0083 Gold, Stibnite, Red Hill, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Spongy bright yellow gold with stibnite in quartz. Collected before the open pit operation. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images.
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ncat JP3320 Marcasite, Sphalerite, Goongewa mine (Twelve Mile Bore; Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Greenish tinted crystals of marcasite with fluorescent sphalerite. Width of view 14mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1960 Marcasite, Torquay, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria
A marcasite nodule that is unaltered (compare specimen 0189). Width of view 14mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR03 Marcasite, Leigh Creek coal mine, Copley, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia
A crystalline nodule of marcasite. Ex Barry Schubert. Width of view 14mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0189 Marcasite, Gypsum, Halotrichite, Rozenite, Torquay, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria
What was once a very nice sharp nodule of crystalline marcasite is now mostly sulphate minerals, possibly colourless gypsum, white fibres of halotrichite, and pink rozenite amongst others. Width of view 14mm. Stack of 35 images. Exact location not known but possibly Addiscot Beach at the top of the Angahook...
ncat N23-1 0268 Pyrite, Marcasite, NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Specimen has some beginning signs of “pyrite disease”. Apart from the pyrite and marcasite, there are a few small crystals of spessartine and fluorapatite. Ex James Melville Collection. Width of view 10mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5173 Marcasite, Dolomite, Great Cobar Mine, Cobar, New South Wales
Two groups of marcasite crystals with orange dolomite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Frank Robinson in 1990. Width of view 10mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
2133 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Mansfieldite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Pink acicular sprays of erythrite and minor pale purple mansfieldite on black heterogenite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Mansfielite photo width of view 3mm, stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
0955 Mansfieldite (Cobaltian), Heterogenite, Smolyaninovite after Erythrite, Erythrite, Mt Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland
Pink stalactitic mansfieldite with straw-coloured smolyaninovite after erythrite, black heterogenite, and pink acicular erythrite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ER6 Mansfieldite, Smolyaninovite, Heterogenite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Interesting paragenesis here, probably multiples. Straw-coloured smolyaninovite has replaced erythrite. Black heterogenite is coating zoned purple mansfieldite (centre). And the sphere to the right has a thin coating of smolyaninovite on pink zoned mansfieldite on smolyaninovite on heterogenite! Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image...
ncat JLMAR01 JL2060 Mansfieldite, Smolyaninovite, Heterogenite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Cobalt-bearing mansfieldite with opaque pink cores and transparent darker pink to purple outer areas. Dull orange resinous smolianinovite and black iridescent heterogenite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996 from Margaret Day for $4. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat AA5 M3283 Heterogenite, Mansfieldite, Smolyaninovite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland
Pink and purple mansfieldite with black heterogenite and orange smolyaninovite. Purple disc of mansfieldite, width of view 6mm, stack of 80 images. Mansfieldite perched on smolyaninovite, width of view 3mm, stack of 70 images. “Blazing Comet” width of view 3mm, stack of 45 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on...
7386 JL1972 Connellite, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
An acicular hemisphere of blue connellite needles. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996 from Brian Beyer for $6.00 at the New South Wales Mineralogical Societies Seminar. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5155 JL1463 Copper, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
A couple of dark cuprite crystals with iridescent dendritic copper. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Purchased by Joan from Brian Beyer for $1 at the Australasian Mineral Societies Seminar in Melbourne in 1990. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5343 Luinaite-(OH), Fluorite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Luinaite is now considered a triclinc dimorph of schorl. Here as radiating groups of small grey to green acicular crystals with pale purple fluorite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1516 Ludwigite, Pyroaurite-2H (Sjögrenite), Tenth Legion mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Radiating black needles of ludwigite and pale yellow pyroaurite-2H (sjögrenite) frozen in matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1014 Löllingite, Dry Creek, Eldorado, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria
Patches of Löllingite in granite. Ex Don Billinghurst Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2990 Löllingite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A single crystal with minor tarnishing and no matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1107 Löllingite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Silver crystal of Löllingite. Ex Albert Chapman. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
7456 JL0793 Lithiophorite, Warburton, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria
Black botryoidal lithiophorite in sandstone. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1989. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3264 Linarite, Cerussite, Dundasite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Tiny blue linarite crystals with grey reticulated cerussite and white sprays of dundasite. Ex Shane Dohnt. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2871 Linarite, Brochantite, Unknown Yellow-Green Sulphate, Tasman Crown Mine, Mt Lyell, Tasmania
Tiny blue crystals of linarite with a green crust of brochantite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2899 Linarite, Cerussite, Brochantite, Ktenasite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Tiny blue linarite crystals with green brochantite, white cerussite and possible ktenasite. Unidentified brown pseudomorph(?), perhaps originally a chlorite mineral? Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M3010 Likasite, Cuprite, Quartz, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Blue bladed crystals of likasite on cuprite (top left). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU002 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pink rhodochrosite balls and isolated rhombohedral crystals on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 90 images.
