0565 Inesite, Fluorapophyllite-(K), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Inesite sprays that are pale pink with tan terminations, capped with colourless fluorapophyllite-(K). Specimen is 21mm wide.
0549 Ecdemite, Passa Limani Cove slag locality (Pacha Limani Cove slag locality), Passa Limani area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attik¡ (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Ex Joan Lamond 3719, received in a swap with Andre Heyninck (Belgium). Tiny yellow plates in slag. Also present are sprays of white acicular crystals labelled (erroneously I think) as calcite.
0540 Saleeite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3836, received as a gift from Joan Sidaway (Bendigo).
0539 Nafertisite, Nanna pegmatite, Narsaarsuup Qaava, Narssarssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
Ex Joan Lamond 3678, acquired from Museum Victoria. Brown, asbestos-like nafertisite, with aegirine(?).
0538 Gold, Macraes Mine (Round Hill Mine), Macraes Flat, Palmerston, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Ex Joan Lamond 3636, acquired as a swap with Jocelyn Thornton. Patch of gold in quartz with minor sulphide mineralisation, possibly arsenopyrite.
0537 Veszelyite, Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine Tailings; Black Pine Dump), Flint Creek Valley, John Long Mts, Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District), Granite Co., Montana, USA
Ex Joan Lamond 3195, but number does not match her Micro Collection Catalogue. Probably from her other mineral collection. Typical blue coloured crystals off matrix.
0536 Molybdenite, Mount Stronach, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Ex Joan Lamond 3934, received as a gift from Frank Robinson in 2002.
0535 Chenevixite, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, Chile
Listed as simply from Chile, but likely the famous Chuquicamata Mine. Rich with yellowish green chrystline material. Also has a few specks of dark green crystals.
0526 Silver, New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Listed as Newny Mine but likely New NV (New Nevada). Numerous Native Silver crystals in a ‘v’ form with an irridescent lustre.
0519 Guettardite, Brobdignag Mine, Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Labelled as from Ouray, but probably Brobdignag Mine. Black lusterous material in vugs in broken surface of the specimen.
0518 Heyrovskite, Belvedere hotel, Furka, Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis, Switzerland
Metallic appearing off white, seems to be encased with yellowish white material. Look near center of specimen.
0513 Goethite, Mineral Hill Mine, Talingaboolba, Condobolin, New South Wales
Goethite pseudomorphs after smithsonite(?)
0505 Olivenite, Conichalcite?, Cornwallite?, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
This 2.5 cm. x 1.3 cm. mount doesn’t require magnification to appreciate, and it could be displayed as a thumbnail. And then there’s the provenance, which features among other interesting aspects, the ID hand written by the great Neal Yedlin ID (no question about the handwriting) on one of his...
0482 Quartz, Barite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
A quartz pseudomorph after barite. Purchased at the 2013 Ballarat Gem Show.
0464 Sanidine, White Springs, Oregon, USA
Mounted on cork by the the late famous all-time master of micromounting, Neal Yedlin in a vintage cardboard box bearing his personal label on which he hand wrote the ID. Jack Slagle photos.
