ncat VHD11 Woodallite, Iowaite, Pyroaurite, Mount Keith Open Cut, Mount Keith, Western Australia
Purple woodallite. A vein of iowaite altering to pale pyroaurite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images.
Australasia
ncat AU006 Iodargyrite, Chlorargyrite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Yellow-green bromium chlorargyrite (“embolite”) on white “snail trail” iodargyrite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0060 Iodargyrite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale-coloured crystals, some clearly showing hexagonal habit. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2174 Inesite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A single 6mm long pinkish-brown transparent crystal without matrix. Interesting “inclusions”. Towards the bottom are things that look a bit like hexagonal wire fencing that we have used in the past around vegetable gardens an the like, known as chicken wire. These appear to be partly at and partly near...
ncat 2RG Autunite, Torbernite, Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
Pale yellow-green autunite crystals (that fluoresce strongly) with cores of blue-green torbernite. The autunite has probably grown epitaxially on the torbernite. Ex Rod Martin. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1753 Levyne, Chabazite, Thomsonite, Gollans Bay Quarry, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Colourless hexagonal tabular plates of levyne on rounded crystalline aggregates of thomsonite (eg: bottom of photo) and chabazite (eg: top of photo). Also present is what looks like a tiny analcime crystal on one of the levyne faces. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images....
ncat OW109 Chabazite-Na, Thomsonite-Ca, Phillipsite-Na, Ilmenite, Bundoora, Victoria
A lot going on with this specimen. Silver thin ilmenite plates formed first and were then coated with phillipsite-Na and chabazite-Na crystals. You can see the ilmenite where there are broken areas. Then later, a few thomsonite puffballs have formed. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of...
2777 Ilmenite, Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri), Camperdown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
Glossy black pieces of ilmenite collected by Judy Rowe from beach sands on the shore of Lake Bullenmerri. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Calcite, Augite, Ilmenite, Apatite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria
Partially clay encrusted ilmenite with augite and fluorescent calcite. There is a bunch of apatite needles on the top right corner of the ilmenite. Ex Margaret Brown. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU001 Hyalite Opal, Ilmenite, Augite, Hedenbergite, Andesine, Alfredton, City of Ballarat, Victoria
Four pieces. Photo shows ilmenite on augite. Also present andesine and hedenbergite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images.
0131 Ilmenite, Sanidine, Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
A sharp ilmenite crystal in a cavity lined with sanidine crystals. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 14 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Stilbite-Ca, Ilmenite, Titanite, Actinolite, Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Small green titanite with darker green actinolite and black ilmenite of orange stilbite-Ca. Specimen measures 39x30x14mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.