ncat BDMAR01 M3786 Turquoise, Fluorapatite, Libethenite, Albite, Orthoclase, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
A green spray of libethenite crystals with pale blue turquoise on albite, orthoclase and smoky quartz, with very pale pink fluorapatite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0251 Libethenite, Lake Boga, Victoria0251 Libethenite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria0251 Libethenite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Two genereations of spiky balls of green libethenite in a quartz cavity. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL3769 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Wheal Hancock, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station) , South Australia
Green pseudo-octahedral crystals with bluish-green pseudomalachite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0502 Libethenite, Goethite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Dark green pseudo-octahedral crystals on dark brown goethite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0230 Libethenite, Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia
Dark green, almost black, libethenite crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1746 Libethenite, Great Boulder Mine, Arkaroola Region, South Australia
Green libethenite crystals that have grown in a restricted width fracture resulting in some with a bladed habit. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Inkerman Mine, Cattle Creek area, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Acquired by Margaret 6/1985 from Brian Beyer for $3. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0294 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland
Green pseudo-octahedral libethenite on crystalline turquoise, some of which has formed as epimorphs after an unknown mineral. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2716 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Quartz, Bluebell Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Light green sprays of prismatic libethenite with blue-green pseudomalachite on quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0229 Libethenite, Umbarwaroa Gorge, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Olive green prismatic crystals in gossan. Ex John Carey. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1234 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Quartz, West Bogan Mine, Collorina, New South Wales
Pale green opaque sprays of libethenite with globular pseudomalachite, and quartz crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9098 JP2809 Libethenite, Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie open pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Dark green pseudo-octahedral libethenite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 115 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3555 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Sampleite, Quartz, Endeavour 26 Open Cut, North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales
Platy blue sampleite, light green libethenite sprays, and darker green pseudomalachite. Libethenite photo: Width of view 6mm, stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5045 Liandratite, Columbite-(Fe), Kempton Brothers Beryl Mine, Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
Yellow coating on black columbite. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR12 Levyne-Ca, Erionite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Thin plates of levyne with silky overgrowth of erionite. Ex Judy Rowe. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0617 Chabazite, Levyne-Na, ‘Pyrolusite’, Erionite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Orange rhombohedral chabazite on hexagonal crystals of levyne. Black “pyrolusite” balls are sprinkled around. Erionite is evident as a very thin coating of levyne, obvious when you look at the broken crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP892 Levyne, Erionite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Silky fibrous erionite growing epitaxially on thin levyne crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR12 Levyne, Chabazite, Road metal quarry, Howitt Plains, Wellington Shire, Victoria
Unusually blocky levyne crystals with lustrous chabazite perched on them. Ex Roger Colling. Ex Judy Rowe. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD107 Levyne, Phillipsite, Chabazite, Upper May Plain, near Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
Thin hexagonal plates of levyne. Nearby cavities have phillipsite or chabazite. Ex Mat Latham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0697 Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Erionite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Thin blades of levyne with a silky overgrowth of erionite. Thomsonite in nearby cavity. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Levyne, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
White hexagonal levyne crystals with overgrowth of erionite. Broken surfaces show the silky nature. White balls of thomsonite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2551 Leucophosphite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Aggregates of pink and green bladed crystals of leucophosphite. The colours are probably being transmitted from the underlying material. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RD Diopside, Fluorapatite, Nepheline, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Leucite, Sanidine, Biotite, Clinopyroxene, Cosgrove quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
(Photo) Leucite as grey-white material in groundmass (“leucitite”). Elsewhere on specimen: Green prismatic diopside. Brown-black prismatic clinopyroxene. Nepheline as hexagonal prisms. Nepheline with hollow cores have been altered to analcime. Colourless needles of fluorapatite. Grey ilmenite as flat crystals. Magnetite as tetrahedrons. Colourless tiny tabular sanidine crystals. Brown pseudohexagonal biotite....
