Australasia
30047 Pyrrhotite, Andradite-Uvarovite, Calcite, Diopside, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Brassy crystal of pyrrhotite, with tiny bright green andradite-uvarovite series garnet crystals, pale diopside, and flattened calcite.
30045 Gold, Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand
Flattened alluvial gold. John Betts.
5611 Azurite, Copper Queen Mine, Parakao, Whangarei District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Collected in 1999, Rod Martin
5612 Azurite, Copper Queen Mine, Parakao, Whangarei District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Collected in 1999, Rod Martin
5558 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kara Mine, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Mn-calcite/Ca-rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, Self-collected
5559 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Andradite, Kara Mine, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Mn-calcite/Ca-rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, Self-collected
4932 Siderite, Quartz, Galena, Miltalie Silver Mine (Miltalie Mine), Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Labelled as limonite after sphalerite, Barry Schubert
4922 Mimetite, Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Campylite habit, Barry Schubert
4882 Topaz, Frome River, Moorina, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Ex Neil Kinnane Collection, Peter Beckwith, Crystal Habit
4782 Gold, Berringa, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Waverley Show 2017
4829 Portlandite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Ex Margaret Brown Collection,
4684 Bobierrite, Wodgina Tantalite Mine, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia
Pale rose pink fibres. Ex Smithsonian, Helmut Braith
4715 Mottramite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Confirmed SEM/EDS, John Carey
4716 Mottramite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Confirmed SEM/EDS, John Carey
4747 M2249 Betpakdalite-FeFe, Ferrimolybdite, Mount Moliagul, Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria
Type Locality for Betpakdalite-FeFe. Ex Bernie Day Collection M2249, Margaret Day
4663 Ferrorhodonite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Analysed material, Helmut Braith
5532 Schorl, Quartz, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex John Lewis collection.,
5541 Sapphire, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex Alf Bond. Ex John Lewis Collection. Probably Inverell as opposed to Kingsgate.,
30023 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30025 Azurite, Malachite, Duchess Mine, Duchess, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
ex Patrick C. Murphy, ex Darren Lucas
30021 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30022 Quartz, Elbaite, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Weird ribcage growth of quartz.
30020 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Terminated schorl crystals in granite matrix
20013 Hematite, Quartz, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Beta style quartz crystals with a smoky tint, with hematite as inclusions, and larger hematite blades alongside. Ex Roger Colling Collection #58.
20014 Vivianite, Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria
Bluish bladed crystal group. Ex Roger Colling Collection #260.
20016 Xenotime-(Y), Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
A blocky rusty brown, crude crystal. Old stock.
20008 Gold, Moonlight Mine, Berringa, Victoria
Coarse hackly gold on contact edge of quartz reef
20010 Quartz, Wadnaminga, Olary Province, South Australia
Cluster of gemmy colourless quartz crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #375. Probably collected down hill east of the Victoria Tower mine in the 1980s (Murray Thompson personal communication).
20011 Copper, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Thin lacy native copper. Ex Roger Colling Collection #217.
20012 Barite, Old Quarry Road, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #288.
10078 Azurite, Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark blue crystals coat one face. Some contacts(?).
10067 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Hedenbergite, Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania
Blocky transparent apophyllite crystals with pale green hedenbergite.
10064 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Platy zoned thin hexagonal rhodocrosite crystals with a dusting of pyrite, plus pyrite on the matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection #962. Includes label from when the specimen was on display at the Munich Mineral Show in 2008. Purchased at Ausrox and Crystal Classics Milton Lavers Collection sale day.
10049 Barite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange-yellow platey crystals. From the NBHC Mine.
10035 Quartz, Whroo State Forest, Rushwoth, Victoria
Matrix of quartz with individual colourless crystals to 13mm (largest doubly terminated). Specimen 53x40x20mm.
10038 Portlandite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Dark grey massive portlandite with muscovite mica. Found in the northeast corner of the quarry. Ex Museum Victoria, ex Robin Sharp
10025 Pyromorphite, Kaolinite, Orlando Mine (Orlando West), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory
White porcelaneous kaolinite on green prismatic pyromorphite. Closeup photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 46 images. From Greg Dainty: Specimen collected by Norman Robinson in the early 1980s, and as far as I know are the only pyromorphite ever found at this locality. The contrasting white and grey minerals...
10026 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite, Cerussite, Quartz, Mt Fitch, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
From Greg Dainty: This piece was collected, and labeled, by Norman Robinson, from an old exploration trench. Its hard to figure out exactly whats going on here, there is what appears to be chrysocolla replacing malachite, some malachite, some non replacement chrysocolla, as for the yellowish white mineral on the...
10015 Quensenlite, Mudgee, New South Wales
From a rare species collection
10008 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Calcite, Natrolite, Phillipsite, Harkaway quarry, Narre Warren, Victoria
Mostly white apophyllite with a small number of prismatic natrolite crystals, scalenohedral calcite crystals, and drusy phillipsite. 60x50x40mm. Ex Museum of Victoria.
8197 Chalcoalumite, Jarosite, Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection