Quartz
ncat TRA1 Fluorite, Quartz, Pyrite, Les Rocs quarry, Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Purple fluorite cubes with tiny pyrite, some elongated, on white quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 89 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M3010 Likasite, Cuprite, Quartz, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Blue bladed crystals of likasite on cuprite (top left). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU002 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pink rhodochrosite balls and isolated rhombohedral crystals on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 90 images.
ncat JP2716 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Quartz, Bluebell Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Light green sprays of prismatic libethenite with blue-green pseudomalachite on quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1234 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Quartz, West Bogan Mine, Collorina, New South Wales
Pale green opaque sprays of libethenite with globular pseudomalachite, and quartz crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3555 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Sampleite, Quartz, Endeavour 26 Open Cut, North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales
Platy blue sampleite, light green libethenite sprays, and darker green pseudomalachite. Libethenite photo: Width of view 6mm, stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2723 Pyromorphite, Quartz, Bunker Hill Mine, Wardner, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Greenish-yellow crystals showing some sceptre growth. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1334 Pyromorphite, Plumbogummite, Quartz, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Sharp steeply terminated green crystals of pyromorphite, some partly coated with plumbogummite, on quartz crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 115 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1655 Pyromorphite, Quartz, Burgam Mine (Burgham Mine; Burgum Mine), Stiperstones, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
Yellowish-green to green hexagonal prisms in clusters. Some tiny colourless quartz crystals. Some zoning. Some barrel-shaped crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat SE Quartz, Chrysocolla, Red Cloud copper mine, Gallinas Mountains, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Small colourless quartz crystals on botryoidal zoned chrysocolla. Ex Scott Braley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat SE Quartz, Agardite-(La), Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Mottramite, Red Cloud copper mine, Gallinas Mountains, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Colourless quartz crystals on green agardite on blue chrysocolla on massive fluorite with mottramite.. Ex Scott Braley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Type Locality for agardite-(La). Click on the photo below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA4 Kutnohorite, Quartz, Pyrite, Calcite, North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Groups of typical kutnohorite with quartz and a little pyrite, all on a matrix of pale pink fluorescent manganoan calcite. Specimen measures 60x40x20mm.
ncat OW106 M46 Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite, Kutnohorite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Quartz crystals and a couple of fluorescent red calcite crystals on a spray of kutnohorite. There are pyrite crystals included in the quartz, as well as on the quartz and on the kutnohorite, some of which are oxidised. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images....
ncat WD212 2659 Kutnohorite, Quartz, Pyrite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pale crystals of kutnohorite on quartz with pyrite, all on a bed of fluorescent Mn-calcite. Specimen measures 4×5.5cm. Ex W.F. Davidson Collection. Ex Ralph Merrill Collection. Close up photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TD Berlinite, Augelite, Burangaite(?), Scorzalite, Albite(?), Garnet Group, Wicksite(?), Quartz, Hålsjöberg (Horrsjöberg), Torsby, Värmland, Sweden
Black berlinite with light blue inclusions (burangaite?), white augelite, blue scorzalite, and colourless/grey/white albite(?), fluorescent red under shortwave UV, brown garnet(?), a small amount of moss green wicksite(?) and colourless quartz. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Below:...
20128 VHD1 Quartz after Barite, Sumbawa Besar, Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
Drusy colourless quartz crystals after barite (epimorphs). Width of view 9mm. Stack of 175 images.
ncat RAM4 CW38 5123 Realgar, Stibnite, Orpiment, Sulphur, Quartz, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Red realgar with orange orpiment, silver stibnite, pale yellow sulphur, tiny colourless quartz crystals, and some unknowns. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3295 Quartz, Topaz, Kaolinite, Dolcoath Hill Quarry (Moina Quarry), Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Brown topaz crystals embedded in white kaolinite on the side of a quartz crystal. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD7 Heulandite-Sr, Calcite, Quartz, Chalcopyrite, Campegli Mine (Sant’Elena Mine), Campegli, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Type Locality for heulandite-Sr. Typical heulandite crystals with quartz, calcite and chalcopyrite crystals. The calcite fluoresces white under longwave UV. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD201 Jarosite, Quartz, New Luxemburg Mine, Radium Hill area, Olary Province, South Australia
Brown crystals in cavities in quartz. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Phurcalite, Meta-torbernite, Quartz, Unknown, San Miguel prospect, Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Green platy crystals of metatorbernite, yellow phurcalite (fluorescent), colourless crystals (some as sceptres), and a colourless platy crystal (left side of photo and in closeup). The latter is a similar habit to torbernite, but there is no hint of green! Matrix is composed mostly of andradite garnet(?). Width of view...
ncat JP2161 Bromargyrite, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Greenish-yellow crystal and crust on quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images. 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.
