Smithsonite, Stancombe Quarry, Flax Bourton, Somerset, England, UK
There appears to be a couple of generations of smithsonite. The first larger crystals, and the second much smaller crystals, visible around the edges of some of the larger ones. Acquired from Richard Bell. Width...
4401 Smithsonite, Silver Hill Mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired from Mark Ascher 9/2007. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3563 Monteponite, Smithsonite, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Type Locality for monteponite. Tan smithsonite with yellow and brown monteponite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3876 Hematite, Siderite, Lake Cooper Quarry, Corop, Victoria
Unusual rhombohedral hematite showing some rainbow colouration, with orange-brown siderite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2846 Dioptase, Fluorite, Quartz, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Specimen acquired in the micromount room at the Tucson Show. Ex Bob Jenkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7156 JL2572 Prehnite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Strathclyde, Scotland
Ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley. Width of view 21mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW177 Calcite, Liawenee Canal, Liawenee, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Slender white crystal group. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW105 Calcite, Oraparinna Mine, Oraparinna homestead, Bunkers Range, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Curved white crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW63 Calcite, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Rounded scalenohedral crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Labelled simply Lyndhurst, but likely the Avondale Mine. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW240 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with photo showing termination. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Labelled as Moonta, but more likely Wallaroo. Click on the image below for a...
ncat RW239 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with chlorite(?) inclusion. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 Calcite, Cleremont, Queensland
Dark brown cleavage. Width of view 25mm. Use the slider to see specimen front and back lit. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YB Calcite, Clunes, Northern Rivers District, New South Wales
Highly fluorescent calcite crystals. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 50 images (white light) and 11 images (UV). Use the slider to see under white light and longwave UV. Click on the images below for...
ncat NOVM Calcite, Railway Quarry, Ardglen, New South Wales
Sceptred calcite crystal 17mm long. Ex Ian Graham. Ex Margaret Brown. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. When you zoom in you can see some interesting surface...
1793 Calcite, Goethite, Kyogle, New South Wales
Goethite balls on bladed calcite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1792 Calcite, Kyogle, New South Wales
Ball of bladed crystals with orange fluorescence. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1460 Goethite on Calcite, Brown’s Creek, near Blayney, New South Wales
Goethite coating calcite crystals. There a few small calcite crystals of a different habit that have formed after the goethite. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
5197 JL0662 Calcioferrite, Klemm’s Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Rosettes of pale greenish-yellow platy crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1984. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM JL3513 Strengite, Cacoxenite, Wavellite, Lavers Hill, Fish Creek, Hoddle Range, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Cacoxenite as yellow-orange to brown hemispheres of radiating crystals, some as bow-ties. Very pale purple strengite. Colourless prisms of wavellite. Obtained by Joan in 1999 from Robyn Sharp. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 56...
4268 Cacoxenite, Gravel Hill Quarry, Dookie, Victoria
Translucent-looking orange-brown hemispheres isolated from the more common yellow-orange acicular to fibrous ones. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
7387 JL1699 Cacoxenite, Hick’s Quarry (Hick’s Iron Ore Quarry; Siberia Flux Quarry), Gladstone, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images.
ncat JP1391 Cacoxenite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Orange hemispheres on an iridescent goethite background. They are zoned with a darker core. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images.
ncat WD207 Zircon, Orthoclase, Aegirine, Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Specimen measures 38x37x30mm and is shown under white light, longwave UV, medium wave UV and shortwave UV.
ncat NOVM Gold, Mazowe Goldfield, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Pareidolia! I see the head of a Big Cat in this small slug of gold in quartz. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Stolzite, Abuja, Federal Capitol Territory, Nigeria
Orange crystal group with no matrix. Width of group 2mm. Stack of 18 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JSM Analcime, Heulandite, Four Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA
Colourless analcime crystals on heulandite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1553 Gerhardtite, Buttgenbachite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Tiny deep blue acicular buttgenbachite crystal sprays (centre of image) with green-blue gerhardtite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Analysis is required to distinguish between connellite (sulphate) and buttgenbachite...
4772 Erythrite, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pink puffballs of erythrite in a cavity that was originally likely filled with sulphides. Acquired from Helmut Braith. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat WD115 Filon No. 7, Arhbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco
This specimen comprises very dark purple crystals of erythrite, but the tips of the crystals flare out a little and show up as a lighter shade of pink. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20...
ncat WD206 Brushite, Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia
Ex Ralph E. Merrill Collection. Ex Peter Bridge. Tan powder in 44mm long glass vial.
ncat OW108 Brookite, Anatase, Rutile, Bundaleer, South Australia
A tiny needle of greenish rutile on an orange brookite on a larger dark anatase crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3670 Erythrite, Ennys Wheal Virgin, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny pink crystalline crust of erythrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Brookite, Quartz, Wallangra, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales
Zoned crystals of brookite in small cavities in quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD4 M3787 Kasolite, Brochantite, Andradite, Mottramite, Green Parrot Mine, Jervois Range, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
Bluish-green brochantite with yellow kasolite, brown andradite, and yellow-green mottramite(?), Green Parrot Mine, Jervois Range, Northern Territory. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1543 Brochantite, Blockade Mine, Mount Isa District, Queensland
Bluish-green radiating groups of bladed brochantite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 73 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1575-1 Brochantite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Nice bluish prismatic crystals of brochantite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M796 Malachite, Brochantite, Inkerman Mine, Mount Isa Area, Queensland
Bluish thin crystals of brochantite under a malachite ball, Inkerman Mine, Mount Isa Area, Queensland. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher...
0923 Bromargyrite, Chlorargyrite, Smithsonite, Chalcophanite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green bromargyrite and bromian chlorargyrite crystals on chalcophanite with minor grey smithsonite. Acquired from David Vince in 1992. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JP3629 Silver, Bromargyrite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Green cubic crystals of bromargyrite with bright native silver. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0344 Erythrite, Mount Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland
A nicely bent erythrite crystal. Width of view 5mm.
2127 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Co-bearing Mansfieldite, Mount Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland
Thin bladed prismatic deep pink erythrite crystals with globular pale pink to lilac Co-bearing mansfieldite on black heterogenite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
8014 M3927 Pyromorphite, Brianyoungite, Stolzite, Spessartine, Kintore Opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
White brianyoungite with colourless-grey pyromorphite and stolzite, both of which fluoresce weakly. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Amethyst, Baobab Mine, Kitui District, Kenya
Multi-terminated amethyst crystal, 70x50x40mm.
5755 Strelkinite, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Yellow platy crystals. Ex Marco Poli.
30132 Silver, Langis Mine, Casey Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Silver in matrix slice, 67x45x7mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1844 Chabazite, Hellyer River, Tasmania
A twinned chabazite crystal about 0.6mm across. Single shot photo through my microscope at 20x magnification and cropped. Testing out this item. A cheap way of getting relatively good photos through a microscope.