7400 JL1740 Chabazite, Calcite, Point Sambell, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 64 images.
Australasia
7399 JL1820 Calcite, Korumburra, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Frank Robinson.
7398 JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from a Tailgater at the Wagga Gemboree.
7397 JL1770 Gypsum, Chlorite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995. Ex Museum Victoria.
7395 JL1952 Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
7394 JL1759 Taranakite, Chrystalls Beach (Cooks Head Rock), Clutha District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
7393 JL1798 Mordenite, Mount Hay, Wycarbah, Rockhampton Region, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from June and Bob Gleeson at the Echuca Gemkana.
7389 JL1821 Clinozoisite, Mokoan quarry, Goorambat, Rural City of Benalla, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7388 JL3708 Chabazite, Thomsonite-Ca, Organ Pipes National Park, City of Hume/Brimbank, Victoria
The Organ Pipes National Park is enclosed in two Cities: Hume to the north of Jacksons Creek, and Brimbank to the south. It is not known which side of the creek this specimen was collected from. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from Rob Hamson. Collected by Prof. R.A. Willis...
7384 JL1973 Gerhardtite, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Brian Beyer for $10.00 at the New South Wales Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
7380 JL3766 Siderite, Montmorillonite, Pioneer quarry, Narre Warren North, City of Casey, Victoria
Basketweave siderite. Collected by Joan Lamond in 1982. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 150 images.
7379 JL1822 Ferro-richterite, Camels Hump, Mount Macedon, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
Mindat only lists richterite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Don Billinghurst.
7378 JL1953 Sulphur, White Island (Whakaari), Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7377 JL1875 Cerussite, Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Acquired by Joan Lamond at the 1996 Prahran Show from Martin Rosser for $6.00.
7376 JL1947 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1993 on a Mineralogical Society field trip.
7371 JL3673 Phillipsite-Na, Siderite, Pioneer quarry, Narre Warren North, City of Casey, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Jack Leach. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 80 images.
7370 JL1736 Barite, Chabazite, Redcliff Head (Red Cliff Head), Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7369 JL1705 Hyalite Opal, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Michael Hirst.
7365 JL3927 Lavendulan, Erythrite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002. Ex Ralph Segnit Collection.
7364 JL3382 Sasaite, Turquoise, Site 3, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from Robyn Sharp.
7359 JL3034 Pyrite, Mount Tarrengower, Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from the Bendigo Show club stall for $0.50.
7356 JL3132 Quartz, Gosse Bluff, Tnorala Conservation Reserve, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Judy Rowe. Collected by Judy and Stan Rowe in May, 1985.
7353 JL3637 Gold, Martha Mine (Waihi Mine), Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Tiny fragment in a capsule. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from Jocelyn Thornton at the Mineralogical Societies Seminar in Hobart.
7352 JL3683 Olivine, Andesine, CSR Quarry, Ondit, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 2000.
7350 JL3181 Thomsonite, Phillipsite, Chabazite, West Head, Flinders, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Frank Robinson.
7349 JL3200 Dumontite, Saléeite, Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
7345 JL5144 Tuhualite, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7344 JL3134 Beryl, Titanite, Biotite, Monazite, Magnetite, Tungkillo area, Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 1998. Labelled as “Mannum”.
7339 JL3068 Diopside, Cosgrove quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998 for $1.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7347 JL3208 Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
10mm across and much more intense blue than you normally see. Acquired by Joan Lamond from George Williams in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $1.50.
7337 JL3207 Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from George Williams in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $1.50.
7336 JL3162 Saléeite, Quartz, Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
7335 JL3816 Prehnite, Pioneer Quarry, Shellharbour, New South Wales
Probably (but to be confirmed) now the Hanson Quarry, Shell Cove, Shellharbour, New South Wales. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Noel Kennon in 2002.
7319 JL3066 Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Proustite, Siderite, Browne’s shaft, Block 39, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7317 JL3486 Calcite, Mount Tamborine, Darlington Range, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond at Tamborine Mountain in 1990.
