5751 Uranophane, Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Yellow transparent prismatic crystals. Labelled as barium uranophane. Collected before 1980.
5749 Smithsonite, Rosasite, Aurichalcite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Green smithsonite. Ex John Lewis Collection. Ex Bernie Day.
5748 Rosasite, Spessartine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Blue balls. Nice small spessartine garnets. Collected from Block 14 dump material at the Pinnacles Mine. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5747 Stibnite, Calcite, Jamesonite, Sombrerete Mine, Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Labelled as boulangerite, El Sombrette Mine, Durango. Likely jamesonite, and from the Sombrerete Mine, in Zacatecas, but close to the border with Durango. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5746 Heulandite, Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Ex John Lewis collection.
5745 Wavellite, St John’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Wavellite bow-ties. Ex John Lewis Collection.
1341 Bertrandite, Triple Chance Beryllium Mine, Thackaringa, New South Wales
Prismatic rectangular cross-section colourless crystals of bertrandite formed in a cavity that once was a beryl crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30130 Dmisteinbergite, Kurumazawa gabbro quarry, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Thin white pearly cleavages on matrix, fairly sparse. 3.5×2.5cm. OW109.
20075 Suzukiite, Rhodonite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Microscopic green spots on pink rhodonite.
5744 Sugilite, Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Yellowish-green spots in aegirine syenite.
5743 Strontio-orthojoaquinite, Kinzandani, Hashidate, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Yellow patches in matrix. Ōmi is noted as the Type Locality but it is not clear exactly where. Probably Ōmi River rather than this locality.
ncat WD109 Stibnite, Berthierite, United Brothers Mine, Mount Wills, Victoria
Silver crystals in cavities in quartz. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Ex Gordon Jackson Collection. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9152 JP2335 Beraunite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Ex Jo Price Collection. The green crystals are likely chalcosiderite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4249 Bechererite, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue bechererite in slag from the South Mine slag dumps. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Acquired from Albert and Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/2006. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7473 JL1517 Gonnardite-Natrolite, Calcite, Old Melbourne Quarries, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991 from Melbourne Museum.
7472 JL0546 Gold, Heathcote, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from Tony Fraser at the Canberra Gemboree for $1.
7471 JL1120 Azurite, Goethite, Malachite, Frances Creek Mine, Burrundie, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 from Mary Wilde of the Mordialloc Club.
7470 JL1549 Mimetite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Barry Porter at the Horsham Gemkhana for $2.50.
7469 JL0066 Zircon, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
A single orange zircon crystal mounted on a bristle(?). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1983 from Hamish Pearson.
ncat EUR2 Vanadinite, El Centenillo Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5384 Calcite, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Yellow calcite with bluish-white fluorescence (Convoy) and a green afterglow that takes a few seconds to fade. Colours are not exact in photo (iPhone). Also, compared to the many many calcite specimens from Chenzhou in Mindat, this is atypical. There is a large variety of forms, but not like this...
0945 Beaverite-(Cu), Mimetite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales
Greenish-grey beaverite with tiny yellowish hexagonal prisms of mimetite. Acquired from David Vince in 1992. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20056 RC390 Fluorite, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Cluster of pink octahedral crystals, pale blue fluorescence. Ex Roger Colling Collection.
20074 Calcite, Quartz, Leisner Shaft, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Originally purchased from Marino Cristofli, a former miner from Dimbulah on 13th June 1996. Ex Martin Jensen Collection number MJ3254. 34x22x20mm. Pink-red fluorescence.
30129 Calcite, Stilbite, Giblin Street Quarry, Lenah Valley, Hobart City, Tasmania
Pale orange calcite crystals partially coated by tiny colourless stilbite crystals. Specimen size 85x75x40mm. White fluorescence under longwave UV (Convoy) with a green afterglow. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Ex Roseann Scotti Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20073 Azurite, Malachite, Calcite, Triako open cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin district, New South Wales
Not all mineral specimens are perfect. This one has suffered a little, perhaps when mined or perhaps when collected. One of the azurite crystals (the one on the right) has a couple of breaks. One of these shows the perfect cleavage property of azurite (in one direction anyway). The second...
3606 Fluorite, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, Saint Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
A lot of collectors like fluorite. Whether it be for the isometric (cubic) symmetry (for those that might be a little obsessive-compulsive 😁), the range of colours and zoning, the fluorescence, or for other reasons. This specimen has good colour and zoning with darker edges, but no fluorescence. I have...