1602 Quartz, Grossular, Mount Garnet Mine, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Small quartz crystals on olive-green to brown grossular garnets. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RBCJ Bournonite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz, Tolwong mines, Tolwong, St Vincent Co., New South Wales
A nice group of bournonite crystals perched on brassy arsenopyrite and dark sphalerite crystals. Quartz crystals on specimen but not in photo. Height of view 5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU002 Galena, Quartz, Siderite, Great South Comet mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
A group of cube-octahedral galena crystals with hoppered faces. Width of view 8mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3664 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Quartz, Fluorite, Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
A single blocky orange crystal of wulfenite with pale yellow mimetite and colourless fluorite crystals on a bed of quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2793 ZU Quartz, Fluorite, Rex Hill Mine (Mt Rex Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
Pale fluorite over earlier darker fluorite with iron stained quartz crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 92 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD108 Gold, Wattle Flat, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales
Beautiful branching gold crystals on galena and quartz. Width of view 6.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
Pink rhodochrosite rosettes on quartz with minor sulphides. 38mm wide.
0136 Goethite, Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
Brown globular goethite completely covering quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Calcite, Agate Creek, Queensland
Golden goethite with calcite on quartz. Calcite fluoresces bright red. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Goethite inclusions in quartz. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4537 Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Orange acicular goethite sprays coming from a base of hematite on palest amethyst quartz. The quartz sits on an agate base. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2290 Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. The scheelite fluoresces bluish-white under shortwave UV. Minor sulphides also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images (white light), and 31 images (Shortwave UV). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1547, Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine (Montana Mine; Ophir Coalition Mine), Ophir, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3361 OS007 Hemimorphite, Quartz, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Tiny colourless hemimorphite crystals on quartz. Collected underground in the Emmanuel Level that dates back to 1573. Specimen measures 39x34x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD214 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Pale green fluorite with a darker core, preferentially coated with drusy quartz crystals. The pale green fluorite fluoresces more strongly than the darker core. Specimen measures 46x30x14mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4466 Quartz, Chlorite, West Caradon Mine, Crow’s Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
A single long thin quartz crystal in a vugh with dark blackish-green chlorite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW307 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Corner Pocket, Watercourse Rise, Watercourse Extension Drift, Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Collected September 1994. Pink rhombs of rhodochrosite with a couple of quartz crystals and a group of small pyrite crystals, all on a cluster of tetrahedrite crystals. Width of the specimen 18mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP365 Quartz, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Colourless quartz crystals that appear to have formed on another mineral that has since gone. There is a partial gap between the bottom of the quartz plate and the rest of the matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
1829 Atacamite, Malachite, Fluorite, Dickite, Goethite, Quartz, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
A bit of layering here. The bottom layer is quartz crystals, and they are completely covered in goethite. Next is white dickite. On top of the dickite are colourless-grey fluorite cubes (not fluorescent). These in turn are covered by fibrous malachite and then dark green atacamite. Width of view 5.75mm....
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark purple over green fluorite octahedral crystals to 8mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 53mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7050 JL2663 Fluorite, Goethite, Quartz, Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
A small crystal lined agate geode with purple fluorite octahedra with a pale blue-grey surface on amethystine quartz. The fluorite does not fluoresce. Also present, golden sprays of goethite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan for $3 from Bob and June Gleeson in 1998 at the Gawler Gemboree, South...
