ncat TH Kornerupine, Whites Dam Area, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Terminated crystal in schistose biotite granulite. Specimen measures 90x75x50mm.
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ncat YB Kornerupine, Mount Riddock Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A kornerupine crystal in matrix, with a smaller one at the back. Specimen measures 47x28x25mm.
ncat TA4 Kornerupine, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A crystal fragment 23mm wide.
1850 Scorzalite, Hålsjöberg (Horrsjöberg), Torsby, Värmland, Sweden
Blue to almost black scorzalite crystals, Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2590 Scorzalite, Hålsjöberg (Horrsjöberg), Torsby, Värmland, Sweden
Blue scorzalite scattered through matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 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....
0769 Trolleite, Rutile, Augelite, Hålsjöberg (Horrsjöberg), Torsby, Värmland, Sweden
Pale greenish-blue trolleite with brown rutile and possible white augelite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
2624 Chalcanthite, East Pit (Triako open cut; Eastern crosscut), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Pale blue crystals, post-mining occurrence. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images.
ncat ANK MSH57 Sabinaite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Pale yellowish thin tabular pseudo-hexagonal crystals. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. Ex Jean P Beckerich. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9082 JP2789 Koechlinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Very pale platy to fibrous crystals on gossan. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9051 JP2199 Koechlinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Pale yellow plates of koechlinite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2456 Koechlinite, Little Bygoo group mines, Ardlethan, Bourke Co., New South Wales
Greenish-yellow masses. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR1 Kleemanite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Type Locality. Colourless crystals. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2759 Kleemanite, Smithsonite, Linarite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
White acicular sprays of kleemanite on green smithsonite. Also present but not in photo, cerussite and linarite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8086 Kipushite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny green crystal aggregates. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Peter Elliott. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M442 Kintoreite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Kintoreite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Two pieces. Type Locality. Pale olive green with brighter yellow-green balls. Ex Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK KG24 Gelosaite, Kingsgateite, Smoky Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for kingsgateite. Yellowish green kingsgateite with blue gelosaite on smoky quartz. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. XRD Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below...
ncat ANK KG23 Gelosaite, Kingsgateite, Smoky Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for kingsgateite. Tiny green kingsgateite crystals with blue gelosaite on smoky quartz. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 160 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat VHD15 Gold, Galena, Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Crystalline gold with galena and possibly other sulphides on quartz. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP Kidwellite, Strengite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Pale greenish-yellow tufts of kidwellite with pale purple strengite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1717 Kingite, Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Type Locality. White nodule 19mm wide. Ex John and Betty Weir.
ncat OW102 Analcime, Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, Victoria
Monchiquite – a rare basic rock that has analcime instead of feldspar. From No. 12 Level (1086 feet).
0277 Kidwellite, Cyrilovite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Very pale tufts of kidwellite with greenish-yellow cyrilovite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2621 Kidwellite, Tsumebite, Dufrenite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Silky kidwellite on dark green dufrenite. Green spheres of chalcosiderite? Yellow-green hinsdalite. Colourless prismatic pyromorphite? Blue-green tsumebite not in photo. Ex Pat Sutton Collection. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the...
ncat RAM4 CW11 Nontronite, Celadonite, Wolf Creek Pass, Archuleta County, Colorado, USA
Brown platy/scaly crystals of nontronite in vughs lined with green celadonite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RAM4 Titanite, Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Yellow prismatic titanite crystals with dark green, black, and green pyroxene crystals, possibly ferro-katophorite(?), aenigmatite(?), and/or aegirine(?), in an albite vugh. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat JR1 Kermesite, Stibnite, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales
Sprays of dark red kermesite on black stibnite. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2270 Paradocrasite, Kermesite, Consols Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Red kermesite with silver paradocrasite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20129 VHD1 Millerite, Chalcopyrite, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Fine hair-like millerite with a chalcopyrite crystal. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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 JR3 Uranophane, Kasolite, Wild Dog Uranium Mine, Myponga, District Council of Yankalilla, South Australia
Tiny pale greenish-yellow crystal sprays. Ex Michael Hirst. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Kasolite, British Empire Mine, Mawson Plateau – Paralana Hot Springs area, Arkaroola Region, South Australia
Yellow bladed crystals. Ex Ian Everard. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD109 Kasolite, British Empire Mine, Mawson Plateau – Paralana Hot Springs area, Arkaroola Region, South Australia
Pale yellow sprays of flat bladed crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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...
ncat VHD4 M3787 Kasolite, Brochantite, Andradite, Mottramite, Green Parrot Mine, Jervois Range, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
Bluish-green brochantite with yellow kasolite, brown andradite, and yellow-green mottramite(?), Green Parrot Mine, Jervois Range, Northern Territory. Below: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Below: Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images....
ncat RAM4 CW63 Wavellite (or Fluorwavellite), Variscite, Wood Mine, Del Rio Mining District, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Colourless-white radiating sprays of wavellite (or fluorwavellite) with pale pink (ferrian) variscite crystals. The paper describing fluorwavellite states that all specimens analysed were fluorwavellite, but that does not guarantee that wavellite doesn’t occur. Without analysis,...
ncat RAM4 CW62 4841 Vivianite, Wheeler Road, Oxon Hill, Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA
Dark blue vivianite crystals in cavities in a nodule, with the matrix showing cracks due to dehydration. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat RAM4 CW49 8538, Spessartine, Quartz, Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Well-formed orange crystals on colourless quartz crystals. The matrix fluoresces pink under shortwave ultraviolet light. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
1928 Spessartine, Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
A single dark red spessartine. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Probably collected by Ted Johnson. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RAM4 CW26 Kasolite, El Sherana mine, South Alligator River, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory
Tiny yellow crystals. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GTJ3 59 Anorthite, Miyake Island, Miyake Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Three pieces in a round container. Ex Ueno Scientific Co.