9075 JP2812 Lepidocrocite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Bladed crystals with a reddish tinge. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0986 Lepidocrocite, Anglesite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania
Reddish brown lepidocrocite on grey anglesite crystals. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW103 Lepidocrocite, Goethite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Blocky reddish lepidocrocite crystals on a goethite matrix. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M3073 Lepidocrocite, Rosasite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Lustrous black bladed crystals with blue rosasite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR9 Analcime, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Pale yellow clay(?) coating on analcime. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR9 Analcime, Calcite, Middlehurst Station, Marlborough Region, New Zealand
Ragged white calcite on red-white analcime crystals. The calcite fluoresces bright white. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1811 Leadhillite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Colourless hexagonal plates in slag. Ex Jo Price Collection. White light photo: Width of view 3mm. Stack of 40 images. Longwave UV photo: Width of view 3mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ER6 Zircon, Lazulite, Scorzalite, Unnamed phosphate occurrence, Mount Perry, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Blue veins of lazulite/scorzalite with small zircons. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2-24-2 Lazulite, Tepko, Mid Murray Council, South Australia
Blue crystals in a granite pegmatite matrix. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1331 Minium, Fluorite, Pyromorphite, Hydrocerussite/Laurionite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Colourless fluorite that fluoresces zoned green under medium and shortwave, with minium under fluorite (not in photo). Hydrocerussite/laurionite occurs as a creamy aggregate, pink and purple fluorescence under mediumwave, duller under shortwave. Tiny acicular pyromorphite lines cavities vacated by galena. Width of view of all photos is 6mm. Click on...
ncat VHD4, Calcite, Stilbite, Laumontite, Pyrite, Graham Quarry, Kellow Road, Cosgrove, Victoria
Photo shows a white crystal of laumontite on calcite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4582 Hematite, Laumontite, Hazell Bros Leslie Vale quarry (HBMI), Leslie Vale, Kingborough municipality, Tasmania
Found in driveway gravel that was known to have come from the quarry. White flat-laying crystals of laumontite that fluoresces bluish-purple (best under medium wave) with small hematite crystals. Width of view 9mm and stack of 30 images (fluorescent image). Width of view 6mm and stack of 30 images (hematite)....
1876 Chabazite, Stilbite, Laumontite, Hazell Bros Leslie Vale quarry (HBMI), Leslie Vale, Kingborough municipality, Tasmania
White (dehydrating) laumontite with colourless chabazite and stilbite. The laumontite is very unstable, and unfortunately not only breaks down itself, but also the matrix. Photo widths 6mm. Stack of 45 images (laumontite) and 65 images (chabazite). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
3934 Stellerite, Laumontite, Tambar Springs, Pottinger Co., New South Wales
Ex Hetty’s Rockshop, Christchurch, New Zealand, 9/2004. White laumontite on orange stellerite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5575 Lead, Laumontite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
From Level 16, NBHC. See https://rruff.info/uploads/CM46_73.pdf. Laumontite fluoresces blue under LWUV. Laumontite photo: First image: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Second image: Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YA Pyromorphite, Langite, Blackwood Open Cut, MMM Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Deep blue crystalline coating in corroded galena. Also present light blue caledonite(?), and prismatic pyromorphite. Other species also present (eg: spessartine, chlorargyrite). Ex Mal Annear collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2336 Langite, Dundas, Tasmania
A mass of blue crystals on a small piece of matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4359 Langite, Mt. Malvern, near Clarendon, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Ian Hammond Collection. Tiny light blue crystals. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TJ2 Linarite, Langite, Anglesite, Paddy’s River Mine, Paddy’s River District, Australian Capital Territory
Prismatic blue linarite (not in photo) with blocky blue crystals of langite, and white crystals of anglesite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1419 Pyrite in Chabazite, Queen Mary’s Falls National Park, Killarney, Southern Downs Region, Queensland
Originally labelled as gmelinite, but looks much more like re-entrant chabazite twins. Chabazite is the only zeolite mentioned from the location too. Interesting surface features and reflections. There are tiny pyrite crystal included. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat OW102 Gmelinite-Na, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Closeup photo of a relatively thin platy etched/resorbed gmelinite crystals coloured red by iron oxides or hydroxides, with sharp crystals of analcime. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR1 Kyanite, Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
Single crystal sorted by Judy Rowe from heavy mineral concentrates. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW309 Kutnohorite, Dolomite, Calcite, North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Grey rhombs of dolomite that fluoresce white are perched on the tips of kutnohorite sprays. Red fluorescing calcite present in the matrix. Patchy yellow fluorescence is probably cerussite. Specimen measures 80x65x10mm.