2834 Bavenite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on ferroan magnesite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. VHD12. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4979 Vanadinite, Descloizite, A. O. Prospect, Mount General, Hinkley, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Purplish-grey vanadinite with yellow descloizite. A.O. stands for Al Ordway who found nice micro vanadinite and descloizite. Acquired from Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL3631 Bavenite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from John Haupt. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4267 Azurite, Barite, Wheal Friendship Mine, Blinman, South Australia
Blocky colourless barite crystals with sharp blue azurite. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL1378 Barite, Kapunda Mine, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4905 Barite, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Complex yellow crystals of barite on goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8036 M269 Barite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1546 Barite, Copper, Goethite, Black Rock Lode, Mount Isa, Queensland
Golden barite crystals with goethite balls on the surface and native copper inclusions. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1532 Barite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
A cluster of pale yellow barite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4720 Azurite, Barite, Malbunka Copper Mine (Namatjira’s Copper Prospect; Areyonga Copper Deposit), Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory
Identified from the 2017 mining operation, acquired directly from the miner, Dehne McLaughlin. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7468 JL1151 Anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1992 at the Horsham Gemkhana from Barry Porter for $4.
7467 JL1166 Hydromagnesite, Lee Valley, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990 from Stan Rowe.
7466 JL0376 Linarite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 at the Waverley Show from Down Under Minerals.
7465 JL1479 Calcite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
The “Lighthouse”, sceptered calcite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7464 JL0818 Boleite, Daydream Mine, Apollyon Valley, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7463 JL1164 Gedrite, Lucky Draw Gold Mine, Barraga, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993. Ex Museum Victoria.
7462 JL1651 Pucherite, Morass Creek, Benambra, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7461 JL1200 Vashegyite, Mount Avis, Edi-Cheshunt, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993. Ex Museum Victoria.
7460 JL1169 Curite, Jabiru Mine, Alligator River, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Michael Hirst.
7459 JL1159 Zircon, Aragonite, Daylesford, Victoria
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1991 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7458 JL1617 Brochantite, Mount Oxide Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 at the Hobart Joint Mineralogical Societies Seminar from Brian Beyer for $5.
7457 JL1548 Goethite, Hematite, Calcite, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 at the Horsham Gemkhana from Barry Porter for $2.
7455 JL0075 Chabazite, Calcite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1982 from Frank Robinson.
7454 JL1225 Anilite, Burra, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1980.
7453 JL0920 Dolomite, Flinders, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991 from Frank Robinson.
7452 JL1416 Albite, Titanite, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 at the Ballarat Gemboree from Don McColl for 50c.
7451 JL0945 Gold, Wapiti Mine, Farncomb Co., California, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7450 JL1107 Zircon, Lake Bullenmerri, Victoria
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1982 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7449 JL0462 Cuprite, Goethite, Tectonic Bore, Western Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from a tailgater at the Canberra Gemboree for $2.
7448 JL3945 Vivianite, Demon’s Bluff, Anglesea, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Dick Haslam.
7447 JL3743 Hyalite Opal, Conichalcite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 2000 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.
7446 JL2680 Strengite, Natrojarosite, Dufrenite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1997 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.
7445 JL0846 Chabazite, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Boral Quarry, Bundoora, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990. Ex Museum Victoria.
7444 JL2090 Schulenbergite, Brochantite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7442 JL1746 Tridymite, Spring Hill, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
1034 Erionite-K, Heulandite, Malpais Hill, Dudleyville, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Colourless blocky coffin-shaped heulandite crystals with colourless prisms of erionite-K. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1615 Bastnäsite-(Ce), Mimetite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny platy orange crystals of bastnäsite-(Ce) with yellow hexagonal mimetite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1045 Gold, Cracow, Queensland
Rough hackly bits of gold in matrix. Acquired from Ian Graham in 1993. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3658 Bariopharmacosiderite, Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Greenish yellow cubes of bariopharmacosiderite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2484 Barbosalite, Wolfeite, Wilsons Pegmatite, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Black to dark green barbosalite with brown wolfeite. Width of specimen 14mm.
7432 JL1659 Bannisterite, Rhodonite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Black bannisterite showing typical platy crystals, with small rhodonite crystals. Specimen measures 13mm high. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
9112 JP2783 Bayldonite, Gartrellite, Chenevixite?, Adamite?, New Cobar Mine, Cobar, New South Wales
Labelled Peak Mine (Peak Gold Mines is the operator). Green crystals of bayldonite with smaller light bluish-green crystals of adamite(?) and olive-green chenevixite(?). Elsewhere on the specimen are tiny yellow crystals of gartrellite. Width of view 1.75mm and a stack of 35 images (first image), and width of view 3.5mm...
