7262 JL3035 Siderite, Heulandite, Mount Tarrengower, Maldon, Victoria
Spherical brown siderite on heulandite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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ncat JP838 Heulandite, Gypsum, Mt Tarrengower goldfield, Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Colourless to white tabular heulandite crystals with colourless sprays of gypsum. The heulandite crystals have dark blue cores giving the crystals a bluish hue. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW103 Gordonite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Tiny transparent crystals. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2521 Mimetite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
From the mine best known for its crocoite comes a rarer occurrence, zoned mimetite crystals. There are interesting rounded surface features too. Probably where the mimetite was attached to ferro-manganese oxides. Hexagonal prisms of zoned mimetite on a small amount of gossan. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images....
ncat AU002 Galena, Quartz, Siderite, Great South Comet mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
A group of cube-octahedral galena crystals with hoppered faces. Width of view 8mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3422 Pharmacosiderite, Goethite, Britannia Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Olive green cubes partially coated by goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2755 TA4 Jamesonite, Arsenopyrite, Cut near Golf Course, Argent Mines Area, Zeehan, Tasmania
A mass of acicular metallic wires on quartz. Ex John Haupt. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1889 Stannite, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania
Iridescent stannite, no crystals. Ex David J. Eicher Collection, Wisconsin. Ex John H. Eicher Collection. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0956 Pyromorphite, Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine (“Sylvester-Queen”), West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Transparent green hexagonal prisms, some zoned. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0089 Gold, Andersons Creek, Warrandyte, City of Manningham, Victoria
My first ever mineral specimen. I found this panning Anderson’s Creek in 1980 and it is still in my collection. Although the ‘nugget’ is only 2.5mm on its longest dimension, it is cute and reminds me of a wombat’s head (a wombat being a one metre long marsupial – check...
0030 Wulfenite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Yellow crystals in a variety of habits. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2366 Thomsonite, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Cradle Mountain Link Road, Middlesex Plains, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Acicular intergrowth of white gonnardite-natrolite on grey botryoidal thomsonite-Ca. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2793 ZU Quartz, Fluorite, Rex Hill Mine (Mt Rex Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
Pale fluorite over earlier darker fluorite with iron stained quartz crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 92 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1896 Molybdenite, Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Hexagonal crystal of molybdenite. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 Cassiterite, Mount Alwa Tin Mine, Walwa, Towong Shire, Victoria
Cassiterite in greisen. Collected in 1971. Specimen measures 80x55x35mm.
3458 VHD8 Topaz, Killiecrankie, Flinders Island, Tasmania
A waterworn bluish topaz 24mm wide.
5175 JL0416 Gold, Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria
A small gold nugget. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Peter Cole for $6 in 1987. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU003 Gold, Black Horse Gully area, Whipstick Forest, Bendigo, Victoria
Two small rounded nuggets. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU003 Gold, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Thin gold patches smeared on hematite matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7015 JL2230 Gold, Mongolata Gold Fields, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Small patches of gold in ironstone matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996 from John Toma. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 45 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 AA7 Gold, Union Mine, Hill End, New South Wales
Labelled as Union Mine, included in Golden Gully Area in Mindat. Thin hackly leaf gold in quartz. Ex D.J. Parsons Collection, Rapid City, South Dakota. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 49 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA7 Gold, Union Mine, Hill End, New South Wales
Labelled as Union Mine, included in Golden Gully Area in Mindat. Thin crystalline leaf gold in quartz. Ex D.J. Parsons Collection, Rapid City, South Dakota. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 122 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW209 Gold, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales
A tiny area of gold. Gold from this location is rare, small, and hard to find! There is a second, even smaller, piece of gold on the specimen that I didn’t pick up until I had taken the photo. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Ex Jo Price. Width of view 4.5mm....
ncat WD108 Gold, Wattle Flat, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales
Beautiful branching gold crystals on galena and quartz. Width of view 6.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM M3323 Gold, Bismuth, Namibite-Beyerite, Bismuthinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Tiny grains of gold in quartz, associated with native bismuth, bismuthinite and greenish namibite-beyerite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 7mm. Stack of 41 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Gold, Sugarloaf Mountain Goldfield, near Eden, New South Wales
Patchy gold in iron-stained quartz. Ex Chris Ah Yee. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5187 JL0186 Gold, Drake, Drake Co., New South Wales
Dendritic crystalline gold without matrix. Precise mine not known. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Aquired by Joan from Norman Robinson in 1986 at the Loxton Gemboree, South Australia, for $5. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW310 Gold, Kirkeek’s Treasure Mine, Mt Victor Homestead, Olary Province, South Australia
Labelled “Nhillinghoo”. Should be spelled Nillinghoo. Probably from Kirkeeks. Gold in goethite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 53 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL947 Gold, Gundagai, Clarendon Co., New South Wales
Small gold pieces in serpentine. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 41 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL616 Gold, Galena, Rotten Gully, Nerrina, City of Ballarat, Victoria
Small bits of gold on galena and quartz. It is possible that other sulphides/sulphosalts such as boulangerite(?) are also present. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 49 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL547 Gold, Tibooburra, Tongowoko Co., New South Wales
Hackly gold on and in matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Tony Fraser. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL2049 Gold, Maude and Yellow Girl Mine, Glen Wills goldfield, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Tiny hackly gold. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Jo Price. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 37 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL Gold, Winnecke Goldfield, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Small patches of gold in reef quartz. A golden bird up top? And a Remote Bogger in the middle? Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Don McColl. Specimen measures 4x2x2.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL643 Gold, Halleurs Mine, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
Small gold pieces on ironstone matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL618 Gold, Sofala Mine, Sofala, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales
A 2mm wide gold crystal with a face! Pareidolia! Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Pareidolia is defined as the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. It is the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness. Think about the...