7314 JL3984 Enstatite, Mount Tarawera, Okataina, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Labelled as ferrosilite, but Mindat says “erroneously reported” so likely enstatite. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 2003.
7307 JL3176 Calcite, Jenolan Caves, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales
Five single crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria.
7303 JL3973 Pharmacosiderite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jo Price in 2003.
7300 JL3070 Cordierite, Mount Isa area, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
3951 Clinoatacamite, Wallace Gully, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark green crystals in a small vugh. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Obtained from Albert Schrander-Hettinga 2/2005.
4622 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Crystal fragment of green elbaite, capped by schorl, then more green elbaite growing on an angle (broken and healed?).
4621 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single crystal, etched termination, very pale pink and green.
4619 Tourmaline, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single unterminated brown crystal (dravite?).
4617 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, root-beer brown.
4616 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Watermelon tourmaline, pink core, green rim. Not terminated.
4615 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated black crystal.
4613 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green elbaite rims over black schorl core.
ncat JP194 Stibnite, Quartz, Yarra Glen, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 90 images.
5729 Hoganite, Cerussite, Malachite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp blue-green micro crystals of hoganite on cerussite and malachite. Colour is more green than shown in the photos. Width of view 3.5mm. Exact source of specimen is not known. The original occurrence was only a few specimens, and probably not this rich. It could be “manufactured” but could also...
5722 Ruby Corundum, Mount Brady, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single red crystal (17mm longest direction) with very minor matrix. Fluoresces bright red (right hand image).
5719 Goethite replacing Pyrite, Stellerite, Calcite, Lake Cooper quarry, Corop, Campaspe Shire, Victoria
Interpenetrant slightly rounded pyrite cubes, some with truncated corners, altering to brown goethite with prismatic colourless striated prismatic stellerite crystals and minor white calcite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
0248 Pyromorphite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green prismatic crystals. Width of specimen 11mm.
ncat JP3161 Anatase, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
A large number of mostly bluish anatase crystals from an alluvial deposit. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images.
5718 Goethite replacing Pyrite, North Moonlight Mine, Berringa, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
A single cube of pyrite altering to goethite in a sandstone matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 100 images.
2142 Antimony, Inglewood, Loddon Shire, Victoria
Tin white antimony on matrix. Specimen width 25mm.
5717 Sampleite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Intense blue thin bladed crystals, including one that has a distinct bend. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 100 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection.
ncat WD102 Phillipsite, Calcite, Sunbury, Victoria
An unusual specimen. I am unaware of other zeolite specimens from Sunbury, although the basalt quarries do produce calcite and aragonite. This specimen also has what looks like calcite-coated prismatic augite crystals, unlike any other Victorian zeolite localities I have seen. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this specimen is...
0436 Smithsonite, Coronadite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
One of my favourite Broken Hill smithsonite specimens. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100 images.
0589 Datolite, Chlorite, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania
Chlorite “worms” included in colourless datolite crystals. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 120 images.
4589 Silver, Waihi, North Island, New Zealand
A very fine and rare group of native silver crystals from Waihi, an area known for its gold. It measures 20mm across.
3875 Sampleite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Unusually narrow-bladed sampleite crystals. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 45 images.
30110 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Calcite, Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Green hexagonal prisms of pyromorphite with off-white cerussite (orange fluorescence) and white calcite (white fluorescence). Specimen measures 60x50x32mm.
20068 Azurite, Boomerang Mine (Matlock Mine; Mount Maggie Mine), Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland
Group of stacked azurite crystals. Ex George Reimherr Collection. 21mm wide.
ncat MB Axinite-(Fe), Actinolite, Andradite, Tremolite, Dookie Mineralogical Reserve quarry, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Lilac group of axinite crystals with green actinolite, orange andradite and white fibrous tremolite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 180 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Ex Gerry Morvell. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.