0346 Bayldonite, Olivenite, Hidalgoite, Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Dark green crystals of bayldonite with lighter green olivenite, and yellow hidalgoite crusts on colourless mimetite. You can see the tips of the mimetite peeking through on a few crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7414 JL3961 Chalcopyrite, Bayldonite, Quartz, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2003 from John Haupt. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2578 Fluorite, Bavenite, Ferroan Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Tiny thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on oxidised Fe bearing magnesite. Width of view 1.75mm, stack of 40 images (first photo) and width of view 3.5mm and stack of 70 images (second photo). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
2171 Barite, Opalton, Queensland
One large crystal with a cluster of smaller ones from a locality best known for its opal. Width of view 22mm.
ncat VHD4, Copper, Barite, Mount Isa, Queensland
Dendritic copper in yellow barite. Width of specimen 20mm. Ex George Stacey.
1452 Volborthite, Monument Valley, Navajo Co, Arizona, USA
Obtained in a trade with Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
0491 Azurite, Malachite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
This specimen shows a couple of interesting properties of cerussite. The first is the unfortunate way that crystals can easily break (right hand end of main white cerussite crystal). The second is its habit of often producing partial or full cyclic twins (right hand side of specimen). Associated with lustrous...
0756 Azurite, Calcite, Malachite after Azurite, Cobar, New South Wales
Azurite with malachite partially pseudomorphing one crystal. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1591 Azurite, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Stunning blue azurite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4535 Axinite-(Fe), Lake Cooper Quarry, Corop, Victoria
Pale pink axinite-(Fe). Width of view 9mm. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M78 Azurite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Cute little thumbnail azurite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Specimen is 12mm across. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3, Volborthite on Chrysocolla after Atacamite, all on Quartz, Breaden Hill, Marree, South Australia
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images.
ncat JP0250 Pyrite. Chabazite-Ca, Lyttelton Harbour Board Quarry, Lyttelton, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand
Elongated pyrite crystals, one as a “flag”, with a pyrite cube at the tip, on colourless to white chabazite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5742 Parasibirskite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for parasibirskite. C. Loranth photo.
5741 Taneyamalite, Taneyama mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality C. Loranth photo.
5740 Shimazakiite, Hemnilite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for both species. C. Loranth photo.
ncat JP857 Trolleite, Augelite, Mount Perry, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Pale blue trolleite inclusions in a colourless grain of augelite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1637 Hendricksite, Franklinite, Trotter Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
A black franklinite crystal is either a seed for, or an inclusion in, a brown hendricksite crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5739 Tvalchrelidzeite, Cinnabar, Gomi As-Sb-Hg deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia
Type Locality for tvalchrelidzeite, a rare sulphosalt with a specific composition of Hg3SbAsS3. A little red cinnabar too. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1638 Franklinite, Rhodonite, Calcite, Trotter Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite, pink rhodonite and red fluorescent colourless calcite. Width of view 10mm. UV photo using a Convoy S2+. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
0819 Gahnite, Chrysocolla, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A fairly sharp dark green gahnite crystal on chrysocolla. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1641 Azurite, Franklinite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite crystals with secondary copper minerals in between. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Type Locality for franklinite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0706 Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite-Ca, Phillipsite, Natrolite, Cradle Mountain Link Road, Middlesex Plains, Tasmania
Bladed balls of thomsonite crystals with natrolite needles sticking out, well-formed phillipsite and phacolitic chabazite (the latter two not in photo). Collected by me. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2569 Chayesite, Basalt quarry, Pauliberg, Kobersdorf, Oberpullendorf District, Burgenland, Austria
You can’t always have a perfect mineral specimen. So sometimes you make do until you can upgrade. This is one of those less than perfect ones. However, you can still see the hexagonal habit of this chayesite crystal. Unfortunately a bit of the the top of the crystal has been...
0227 Libethenite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, South Australia
Bladed crystals of azurite with green crystals of libethenite on pale blue chrysocolla. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0534 Azurite, Teutonic Bore, near Leonora, Western Australia
Lustrous blue azurite crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2164 Azurite, No.27 Bench, Girilambone Copper Mine, Girilambone, New South Wales
Superb sharp lustrous azurite crystals with minor malachite. Look closely, and you can see a phantom in the azurite crystal photographed. From the No. 27 Bench. This is the only azurite phantom that I have ever seen! Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below...
1489 Azurite, No.23 Bench, Girilambone Copper Mine, Girilambone, New South Wales
Thin platy azurite crystals. From the No. 23 Bench. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0502 Azurite, Malachite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
A sharp azurite crystal casting a blue hue on the malachite beneath. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0489 Malachite, Azurite, Anglesite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Lustrous azurite crystals reflecting nearby malachite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.