0317 Bastnasite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Several partial crystals of platy hexagonal transparent brown bastnasite with no matrix attached. 11x10x5mm.
0316 Phillipsite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Phillipsite-K? Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0304 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0302 Barite, Calcite, Sphalerite, EZ Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Sharp pale yellow barite crystal on calcite with sphalerite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0288 Harmotome, Pahau River, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0279 Vivianite, Browns Lime Quarry, Browns, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Typical blue patches in matrix. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0274 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
As green octahedral crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0261 Variscite (ferroan), Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Iron gives the variscite the red colour.
0255 Hematite, Phlogopite, Ponui Point, Taupo, Tongariro, North Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0252 Xonotlite, Mossburn, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Mossburn serpentine quarry. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0247 Kotschubeite, Chromian Clinochlore, Ruahine, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0245 Clinoptilolite, Rangitata River, Cantebury, South Island, New Zealand
Orange crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0236 Scheelite, Glenorchy, Clutha-Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Massive scheelite in quartz. Typical bright bluish-white fluorescence under shortwave UV. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0235 Barite, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny calcite crystals are scattered over pale blue barite blades that measure up to 18mm across. The barite also has yellowish zones.
0213 Millerite, Calcite, Grays Quarry, Hamilton, Hancock Co., Illinois
Millerite inclusions in calcite. Ex G. Tribbey, ex Delbert L. Oswald Coll.
0207 Tennantite, Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
multiple single crystals on matrix,a micromount x10. Ex W. W. Jefferis Coll. No. 7386, ex Carnegie Museum No. 1217, ex Delbert L. Oswald Coll.
