3604 Topaz, Rutile, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Lustrous colourless topaz with black rutile. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3626 Fluorite, Kaolinite, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Purple cubes with small trisoctahedron(?) modified corners, and some curved edges. Some crystals are also contacted showing lighter colour towards the centre of the crystals. The fluorite fluoresces a bluish-purple, and the white kaolinite has a creamy fluorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image...
ncat EUR1 Tourmaline, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Pale blue to green to darker brown tourmaline crystals, exact species unknown. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2017 Anatase, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny sharp dark anatase crystals with colourless quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20108 Wulfenite, Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Platy yellow crystals. Width of specimen 30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20107 Wulfenite, Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tabular orange wulfenite with a brown core (sandwich). Shown backlit. Width of view 17.25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20095 Gold, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia
Bright thin leaf gold sitting up from matrix.
20086 Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters Site, Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Superb blue sprays of connellite in slag.
20085 Calcite, Pyrite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Fluorescent red calcite and a pyrite ring.
20088 Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Barite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Stunning chalcopyrite crystals looking hoppered with balls of goethite needles on barite.
20087 Iodargyrite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Very pale yellow flattened crystals.
20083 Voglite, Zellerite(?), White Canyon No. 1 Mine (Cameo Mine), Fry Mesa, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Green fluorescent voglite with platy yellow zellerite(?).
20081 Lanthanite-(Ce), Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
Colourless – white lanthanite with purple fluorite.
20080 Vrbaite, Avicennite, Parapierottite, Lookout Pass Thallium prospect, Little Valley, Lookout Pass Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Microcrystalline black vrbaite, brown avicennite and metallic grey parapierrotite coating chert matrix.
ncat OW103 Cyrilovite, Goethite, Kapundaite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Greenish-yellow cyrilovite on goethite and kapundaite. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0942 Cyanotrichite, Mt Oxide Mine, Mt Isa District, Queensland
Light blue acicular cyanotrichite with minor darker blue azurite and green malachite. Specimen is 11mm wide. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5539 Cuprite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Silvery black cuprite crystals with a hint of red. Ex John Lewis Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP158 Cuprite var Chalcotrichite, Bowen River, Strathmore, Whitsunday Region, Queensland
Tiny red criss-crossing elongated cuprite crystals (chalcotrichite) on prehnite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2452 Cuprite, Mt Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Although Mount Lyell is a copper mine, cuprite is not that common. This specimen has black slightly rounded crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1665 Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Deep red cuprite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7059 JL2996 Cummingtonite, Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Fibrous “cummingtonite” as labelled. Not analysed to my knowledge. It is possible that this could be another amphibole such as grunerite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2771 OW402 Cuprite, Copper, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Deep red cuprite crystals in a copper matrix from the Pit F0 Supergene Deposit. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH551 Cumengeite, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), South Australia
Pale blue crust. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2979 Fluorite in Quartz, Amborompotsy, Amborompotsy Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron’i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Purple octahedral fluorite inclusions in quartz. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 photos. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2672 Metauranocircite, Davier Mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Lemon-yellow platy crystals of metauranocircite. Highly fluorescent. Ex Jim Daly. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light) and 8 (longwave UV). Use the slider on the photo below to compare the white light and UV images. Click here for a higher resolution version.
ncat Amethyst, Artigas, Uruguay
A fairly large (for me) amethyst specimen with a couple of yellowish calcite crystals from Artigas, Uruguay. The specimen measures about 185mm wide.
4972 Metauranocircite-I, Davier Mine, Bald Mountain District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Lemon-yellow highly fluorescent plates on a goethite matrix. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images (white light), 10 images (longwave UV). Use the slider on the photo below to compare the white light and UV images. Click here for a higher resolution version.
10068 Roselite, Dolomite, Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
Superb purple-pink crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 108 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2704 Quartz, Crocoite, Happy Jack Mine, Comet Vale, Western Australia
Small crystals and partial crystals of crocoite on quartz crystals, Width of view 11mm. Stack of 6 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0006 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Single red crystal 27mm long. 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 OW109 Linarite, Hemimorphite, Paddy’s River, Australian Capital Territory
As well as the linarite and hemimorphite, there are minor amounts of aurichalcite, brochantite, pyrite, galena, and some skarn minerals present. Collected by Gerry Morvell and acquired from Gerry by Margaret Brown in 1995. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 83 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
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.
ncat WD201 Covellite, Sulphur, Jarosite, New Luxemburg Mine, Radium Hill area, Olary Province, South Australia
Blue-black covellite in massive quartz. Also present but not in photo, sulphur and jarosite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 24 items. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Covellite, Chalcopyrite, Mount Gunson, South Australia
Blue-black crystals of covellite on iridescent chalcopyrite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Acquired by Margaret in 1994 from Trevor Dart. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 66 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.
