New Zealand
0538 Gold, Macraes Mine (Round Hill Mine), Macraes Flat, Palmerston, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Ex Joan Lamond 3636, acquired as a swap with Jocelyn Thornton. Patch of gold in quartz with minor sulphide mineralisation, possibly arsenopyrite.
0316 Phillipsite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Phillipsite-K? Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0304 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0288 Harmotome, Pahau River, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0279 Vivianite, Browns Lime Quarry, Browns, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Typical blue patches in matrix. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0274 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
As green octahedral crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0255 Hematite, Phlogopite, Ponui Point, Taupo, Tongariro, North Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0252 Xonotlite, Mossburn, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Mossburn serpentine quarry. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0245 Clinoptilolite, Rangitata River, Cantebury, South Island, New Zealand
Orange crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0247 Kotschubeite, Chromian Clinochlore, Ruahine, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0236 Scheelite, Glenorchy, Clutha-Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Massive scheelite in quartz. Typical bright bluish-white fluorescence under shortwave UV. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
1501 Hypersthene, Magnetite, Mt Tarawera, New Zealand
1501 Hypersthene (probably enstatite), and magnetite, from Mount Tarawera, Okataina, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand. Photo width is 3.33mm and a 46 photo stack. Mount Tarawera last erupted in 1886 and was responsible for killing around 120 people, and destroying the famous Pink...
5613 Cristobalite and Sanidine in Obsidian, Poihipi Road, Taupo, New Zealand
5613 Cristobalite and sanidine in obsidian, Roadcut Section, Poihipi Road, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand. Photo width 5mm. Stack of 80 shots.
4404 Osumilite-(Mg), Hematite, Tridymite, Hendersons Quarry, Mt Ngongotaha, North Island, New Zealand
Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand Photo width 11mm View Larger Map | Get Directions
3746 Quartz, Epidote, Gemstone Beach, Orepuki, Southland District, Southland Region, South Island, New Zealand
Photo width 2.5mm View Larger Map | Get Directions