4408 Sazykinaite-(Y), Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Type Locality. Ex Richard Bell 2007. Whitelight width of view 3mm, stack of 33 images. Longwave UV photo width of view 3mm, stack of 21 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution...
ncat VHD15 Thomasclarkite-(Y), Molybdenite, Elpidite, Siderite, Aegirine, Sodalite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Greyish-green prismatic spray of crystals of elpidite (green fluorescence), pale yellow tabular thomasclarkite, silver hexagonal molybdenite, tiny brown siderite, green prismatic aegirine, and sodalite (orange fluorescence), in white albite (pink fluorescence). A yellow arrow points...
2677 Vanadinite, Upper Level, Gray Horse Mine, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Red hexagonal prisms of vanadinite. One crystal shows two interesting features. One is that it is partly hollow. The other is that only three adjacent sides of the hexagon have prism faces. The other three...
ncat JP1758 Descloizite, Vanadinite, Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Dark brown descloizite on a bed of orange vanadinite. Lustrous yellow hexagonal vanadinite (or possibly mimetite?) in a small vugh on the side. Ex Jo Price Collection. Descloizite photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of...
ncat JP1695 Vanadinite, Descloizite, Mimetite, Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Orange colour-zoned hexagonal vanadinite with brown to greenish-black descloizite, and tiny white needles of mimetite. The vanadinite is interesting, with some hollow crystals, and others that look like they have been etched away or resorbed....
ncat TI Descloizite, Calcite, Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside Mining District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Colourless calcite crystals that fluoresce pale pink under shortwave UV, with dark brown descloizite crystals. An interesting specimen. There appears to be multiple generations of calcite. The “Mercedes” faces are obviously a later addition, and...
ncat JP3529 Kapundaite, Tom’s Quarry, Koonunga, Kapunda, Light Regional Council, South Australia
Golden fibrous crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW103 Kapundaite, Tom’s Quarry, Koonunga, Kapunda, Light Regional Council, South Australia
Golden matted fibres, with some pseudomorphing to goethite. Ex Vince Peisley. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 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.
5162 JL0236 Gold, Kaolinite, Messenger’s Patch gold area, Wadgingarra Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia
Tiny gold crystals on/in grey kaolinite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW203 Kaolinite, Imerys Australian Kaolin Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Cream to white kaolinite cementing broken quartz pieces and pearly mica flakes. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Chrysocolla, Kaolinite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
White tufts of kaolinite on blue chrysocolla. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU006 Kaolinite, Segnitite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
White kaolinite on dark green segnitite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1041 Kaolinite after Smithsonite, Chlorargyrite (Bromian), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A complete replacement of smithsonite by creamy white kaolinite. Olive-green chlorargyrite crystals also present. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ZZ Kaolinite, Goethite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Bluish-grey kaolinite completely covering goethite stalactites. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width 32mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4271 Tenorite, Kaolinite, Cadia, Bathurst Co., New South Wales
Kaolinite matrix hosting (and being replaced by?) grey tenorite. Ex Diederik Visser. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR1 Kambaldaite, Gaspéite, Gypsum, Otter Shoot Nickel Mine, Juan complex, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Bright green acicular kambaldaite crystals on duller green gaspéite. In the vugh on the right, the kambaldaite looks like it is overgrown by gypsum crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on...
6029 Kambaldaite, Widgiemoolthalite, Gaspeite, 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Type locality for widgiemoolthalite. Kambaldaite as bright green crystals(!) with pale bluish spheres of widgiemoolthalite on green gaspeite. From Westaus Mineral Museum (Blair Gartrell). Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the...
ncat JR2 Kaersutite, West Head, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Lustrous black kaersutite in a basaltic matrix. Ex Ruth Coulsell. Specimen measures 33mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR1 Kaersutite, Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri), Camperdown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
Many loose crystals and fragments. In photo largest is 18mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5143 Kaersutite, Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri), Camperdown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
A single loose crystal. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5084 Kaersutite, Brownes Road, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
A single crystal. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2466 Kaersutite, Ringarooma United Mine, Alberton, Dorset municipality, Tasmania
Black phenocrysts embedded in matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2-24-2 B791 Erythrite, Mansfieldite, Heterogenite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Balls of deep pink erythrite crystals, many bent, with pale pink glassy mansfieldite and black heterogenite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a...
