8047 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8045 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8044 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8041 Unidentified Species, Pyrite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8039 Ktenasite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8038 Kidwellite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8035 Wulfenite, Smithsonite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8034 Cummingtonite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8032 Bastnasite, Mimetite, Coronadite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8028 Boltwoodite, Calcite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8026 Marshite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8025 Phosgenite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8024 Perroudite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8023 Plimerite, Libethenite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8022 Schulenbergite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8021 Parnauite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8019 Gowerite, Nobleite, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8013 Parahopeite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8010 Pearceite, Polybasite, Browne’s shaft, Junction Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
7189 Chalcocite, Calcite, Geevor Mine (North Levant Mine), Pendeen, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria. Simply labelled as Cornwall, England, probably Geevor/Levant, Ian Acworth, Steve Rust, David Ifold pers com.
7185 Caledonite, New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7184 Tsumebite, Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7173 Mullite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7170 Celestine, Calcite, Ratum Quarry, Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7168 Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7160 Sulphur, Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Taupo, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Judy Rowe. Sulphur not on sinter matrix.
7157 JL2824 Hemimorphite, San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7155 Cristobalite, Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection. White crystals. Other species present but not identified (tridymite?, enstatite?, phlogopite?).
7151 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Sortuz, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley
7148 Labradorite (Anorthite), Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria
7140 Willemite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Mike Newnham. Sharp yellow crystals with tiny smithsonite(?) and inclusions of dioptase and a red mineral.
7123 Wine stone, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7115 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7113 Cafarsite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7109 Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate), Gypsum, Herzog Julius smelter slag locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Namuwite erroneously reported according to Mindat (Uwe Kolitsch, 2012). It is actually Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate). ex Joan Lamond Collection
7106 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Thaumasite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7105 Nukundamite, Undu mine (Udu mine), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7102 Tridymite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7098 Proustite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Proustite at Tsumeb not listed in Mindat. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7091 Andradite, Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7089 Magnetite, Fornovo Val di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7086 Sulphur, Tangkubanparahu, Bandung, Jawa Barat Province, Jawa Island, Indonesia
ex Joan Lamond Collection
8192 Valentinite, Sulphur, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8164 Rutile, Chalcopyrite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8163 Susannite, Caledonite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8157 Senarmontite, Tourmaline, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8145 Joseite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8138 Leadhillite, Linarite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8126 Senarmontite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8110 Kermesite, Metastibnite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
30039 Cinnabar, Quartz, Red Hill claim, Mayacmas Mts, Sonoma Co., California, USA
Old Foote specimen with Foote label on the back. Labelled as Sonoma Co.” but based on the crystal habit (divergent sprays of red crystals) and the matrix
20018 Gold, Ferberite, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Small amount of gold with wolframite.
20017 Gold, Stannite, Quartz, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Many patches of gold in crystaline quartz with a few stannite crystals.
10073 Amethyst, Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
Rhodochrosite inclusions in amethyst.
10065 Fluorapatite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Panasqueira Mine – Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Purple hexagonal apatite crystals on a pale smoky quartz with tourmaline inclusions and minor pyrite.
10059 Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Sharp crystals of sphalerite and galena. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $24.
10054 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $40.
10053 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. [private role=”administrator”]Purchased at Keystone, priced at $40.[/private]
10050 Barite, Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England
Large plate of cockscomb barite. Ex Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd. Similar to Mindat photo 260605. A specimen of baryte, bearing an old adhesive paper label reading: Cockscomb Baryties, from Crich , in old white card tray, from the Gregory, Bottley, and Lloyd collection. James Reynolds Gregory (1832-1899) was one of the...
10048 Barite, Mowbray Mine, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
Single large colourless crystal with brown zoned phantom zone. Label suggests it is from about 1900.
10042 Topaz, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
10041 Fluorite, Quartz, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
10033 Protochabourneite, Arsiccioite, Pyrite, Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type Locality for both species. This relatively NEW SPECIES was approved in 2011 but has only recently reached the mineral market (October 2014). Protochabourneite occurs as black micro granular aggregates sparely scattered in quartz/pyrite matrix, a complex triclinic thallium-lead-antimony sulfosalt. Also present, minute deep red micro granules of arsiccioite.
10013 Calcite, Millerite, Hematite, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Flat topped colourless prisms of calcite on matrix. The underside has acicular millerite (rare at this location) and hematite. Ex Aug Kranz hand-written label carbonate of lime. Ex A. Kranz in Bonn, Oct 23. Ex Pequa Minerals. Ex Joe Cilen Collection number 16,251. Joe noted pink fluorescence under short wave...
10012 Quartz, Barite, Hungary
Quartz pseudomorph after barite. Ex Brother Juan Salvador, FMS, a volunteer at the AMNH in the 1880s. His card apparently read One of the great treasures of my collection, 16/7/1884. Ex American Museum of Natural History. Ex British Museum Collection, number 68. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection, number 266. Specimen has...
4662 Azoproite, Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Prebaikalia (Pribaikal’e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Type Locality. Small shiny black crystalline masses and grains of this unusual borate in white brucite marble. Analysed material, obtained in 2001. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3828)
4661 Arctite, Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast’, Northern Region, Russia
Small, glassy colourless inclusions (fluorescent blue in SW UV) in natrolite. A very rare sodium-calcium-barium phosphate, obtained in 2008 (at some cost!). Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4408)
4659 Type Locality. Fedorovskite, Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Small capsule of brown fibrous material of this rare manganese borate mineral. Obtained in 1997. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3345)
4658 Kamchatkite, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green chip in capsule. Alters in air. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3839).
4657 Scarbroite, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Type Locality. Chalky white mass. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (2943), ex Richard Tayler Minerals.
4656 Preobrazhenskite, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. White fragments in a capsule. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection (1686).
4655 Dolomite, Lake Arthur, Chaves Co., New Mexico, USA
Single crystal, no matrix. Ex University of Arizona Mineral Museum. Donor Carl Richardson.
4653 Zircon, Hurricane Mountain localities, North Conway, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Sharp brown crystals. Strong fluorescence under SWUV. Ex A M Munger.
4652 Sidwillite, Lake Como, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Type Locality. Tiny yellow patches on matrix. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
4651 Oxycalciopyrochlore, Magnetite, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Reddish-brown loose crystals. Ex Dennis McMurdie, ex Minerals Unlimited. Originally called koppite.
4650 Kombatite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Type Locality. Tiny piece with yellow kombatite, hausmannite and andradite(?). Ex Dan Weinrich, Ralph Merrill.
4649 Goethite after pyrite, Mill Lane Farms, Valley Store, East Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Single crystal pseudomorph of goethite after pyrite.
4648 Quartz, Petroleum, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Small doubly-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions, many with bubbles (enhydros).
4647 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Pumpellyite, Laumontite, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Single quite large apophyllite crystal with minor white laumontite and greenish pumpellyite.
4646 Langite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Blocky crystals. Possible other species.
4645 Langite, Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Elongated crystals. Other species present.
4643 Bechecerite, Namuite, Hemimorphite, Cerussite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Sky blue platey namuite with tiny bluish-green prismatic bechererite.
4642 Caledonite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Blocky pale blue crystals.
4641 Creaseyite, Chrysocolla, Pyromorphite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Pale green creaseyite crystals.
4640 Caledonite, Susannite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Blue acicular caledonite crystals with pale yellow susannite.