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Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0824 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Cornwall England United Kingdom

ncat JP0696 Turquoise, Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK

  • October 8, 2019
Cornwall England United Kingdom

ncat JP0634 Chalcosiderite, Wheal Phoenix (Cornwall Great United Mines), Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK

  • October 8, 2019
Asia India

ncat JP0630 Babingtonite, Nashik quarry (Nasik quarry), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India

Labelled Poona. Most likely Nasik

  • October 8, 2019
Co. Antrim Northern Ireland United Kingdom

ncat JP0561 Cowlesite, Dunseverick, Giant’s Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

  • October 8, 2019
Cornwall England United Kingdom

ncat JP0553 Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite, Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK

  • October 8, 2019
Asia India

ncat JP0542 Cavansite, Stilbite, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0446 Cummingtonite, Almandine, Franz Josef-Fox glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Westland District, West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0418 Cristobalite, Mayor Island (Tuhua), Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0414 Linarite, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, Matamata-Piako District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0361 Hydromagnesite, Lee Valley Quarry, Brightwater, Tasman Region, South Island, New Zealand

Blue fluorescence

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0277 Fayalite, Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0271 Tridymite, Hematite, Phlogopite, Titanite, Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0261 Calcite, Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin City, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0258 Natrolite, Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin City, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0254 Mordenite, 4th Branch, Tairua River, Hikuai, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0252 Phillipsite, Natrolite, Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin City, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand

Natrolite fluorescent

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0251 Siderite, Chabazite, Maunganui Bluff, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0248 Hematite, Tridymite, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

Unknown fluorescence

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0247 Fayalite, Tridymite, Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0246 Phlogopite, Lake Taupo, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0245 Mullite, Rangatira Point (Ponui Point), Lake Taupo, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0243 Osumilite-(Mg), Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0242 Chabazite-Na, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand

No 2 Quarry

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0127 Mordenite, Coromandel peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand

Ex Alun Baines

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

ncat JP0125 Hematite, Public works quarry (Ohakune scoria pit), Ohakune, Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, North Island, New Zealand

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia Australia Tasmania

30047 Pyrrhotite, Andradite-Uvarovite, Calcite, Diopside, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Brassy crystal of pyrrhotite, with tiny bright green andradite-uvarovite series garnet crystals, pale diopside, and flattened calcite.

  • October 8, 2019
Australasia New Zealand

30045 Gold, Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand

Flattened alluvial gold. John Betts.

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden 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

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden

5659 Tegengrenite, Pyrochroite, Manganosite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden

Tiny orange, dark massive, green. Calcite fluorescent, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden

5658 Katoptrite, Sonolite, Manganosite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden

Black, brown, green. Calcite fluorescent, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Denmark Europe

5657 Nafertisite, Calcioancylite-(Ce), Nanna pegmatite, Narsaarsuup Qaava, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden Type Locality

5656 Botryogen, Halotrichite, Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Type Locality, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden

5655 Lead, Calcite, Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Denmark Europe

5654 Monazite, Naujakasite, Villiaumite, Aegirine, Sodalite, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Sodalite orange fluorscence, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden

5651 Beraunite, Leveaniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Argentina South America

5576 Florencite-(Ce), Microcline, Papachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

Orange-red crystals on cream feldspar crystal, Peter Hall

  • October 5, 2019
Denmark Europe

5528 Chabazite, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Labeled as faeroerne, Iceland. Ex John Lewis collection

  • October 5, 2019
Brazil South America

5499 Manganotantalite, Caieras pegmatite (Caieira Mine), Jardim do Serido, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Sweden

4821 Gold, Bjorkdal Mine, Sandfors, Skelleftea, Vasterbotten, Sweden

Richard Bell

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Spain

4809 Wulfenite, Collserola mountain range, Barcelona city, Barcelones, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Spain

4793 Vesuvianite, Hortsavinya, Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Spain

4786 Jarosite, Elvira Mine, Rocabruna Mines, Bruguers, Gava, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Spain

4778 Calcioferrite, Bruguers, Gava, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Spain

4758 Conichalcite, Lavendulan, Mazarron, Murcia, Spain

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Spain

4756 Millerite, Bellmunt del Priorat, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Brazil South America

4679 Aquamarine, Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Mint-green etched “bullet” crystal, Hobart Show 2017

  • October 5, 2019
Europe France

4736 Tunisite, Calcite, Condorcet, Drome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

Ex Ralph Merrill Collection (#3884). Ex David Garske. Ex Mineral Zone.