9125 JP2659 Jamesonite, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales
Tarnished curved crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4559 Ferrarisite, Erythrite, Wilhelm Mine (Grube Wilhelm), Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Tiny sprays of ferrarisite on pink erythrite. Ex Jim Daly. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5088 Sainfeldite, Guérinite, Phaunouxite, Picropharmacolite, Rauenthalite, Haidingerite, Wilhelm Mine (Grube Wilhelm), Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Click on the images below for a higher resolution version. Below: 1. Guérinite, Sainfeldite. Below: 2. Picropharmacolite. Below: 3. Rauenthalite, Picropharmacolite, Sainfeldite. Below: 4. Phaunouxite, Rauenthalite, Picropharmacolite, Haidingerite, Sainfeldite.
ncat MAR01 M826 Brewsterite-Sr, Calcite, Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Brewsterite fluoresces light blue under longwave UV. Calcite fluoresces red under mediumwave UV. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 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...
3739 Charoite, Aegirine, Steacyite, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Russia
Type Locality. A slice polished on one face showing relatiely pale purple charoite with green needles of aegirine. There are small patches of highly fluorescent green steacyite under shortwave and mediumwave UV. There are also...
7322 JL3215 Aurichalcite, Witherite, Anglezarke Mines, Anglezarke, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK
Type Locality for witherite. Pale blue balls of aurichalcite on colourless witherite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat WD208 Strontianite, La Orcolana Mine, Sierra del Cabeçó d’or, Busot, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
White sprays on iron-stained matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2107 Yuksporite, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Type Locality. Straw-coloured felted fibrous mass of yuksporite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5297 VHD8 Liddicoatite, Londonite, Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
White crystals of londonite on a liddicoatite crystal. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5832 Gold, Sebastopol, City of Ballarat, Victoria
A hackly piece of gold in quartz. From the Yarrowee River. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW202 Junoite, 700 Level, Juno Mine, Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory
From the 700 Level. Type Locality. Metallic light grey patches of junoite in bismuthinite(?) matrix. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
4053 Joséite, Whipstick Mine, Wyndham, Auckland Co., New South Wales
Silver lamellar mass without matrix. Ex Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3015 Johannsenite, Spessartine, Galena, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Dark crystals on galena with a couple of spessartine garnets. Measures 21mm wide. Ex Jo Price Collection.
0820 Hedenbergite, Bustamite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Probably Mn-rich hedenbergite. Green crystals with pink to brown bustamite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1052 Priderite, Jeppeite, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Black jeppeite with brown resinous priderite in a matrix containing celadonite. Type Locality for both jeppeite and priderite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below...
2210 Jarosite, King Hill gold mine, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania
Yellow crystalline material from within a quartz vein. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP449 Jarosite, Old Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Brown crystals in a cavity. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 10 and 70 images. Matrix in one small area shows a dull green fluorescence under shortwave UV. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the...
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 MAR03 493 Jarosite, Gypsum, Goethite, Arno Bay Mine (Windittie Mine), Cleve, District Council of Cleve, South Australia
Yellow crystalline aggregates of jarosite with minor colourless gypsum crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2000 Jarosite, Mount Brockman, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Yellow, orange and brown jarosite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0452 Muscovite, Cordierite, Indialite, Daimonjiyama, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Acquired by Jake Slago from Alfredo Petrov at the 2013 Tucson Show. Rocks and Minerals magazine Jul-Aug 2006: The third sentence in this nine page article reads: As with the real blossoms, these stones, known...
4470 Jarosite, Goethite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Tiny orange-brown jarosite crystals on botryoidal iridescent goethite. Ex John Carey. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1993 Jarosite, Gahnite, Southern Cross Mine, Northern Broken Hill Block, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny brown crystals of jarosite with bluish-green gahnite, and unknown pale yellow, in quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat WD203 Jahnsite-(CaFeMg), Tom’s Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia 3mm 30 2k
Type Locality. Reddish brown aggregates. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3632 Jahnsite-(CaFeMg), Natrodufrénite, Tom’s Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Orange crystals of jahnsite with black natrodufrenite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2042 Jacobsite, Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Lustrous jacobsite modified octahedrons. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH365 Jacobsite, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia
Jacobsite crystals on typical hematite matrix. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH364 Jacobsite, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia
Black modified octahedral crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3042 RI Jacobsite, Zinc Corp Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Jacobsite grains with mixed sulphides. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. 45mm wide.
ncat JP3052 Ixiolite, Londonderry Li deposit (Londonderry Feldspar Quarry; Fraser’s Find; Frazer’s Find; Scahill’s Quarry), Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Black massive ixiolite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5239 Isoclasite, Fluorapatite, South Point, Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island
Isoclasite intermixed with fluorapatite. Ex Gunnar Farber. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Christmas Island phosphate minerals reference.
ncat JP2-24-2 Ishikawaite, Titanite, Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Black opaque and brown resinous mineral with possible samarskite, and a small amount of fluorescent autunite? A titanite crystal is embedded in the matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the...
