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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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.
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...
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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 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).
ncat OW203 Kaolinite, Imerys Australian Kaolin Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Cream to white kaolinite cementing broken quartz pieces and pearly mica flakes. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR2 Kaersutite, West Head, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Lustrous black kaersutite in a basaltic matrix. Ex Ruth Coulsell. Specimen measures 33mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR1 Kaersutite, Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri), Camperdown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
Many loose crystals and fragments. In photo largest is 18mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5143 Kaersutite, Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri), Camperdown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
A single loose crystal. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5084 Kaersutite, Brownes Road, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
A single crystal. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5832 Gold, Sebastopol, City of Ballarat, Victoria
A hackly piece of gold in quartz. From the Yarrowee River. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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 JP3098 Hydrokenoelsmoreite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Yellow crystals in a vugh in ferberite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2814 Calcite, Barite, Heulandite, Red Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Red-fluorescing calcite crystals with minor heulandite (pictured) and barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
nct JR4 Micrometeorites, Zircon, Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
A selection of some of a lot of 29 micrometeorites hand sorted by the late Judy Rowe from alluvial concentrates. Judy hand sorted anatase, zircon, maghemite, and other minerals. One of the micrometeorites (just above centre) looks like a Death Star! Also, in this small selection, there is a tiny...
ncat JR2 Anatase, Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
A selection of dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the common dipyramidal forms. There is some abrasion and iron-staining. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3178 Thomsonite-Ca, Natrolite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Natrolite prisms growing from the base of bladed thomsonite. At first, I thought that the natrolite terminations were coated in hyalite opal, with that typical blobby look. But when you look down on the terminations, they are stock standard natrolite terminations. So it seems that the natrolite crystals have increased...
1493 Hannayite, Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
Tiny tan crystals from the Type Locality. Width of view 7.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3160 Halite, Eastern Beach, Lorne, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria
Colourless hoppered halite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU003 Halite, Pink Lake, Dimboola, Hindmarsh Shire, Victoria
White (was very pale pink) partially dissolved halite, highly fluorescent white. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30019 WD215 Albite, Orthoclase, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite, Glenrowan, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria
White albite growing epitaxially on orange orthoclase with smoky quartz. Width of view 6mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1531 Grossular, Grahams Quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Olive-green crystal of grossular garnet. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7267 JL1445 Grossular, Chrysocolla, Wombat Hole prospect (Wombat Hole mine), Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria
Brown grossular garnet with blue chrysocolla. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MBBD Libethenite, Ulrichite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
A single sharp green libethenite crystal with a spray of lighter green ulrichite, on a bed of green chalcosiderite crystals. Height of view 2.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MBBD Variscite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Tiny colourless crystalline balls of variscite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MBBD Torbernite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Platy green crystals on smoky quartz. Most are much thinner than the one in the photo. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M2253-1 Natrolite, Analcime, Gmelinite, Hematite, Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Natrolite perched on other natrolite crystals, on analcime. Red gmelinite coloured by hematite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40030 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous red pseudobrookite crystals with yellow transparent enstatite crystals. The lustre is so good you can clearly see the reflections of other crystals. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40029 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous dark brown pseudobrookite crystals with yellow transparent enstatite crystals. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 6.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40028 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Fluorapatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous brown pseudobrookite crystals with yellow transparent enstatite crystals. One very thin apatite needle is also present. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40027 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Hematite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous brown pseudobrookite crystals with tiny yellow transparent enstatite crystals. The larger pseudobrookite crystal has a slight “bend” in it. Hematite is out of view of this photo. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7245 JL3033 Pyrite, Mount Tarrengower, Maldon, Victoria
A radial cluster of pyrite crystals that have grown in a tight area. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 8mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.
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.
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...
ncat OW101 Cassiterite, Mount Alwa Tin Mine, Walwa, Towong Shire, Victoria
Cassiterite in greisen. Collected in 1971. Specimen measures 80x55x35mm.
