Quartz
0900 Elbaite, Quartz, Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Colourless capped green elbaite on side of quartz crystal 44x26x25mm.
0607 Azurite, Quartz, Malachite, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond 3156, received as a gift from Frank Robinson in 1986. Drusy quartz coats azurite crystals. One or two are pseudomorphs of malachite after azurite.
0482 Quartz, Barite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
A quartz pseudomorph after barite. Purchased at the 2013 Ballarat Gem Show.
0176 Boulangerite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania
Identification confirmed by Jim Sharpe (XRD)
0138 Goethite, Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
Golden brown spray of goethite on quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 56 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0013 Paratellurite, Tellurite, Quartz, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Masses of creamy plates of paratellurite with yellow tellurite
3397 Quartz, Ilparpa, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Collected when I was working in Alice Springs.
3964 Faden Quartz, Philosophers Ridge, Mt Lyell, Tasmania
A very unusual occurrence of faden quartz, not normally found in Tasmania. “Faden” refers to the German for thread and relates to the white thread running through the two crystals, top left to bottom right.
3844 Smoky Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
3844 Smoky Quartz Rabbit, Anderson’s Gully (Anderson’s Creek), Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria
3746 Quartz, Epidote, Gemstone Beach, Orepuki, Southland District, Southland Region, South Island, New Zealand
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5557 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
A mixture of Mn-rich calcite-Ca-rich rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, sitting on drusy quartz crystals. According to Ralph Bottrill, analyses showed Mn40Ca60 and Mn75Ca25 from XRD. This specimen is quite pale compared to others found on a field trip in 2005 so likely more towards calcite. The crystals also are zoned with a more...
1764 Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Eagle Picher Mine, Oklahoma, USA
A pyrite crystal is perched on orange-red sphalerite, on a bed of colourless quartz crystals, from the Eagle Picher Mine, Cardin, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA.
1496 Monazite-(Ce), Cow Flat, Torrington, New South Wales
Monazite-(Ce) crystals make up most of the matrix of this specimen from Cow Flat (Bower Bird), Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales. A couple of smoky quartz crystals are embedded. Ex Australian Museum, Sydney.
0161 Smoky Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
One of the most iconic smoky quartz localities in Australia, Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria. This locality, which is a designated fossicking area, has produced many stunning smoky quartz specimens since the 1960s. They occur often on a bed of small clear quartz in miarolitic cavities in rhyolite. This one...
10028 Barite, Fluorite, Quartz, Wulfenite, Unknown black needles, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless and purple fluorite cubes and colourless quartz crystals on white barite. Minor yellow wulfenite. Unknown black needles.