3385 Kamacite (in meteorite), Taenite, Troilite, Lawrencite, Henbury, Northern Territory
A piece of the Henbury meteorite measuring 28x25x18mm.
ncat MARXX Iriginite, Ben Lomond Mine, Charters Towers Region, Queensland
Fibrous yellow sprays. Also present is a bright yellow fluorescent mineral, possibly autunite. Ex Frank Radke. Ex Sue Koepke collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat OW403 Osmiridium, Iridium, Osmium, Bald Hill osmiridium field, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Osmiridium grains. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD105 “Osmiridium”, Osmium, Iridium, Chromite, Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania
Rounded grains of osmiridium with sharp black crystals of chromite collected by Rusty Morley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6087 Osmium, Iridium, Fifield, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Labelled as osmiridium (now determined to be iridium, as silver grains with hexagonal plates (which are most likely osmium)). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Width of view 6mm. Stack of...
ncat FEB01 Iowaite, Pentlandite, Woodallite, Stage D Pit, Mount Keith Mine, Western Australia
Lamellar vein in lizardite with metallic pentlandite and purple woodallite blebs. Ex Ben Grguric. Specimen measures 55x47x30mm.
ncat VHD11 Woodallite, Iowaite, Pyroaurite, Mount Keith Open Cut, Mount Keith, Western Australia
Purple woodallite. A vein of iowaite altering to pale pyroaurite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images.
ncat AU006 Iodargyrite, Chlorargyrite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Yellow-green bromium chlorargyrite (“embolite”) on white “snail trail” iodargyrite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0060 Iodargyrite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale-coloured crystals, some clearly showing hexagonal habit. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2174 Inesite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A single 6mm long pinkish-brown transparent crystal without matrix. Interesting “inclusions”. Towards the bottom are things that look a bit like hexagonal wire fencing that we have used in the past around vegetable gardens an...
ncat 2RG Autunite, Torbernite, Hawks Crag, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
Pale yellow-green autunite crystals (that fluoresce strongly) with cores of blue-green torbernite. The autunite has probably grown epitaxially on the torbernite. Ex Rod Martin. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the...
ncat JR1 Metatorbernite, Lauite, Cacoxenite, Strengite, Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Type Locality for lauite which is in another vugh. Cacoxenite on probably metatorbernite. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat N23-1 Metatorbernite, Meta-Autunite, Chaméane Uranium Deposit, Le Vernet-Chaméane, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Opaque pale green metatorbernite with tiny yellow meta-autunite crystals. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M3670 Metatorbernite, Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Opaque dull light green crystals, undoubtedly metatorbernite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OS009 Torbernite, Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
Green platy crystals, no matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
15038 D23-1 Hokkaidoite, Opal, Shikaribetsu Lake, Shikaoi (Shikaoi-Chō), Kato District, Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Highly fluoresent yellow inclusions of hokkaidoite in opal that fluoresces pink and and purplish blue. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki Collection. Type Locality. Specimen measures 17mm. Photo under longwave UV.
15014 D23-1 Itoigawaite, Jadeite, Oyashirazu Beach, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Sliced, polished sample, showing pale blue vein of itoigawaite in jadeite matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Type Locality. Width of specimen 40mm.
15057 D23-1 Lanthanite-(Nd), Niikoba, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Pale crystalline mass in matrix. Ex Chet Lemanski Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images.
15020 D23-1 Hydrobiotite, Vermiculite mine, Ono-machi, Tamura District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Small, crude, subhedral crystal aggregate of hydrobiotite without matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Older material, purchased by Andrew from Excalibur Mineral Company in 1986. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the...
ncat WD217 Wairakite after Laumontite, Kurumazawa gabbro quarry, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Wairakite is one of the rarer zeolite species. It’s typically found around hot springs and forms white dodecahedral crystals similar to analcime. In this case, the white wairakite is completely replacing the elongated, stick-like crystals...
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...
ncat SMLN Celestite, Clay Center, Allen Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
Three colours of celestite. Blue-grey main crystals with white fibrous-like outer surface, and small colourless crystals attached. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1035 Celestite, White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Allen Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA
Colourless crystals of celestite. Predates Stoneco (1995) so just “White Rock Quarry”. Acquired from Ian Graham in 1993. Collected by an unknown person some time before that. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 65 images....
ncat VHD4 Kernite, Western Borax Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Probably a cleavage piece of kernite. The specimen measures 44x18x5mm.
7281 JL3356 Kurnakovite, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
A pale brownish transparent crystal of kurnakovite with a white surface alteration to tincalconite? Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1999 from Peter Elliott. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click...
ncat JDBD JL3867 Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Craig Rhiwarth Mine (Ochrycraig; North Llangynog), Llangynog, Powys, Wales, UK
Colourless hemimorphite crystals with scalenohedral smithsonite possibly coloured by the underlying matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Obtained by Joan in 2000 from Harry Critchley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the...
ncat VHD7 Vesuvianite, Hashupa epidote occurrence, Hashupa alpine-type clefts, Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
White silky “Cat’s Eye” terminations on vesuvianite crystals that are zoned yellowish-greenish, root-beer brown, and even a purplish-black. Specimen measures 28x15x14mm. Ex Brian Kosnar. Ex Rob Lavinski. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images....