30046 Gold, Glenluce, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia
Coarsely crystalline gold in white quartz. Chris Ah Yee. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2168 Gold, Moonee Beach, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
A tiny speck of gold in quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 34 images. This would be one of the deposits/short-lived mines of the village of Moonee Beach. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3576 Goethite, Sunrise Hill Mine (Sunrise Hill West), Mount Goldsworthy (Shay Gap), De Grey Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia
Iridescent goethite stalactites. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RF Goethite after Pyrite, Kirkeeks Treasure Mine, Mt Victor homestead area, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Box of “Devil’s Dice” of various sizes, most less than 1cm in size. The one in the photo is 45x45x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RF Goethite after Pyrite, Yunta, South Australia
Box of “Devil’s Dice” of various sizes, most less than 1cm in size. Centre one is 14mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW310 Goethite after Hematite, Darke Peak, South Australia
Trigonal hematite crystals that have been completely replaced by goethite, with minor colourless hyalite opal. Ex Barry Schubert Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 45 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.
0136 Goethite, Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
Brown globular goethite completely covering quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3792 Glaucophane, Rocky Beach, Port Macquarie, Macquarie Co., New South Wales
Bluish-grey fibrous glaucophane schist. Specimen measures 16x13x8mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0644 Gmelinite, Analcime, Natrolite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Red gmelinite coloured by hematite, with colourless analcime and prismatic natrolite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0645 Gmelinite, Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Red gmelinite coloured by hematite, with colourless analcime and prismatic natrolite. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1281 Gmelinite, Redpa quarry, Redpa, Marrawah district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania
Hexagonal crystal with a white core and a lustrous colourless outer layer. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3867 Calcite, Analcime, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
This crystal is coloured by hematite. On colourless analcime. A nearby cavity has a colourless calcite crystal. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1031 Gmelinite, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Weldborough Pass, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Prismatic gmelinite crystals. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1030 Gmelinite, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Weldborough Pass, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Highly lustrous colourless gmelinite crystals. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD11 Analcime, Gmelinite, Ardglen Quarry, Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
Colourless analcime on pink gmelinite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 17.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9094 JP2651 Glaukosphaerite, 132 North Ni Mine (Mount Edwards Mine), Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Green balls of glaukosphaerite on a tremolite matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4251 Glaukosphaerite, Carrboyd Mine, Yerilla District, Western Australia
Green acicular-fibrous crystals. Ex Albert and Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/2006. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3025 Gillardite, Gaspeite, Gypsum, 132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Dark green gillardite. Light green gaspeite. Colourless gypsum. Gillardite Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 130 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.
1827 Goethite after Malachite(?), Malachite, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Goethite replaced earlier azurite and/or malachite(?) with an overgrowth of malachite. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7362 JL3815 Opal, Goethite, Siderite, Manyana Beach, Bendalong, St Vincent Co., New South Wales
Tiny sprays of goethite on an opal lining of a vesicle. Siderite crystals in another vesicle. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 2002 from Ann and Noel Kennon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0841 Gibbsite, Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Colourless crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5284 ZB2 Georgeite, Carrboyd Mine, Yerilla District, Western Australia
Greenish crust. Type Locality. Ex Dakota Matrix Minerals. 42x30x18mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHT295 Gedrite Lucky Draw Gold Mine, Burraga, New South Wales
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Ex Val Hannah Collection. 55x33x18mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU004 Galenobismutite, Bismuthinite, Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales 2k
XRD Confirmed. Ex Jim Sharpe Collection. Galenobismutite not fibrous, bismuthinite fibrous. 44x28x15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8046 M555 Ilvaite, Friedelite, Pyrosmalite-(Fe), NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pinkish-red friedelite with tiny yellowish-brown pyrosmalite and black ilvaite. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU001 Franckeite, Sphalerite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Pyrite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
A mass of silver needles of franckeite with black sphalerite, purple fluorite, tan magnesite, and not in photo, pyrite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU001 Franckeite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
A mass of silver needles of franckeite with a little purple fluorite and tan magnesite. Specimen measures 55x40x20mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3021 Tourmaline, Trial Harbour Tip, Trial Harbour, Tasmania
Brown to black tourmaline crystals, probably schorl or fluor-schorl, but could also be foitite based on recent analyses of tourmalines from this area. Specimen measures 22x18x17mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3295 Peisleyite, Fluorwavellite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Massive white peisleyite finely intergrown on a μm scale with fluorwavellite. SEM shows that ‘massive peisleyite’ consists of zones of intergrown peisleyite crystals (<3 μm in size) forming mats intermixed with zones of massive ‘wavellite’ (now considered fluorwavellite) with no distinct crystal faces. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view...