ncat OS003 Amethyst, Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andranotokana Massif, Andilamena, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
Japan Law Twin 19x15x8mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M3681 Quartz, Apophyllite, Goethite, Albion Park Quarry, Croom, Camden Co., New South Wales
Small sharp apophyllite crystals and balls of goethite on parallel-grown quartz crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1382 Cassiterite, Luinaite, Quartz, Siderite, Actinolite, Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Lustrous cassiterite crystals and luinaite on and in quartz. Tiny rosettes of tan siderite on the cassiterite. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1436 Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Quartz, Mount Moliagul, Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria
Yellow-green ferrimolybdite with probable orange jarosite on quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0259 Quartz, Calcite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
From the Moeraki Point quarry. Small colourless quartz on white calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5809 Berthierite, Quartz, Nakase mine (Nakaze mine), Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Long thin prismatic metallic crystals with quartz crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5808 A2985 6666m Fluorite, Quartz, Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Blue fluorescent purple octahedral crystals on quartz. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex Carl Stazak. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5803 A2967 8843m Fluorite, Quartz, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
A single colourless fluorite (fluoresces) on quartz, with a quartz crystal on one face. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex N. Peters. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images (white light) and 11 (UV). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL0571 Lazulite, Whiteite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Dark blue lazulite crystals with tan whiteite and colourless quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
ncat TM-327 Pyrite, Quartz, Tenjyouzawa Mine, Shioya, Shioya District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Location in Japanese 栃木県塩谷郡塩谷町天上沢鉱山
ncat JP3057 Epidote, Quartz, Walsh Point, Port Warrender, Mitchell Plateau Deposit, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Lustrous wheatsheaf sprays of green epidote topped with a few colourless quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. 15mm wide. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA2 Epidote, Quartz, Old Mount Riddock Homestead Mine, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
Prismatic green epidote on quartz. Ex John and Betty Weir. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1492 Epidote, Quartz, Kalumburu Station, Kimberley, Western Australia
Labelled as Kalumburu Station, but would be the well-known Mitchell Plateau. A sheaf-shaped aggregate of epidote crystals with minor drusy quartz. 18mm tall. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat SA9 1424 Emplectite, Kaolinite, Sphalerite, Quartz, Mount Gunson, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
Parallel aggregates of grey, partly tarnished crystals with white kaolinite. Ex Mal Annells Collection #1424. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 99 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4002 Ferrimolybdite, Quartz, Dravite, Bischoff Extended (West Bischoff; Wheal Bischoff), Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Collected 2/2005. Brown prismatic tourmaline crystals, visually identified by Ralph Bottrill as dravite at the time of collecting, but not analysed to my knowledge. Probably better described as dravite-schorl series. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 49 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1178 Stolzite, Quartz, Alunite Supergroup, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Brown aggregate of prismatic stolzite crystals with yellow plumbogummite(?), transparent crystals and opaque aggregates, in quartz in a cavity left by galena(?). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1122 Gartrellite, Carminite, Bariopharmacosiderite, Alunite Supergroup, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green crystals of gartrellite on carminite in one small vugh, and by itself in another (photo). Orange-brown cube of pharmacosiderite with an Alunite Supergroup mineral in another. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1141 Bariopharmacosiderite, Goethite, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green cubes of bariopharmacosiderite in a vugh in quartz that is lined with brown goethite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD106 Pyrite, Quartz, Dolomite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Colourless quartz with yellow dolomite and minor pyrite. Specimen measures 28x33x10mm.