7090 JL2285 Cuspidine, Vesuvianite, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Type Locality for both cuspidine and vesuvianite. Dark to olive green vesuvianite with tan cuspidine (not in photo). Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1997 as part of a Swiss collection. Width of...
ncat NHFL Vesuvianite (var. Cyprine) or Cyprine, Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway
Cyprine was originally defined as a blue variety of vesuvianite. However, cyprine is now a recognised distinct species. Without analysis, a firm distinction can’t be made. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images.
ncat JAP4 Vesuvianite, Kobushi mine (Koubushi mine), Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Dark brown crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Location in Japanese 長野県南佐久郡川上村甲武信鈜山 Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3463 Levyne, Moonen Bay, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Thick white tabular hexagonal crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3, Erionite, Levyne, Adel, Lake Co., Oregon, USA
Silky erionite growing epitaxially on levyne. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1753 Levyne, Chabazite, Thomsonite, Gollans Bay Quarry, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Colourless hexagonal tabular plates of levyne on rounded crystalline aggregates of thomsonite (eg: bottom of photo) and chabazite (eg: top of photo). Also present is what looks like a tiny analcime crystal on one of...
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.
ncat OS005 Demicheleite-(Br), La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Tiny metallic needles. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5490 Levyne, Analcime, Thomsonite-Ca, Kuniga, Nishinoshima, Oki Islands, Okinoshima, Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Colourless hexagonal crystals, as well as yellow iron-stained ones. White fibrous thomsonite, and tiny analcime crystals. Ex Peter Hall. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Colourless width of view 6mm, and stack of 30 images. Yellow width of...
4693 Fluorite, Sodalite, In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
A spherical colourless fluorite that fluoresces purple-blue under longwave UV. Orange fluorescence is likely sodalite. Ex Münchener Micromounters. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images (UV) and 60 images (white light). Click on the...
5274 Schmiederite, Llechwedd Helyg Mine (Willow Bank Mine), Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
Blue needles of schmiederite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0398 Schmiederite, Chenite, Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Pale blue needles are schmiederite, the tabular blue crystals are chenite. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2632 Zircon, Biotite, Sodalite, Sanidine, In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Greenish-grey zircons with black inclusions and tiny colourless crystals (sanidine?) sprinkled on terminations, and as most of the matrix. The sanidine fluoresces pink under shortwave UV. Associated with black “biotite” and orange fluorescing sodalite under...
ncat JLMAR01 JL2378 Chalcomenite, Allophane, Krut’aite, El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Blue chalcomenite with yellow balls of allophane on metallic krut’aite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan as part of a Swiss collection in 1997. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on...
ncat AA5 Alfredopetrovite, Ahlfeldite, Penroseite, Chalcomenite, Felsőbányaite, El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality for alfredopetrovite. White balls with a greenish-grey tint of alfredopetrovite, minor pink Co-bearing ahlfeldite, minor light blue chalcomenite(?), minor silver penroseite, white patches of felsőbányaite, and thin colourless blades and colourless blocky crystals...
4029 Aguilarite, San Carlos Mine, La Luz, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Type Locality. Small crystalline specimen without matrix. Ex Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Width 2.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5496 Cadmoselite, Sphalerite, Clausthalite, Ust’ Uyok deposit, Tuva Republic, Russia
Type Locality. Grains of black cadmoselite with orange-brown sphalerite, and silvery metallic clausthalite? Width of view 6mm. Stack of 36 images. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2358 Selenium, Schöller dump, Kladno mine, Libušin, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Prismatic bright silver crystals from the Schöller dump. From Mindat “A coal mine which started in 1899 as the Schoeller mine. From 1946, it was named Zdeněk Nejedlý Mine, from 1951 Nejedlý I Mine. After...
4850 Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Lower Karandoli Quarry, Lonavale, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
Blocky colourless crystals with rounded aggregates of thomsonite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Richard Bell. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Chabazite-Na, Thomsonite-Ca, Phillipsite-Na, Ilmenite, Bundoora, Victoria
A lot going on with this specimen. Silver thin ilmenite plates formed first and were then coated with phillipsite-Na and chabazite-Na crystals. You can see the ilmenite where there are broken areas. Then later, a...
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...
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....
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....
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 JR8 Pseudobrookite, Chabazite-Ca, Aranga Quarry (Stone’s Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
A red prismatic pseudobrookite embedded in chabazite. Ex Margaret Graham. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR2 G0W-NPG Magnetite, Chlorite, Siderite, Chabazite-Na, Orthoclase, Apatite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Black magnetite octahedra, some with traces of chlorite on their faces. Some magnetite crystals are completely encased in chlorite. Blocky orthoclase crystals form part of the cavity lining. Brown sheaf or club-shaped siderite, yellow hexagonal...