ncat VH1031 Francisite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Bright green crystalline aggregates of this rare selenium mineral. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3082 Francevillite, Carnotite, Davidite-(La), Biotite, Radium Hill, South Australia
Yellow material labelled as francevillite or carnotite, on davidite-(La). It is most likely carnotite but would need analysis to confirm. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7060 JL2941 Foshagite, Vesuvianite, Chesney Vale, Rural City of Benalla, Victoria
White foshagite with yellow-green vesuvianite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Specimen measures 12x8x5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4578 Formanite-(Y), Cooglegong pegmatite field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. Cluster of crude black crystals. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH647 Fluorite, Womobi Mine, Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria
A vein of purple fluorite in matrix. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Specimen measures 28x22x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7053 JL2618 Fluorite, Rockbridgeite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Tiny purple crystals of fluorite embedded in matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1997. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3315 Bismuthinite, Fluorite, Princess Mine, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Silver metallic bismuthinite on green fluorite that fluoresces under longwave UV. Specimen measures 13x15x7mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
2501 Fluorite, Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Dark purple, almost black botryoidal fluorite. Specimen measures 20x18x8mm. Stack of 40 images. 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.
ncat AU002 Fluorite, Minium, Pyromorphite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Tiny colourless fluorite crystals with red minium in a void that would have originally been a galena crystal. Also present, colourless to white acicular (calcium-rich?) pyromorphite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD7, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A small ore specimen comprising purple fluorite (fluorescent), chalcopyrite, and small amounts of galena and sphalerite. Specimen measures 22x20x20mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0074 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Hackly silver-rich gold in fluorite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0073 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Hackly silver-rich gold in mostly grey fluorite with a hint of purple. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0053 Fluorite, Pyrite, Siderite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Colourless fluorite cubes that fluoresce blue under longwave ultraviolet, partially coated with siderite. Tiny pyrite crystals also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
1829 Atacamite, Malachite, Fluorite, Dickite, Goethite, Quartz, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
A bit of layering here. The bottom layer is quartz crystals, and they are completely covered in goethite. Next is white dickite. On top of the dickite are colourless-grey fluorite cubes (not fluorescent). These in turn are covered by fibrous malachite and then dark green atacamite. Width of view 5.75mm....
ncat VH477 Fluorite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
A cluster of rounded fluorite crystals with blue to yellow zoning. Fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet, but not strongly so. A hint of green fluorescence in patches under shortwave ultraviolet. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Specimen is 30mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15 Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Barite, Pyrite, Ernest Henry Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Lots of chalcopyrite crystals on small purple cubes of fluorite and red-fluorescing double-terminated calcite crystals. A few small yellow barite crystals also present. Even smaller pyrite crystals are sprinkled on the barite, and to a lesser extent, on fluorite and calcite crystals. Width of view 17.25mm. Click on the image...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Light purple over some green fluorite octahedral crystals to 10mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 59mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark purple over green fluorite octahedral crystals to 8mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 53mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW309 Fluorite, South of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark purple fluorite octahedral crystals to 25mm with iron-stained quartz. The fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Specimen measures 52mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW309 Fluorite, south of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark purple fluorite octahedral crystals to 20mm with iron-stained quartz. The fluorite exhibits patchy blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Specimen measures 50mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1772 Fluorite, Calcite, Opal, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Light purple cubes of fluorite do not fluoresce under longwave UV, but do fluoresce green under shortwave UV. Calcite is best seen under longwave UV as red patches. Balls of opal fluoresce pale green under longwave. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Click on the images below for...
7050 JL2663 Fluorite, Goethite, Quartz, Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
A small crystal lined agate geode with purple fluorite octahedra with a pale blue-grey surface on amethystine quartz. The fluorite does not fluoresce. Also present, golden sprays of goethite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan for $3 from Bob and June Gleeson in 1998 at the Gawler Gemboree, South...
ncat TBSD1 Fluorite, De Milhou’s Lode, Emmaville, New South Wales
Purple fluorite crystals in a small cavity adjacent to smoky quartz. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP373 Fluorite, Pyromorphite, Siderite, Daydream Mine (Meech’s Blow), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Colourless cubes with a white core of fluorite crystals that glow green under shortwave ultraviolet light. Judging by the colour, it is likely that the fluorescence is due to uranyl ions. A small amount of green pyromorphite, and brown oxidised siderite also present. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view...
7417 JL1778 Sellaite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Brocks Creek, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 11.5mm. Photos are white light, longwave ultraviolet and shortwave ultraviolet. Sellaite is cream to white and glows greenish under longwave, more cream to yellow under shortwave. It also looks like it is intermixed with muscovite...
ncat EA Goethite, Rochester Shire Quarry, Rochester, Campaspe Shire, Victoria
Iridescent botryoidal goethite on on face of the specimen. Specimen dimensions are 35x24x22mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.