5802 Creedite, Opal, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Colourless prismatic creedite crystals with white and colourless hyalite opal. There is a slight hint of pink in the creedite above the main crystal group. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TL Cosalite, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Silver-black crystals embedded in quartz. You can see very fine “hairy” crystals towards the bottom left of the photo as well as the more robust ones upper right. XRD Confirmed. Ex Jim Sharpe Collection #278. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat WD205 Topaz, Artroyos Mine, Potrillos, Sierra de San Francisco, América-Sapioris District (Potrillos), Coneto de Comonfort Municipality, Durango, Mexico
An interesting little specimen of topaz that measures just 24mm in width. Ex Mike New Collection.
6025 Chromatite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
Type locality. Yellow crusts with probable strands of colourless gypsum. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 39 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6024 Hashemite, Ettringite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
Hashemite as yellow crystals, ettringite colourless prisms. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5792 Sanidine, Mordenite, Seco Creek, Caballo, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5791 Amethyst, Rutile, Kelly Canyon West, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Amethyst and red rutile found in a boulder by Jerry Cone when in an arroyo with Mike Reinke where Route 187 crosses over Kelly Canyon West, a few kilometres north of Caballo. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5790 Amethyst, Rutile, Kelly Canyon West, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Amethyst and red rutile found in a boulder by Jerry Cone when in an arroyo with Mike Reinke where Route 187 crosses over Kelly Canyon West, a few kilometres north of Caballo. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5789 Tridymite, Truth or Consequences, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Pseudohexagonal white plates of tridymite with black balls of hematite(?). Branching stalactitic groups of stacked crystals may also be tridymite. Collected by Mike Reinke on open land near to ToR. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5788 Alum, Calcite, Ash Canyon, Truth or Consequences, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Fibrous white alum with calcite (it dissolves leaving alum). Visual ID by Rolf Leutcke photo in Mindat. Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5787 Tridymite, Titanite, “Pyrobole”, Animas Creek, Caballo, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless bladed stellate tridymite, orange titanite(?) and grey-green “pyrobole”, an unidentified pyroxene or amphibole. Collected from a boulder on the ridge above Animas Creek by Mike Reinke. Width of view 4.9mm and a stack of 40 images (tridymite). Width of view 3.25mm and a stack of 30 images (titanite). Click...
5786 Molybdofornacite, Quartz, Comfort claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny green crystal aggregate on quartz. Ex Mike Reinke, Jerry Cone. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5785 Surite, Wicks Vein (Wicks Mine), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Delicate flakes in cavities where once was a sulphide. Ex Mike Reinke. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5784 Obsidian, Ash Canyon, Truth or Consequences, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Chips of obsidian can be picked up off the open ground north of the TorC Elementary School. This specimen collected by Mike Reinke in situ in Ash Canyon, just east of TorC. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5783 Goethite, Palomas Gap, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Massive goethite with a fibrous look on the edge, with a glassy surface. In this are some orange/brown rings with a blue tint. Collected by Mike Reinke downstream from Palomas Gap. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 20 images (first photo), 45 images (sceond photo) and 100 images (third photo)....
5782 Topaz, King Canyon, New Mexico State Road 187, North of Caballo, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Blue-tinted topaz in rhyolite. May be coloured by what is under it. Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1731 Copper after Cuprite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland
A rare copper pseudomorph after cuprite. Ex John Roe. Width of specimen 10mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2046 Connellite, Malachite, Brochantite, Quartz, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blue spray with green malachite and brochantite, and unidentified pale green material in massive cuprite with quartz. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0759 Calcite, Conichalcite, Carlow Castle Mine, Roebourne, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Green spheres are more likely conichalcite than cornwallite as labelled (conichalcite recorded in the Simpson Collection in Western Australia). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0948 Cornetite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Typical crystals of blue cornetite. Ex Bernie Day. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0290 Cornetite, Mary Kathleen, Queensland
Tiny blue crystals of cornetite. Collected by Ron and Betty Wallace. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Although this looks very similar to the cornetite occurrence at the Great Australia Mine, I have to go with the fact that it was collected by Ron and Betty and given...
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.