ncat JR10 Phillipsite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Two pieces. Colourless twinned phillipsite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0468 Siderite, Chabazite-Na, Chlorite, Apatite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Rhombohedral siderite (after calcite?), chabazite-Na (herschelite), and a needle of apatite with orange chlorite grown on it (in front of siderite). Width of view 3mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat JP1597 Chabazite-Na, Siderite, Magnetite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Octahedral magnetite crystals with yellowish chabazite and dark brown siderite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0335 Barite, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
White zoned barite with dark brown siderite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 31 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR8 Barite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Thin white bladed stacked crystals. Ex Trevor Hosking, collected in 1995. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR8 EYG-CXD Chabazite-Na, Apatite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Chabazite-Na and an apatite needle in a vugh in andesite. An opalescent effect is produced by the larger crystal lying flat in the vugh with only one face exposed. The surface has a slightly matt...
ncat JR3 Siderite, Orthoclase, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Dark brown spherical siderite with colourless orthoclase lining the vugh. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR3 WQ1-09C Gypsum, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Labelled as apatite but I think the long prismatic crystal is gypsum. The termination is wrong for apatite. There is greenish-brown chlorite and a brown siderite with a hollow core, left hand side of the...
ncat JR3 EA4-HAK Chabazite-Na, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Pale yellow hexagonal chabazite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. The second photo was taken by Judy Rowe and uploaded to Mindat in 2009. It would have been a single shot, not...
ncat JR3 Chabazite-Na, Orthoclase, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Yellow and colourless hexagonal chabazite crystals with minor colourless orthoclase and brown siderite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0601 Analcime, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Three colourless analcime crystals isolated the rest, with smaller rounded brown siderites, and one chabazite crystal. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1272 Gypsum, Chabazite-Na (Herschelite), Bicker’s Quarry, Dargaville, North Island, New Zealand
A colourless gypsum crystal with white hexagonal chabazite. Unsure what the hollowed out crystal is/was (bottom left of photo). The yellow needles are possibly iron-stained or replaced apatite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50...
1273 Analcime, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Unidentified white mineral (possibly thomsonite?) in analcime. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4082 VHD2 Botallackite, Levant Mine, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Elongated green platy crystals. Ex Andrew Tuma. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR02 M3454 Botallackite, Connellite, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Fine acicular connellite with platy green botallackite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1130 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
A jumble of intense red mostly terminated crocoite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP169 Erythrite, Silberberg, Geyer – Silberberg District, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
A radiating cluster of purplish-red erythrite crystals. Collected in 1987. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JSM Claudetite, Sulphur, Saxonia dump slag locality, Freiberg smelter, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Colourless monoclinic crystals of claudetite with pale yellow sulphur crystals in slag. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW301 Karibibite, Scorodite, Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Spheres of yellow to orange acicular karibibite crystals with small colourless to green scorodite crystals in gossan matrix. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat OW403 Arsenopyrite, Yaogangxian, Hunan Province, China
A single well-formed arsenopyrite crystal on matrix. Specimen measures 55x30x25mm.
ncat AA8 446 Arsenolamprite, Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Radial aggregates of metallic grey arsenolamprite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR2 Arsenic, New England arsenic, Clive, Clive Co., New South Wales
A crystalline mass of native arsenic showing some individual trigonal crystals. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1302 Botallackite, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Platy green crystals. Type Locality. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Mike Gough. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR12 Hydroxylapatite, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well station, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Colourless rounded aggregate of hydroxylapatite with thin sword-shaped colourless scholzite crystals, and unidentified green mineral (plimerite?). Ex Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
9092 JP2758 Montgomeryite, Hydroxylapatite, Crandallite, Collinsite?, Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Colourless hexagonal prisms and bowties of hydroxylapatite. Monoclinic tiny thin platy crystals of colourless montgomeryite (eg: top right of photo). The larger colourless crystals are possibly collinsite. White balls of crandallite. Ex Jo Price Collection....
ncat JP886 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania
Blocky colourless crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1662 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Natrolite, Ardglen Quarry, Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
A single white crystal of hydroxyapophyllite, with a few colourless needles of natrolite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD213 Hydromagnesite, Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Colourless to white hydromagnesite crystals on serpentine. Specimen measures 90x55x45mm. Close up photo width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW210 Dypingite, Hydromagnesite, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
A ball of crystals of hydromagnesite with white pearly dypingite. Specimen Measures 60x40x15mm. Closeup photo width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RD Hydrokenoralstonite, Goethite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Tiny colourless but mostly iron-stained crystals on a goethite matrix. Ex Vince Peisley. Identified for Vince by Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat JAP3 Nakauriite, Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Blue fibrous nakauriite. This species forms as vivid fibrous blue crystals on/in brucite-bearing serpentine. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3098 Hydrokenoelsmoreite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Yellow crystals in a vugh in ferberite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3038 Hydrohonessite, Gaspéite, Gypsum, 132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Yellow aggregates of hydrohonessite on green gaspéite, some of which is coated by gypsum. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JAP3 Mimetite, Ohbuki mine (Ofukiyama; Obukidani; Ohbukitani), Hinokage, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Hexagonal olive green crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD117 Holmsquistite, Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia
An aggregate of fibrous purple crystals. Specimen measures 42mm wide.