4357 JL0105 Djurleite, Quartz, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond Micro Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1983 at the Adelaide Mineralogical Seminar. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3016 Dickite, Quartz, Siderite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
White dickite (analysed) with tan siderite and colourless quartz. Specimen is 56mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2017 Anatase, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny sharp dark anatase crystals with colourless quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2979 Fluorite in Quartz, Amborompotsy, Amborompotsy Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron’i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Purple octahedral fluorite inclusions in quartz. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 photos. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2704 Quartz, Crocoite, Happy Jack Mine, Comet Vale, Western Australia
Small crystals and partial crystals of crocoite on quartz crystals, Width of view 11mm. Stack of 6 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5786 Molybdofornacite, Quartz, Comfort claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny green crystal aggregate on quartz. Ex Mike Reinke, Jerry Cone. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2046 Connellite, Malachite, Brochantite, Quartz, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blue spray with green malachite and brochantite, and unidentified pale green material in massive cuprite with quartz. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0372 Conichalcite, Quartz, Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Small clusters of colourless quartz on a bed of conichalcite. Quartz crystals are uncommon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0758 Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Quartz, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia
Blue chrysocolla with white hemimorphite. The matrix and the hemimorphite are coated with drusy quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Closeup width 3mm, stack of 50. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
1578 Chlorite in Quartz, Philosopher’s Ridge, Gormanston, Tasmania
Vermicular chlorite (probably chamosite) in quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1855 Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
A cluster of iridescent chalcopyrite crystals on ankerite/dolomite with quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1354 Cassiterite, Quartz, Chlorite, Actinolite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Lustrous black cassiterite crystals with chlorite-coated quartz and dark olive-green prismatic actinolite. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 85 images. (Top image). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1256 Cassiterite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Actinolite, Dolomite, Actinolite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Sharp cassiterite crystals on one edge of a specimen containing well-formed arsenopyrite crystals, quartz crystals, and botryoidal orange dolomite. Width of view 14.25, Stack of 80 images (cassiterite photo). Second photo width of view 8mm. Click on the cassiterite image for a higher resolution version.
1157 Cassiterite, Mount Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with white quartz crystals, from the edge of a porphyry dyke. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0121 Cassiterite, Quartz,The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with quartz. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BAA Bismite, Cannonite, Koechlinite, Bismutite, Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, New South Wales
Colourless cannonite and pale yellow bismutite after bismuthinite on quartz. Orange bismite and yellow-green koechlinite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0456 Brazilianite, Quartz, G. E. Smith Mine (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
Pale yellow brazilianite with colourless quartz collected in 1969, mounted Feb. 5, 1984, and from the renowned collection of J.W. Grandy. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100. Click on the mineral image below for a higher resolution version.
0413 Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Nicely protected yellow sprays in a quartz vugh. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
Tiny smithsonite crystals on interpenetrant fluorite and bladed barite crystals, on quartz. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2846 Dioptase, Fluorite, Quartz, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Specimen acquired in the micromount room at the Tucson Show. Ex Bob Jenkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Brookite, Quartz, Wallangra, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales
Zoned crystals of brookite in small cavities in quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5752 Amethyst, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Sceptred amethyst. Sceptre is 11mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20076 Amethyst, Pohndorf Mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Interesting textures. Specimen is 34mm wide. Ex Bart Cannon. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3958 Hematite in Quartz, Mt Read, Tasmania
Hematite in quartz giving it the lovely red colour. Specimen is 25mm tall.
7286 JL1532 Quartz, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Doubly-terminated colourless quartz crystal with iron staining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 10 images.
20074 Calcite, Quartz, Leisner Shaft, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Originally purchased from Marino Cristofli, a former miner from Dimbulah on 13th June 1996. Ex Martin Jensen Collection number MJ3254. 34x22x20mm. Pink-red fluorescence.
3606 Fluorite, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, Saint Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
A lot of collectors like fluorite. Whether it be for the isometric (cubic) symmetry (for those that might be a little obsessive-compulsive 😁), the range of colours and zoning, the fluorescence, or for other reasons. This specimen has good colour and zoning with darker edges, but no fluorescence. I have...
7414 JL3961 Chalcopyrite, Bayldonite, Quartz, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2003 from John Haupt. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3, Volborthite on Chrysocolla after Atacamite, all on Quartz, Breaden Hill, Marree, South Australia
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images.
4362 JL3630 Aurichalcite, Rosasite, Quartz, Muldiva near Chillagoe, Queensland
Quite a bit going on here. In the centre is light blue aurichalcite on a darker blue hemisphere of rosasite (there is a second hemisphere behind and to the left as well). In front to the right is a more greenish aurichalcite. And then there are wispy almost colourless strands...
ncat VHD4, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Quartz, Fluorapatite, Pyramid Hill, Victoria
A coated hexagonal prism of fluorapatite from the Pyramid Hill granite Quarry, Victoria. Not as pretty as the Lake Boga ones. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 10 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1791 Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Ankerite with colourless prismatic quartz and minor chalcopyrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7412 JL1467 Fluorapatite, Barite, Quartz, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Brian Beyer at the Adelaide Mineralogical Society Seminar for $1.00. Width of view 3.33mm. Stack of 60 images.