1771 Copper, North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Interesting cube-octahedra copper crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7049 JL2648 Connellite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny blue spheres of connellite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan for $4 in 1998 from Glyn Francis. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP422 Agardite-(Y), Conichalcite, Chrysocolla, Hyalite, Ethiudna Mine, Plumbago, South Australia
Light green spheres of conichalcite with pale blue agardite and chrysocolla. Tiny spheres of hyalite opal on some of the agardite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3545 Conichalcite, O’Donoghue Castle Mine, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Green spheres in a gossanous matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1996 Conichalcite after Olivenite, Hyalite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia
Botryoidal green conichalcite replacing olivenite(?). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0571 Conichalcite, Agardite-(Y), Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Green spheres of conichalcite with pale needles of agardite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0372 Conichalcite, Quartz, Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Small clusters of colourless quartz on a bed of conichalcite. Quartz crystals are uncommon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1008 Conichalcite, Agardite-(La), Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Green conichalcite hemispheres with pale fluffy agardite-(La). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3094 Conichalcite, Bayldonite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny hemispheres of lighter green conichalcite on darker green bayldonite. Collected by Ian Graham. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YW Conichalcite, Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Green balls with protruding crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1742 Corkite, Spotted Leopard Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales
Green crust. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR02 M348 Corkite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny colourless drusy crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7423 JL1835 Eucryptite, Cookeite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
White eucryptite with lilac cookeite. The eucryptite fluoreses white under longwave and red under shortwave. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $2.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH735 Cordierite Kamulla Creek, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Massive translucent blue gem cordierite (iolite). Labelled Kamulla Creek, but I have not been able to locate this. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 17.25. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH142 Coloradoite, Calaverite, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Grey coloradoite sandwiched between two patches calaverite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2924 Columbite-(Fe), Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite (Giles Prospect), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A single partially terminated black columbite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL315 NOVM Collinsite, Scholzite. Hillite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Bluish-grey rounded aggregates of collinsite (possibly coloured by underlying cryptomelane) with prismatic scholzite crystals and tiny colourless rhombohedral-looking hillite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9099 JP2757 Hydroxylapatite, Collinsite, Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Colourless prismatic hydroxylapatite (centre of photo) with colourless to yellowish hemispheres of distinct collinsite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4275 Cobaltite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Crude white pseudocubes with a slight pinkish tinge (some altering to erythrite). Width 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (close up). Width 18.5mm. Stack of 109 images (wider view). Ex Diederik Visser. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0873 Chabazite, Stilbite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre District, Pest County, Hungary
A dusting of goethite on some of the chabazite rhombs. A small stacked stilbite is nestled amongst the chabazite (centre of photo). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (stilbite) and 55 images (goethite on penetration twin chabazite). Click on the images below for a...
ncat JP874 Calcite, Pyrite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary
Tiny pyrite crystals part altered to goethite on calcite. There are two generations of calcite. The earlier one fluoresces red, and the later fluoresces white. There is a sharp delineation between the two. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below...
ncat JP875 Chabazite-Ca, Analcime, Biotite, Saponite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary
Pink twinned rhombohedral chabazite with colourless analcime. Tiny green spots of saponite (towards the bottom left for example) and biotite phenocrysts (not in photo) also present. Some of the chabazites exhibit an unusual stack-like habit (towards the bottom left). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35...
ncat MAR01 M2044 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Colourless spheres of melanophlogite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4037 Buddingtonite, San Mateo Co., California, USA
Massive fine-grained material. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Width of specimen 13.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TBD Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters, Wallaroo, South Australia
Superb blue sprays of connellite with prismatic green brochantite and a couple of green malachite hemispheres, in slag. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Acquired from Greg Vort-Ronald at the 2022 Palmer Show, South Australia. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3913 Gold, Goethite, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France
Small patches of gold associated with altered pyrite. Labelled Inini. Ex Cedrick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3915 Gold, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France
Small patches of gold in quartz. Labelled Inini. Ex Cedrick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 52 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3914 Gold, Goethite, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France
Small patches of gold associated with altered pyrite. Labelled Inini. Ex Cederick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3805 Cobaltaustinite after Cobaltite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Olive-green cobaltaustinite replacing cubes of cobaltite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH1618 Cobaltaustinite, Erythrite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Dark olive-green coating of cobaltaustinite with lustrous purple-pink erythrite crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Dome Rock is the Type Locality for cobaltaustinite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8113 Cobaltaustinite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
Olive-green rounded aggregates. Collected from the first Cu workings. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH730 Coalingite, Chrysotile, Wood’s Reef Mine, Barraba, New South Wales
Orange coalingite infilling chrysotile vein. Ex Joan Lamond, Ex Museum Victoria (M38281), Ex J.D. Hamilton, Ex Val Hannah. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Cloncurryite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Pale blue rosettes. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YB Manganogrunerite (now Clino-ferro-suenoite), North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of specimen 48mm.
ncat BDMAR01 M2427 Clinoclase, Conichalcite, Chrysocolla, Olivenite, Desolation Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark blue bladed crystals and lighter blue sprays of clinoclase with white fibres of olivenite and balls of green conichalcite and chrysocolla. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4181 Pucherite, Clinobisvanite, Londonderry Li Deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Coatings and crystalline areas of pucherite (lighter yellow) with clinobisvanite (darker yellow to orange). Ex Jack Leach Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR01 M3816 Cinnabar, Kilkivan, Queensland
Crimson red cinnabar on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 19 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7443 JL2634 Churchite-(Y), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.