20127 VHD1 Holmsquistite, Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia
Tiny purple crystals on larger black crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0634 Dachiardite-Ca, Hokiya-dake, Toyosaka, Matsushiro, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Labelled: Mt Hokidoke, Nagono Volcano, Japan. Colourless prismatic crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW201 Glauberite, Hydroglauberite, Lake Bumbunga, Lochiel, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
White alteration coating of hydroglauberite on glauberite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2399 VHD5 Scheelite, Calcite, Hübnerite, Aberfoyle Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
A brown scheelite crystal with white calcite on silvery black hübnerite. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 K362 Barytocalcite, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Bladed tan barytocalcite coated with sugary white crystals. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Specimen measures 44x25x18mm.
5426 Barytocalcite, Rorrington Mine, Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England, UK
Colourless crystals of barytocalcite. Ex Richard Bell. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 5 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3883 Barytocalcite, Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Presteigne, Powys, Wales
Aggregates of bladed crystals with a slight brownish tinge. Ex Tom Cottrell. 2/2005. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD205 M3626 Marshite, Aurichalcite, Smithsonite, Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A very rich specimen of tan coloured marshite that fluoresces bright red, with pale blue aurichalcite and green smithsonite. Ex Peter Hall. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images (white...
5586 Schrockingerite, Rabbittite, Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
White acicular rabbittite with green platy aggregates of schröckingerite that is highly fluorescent. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5594 Johannite, Chalcanthite, Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Yellow johannite on green unknown (more crystalline and bright fluorescence), and blue chalcanthite. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5589 Bayleyite, Calcite, Gypsum, Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Tiny creamy-white radial sprays of bayleyite with calcite, gypsum, and unidentified copper and uranium species. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
5590 Bayleyite, Almandine, Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Ex Al Wilkins. Labelled simply bayleyite but I can’t find any distinct material. Some of the matrix is made up of garnet crystals, the garnet from here being almandine. So I can put that on...
2413 Renierite, Germanite, Chalcopyrite, 2390′ Level, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia
From the 2390 ft level. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8506 Conichalcite, Germanite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Zoned green crystals of conichalcite as “V”-shaped crystals in germanite. Type Locality for germanite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat PA24 Gold, Winnecke Goldfield, Georgina Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
A small patch of gold on quartz matrix. Ex Don McColl. Ex Ashleigh Watt Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat PA24 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Yellow scalenohedral crystal groups of beudantite-segnitite, with dark red carminite needles. Ex Ashleigh Watt Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat PA24 Calcite, Chabazite, Phillipsite, Ben Lomond, Hardinge Co., New South Wales
A group of calcite crystals on a calcite ball in a vugh lined with phillipsite and chabazite crystals. Bluish-white fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Ex Ashleigh Watt Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 34 images...
2029 Diamond, Miba Mine, Mbuji-Mayi, Kasaï-Oriental, DR Congo
Greenish yellow interpenetrant cube twin with interesting surface features. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat PA24 Calcite, Chabazite, Phillipsite, Ben Lomond, Hardinge Co., New South Wales
A group of dark calcite crystals that show zoning under longwave ultraviolet light in a vugh lined with phillipsite and chabazite crystals. Ex Ashleigh Watt Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 56 images (whitelight),...
ncat PA24 Calcite, Chabazite, Phillipsite, Ben Lomond, Hardinge Co., New South Wales
A steeply-terminated calcite crystal with a dark core in a vugh lined with phillipsite and chabazite crystals. The main calcite crystal fluoresces orange under longwave ultraviolet light. A second partial brown calcite fluoresces bright white....
7085 JL0860 Synthetic Diamond
Synthetic diamonds. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images.
ncat WD109 Hollandite, Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark brown hemispheres of hollandite. In front of the hollandite are corroded hollowed out hedyphane crystals. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Ex Gordon Jackson Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click...
7348 JL3149 Tarbuttite, Beudantite, Hinsdalite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Cuprian tarbuttite with green beudantite and green coatings and crystals of hinsdalite.. Collected by Joan Lamond in 1999 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click...
4338 JL3150 Scholzite, Corkite-Hinsdalite, Pyromorphite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green corkite-hinsdalite on colourless pyromorphite with white scholzite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Micro Collection. Collected by Joan on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip in 1991. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images....
1205 JL3823 Hillite, Collinsite, Scholzite, Plimerite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Tiny pale hillite crystals on scholzite with purplish hemispheres of collinsite. Tiny green balls of plimerite are also present. Type Locality for hillite. Ex Joan Lamond specimen 3823. Joan acquired it from a Whyalla tailgater...
0363 Hidalgoite after Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Olive-green micro crystals of hidalgoite on/after mimetite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1487 Cerussite, Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Reticulated sixling cerussite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0497 Azurite, Cerussite, Smithsonite(?), Chihuahua, Mexico
Reticulated partial sixling white cerussite with dark blue azurite. A small amount of bubbly smithsonite(?) also present on the azurite just below left of centre. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on...
0445 Cerussite, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Pale greenish-yellow cerussite crystals showing signs of reticulated twinning. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0360 Söhngeite, Gallite, Germanite, Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Pale yellow rhombohedral söhngeite crystals in gallite-germanite-tennantite matrix. Type locality for söhngeite and germanite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 44 images. Second image (separate specimen) includes a tiny green crystal towards the top, perhaps...
