8007 Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8006 Elpidite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8004 Anatase, Dolomite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8003 Bastnasite-(Ce), Fluorite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8002 Donnayite-(Y), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
7158 Leifite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Cynthia Peat
7163 Analcime, Calcite, Road Cut SW, Avhellero (Avdhellero), Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Specimen acquired from Dutch collector, hence Oost Troodos.
30041 Quartz, Calcite, Permafrost Pocket 2015, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
A few white calcite crystals on drusy quartz.
30038 Coquimbite, Copiapite, Alunogen, Javier Mine, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
Superb lilac hexagonal crystals of coquimbite to 9mm long. Micro yellow copiapite and colourless alunogen. From a find in 2009.
30036 Quartz, Chlorite, Albite, Anatase, Rutile, Ganesh Himal (Mt Ganesh), Dhading District, Nepal
Chlorite and anatase inclusions in thin needle-like quartz. Minor white albite on quartz. Tiny brown rutile(?) on one quartz crystal.
30034 Quartz, Stilbite-Ca, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Hemispheres of quartz (described as chalcedony, but not) with grey stilbite.
30033 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Stilbite-Ca, Quartz, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
A stunning colourless fluorapophyllite with a pink stilbite crystal all sitting on drusy quartz. The apophyllite measures 45mm across. Not my photo.
30031 Fluorite, Barite, Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Purple zoning around the edges of the fluorite cubes, cream-coloured barite. Ex John Chivers.
30030 Erythrite, Bou Azer, Morocco
Dark pink/purple crystals protected in a cavity. Ex Darren Lucas.
30025 Azurite, Malachite, Duchess Mine, Duchess, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
ex Patrick C. Murphy, ex Darren Lucas
30023 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30022 Quartz, Elbaite, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Weird ribcage growth of quartz.
30021 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30020 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Terminated schorl crystals in granite matrix
30017 Kamacite, Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater and vicinity, Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
7.7g piece of the Canyon Diablo meteorite collected from the north side of Meteor Crater, in 1928.
30006 Kinoite, Apophyllite, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Material containing variable amounts of the unnamed” copper-calcium-aluminium silicate sent to Mrs Judy Montoya
30005 Smoky Quartz, Spessartine, Searchlight, Nevada
Spessartine Garnet included in Smoky Quartz from Searchlight Nevada. Quartz crystal with included red gem garnets. You can see about 4 garnets in here. The largest one fills up one subcrystal. Sharp and perfect, except for said sub-crystal with the big garnet. Could have been another garnet growing in the...
30004 Smoky Quartz, Dinkey Lakes, Fresno Co., California
Morion Smoky Quartz pitch black from Dinkey Lakes pegmatites, Dinkey Creek, Fresno Co., California. Jet black, from the Fred DeVito collection, owned by Justin since 2004. A really outstanding crystal from a now closed location.
30002 Ruby, Cascade Canyon, San Bernadino Co., California
Corundum Var. Ruby with Mica Var. Fucshite from Cascade Canyon, San Antonio Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, San Bernardino Co., California. This location for red corundum crystals was to be closed off in 2016, illegal to collect. This is a prime example of the material from this location, nice form, color,...
30001 Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, formerly from the Arthur. L. Flagg (1883-1961) collection, catalogued as asbolite” with inventory number 3990 (black painted number & glued fabric strip). The two other numbers of unknown origin (2 on glued sticker & red painted number 7366) predate Flagg’s...
20019 Quartz, Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Multiple Japan-Law twins. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/3973
20016 Xenotime-(Y), Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
A blocky rusty brown, crude crystal. Old stock.
20015 Anorthoclase, Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
An alkali feldspar intermediate between low sanidine and high albite. A strange, elongated crystal of anorthoclase without matrix, showing modest twinning, here from a well-documented and sought-after locality for this feldspar-group mineral. From an old stash collected circa 1960. Mt. Erebus Volcano (3794m) is home to the world?s only persistently...
20014 Vivianite, Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria
Bluish bladed crystal group. Ex Roger Colling Collection #260.
20013 Hematite, Quartz, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Beta style quartz crystals with a smoky tint, with hematite as inclusions, and larger hematite blades alongside. Ex Roger Colling Collection #58.
20012 Barite, Old Quarry Road, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #288.
20011 Copper, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Thin lacy native copper. Ex Roger Colling Collection #217.
20010 Quartz, Wadnaminga, Olary Province, South Australia
Cluster of gemmy colourless quartz crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #375. Probably collected down hill east of the Victoria Tower mine in the 1980s (Murray Thompson personal communication).
20009 Elbaite, Cryo-Genie Mine (Cindy B-Cryogenie claim; Lost Valley Truck Trail prospect), Warner Springs, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A spherical cluster of multi-coloured (pink core, pale green outer with darker green tips) terminated elbaite crystals. Ex Carolyn Seitz collection. 30x30x25mm.
