0676 Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite-Na, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Bundoora, Victoria
Grey thomsonite balls, colourless pseudohexagonal chabazite crystals, and white tufts of gonnardite-natrolite.
1210 Calcite, Phillipsite, Marrawah, Tasmania
A doubly-terminated calcite crystal on phillipsite. Photo width 12mm.
3284 Gmelinite-Ca, Little Plains Quarry, Weldborough, Tasmania
Orange gmelinite crystals with colourless phillipsite. Width of view 15mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1847 Tourmaline, Allens Workings, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Very fine transparent green tourmaline, possibly dravite or schorl.
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.
5234 Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Longest crystal is 45mm.
10024 Wavellite, Phosphate Hill, Mansfield, Victoria
The specimen has very good coverage of wavellite, and interestingly some of the back areas of the specimen has wavellite in other colours, light green, and water-clear. Ex Neil Smith collection. 48x30x37mm.
1112 Copper, Chabazite-Na, Bundoora, Victoria
Very fresh-looking copper protected beneath chabazite-Na from the Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
1090 Calcite, Bundoora, Victoria
Unusual habit for the locality of colourless calcite crystals, Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
1088 Barite, Bundoora, Victoria
Colourless to white bladed crystals of barite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3844 Smoky Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
3844 Smoky Quartz Rabbit, Anderson’s Gully (Anderson’s Creek), Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria
0674 Ferroan Calcite, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Bundoora, Victoria
Brown ferroan calcite with a white gonnardite/natrolite intergrowth from the Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
5283 Takovite, Rockys Reward, Western Australia
Rocky’s Reward Ni Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
4404 Osumilite-(Mg), Hematite, Tridymite, Hendersons Quarry, Mt Ngongotaha, North Island, New Zealand
Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand Photo width 11mm View Larger Map | Get Directions
3746 Quartz, Epidote, Gemstone Beach, Orepuki, Southland District, Southland Region, South Island, New Zealand
Photo width 2.5mm View Larger Map | Get Directions
4598 Dundasite, Rosasite, Juanita Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
White tufts of dundasite sit atop a ball of rosasite on this specimen originally mounted by the late Micromount Hall of Famer, Bill Henderson. Photo width is 3.33mm.
4957 Caledonite, Carrock Smelter, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Lovely little sprays of pale blue caledonite in slag from the Carrock Smelter, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK.
0498 Vivianite, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia
A polished vivianite halved nodule from Demons Bluff, Anglesea, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. It is over 100mm across.
5561 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex Bill Henderson Collection. Labelled as mimetite, but more likely to be pyromorphite. Photo width 3.05mm.
5560 Boleite, Cerussite, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
More than just simple cubes on these boleite crystals! Ex Bill Henderson Collection. Ex Forrest Cureton. Photo width 3.33mm.
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...
5556 Alwilkinsite-(Y), Val Daone Mine, Limes, Italy
Tiny fibrous pale-yellow tufts and crust. This was the second locality for alwilkinsite-(Y), named after good friend, Al Wilkins in 2016. It could have been very different. The Italian one was first described (as an unknown) in 2005!
0501 Malachite, Iodide Mine, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
A neat little spray of malachite, roughly 0.6mm across, from the lesser-known Mineral Hill deposit, the Iodide Mine (Mount Iodide Mine), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales. Also present on the specimen – copper, cuprite, goethite and a few flecks of azurite.
4670 Cacoxenite, Leonie I Mine, Germany
Yellow radial tufts of cacoxenite from the Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
4700 Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Germany
4700 Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Germany Sharp crystals of chalcopyrite from the Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany.
1365 Soddyite, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Radioactive soddyite from the Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre). Photo width 12mm. The Shinkolobwe Mine is the Type Locality for soddyite.
1525 Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Lovely, but tiny, crystals of chalcophyllite from Wheal Gorland, Cornwall.
4674 Calderónite, Christmas, Arizona
Calderónite crystals from the C and B Mine, Christmas, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona.
4669 Muscovite, Senevedo Alp, Italy
Muscovite mica from Senevedo Alp, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy.
4714 Fluornatromicrolite, Albite, Shigar Valley, Pakistan
Tiny sharp golden fluornatromicrolite on albite, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
4707 Rutile, Dolomite, Lengenbach Quarry, Switzerland
Rutile and dolomite, from the famous Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4989 Plášilite and Manganoblödite, Blue Lizard Mine, Utah
Plášilite (yellow), and manganoblödite (pink), from the Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah. Plášilite is also recorded from one other locality, the nearby Green Lizard Mine. And manganoblödite is only recorded from one other locality too. And that one is here in Victoria, at...
4990 Sideronatrite on Asphaltum, Blue Lizard Mine, Utah
Sideronatrite on Asphaltum, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA.
4991 Belakovskiite, Blue Lizard Mine, Utah
So far, seventeen minerals new to science have been described from this mine. This is another one of them. Belakovskiite as tiny pale silky fibres (mainly in the bottom left of the photo), with a highly fluorescent yellow mineral (see second photo), likely either zippeite or natrozippeite, from the Blue...
4992 Natrozippeite, Blue Lizard Mine, Utah
Natrozippeite, one of a number of bright yellow minerals from the Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA. Thin bladed crystals and aggregates.
4993 Natrozippeite and Brochantite, Blue Lizard Mine, Utah
A specimen of natrozippeite, this one with brochantite from the Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA. Yellow thin bladed crystals of natrozippeite with green aggregates of brochantite.
4994 Pyrite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Germany
A nice example of an uncommon pyrite habit from Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
4995 Monazite-(Ce), Hopffeldboden, Austria
A pale yellow transparent crystal of monazite-(Ce) from Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria.
8184 Monazite-(Ce), Craddock Moor Mine, Cornwall, England
A more opaque Monazite-(Ce) from Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Liskeard, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK.
1008 Monazite, Juniper Flats, Nuevo, Lakeview Mts, Riverside Co., California
A single doubly-terminated crystal of monazite (dominant REE unknown), Cross Hill, Juniper Flats, Nuevo, Lakeview Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA.
4038 Cheralite, Euxenite-(Y), Uranium King Mine, Encampment, Carbon Co., Wyoming
A mix of cheralite (reddish-brown) and euxenite-(Y) (black) from the Uranium King Mine, Encampment, Encampment District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA. Ex Jim Ferraiolo.
5500 Mixite, Chrysocolla, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah
A lovely shade of green mixite and blue chrysocolla, from the Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA.
5013 Epidote, Toombeola Quarry, Connemara, Ireland
Tiny but well-formed crystals of epidote from the Toombeola Quarry, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland.
4708 Zircon, Albite, Schellgaden, Austria
An unusual dark purple zircon on colourless albite from Schellgaden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria.
4689 Thorikosite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Lavrion District, Greece
Platy yellow thorikosite with globular fluorite, and white gypsum from the Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. Exact locality unknown.
4688 Vanadinite, Macy Mine, Hillsboro, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
A cute pair of hexagonal vanadinite crystals from the Macy Mine (Percha Mine; Vanadinite Mine; J. C. Macy claim; Barking Frog; Bobbee De claim), Percha Creek, Hillsboro, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA.
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.
2959 Dioptase, Malpaso Quarry, Cordoba, Argentina
Green dioptase crystals from the Malpaso Quarry (Esperanza Quarry), Dumesnil, Colón Department, Córdoba, Argentina.
8048 M2750 Veszelyite, Black Pine Mine, Montana, USA
A deep blue veszelyite from the Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine tailings; Black Pine dump), Black Pine Ridge, John Long Mts, Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District), Granite Co., Montana, USA. Ex Bernie Day Collection.