2133 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Mansfieldite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Pink acicular sprays of erythrite and minor pale purple mansfieldite on black heterogenite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0954 Heterogenite, Mansfieldite (Cobaltian), Smolyaninovite after Erythrite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Black heterogenite coated by crystalline mansfieldite (coloured pink by cobalt). Pink erythrite (not in photo) and minor yellow smolyaninovite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
5122 Hetaerolite, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Lustrous black horizontally striated crystals with steep terminations. Analysed by Peter Elliott. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4985 Fornacite, Wulfenite, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Olive-green fornacite with orange-red wulfenite. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3245 Perite, Hemimorphite, Chlorargyrite, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Yellow scales of perite with a radiating group of colourless hemimorphite crystals. Olive green crystal of chlorargyrite not in photo. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the...
ncat GLEE Hentschelite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Black hemispheres of henschelite. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2814 Calcite, Barite, Heulandite, Red Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Red-fluorescing calcite crystals with minor heulandite (pictured) and barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1423-3 Heulandite, Overburden Dump, Mary Kathleen Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Colourless and amber-coloured crystals of heulandite. The latter presumably through colour transmitted from the matrix? Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
0648 Heulandite, Garrawilla Station, Pottinger Co., New South Wales
A cavity lined with heulandite crystals ranging in colour from yellow-orange through to orange-red. Some crystals have colourless zones. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
nct JR4 Micrometeorites, Zircon, Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
A selection of some of a lot of 29 micrometeorites hand sorted by the late Judy Rowe from alluvial concentrates. Judy hand sorted anatase, zircon, maghemite, and other minerals. One of the micrometeorites (just above...
ncat JP1954 Anglesite, Coldstones Quarry, Greenhow, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
A single larger crystal and smaller drusy crystals of anglesite, altered from galena. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1946 Harmotome, Calcite, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Highland, Scotland, UK
Colourless harmotome crystals with brown calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm.
ncat JP1550 Millerite, Margam Opencast Mine, Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, Wales, UK
Flat-lying needles of metallic millerite. This specimen was collected prior to Park Slip West beginning operations. So technically, it should not be labelled as such. It should simply be Margam Opencast Mine. Ex Jo Price...
ncat JP2605 Andradite, Ural Mountains, Russia
Partially polished crystal of green andradite (Demantoid) showing horsetail inclusions. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 34 images.
ncat JP3077 Anatase, Poudrette quarry , Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of 4.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2311 Garnet Group, Epidote, Thomsonite-Ca, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Aggregate of white thin bladed crystals of thomsonite with thin plates of epidote. The garnet is labelled as grossular but is very dark, and could have a significant andradite component. First photo: Width of view...
ncat JP2297 Fluorite, Crich Quarry (Crich Cliff Quarry), Crich, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK
The faint brownish to colour at the centre of the fluorite explodes like a supernova when hit with a UV torch! It also has inclusions, possibly pyrite or some other sulphide. But it is the...
8073 M1819 Iowaite, Chondrodite, Calcite, Magnetite, Palabora mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Green iowaite with orange to brown chondrodite on colourless calcite. Minor black magnetite also present. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view calcite 3mm, stack of 35 images. Width of view iowaite 6mm,...
ncat JP1867 Magnetite, Calcite, Unidentified Green Mineral, Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Labelled as hausmannite, but misidentified magnetite. Also labelled as muscovite, but the green crystal could be iowaite, clinochlore, phlogopite or muscovite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on...
ncat JP3742 Willemite, Calcite, Mottramite, Cuprite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
This micro specimen came from the Jo Price Collection. Jo had acquired it from the late Jack Nelson. It is an old specimen simply labelled as mimetite, Tsumeb, SWA. The yellow-zoned “mimetite” crystals look odd...
7145 JL2169 Offretite, Schrimpf basalt works, Herbstein, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Labelled as thomsonite, but clearly identical habit to offretite pictured on Mindat. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2137 Epistilbite, Sgurr nam Boc, Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
Colourless aggregate of epistilbite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0371 Epistilbite, Scolecite, Kailua, Oahu Island, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA
Typical epistilbite habit on crystals in one cavity, with smaller crystals associated with prismatic scolecite (not in photo) in another. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
0334 Vesuvianite, Diopside, Jeffrey Mine (Jeffrey Quarry; Johns-Manville Mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
A small specimen of manganoan vesuvianite crystals with transparent diopsides. The perfectly terminated vesuvianites have varying colour from intense purple to very pleasing apple yellow-green and some gemmy areas. With exemplary lustre and good light...
ncat JR6 Calcite, Moeraki Point, Otago Region, New Zealand
Pink fluorescing scalenohedral calcite crystals. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR6 Natrolite, Phillipsite-K, Calcite, Chabazite-Ca, Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand
A bed of natrolite needles on phillipsite with a few small calcite crystals. There are a couple of even smaller highly lustrous chabazite crystals perched on natrolite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 135 images....