2462 Kutnohorite, 10 Level, South Workings, Rosebery, Tasmania
Cream kutnohorite with pyrite on a quartz matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA4 Kutnohorite, Quartz, Pyrite, Calcite, North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Groups of typical kutnohorite with quartz and a little pyrite, all on a matrix of pale pink fluorescent manganoan calcite. Specimen measures 60x40x20mm.
ncat OW106 M46 Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite, Kutnohorite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Quartz crystals and a couple of fluorescent red calcite crystals on a spray of kutnohorite. There are pyrite crystals included in the quartz, as well as on the quartz and on the kutnohorite, some of which are oxidised. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images....
ncat WD212 2659 Kutnohorite, Quartz, Pyrite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pale crystals of kutnohorite on quartz with pyrite, all on a bed of fluorescent Mn-calcite. Specimen measures 4×5.5cm. Ex W.F. Davidson Collection. Ex Ralph Merrill Collection. Close up photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0835 Kunatite, Turquoise/Chalcosiderite, Torbernite, Albite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Greenish-yellow balls of kunatite (previously Unknown Cu Fe Phosphate), with blue-green balls of turquoise/chalcosiderite, a square-shaped torbernite crystal, and some unidentified darker green balls (pseudomalachite?), all on albite, orthoclase and smoky quartz. Collected by John Carey who also gave specimens to Museum Victoria so that they could describe it as...
5124 Ktenasite, Brochantite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sky blue ktenasite with green brochantite on reticulated cerussite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Ex Peter Elliott. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Gordaite, Ktenasite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Blue coating of ktenasite. Gordaite not in photo. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Peter Elliott. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Köttigite, Penguin Mine (Penguin silver mine), Penguin, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania
Pink cobalt and nickel-bearing köttigite acicular crystals in a vein of sulphides – sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and arsenopyrite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Köttigite, Penguin Mine (Penguin silver mine), Penguin, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania
Pink cobalt and nickel-bearing köttigite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Kornerupine, Whites Dam Area, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Terminated crystal in schistose biotite granulite. Specimen measures 90x75x50mm.
ncat YB Kornerupine, Mount Riddock Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A kornerupine crystal in matrix, with a smaller one at the back. Specimen measures 47x28x25mm.
ncat TA4 Kornerupine, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A crystal fragment 23mm wide.
2624 Chalcanthite, East Pit (Triako open cut; Eastern crosscut), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Pale blue crystals, post-mining occurrence. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images.
9082 JP2789 Koechlinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Very pale platy to fibrous crystals on gossan. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9051 JP2199 Koechlinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Pale yellow plates of koechlinite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2456 Koechlinite, Little Bygoo group mines, Ardlethan, Bourke Co., New South Wales
Greenish-yellow masses. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR1 Kleemanite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Type Locality. Colourless crystals. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2759 Kleemanite, Smithsonite, Linarite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
White acicular sprays of kleemanite on green smithsonite. Also present but not in photo, cerussite and linarite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8086 Kipushite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny green crystal aggregates. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Peter Elliott. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M442 Kintoreite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Kintoreite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Two pieces. Type Locality. Pale olive green with brighter yellow-green balls. Ex Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK KG24 Gelosaite, Kingsgateite, Smoky Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for kingsgateite. Yellowish green kingsgateite with blue gelosaite on smoky quartz. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. XRD Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK KG23 Gelosaite, Kingsgateite, Smoky Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for kingsgateite. Tiny green kingsgateite crystals with blue gelosaite on smoky quartz. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 160 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15 Gold, Galena, Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Crystalline gold with galena and possibly other sulphides on quartz. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP Kidwellite, Strengite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Pale greenish-yellow tufts of kidwellite with pale purple strengite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1717 Kingite, Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Type Locality. White nodule 19mm wide. Ex John and Betty Weir.
ncat OW102 Analcime, Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, Victoria
Monchiquite – a rare basic rock that has analcime instead of feldspar. From No. 12 Level (1086 feet).
0277 Kidwellite, Cyrilovite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Very pale tufts of kidwellite with greenish-yellow cyrilovite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2621 Kidwellite, Tsumebite, Dufrenite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Silky kidwellite on dark green dufrenite. Green spheres of chalcosiderite? Yellow-green hinsdalite. Colourless prismatic pyromorphite? Blue-green tsumebite not in photo. Ex Pat Sutton Collection. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.