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4750 Torbernite, Assuncao Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Satao, Viseu District, Portugal

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4748 Cacoxenite, Strengite, Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho quarry), Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4752 Cinnabar, Rosswald Mine, Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4751 Langite, Eckardt smelter slag locality, Leimbach, Mansfeld, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4749 Faujasite, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4697 Scorodite, Carminite, Alto das Quelhas do Gestoso Mine, Gestoso, Manhouce, Sao Pedro do Sul, Viseu District, Portugal

ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4696 Phosphosiderite, Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho quarry), Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal

ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles, swapped in 2005, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4682 Sapphire, Dachsbusch, Glees, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Labelled as Dachsbusch, Huttenberg. Mindat lists sapphire in the latter, not the former., Excalibur Minerals

  • October 5, 2019
Austria Europe

4667 Clinochlore, Titanite, Albite, Calcite?, Bockstein, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Labelled as “pennin” = clinochlore, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4785 Anglesite, Caspari smelter slag locality, Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4776 Chalcopyrite, Lead smelter (Kupferkammer smelter) slag locality, Hettstedt, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4773 Parsonite, Pinhal do Souto Mine, Tragos, Chas de Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4769 Pseudomalachite, Silberbrunnle Mine, Haigerach valley, Gengenbach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4768 Calcite, Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4767 Pyromorphite, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4766 Willemite, Preguica Mine, Sobral da Adica, Moura, Beja District, Portugal

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Portugal

4765 Benyacarite, Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho quarry), Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

4763 Microcline, Landsverk 1 Feldspar Quarry (Jokeli), Landsverk, Evje og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway

Amazonite, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4762 Schulenbergite, Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Austria Europe

4761 Rutile, Titanite, Schleier fall tunnel, Nassfeld valley, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4757 Gismondine-Ca, Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Austria Europe

4755 Brookite, Albite, Quartz, Diabase quarry, Biberg (Bieberg), Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany Type Locality

4753 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Type Locality, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway Type Locality

5650 Anthophyllite, Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

Type Locality. Collected by Torfinn Kjaernet., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5649 Armenite, Epidote, Bratteskjerpet Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg silver mining district, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5648 Anatase, Quartz, Adularia, Valldalen (Valldalsvatnet), Roldal, Odda, Hordaland, Norway

Collected by Bjorn Skar, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5647 Vyuntspakhkite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Bastnasite-(Ce), Stetind pegmatite, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5646 Kuliokite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Bastnasite-(Ce), Stetind pegmatite, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5645 Thalenite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Bastnasite-(Ce), Stetind pegmatite, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway Type Locality

5644 Hundholmenite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

Type Locality. Specimen from the same rock as the Type Specimen., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5643 Fluor-liddicoatite, Elbaite, Sandnessjoen Pegmatite, Sandnessjoen, Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway

Zoned crystals, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5642 Axinite-(Mn), Stig, Arvoll, Oslomarka, Oslo, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5641 Chiavennite, Tuften (Tuften 1 Quarry; Tuften 2 Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5640 Natrolite, Hilairite, Midtfjellet Quarry (Mellomfyllet Quarry), Malerod, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5639 Natrolite, Epididymite, Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5638 Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5637 Diaspore, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5635 Zirsilite-(Ce), Sagasen Quarry (Saga 3 Quarry), Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5634 Epidote, Microcline, Hotvedt Quarry, Fokserod, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5633 Thomsonite-Ca, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5632 Bohmite, Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Norway

5631 Bohmite, Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Ole-Thorstein Ljostad

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Republic of Macedonia

5581 Fangite, Orpiment, Crven Dol, Allchar (Alsar; Alsar; Alshar), Rozden (Rozhden; Roszdan), Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia

Tiny red crystals, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

5544 Andradite, Heidelbach Valley, Drebach, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

5520 Kaersutite, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Other species present. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4900 Carnotite, Phillipsite, Schellkopf, Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Richard Bell

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4869 Safflorite after Silver and Proustite, Shaft 207, Niederschlema, Schlema, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Safflorite pseudomorph after Silver and Proustite, Richard Bell

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4862 Hematite, Fluorite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Richard Bell

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4845 Rhabdophane-(Ce), Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Richard Bell

  • October 5, 2019
Austria Europe

4841 Claraite, Sommerau District, Brixlegg – Rattenberg, Brixlegg – Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Richard Bell

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4813 Gypsum, Serpierite, Eckardt smelter slag locality, Leimbach, Mansfeld, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
Europe Germany

4812 Albite, Julgoldite-(Fe2+), Andesite quarry, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Wolfstein, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Helmut Braith

  • October 5, 2019
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Albite (82) Amethyst (59) Analcime (124) Anatase (102) Anglesite (73) Aragonite (72) Azurite (168) Barite (198) Brochantite (67) Calcite (578) Cassiterite (96) Cerussite (183) Chabazite (193) Chalcopyrite (83) Chrysocolla (69) Copper (96) Crocoite (100) Cuprite (99) Dolomite (111) Fluorapatite (75) Fluorite (274) Galena (80) Goethite (123) Gold (245) Gypsum (81) Hematite (148) Hemimorphite (68) Libethenite (95) Magnetite (62) Malachite (233) Mimetite (169) Natrolite (132) Phillipsite (141) Pyrite (250) Pyromorphite (208) Quartz (682) Siderite (130) Silver (66) Smithsonite (101) Smoky Quartz (74) Sphalerite (120) Thomsonite (78) Topaz (58) Unidentified Species (74) Wulfenite (158)

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