7372 JL3695 Tiptopite, Roscherite, Montgomeryite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Type Locality for tiptopite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $10.00.
Type Locality
7345 JL5144 Tuhualite, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7342 JL3052 Holdawayite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Rob Sielecki for $10.00.
7313 JL3687 Metavauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7312 JL3750 Wightmanite, Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott at the 2000 Ballarat Gemboree for $5.00.
7309 JL3453 Romanèchite, Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
5728 Strontiodresserite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. White crystal sprays.
5727 Lafossaite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Tiny yellow cubes of this rare thallium species. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
5726 Natisite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green grains. Ex Peter Hall Collection.
5725 Irhtemite, Ightem Mine (Irhtem Mine), Ightem, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Type Locality. Colourless to white prismatic crystals.
5723 Lansfordite, Tunnel #1, Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Type Locality. Parallel group of crystals. Ex Peter Hall Collection.
5721 Steropesite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Pale yellow crust of this rare thallium species.
20066 Lavoisierite, Punta Gensane, Col San Giovanni, Viù, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. Orange fibrous laths frozen in matrix. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 120 images.
0298 Ulrichite, Turquoise, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Green transparent sprays of ulrichite with a couple of turquoise balls. Height 7.5mm. Stack of 200 images. Type Locality.
8518 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Orange cubes. Type Locality. Width 6mm. Stack of 90 images.
8514 Villiaumite, Tuperssuatsiaite, Ellingsenite, Unnamed Fe Analogue of Zakharovite, Aegirine, Albite, Nepheline, Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Pink villiaumite, brown tuperssuatsiaite, white ellingsenite, tiny brown unnamed Fe analogue of zakharovite, green prismatic aegirine, colourless albite. Type Locality for ellingsenite and unnamed Fe analogue of zakharovite. Villiaumite fluoresces red (Convoy LW) and nepheline in matrix fluoresces orange. Width 6mm. Stack of 140 images.
4660 Shadlunite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, cubanite, magnetite, galena, sphalerite, and silver, Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril’sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Type Locality. Polished section & analysis of this very rare lead-iron analogue of pentlandite, from the type locality, present as typical submicroscopic grains embedded in massive sulphides. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4272) obtained in 2007. Includes shadlunite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, cubanite, magnetite, galena, sphalerite, and silver.
5687 Cavansite, Waipouaite, Okenite, Chabazite-Ca, Aranga Quarry, Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Pale blue tufts of cavansite with green crystal of waipouaite(?) on chabazite pseudocubes. Aranga is the Type Locality for waipouaite. Width 5.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Most crystals of waipouaite are almost black, but many have a zone around them that is a “vanadium green” around them that is the...
5683 Goldichite, Halotrichite, Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
Yellow masses of crystals of the rare potassium sulphate goldichite on crystalline pinkish halotrichite. Type Locality for goldichite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 170 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5674 Barwoodite, Eggletonite, Aegirine, Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry), Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Brown barwoodite in matrix, tan to brown fibrous to acicular eggletonite, and green aegirine. Portrait photo height 4.5mm, stack of 80 images. Landscape photo width 9mm, stack of 94 images. Type Locality for barwoodite and eggletonite.
2639 Ulrichite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Feathery apple-green sprays of the rare copper uranium phosphate, ulrichite. 5mm across.
30074 Stichtite, Chromite, Stichtite Hill, Dundas, Tasmania
Blebs of purple stichtite enclosing relict chromite in serpentine. One face polished. Type Locality. Video best viewed full screen.
30069 Paravauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Type Locality.
5665 Mongolite, Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo Massif, Mongolia
Particles of HOLOTYPE material of Mongolite – extremely rare niobo-silicate known only in two localities worldwide. Sample comes from ex-collection of Dr. E.I. Semenov (Semenovite-(Ce)) obtained by him from the author of the mineral Dr. M.D. Dorfman (Dorfmanite). According to personal communication (2012) of the coauthor of the mineral Dr....
3684 Messelite, Near Prinz von Hesse coal mine, Messel, Hessen, Germany
Type Locality. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 3252.
20004 Tertschite, Kurtpinari mine, Faraskoy (Faras), Bigadic, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
Type Locality. Tiny white fibres in a vial. Ex R. C. Erd, 1961.
7420 JL1857 Kröhnkite, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $3.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 14 images.
ncat JP0975 Francevillite, Mounanaite, Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooue Province, Gabon
Type Locality for both species
ncat JP0959 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Olive green cubes. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Type Locality.
5660 Blatterite, Pyrochroite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Black prismatic, dark massive. Calcite fluorescent. Type Locality for blatterite, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5656 Botryogen, Halotrichite, Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Type Locality, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5644 Hundholmenite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
Type Locality. Specimen from the same rock as the Type Specimen., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5650 Anthophyllite, Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Type Locality. Collected by Torfinn Kjaernet., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5543 Zemannite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Type Locality. Ex John Lewis collection.
5572 Ferrilothmeyerite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Type Locality. Tiny brown crystals on calcite, Peter Hall
5579 Tarbuttite, Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Type Locality. Colourless crystals. Pink under LWUV. Labelled as Northern Rhodesia.,
5583 Khaidarkanite, Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Type Locality. Tiny blue crystals., Helmut Braith
4823 Preiswerkite, Geisspfad pass, Geisspfad area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality, Richard Bell
4659 Type Locality. Fedorovskite, Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Small capsule of brown fibrous material of this rare manganese borate mineral. Obtained in 1997. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3345)
4626 Tavagnascoite, Esperance superiore tunnel, Tavagnasco Mine, Tavagnasco, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. A couple of tiny white crystals on matrix. Approved 2015.
4627 Cortesognoite, Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Type Locality. Tan crystals on matrix. Approved 2014.
2842 Ambrinoite, Orpiment, Cumbe Surde quarry, Signols Quarries, Signols, Oulx, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. Red patches of ambrinoite with yellow orpiment.
6062 Gatehouseite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Type locality. Gatehouseite was first found at Iron Monarch in 1987. It occurs as radiating clusters of pale yellow and yellow to pale brownish orange micro crystals with barite and hematite.
6036 Hilarionite, Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, St Constantine, Lavrion, Greece
Type locality. Greenish yellow acicular sprays. Formerly known as kankite from this locality.
6037 Bannisterite, Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Gwynedd, Wales
Type locality. Brown patches. Ex Richard Tayler Minerals, Cobham, Surrey
6027 Gratonite, Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Vintage micromount: A superb 4x3mm display face specimen of Gratonite from its type locality, Cerro do Pasco, Peru. It was once a duplicate in the collection (later bequeathed the Smithsonian) of the late Neal Yedlin. In 1975, the late Micromount Hall of Fame member Marcelle Weber acquired it as noted...
6013 Metalodavite, Riviaral, Lodave, Harault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Type locality. Pale yellow crystals. Ex Dr Fred P. d’Esopo Collection via William Pinch
6011 Rruffite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Type locality. Sky blue crystals
5191 Cerussite, Crocoite, Dundasite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
JL0537. Rodger Colling $1