0079 Kuranakhite, Gold, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Tiny brown puffballs of kuranakhite with dark yellow gold and silver tellurium
0072 Gold, Cox Lode, McAuley, Leinster, Western Australia
Sponge gold on a soft mineral (steatite?). Locality is likely Cox’s Find, a historical goldfield some 65km north of Laverton to the east of Leinster. Width of view 5.75mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0059 Markcooperite, Timroseite, Khinite, Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Orange markcooperite, yellow timroseite and green khinite
0039 Poughite, Schmitterite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Greenish-yellow spheres of poughite with tiny yellow tufts of schmitterite
0013 Paratellurite, Tellurite, Quartz, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Masses of creamy plates of paratellurite with yellow tellurite
0012 Kuranakhite, Gold, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Tiny brown puffballs of kuranakhite with dark yellow gold and silver tellurium
0005 Schmitterite, Emmonsite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Schmitterite as tiny yellow to cream sprays, emmonsite green
0004 Chrysocolla, Boleite, Pseudoboleite, Santa Rosalia (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulege, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
Pseudomorph of chrysocolla after boleite and pseudoboleite. From near to the Amelia Mine. Too fragile to mount so nestled in tissue.
ncat VHD15 Corundum, Sa’dah Govermorate, Yemen
Pale bluish-grey single crystal. Orange-red fluorescence in part. 29x13x12mm.
1501 Hypersthene, Magnetite, Mt Tarawera, New Zealand
1501 Hypersthene (probably enstatite), and magnetite, from Mount Tarawera, Okataina, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand. Photo width is 3.33mm and a 46 photo stack. Mount Tarawera last erupted in 1886 and was responsible for killing around 120 people, and destroying the famous Pink...
5613 Cristobalite and Sanidine in Obsidian, Poihipi Road, Taupo, New Zealand
5613 Cristobalite and sanidine in obsidian, Roadcut Section, Poihipi Road, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand. Photo width 5mm. Stack of 80 shots.
0040 Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Cluster of prismatic atacamite crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 10 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1100 Sulphur, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Photo width 2.5mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
1883 Diamond, Bingara-Copeton, New South Wales
Photo height 11mm.
4538 Stolzite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Photo width 11mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
3397 Quartz, Ilparpa, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Collected when I was working in Alice Springs.
0103 Chabazite, Augite, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Photo width 3.5mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
5184 Gold, Fumina South, Victoria
Photo width 11mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
3980 Cyrilovite, Chalcosiderite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Photo width 25mm.
0614 Analcime, Natrolite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Photo width 11mm.
5352 JL0942 Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Barite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
Photo width 5mm and 2.5mm.
1146 Mesolite, Levyne, Erionite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Victoria
White massive mesolite with erionite epitaxially growing on levyne. Photo width 11mm.
0305 Gypsum, Fossil Beach, Mornington, Victoria
A well-known fossil locality southeast of Melbourne. Collecting no longer allowed.
0431 Calcite, Niddrie, Victoria
Collected by me over 30 years ago. The quarry is now a small lake surrounded by housing.
0463 Calcite, Mn Oxide, Lilydale Quarry, Lilydale, Victoria
Usually referred to as “pyrolusite”, but exact manganese oxide unknown.
