Ilmenite
ncat RD Diopside, Fluorapatite, Nepheline, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Leucite, Sanidine, Biotite, Clinopyroxene, Cosgrove quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
(Photo) Leucite as grey-white material in groundmass (“leucitite”). Elsewhere on specimen: Green prismatic diopside. Brown-black prismatic clinopyroxene. Nepheline as hexagonal prisms. Nepheline with hollow cores have been altered to analcime. Colourless needles of fluorapatite. Grey ilmenite as flat crystals. Magnetite as tetrahedrons. Colourless tiny tabular sanidine crystals. Brown pseudohexagonal biotite....
2777 Ilmenite, Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri), Camperdown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
Glossy black pieces of ilmenite collected by Judy Rowe from beach sands on the shore of Lake Bullenmerri. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Calcite, Augite, Ilmenite, Apatite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria
Partially clay encrusted ilmenite with augite and fluorescent calcite. There is a bunch of apatite needles on the top right corner of the ilmenite. Ex Margaret Brown. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU001 Hyalite Opal, Ilmenite, Augite, Hedenbergite, Andesine, Alfredton, City of Ballarat, Victoria
Four pieces. Photo shows ilmenite on augite. Also present andesine and hedenbergite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images.
0131 Ilmenite, Sanidine, Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
A sharp ilmenite crystal in a cavity lined with sanidine crystals. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 14 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Stilbite-Ca, Ilmenite, Titanite, Actinolite, Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Small green titanite with darker green actinolite and black ilmenite of orange stilbite-Ca. Specimen measures 39x30x14mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0118 Ilmenite, Quartz, Mt Gee, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Thick platy crystals of ilmenite with interesting surface features, and a couple of quartz crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL399 Zircon, Ilmenite, Quartz, Byron Bay, Rous Co., New South Wales
Rounded zircons, mostly orange, but also pale pink, with black ilmenite, and a few colourless quartz crystals, from sands at Byron Bay. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1968. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1763 Ilmenite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Black mass of crystalline material embedded in matrix. Ex Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BE23 Ferrosilite, Ilmenite, Andesine, Fluorapatite, Rollinsons quarry, Malmsbury, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
Brown prismatic ferrosilite crystals with tan andesine, platy ilmenite, and acicular fluorapatite needles. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH93 Augite, Ilmenite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Black prismatic augite crystals with brown coated ilmenite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40023 RH Ilmenite, Lethbridge quarry, Lethbridge, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Iridescent ilmenite crystal with an interesting growth. The specimen needs an ultrasonic clean but wanted to take the photo first in case I lose the crystal! Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40022 RH Andesine, Ilmenite, Lethbridge quarry, Lethbridge, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
An interesting grouping of andesine crystals. There is a couple of sharp ilmenite crystals in the background too. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the photo below for a higher resolution version.
40021 RH2568 Clinopyroxene Subgroup, Andesine, Ilmenite, Calcite, Dreeite, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria
From Joel Kirkman farm in Dreeite. Sharp green clinopyroxene crystals with white tabular andesine crystals. Also present is an ilmenite crystal to the right of the clinopyroxene (showing rainbow colouring), and tiny calcites(?) sprinkled over the andesine crystals. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images....
40004 RH Ilmenite, Augite, Andesine, Colac Quarry, Ondit, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria
A hexagonal-shaped ilmenite crystal sitting on a black prismatic augite crystal. The white tabular crystals are andesine. Needle-like crystals are probably apatite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Click on image below for a higher resolution one.
40003 RH Augite, Andesine, Hyalite Opal, Ilmenite, Colac Quarry, Ondit, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria
A fairly rough-looking white andesine crystal is perched on the end of a prismatic dark brown, almost black augite crystal. But wait there’s more. The top third of the augite crystal is coated by a thin blob of colourless hyalite opal. This hyalite also coats a number of small triangular...
5510 Ilmenite, Enstatite, Summit Rock, Klamath Co., Oregon, USA
Unusual striping. Epiaxial growth? Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
7118 JL287, Ilmenite, Titanite, Coal Creek, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
ex Joan Lamond Collection
