ncat RAM4 15 1114-17 Copper, Mount Isa, Queensland
An aesthetic parallel growth of copper crystals. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of specimen 7mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution verion.
Queensland
ncat RAM4 Calcite, Siderite, Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Multiple generations of calcite with siderite, and some of the calcite fluoresces strongly red. One habit is white “Christmas trees”. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA5 Gold, Tea Tree Creek, Georgetown, Queensland
Leaf gold with an embedded quartz crystal. Ex Brian Shelton. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW202 Gold, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland
Thin leaf gold in quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8131 Gold, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
A tiny bit of gold in matrix (centre of image). Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8116 Gold, Kidston mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
Dendritic crystalline gold. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RG Goethite, Calcite, Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Bladed goethite on white calcite crystals that are not fluorescent, however the underlying massive calcite is. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Calcite, Agate Creek, Queensland
Golden goethite with calcite on quartz. Calcite fluoresces bright red. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Goethite inclusions in quartz. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4537 Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Orange acicular goethite sprays coming from a base of hematite on palest amethyst quartz. The quartz sits on an agate base. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2186 Goethite, Quartz (Amethyst), Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Queensland
Golden brown acicular crystals of goethite on amethyst. Width of specimen 13mm. Stack of 150mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD214 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Pale green fluorite with a darker core, preferentially coated with drusy quartz crystals. The pale green fluorite fluoresces more strongly than the darker core. Specimen measures 46x30x14mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.