20008 Gold, Moonlight Mine, Berringa, Victoria
Coarse hackly gold on contact edge of quartz reef
20007 Hausmannite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lustrous octahedral crystals.
20006 Azurite, Moldova Nou? (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nou?-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Cara?-Severin Co., Romania
Labelled simply as Moldowa, Bannat. Very similar to Mindat photo 459649. Ex Dr A. Kranz in Bonn, number 35470. Ex Michigan Mining School Collection, number 35470 crossed out, new number 6033. Ex Michigan College of Mines Collection, number 6033. Ex A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum Collection, number DM14252. Ex Eugene Carmichael...
20005 Hematite, Ascension Island, Saint Helena (an island in the Southern Atlantic ocean, administered by the United Kingdom)
Group of hematite crystals. 33x28x21mm. Ex Eugene Carmichael (3002). Ex George English (North Carolina label). Number on label matches specimen.
20002 Beryl, Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
An aquamarine-tipped heliodor from a small recent find of unusual bi-coloured beryls and this piece comes from the lot that had some of the best colouration seen. The piece weighs approximately 0.9 grams and measures 24x10x4mm.
20001 Elbaite, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan; Malechansk), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
A single rubellite crystal, typical pink, 25x5x5mm.
10079 Malachite, L’Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
So-called velvet malachite”. Purchased at Keystone
10078 Azurite, Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark blue crystals coat one face. Some contacts(?).
10077 Chalcopyrite, Siderite, Ganzhizhou Mine, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Superb twinned chalcopyrite crystals, similar to one found at Mt Lyell in Tasmania. Mindat suggests chalcopyrite is doubtful from this locality.
10072 Copper, 5150 Bench, East Pit, Townsite Island, Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Superb native copper in the shape of a sea dragon!
10071 Hemimorphite, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
Blue hemimorphite spheres. Ex Pascal Quenaon Collection.
10070 Calcite, Wulfenite, Hemimorphite, 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona
A few tiny wulfenite crystals amongst white bladed calcite crystals on blue hemimorphite. Won at the Tucson dinner silent auction, 2015.
10067 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Hedenbergite, Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania
Blocky transparent apophyllite crystals with pale green hedenbergite.
10066 Calcite, Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Colourless calcite crystals. Won at Tucson Show Dinner Auction (first Tucson trip). Priced at $220.
10064 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Platy zoned thin hexagonal rhodocrosite crystals with a dusting of pyrite, plus pyrite on the matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection #962. Includes label from when the specimen was on display at the Munich Mineral Show in 2008. Purchased at Ausrox and Crystal Classics Milton Lavers Collection sale day.
10061 Rhodochrosite, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Cavities containing lustrous pink crystal groups.
10056 Wurtzite, Quartz, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Perfectly-formed wurtzite crystals, doubly-terminated quartz, plus other sulphides? Purchased at Keystone, priced at $500.
10055 Quartz, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Lovely cluster of colourless quartz crystals. Previous label – Dave Bunk Minerals with a $40 price tag – 5/05 Costa Mesa. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $50.
10051 Quartz, Jebel Imalo, Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Lovely cluster of colourless quartz crystals in parallel growth. Labelled as Jebel Imalo, Imilchil, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
10049 Barite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange-yellow platey crystals. From the NBHC Mine.
10046 Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
The Rocket. Group of beta-quartz like crystals that looks like a rocket ready for lift-off.
10045 Quartz, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Cluster of doubly-terminated quartz crystals with unknown black minerals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $12.
10040 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Single greenish yellow crystal 12.5mm long on matrix. Ex University of Arizona Mineral Museum #19204. Donated by Helga K Herfirth (sp?), 25/1/2000, number 395.
10038 Portlandite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Dark grey massive portlandite with muscovite mica. Found in the northeast corner of the quarry. Ex Museum Victoria, ex Robin Sharp
10037 Pyroaurite, Setters Quarry, Baltasound-Haroldswick area, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Dark copper coloured micro scales of the rare carbonate mineral, pyroaurite on serpentine. Specimen 70x35x25mm.
10036 Graphite, Wad Mine (Plumbago Mine; Graphite Mine), Seathwaite, Borrowdale, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Mass of graphite with a thin core of quartz. Specimen 55x40x22mm.
10035 Quartz, Whroo State Forest, Rushwoth, Victoria
Matrix of quartz with individual colourless crystals to 13mm (largest doubly terminated). Specimen 53x40x20mm.
10034 Quartz, Chlorite, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Attractive cluster of chlorite-included quartz. 73x47x47mm.
10032 Curetonite, Redhouse Barite Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Minute, pale green masses and aggregates of this rare, one-locality species very sparsely scattered on matrix. From the original find by Forrest Cureton. A label signed by Forrest included. The last of the stock! Locality on label near Golconda, Humboldt Co. Nevada.
10031 Azurite, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Superb cluster of crystals on matrix. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 497), ex Lawrence Conklin (priced at US$900).
10030 Cinnabar, Dolomite, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Three sharp red cinnabar crystals on white dolomite. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 437), ex The Aesthetics Underground, Alberta, Canada.