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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ncat AU007 Fluorapatite, Saleeite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria
Tiny pale baby blue crystals of fluorapatite. Yellow plates of saleeite also present on the specimen. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP299 Axinite-(Fe), Ferro-actinolite, Ferro-tschermakite, Tremolite, Andradite, Dookie Mineralogical Reserve quarry, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Purple axinite crystals with green ferro-actinolite or actinolite(?), felted brown ferro-tschermakite, and pale tremolite(?). Also present, lemon-green andradite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BE23 Ferrosilite, Ilmenite, Andesine, Fluorapatite, Rollinsons quarry, Malmsbury, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
Brown prismatic ferrosilite crystals with tan andesine, platy ilmenite, and acicular fluorapatite needles. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1436 Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Quartz, Mount Moliagul, Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria
Yellow-green ferrimolybdite with probable orange jarosite on quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3529 Felsőbányaite, Coimadai Antimony Mine, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
White crystalline groups on slate. Collected by me in 2003. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA2 Felsőbányaite, Coimadai Antimony Mine, Pyrites Creek, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria
Globular creamy-white coating on slate. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA O13 Erionite, Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Silky overgrowths of erionite (labelled as offretite) on levyne crystals. Ex Lesley and Doug Ball Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0920 Levyne-Na, Calcite, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Silky erionite overgrowths clearly showing on broken levyne crystal with grey calcite crystal (the calcite is 6mm tall). Adjacent vugh is lined with thomsonite and has tiny chabazite crystals sprinkled over it. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK T8 Topaz, Wombat Creek, Strathbogie Ranges, Strathbogie Shire, Victoria
Single pale blue crystal 9mm tall. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon #T8. Acquired by them from “Glad” (Rangott?, Jackson?). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7320 JL3151 Epidote, Stockdale Quarry, Maffra, Wellington Shire, Victoria
Labelled as Briagolong. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Doug Gaw at the 1999 Waverley Show. Width of View 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0761 Eosphorite, Meurigite, Cyrilovite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Dark brown prismatic crystals with pale yellow fibrous meurigite-K, and tiny bright yellow cyrilovite. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5370 JL1172 Eosphorite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Brown prismatic crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection #1172. Ex Museum Victoria. Specimen is 10mm wide. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3418 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Transparent thin bladed tan crystals of enstatite with pseudobrookite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 220 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3371 Enstatite, Hematite, Pseudobrookite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Brown crystals of enstatite with minor pseudobrookite and hematite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TF Eosphorite, Saléeite, Dufrénite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria
Bluish-green dufrénite with brown eosphorite and highly fluorescent saléeite. Ex Pat Sutton. Dufrénite not listed in Mindat, but I assume Pat analysed. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 76 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8080 Dravite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Brown prismatic crystals. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat XA Dravite, Henry’s Hill Wolfram Mine, near Percydale, Victoria
Prismatic translucent brown tourmaline crystal (dravite?) showing termination (right hand side), embedded in massive vein quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3546 Dolomite, Pseudobrookite, Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Moyne Shire, Victoria
A tiny dolomite crystal perched on the end of a pseudobrookite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3002 “Selwynite”, Chromian Muscovite, Diaspore, Coppermine Lane, Heathcote, Victoria
Green “Selwynite”, a rock. Chromian muscovite (fuchsite) mixed with diaspore with muscovite veins. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7056 JL2616 Clinozoisite, Danburite, Fluorite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Colourless radiating prismatic crystals of danburite with green clinozoisite. Minor purple fluorite visible too. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1997. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3367 Vesuvianite, Danburite, Actinolite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Opaque white radiating crystals with dark green prismatic actinolite and light green vesuvianite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2040 Danburite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Tiny prismatic grey crystals (arrowed) in a small vugh. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP287 Cowlesite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Lustrous white crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 88 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0722 Cowlesite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 94 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3390 Cristobalite, Pseudobrookite, Phlogopite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Tiny white crystals with pseudobrookite and phlogopite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8063 Covellite, Dravite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
A tiny ball of dark blue covellite crystals, probably covering a chalcopyrite crystal, with prismatic brown dravite, and a vein of pyrite and chalcopyrite in quartz. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD112 Copper, Wilsons Reef Mine, Saint Arnaud, Victoria
Native copper from a rare locality. Measures 25x22mm. Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4611 Chlorite Group, Smoky Quartz, Albite, Orthoclase, Glenrowan, Victoria
Black chlorite (chamosite?) with small smoky quartz crystals, colourless albite and white orthoclase. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8204 M1183 Chlorargyrite, Lake Boga, Victoria
A single green crystal of chlorargyrite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW110 Gold, Costerfield, Victoria
Bright gold richly embedded throughout matrix. Ex Margaret Brown. Ex Castlemaine School of Mines. Ex CLC Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.