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.
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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.
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.
20120 Gold, Savage River Mines, Corinna-Savage River district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Small speck of gold in iron ore. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.