10029 Fluorite, Doublestrike Claim (Rocky Trail), Bound Ranch District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Translucent blue-green fluorite crystals on matrix. The fluorite crystals are cubic form with dodecahedral (110) edge faces that are opaque white.
10026 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite, Cerussite, Quartz, Mt Fitch, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
From Greg Dainty: This piece was collected, and labeled, by Norman Robinson, from an old exploration trench. Its hard to figure out exactly whats going on here, there is what appears to be chrysocolla replacing malachite, some malachite, some non replacement chrysocolla, as for the yellowish white mineral on the...
10025 Pyromorphite, Kaolinite, Orlando Mine (Orlando West), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory
White porcelaneous kaolinite on green prismatic pyromorphite. Closeup photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 46 images. From Greg Dainty: Specimen collected by Norman Robinson in the early 1980s, and as far as I know are the only pyromorphite ever found at this locality. The contrasting white and grey minerals...
10023 Ettringite, Calcite, Andradite, Hematite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Nice zoned yellow-white ettringite, superb colourless calcite, reddish andradite and minor hematite.
10022 Calcite, Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Group of water-clear calcite crystals 50mm tall. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 4218), ex Lazard Cahn (1067), noted on Cahn label as having been collected by Arthur Russell.
10019 Gypsum, Cave of Swords, Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
A water-clear fishtail gypsum crystal, 100mm long.
10018 Azurite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Single thick lustrous blue crystal on minor amount of matrix. This lot of azurites was collected from a water-course that intersected the orebody. Many great specimens were found andtaken to the US to sell. When the mine foreman noticed that his miners were all driving new SUVs, he complained he...
10017 Lonecreekite, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
From a rare species collection. Two pieces
10016 Nickelbischofite, Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
From a rare species collection
10015 Quensenlite, Mudgee, New South Wales
From a rare species collection
10014 Valentinite, Galena, Pribram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Bohmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Orange-stained platey crystals of valentinte with other species on matrix. Ex New York State Museum, number 3463-1. Ex Kunz Collection, number 216.1 (written in red on specimen). Back of one label says prepared by Dr T Egleston, School of Mines, N.Y. (this label very fragile and in pieces). Ex Eugene...
10011 Prehnite, Calcite, Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Lustrous and transluscent green botryoidal prehnite with calcite crystals on back side. Ex A Schumacher, labelled as New Street Quarry, number 86. Ex J Obert (on Schumacher label). Ex Alfred Stevenson Collection, labelled as Prospect Park, number 918. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection, number 1053.
10010 Anglesite, Colorado, USA
Drusy micro anglesite crystals on matrix. Ex US National Museum (Smithsonian) Collection, Department of Minerals, catalogue number 14121. Ex Hawes Collection acquired in 1884.
10009 Smithsonite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Light brown translucent crystals on matrix. Ex American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Collection, numbered 49272. Jamie Newman of the museum has advised that the number should read 94272.
10008 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Calcite, Natrolite, Phillipsite, Harkaway quarry, Narre Warren, Victoria
Mostly white apophyllite with a small number of prismatic natrolite crystals, scalenohedral calcite crystals, and drusy phillipsite. 60x50x40mm. Ex Museum of Victoria.
10006 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Prehnite, Stilbite, Thaumasite, Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA
Transparent tabular apophyllite with minor colourless stilbite and orange (stained or coated) acicular thaumasite on green prehnite. 60x60x18mm. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (563) – label also mentions New York State Museum. Ex Hugh Ford (two labels – 995 and 1151). Ex August Dietz (3161) which has Coll. TK (or perhaps...
10004 Beryl, Urucum mine (Tim mine; Corrego do Urucum pegmatite), Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Highly etched morganite crystal with superb lustre creating many reflective facets dispersing the light in all directions. Slightly pinkish under artificial light but colourless, maybe even tinged with blue under daylight.
10003 Mimetite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Specimen measuring 5.8×4.1×3.5cm weighs just under 5 ounces. Ex Martin L. Ehrmann (d. 1972) on Fifth Avenue, who according to the Mineralogical Record Archive became America’s premier dealer in high-quality mineral specimens. While the label simply states Cumberland, England, obviously this piece is from the Dry Gill Mine at Caldbeck...
10002 Diopside, North Burgess, Drummond Township, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada
Single crystal 42x25x15mm. Ex Carl R. Bently collection (#1069), ex Oren Root (1803-1885) collection (#1647).
8199 Covellite, Silver Phantom mine, Kuridala, Cloncurry district, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8198 Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
Curled crystals. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8197 Chalcoalumite, Jarosite, Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8196 Sulphur, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8195 M2334 Anatase, Brookite, Pyramid Hill granite quarry (Mawson’s Quarry), Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria
Collected 26/8/1990. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. This specimen has catalogue numbers from two previous collectors but unfortunately, their identity is unknown. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8194 Spessartine, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection