ncat OW202 Lazurite, Sodalite, Afghanistan
Blue lazurite with grey sodalite (hackmanite) that fluoresces orange. Width 48mm. Check out the Fluorescent Mineral Reveal on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbe_9ddRFj4
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4843 Woodwardite, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
Pale blue crust of this uncommon copper aluminium sulphate species. Width of specimen 11mm. Stack of 35 images. 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.
1527 Olivenite, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
Olive-green prismatic crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1519 Olivenite, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
Olive-green prismatic crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR05 Magnesiopascoite, Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Stacked plates of orange magnesiopascoite crystals. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 87 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR05 Roweite, Olshanskyite, Andradite, Shijiangshan mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia, China
Tan roweite with colourless olshanskyite. Also present, tiny green andradite crystals. Width of view 38mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1283 Perovskite, Andradite, Chlorite, Actinolite, Perovskite Peak, San Benito Peak, San Benito Co., California, USA
Three stepped black perovskite crystals with brown centres, and smaller black melanite andradite garnets. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0772 Calcite, Natrolite, Glenarm, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Colourless calcite crystals that fluoresce white and produce a strong green afterglow when the UV light is removed. Also prismatic colourless natrolite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Probably from the Little...
20122 Potassium
1 gram of potassium metal 99.8% pure in glass vial under mineral oil. The mineral oil prevents but doesn’t entirely stop the oxidization of the potassium metal, hence the purple hue.
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...
ncat JP1065 Fluorite, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Lots of colourless fluorite crystals that fluoresce pink, on a solid fluorite matrix that fluoresces blue. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a...
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...
ncat JP0364 Pyromorphite, Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Tiny green prisms of pyromorphite an a cavity of fluorite. The top half of the specimen is all massive fluorite and the bottom half, massive barite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click...
ncat JP281 Fluorite, Galena, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Cube-octahedral galena crystals on and in colourless to slightly hint of green cubes of fluorite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat CA Pyromorphite, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Small lustrous hexagonal green prisms. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5128 Pentagonite, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
A cluster of pentagonite crystals with tiny fibres of mordenite and a few little white calcite crystals. Ex Ed Richards. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a...
0074 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Hackly silver-rich gold in fluorite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0073 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Hackly silver-rich gold in mostly grey fluorite with a hint of purple. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0053 Fluorite, Pyrite, Siderite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Colourless fluorite cubes that fluoresce blue under longwave ultraviolet, partially coated with siderite. Tiny pyrite crystals also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
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...
ncat VH477 Fluorite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
A cluster of rounded fluorite crystals with blue to yellow zoning. Fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet, but not strongly so. A hint of green fluorescence in patches under shortwave ultraviolet. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Specimen is...
ncat VHD15 Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Barite, Pyrite, Ernest Henry Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Lots of chalcopyrite crystals on small purple cubes of fluorite and red-fluorescing double-terminated calcite crystals. A few small yellow barite crystals also present. Even smaller pyrite crystals are sprinkled on the barite, and to a...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Light purple over some green fluorite octahedral crystals to 10mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 59mm wide. Click on the image below...
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...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, South of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark purple fluorite octahedral crystals to 25mm with iron-stained quartz. The fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Specimen measures 52mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW309 Fluorite, south of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark purple fluorite octahedral crystals to 20mm with iron-stained quartz. The fluorite exhibits patchy blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Specimen measures 50mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1772 Fluorite, Calcite, Opal, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Light purple cubes of fluorite do not fluoresce under longwave UV, but do fluoresce green under shortwave UV. Calcite is best seen under longwave UV as red patches. Balls of opal fluoresce pale green under...
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...
ncat TBSD1 Fluorite, De Milhou’s Lode, Emmaville, New South Wales
Purple fluorite crystals in a small cavity adjacent to smoky quartz. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP373 Fluorite, Pyromorphite, Siderite, Daydream Mine (Meech’s Blow), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Colourless cubes with a white core of fluorite crystals that glow green under shortwave ultraviolet light. Judging by the colour, it is likely that the fluorescence is due to uranyl ions. A small amount of...
7417 JL1778 Sellaite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Brocks Creek, Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 11.5mm. Photos are white light, longwave ultraviolet and shortwave ultraviolet. Sellaite is cream to white and glows greenish under longwave,...
ncat ER5 Imayoshiite, Datolite, Plombièrite, Shijiangshan mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Rosette of colourless hexagonal imayoshiite crystals. Width of specimen 15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA Goethite, Rochester Shire Quarry, Rochester, Campaspe Shire, Victoria
Iridescent botryoidal goethite on on face of the specimen. Specimen dimensions are 35x24x22mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2784 Smithsonite, Azurite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
This is the first time I have seen this colour on a Broken Hill specimen! Spectacular under shortwave ultraviolet light. The smithsonite glows yellow under longwave, pink under medium wave and violet red under shortwave....
1126 Annabergite, Smithsonite, Km 3 open pit, Km 3 mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Superb lustrous apple green bladed annabergite crystals with dull green smithsonite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 170 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0590 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A small cluster of apophyllite crystals. Specimen is 10mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA6 Magnesite, Fluorite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Given the name “Lost City of Bischoff” when I first found it, this is one side of a ferroan magnesite crystal that had grown up against stepped fluorite that is no longer there. The core...
ncat EA6 Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Aberfoyle Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
A lot happening on this specimen. In the white light photo, you can see tabular pale blue hexagonal fluorapatite crystals with muscovite mica, and brown areas appear to be goethite coating cassiterite. In the longwave...
ncat AU007 Fluorapatite, Saleeite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria
Tiny pale baby blue crystals of fluorapatite. Yellow plates of saleeite also present on the specimen. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0833 Fluorapatite, Cyrilovite, Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
A single colourless hexagonal prism of fluorapatite. The greenish yellow mineral is cyrilovite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 140 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD10, Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Individual images: White Light… Longwave UV… Shortwave UV…
ncat VHD10 Fluorapatite, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A brownish-green single fluorapatite crystal with a small amount of attached galena. Shown side lit. Crystal measures 22mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.
20120 Gold, Savage River Mines, Corinna-Savage River district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Small speck of gold in iron ore. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1096 Dioptase, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
A tough one to photograph! Green prismatic crystals of dioptase from this classic locality. Ex Jo Price Collection, Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat OW106 M3682 Calcite, Apophyllite, Albion Park Quarry, Croom, Camden Co., New South Wales
Blocky apophyllite crystals on calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. 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.
3241 OW206 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Phillipsite, West Ridgley Quarry, Ridgley, Burnie city, Tasmania
Slightly yellowish tabular crystals of hydroxyapophyllite-(K) on colourless phillipsite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3654 Weeksite, Opal, Autunite No 8 Claim, Thomas Mountains, Juab Co, Utah, USA
There are two distinct species here based on the fluorescence response. Pale yellow fibrous sprays of weeksite that look like they fluoresce yellow, but are just reflecting the surrounding opal that fluoresce strongly. Width of...
0582 Neptunite, Dallas gem mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
A single black crystal with a hint of internal red fire. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2485 Sylvite, Esterhazy Soak, New York, USA
Locality not listed in Mindat, nor can I find any other reference to it. Single sylvite crystal without matrix. Sheila Harper found this reference so that might help a bit. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
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...
ncat AA8 113 Titanite, Chlorite Group, Albite, Teufelsmühle, Habach valley, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Green titanite crystals with tiny worms of dark green chlorite and colourless-white albite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Click here for a...
5653 Naujakasite, Villiaumite, Aegirine, Sodalite, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Pale green naujakasite with pink villiaumite, black aegirine and colourless sodalite that fluoresces orange. Ex Ole-Thorstein Ljøstad. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
5652 Tuperssuatsiaite, Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Not as aesthetic as those from the better-known occurrence at Aris, Namibia, but this one is from the Type Locality. Tan radiating sprays. Collected by Ole-Thorstein Ljøstad. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images....
ncat JP1832 Naujakusite, Arfvedsonite, Sodalite, Aegirine, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Pale green naujakusite with black arfvedsonite. Colourless sodalite shows up as orange patches under UV. Tan patches unknown. Prismatic green crystals possibly aegirine? Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images...
ncat JP3635 Villiaumite, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Red crystals embedded in matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7409 JL2074 Cuprostibite, Mount Nakkaalaaq, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7441 JL1885 Manganoneptunite, Calcite, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
Tiny pale calcite crystals on black manganoneptunite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Collected by Bill Birch. Click on the image...
10039 WD109 Gadolinite-(Y), Miyazuma-kyo, Mie Prefecture, Japan
A specimen from this locality was used in Miyawaki, R., Nakai, I. & Nagashima, K. (1984) A refinement of the structure of gadolinite. American Mineralogist, 69. Dark green to black gadolinite. Width of view 17.25mm....
2913 Pyrite, Barite, Fluorite, Nakaye mine (Alamo mine), Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny pyrite crystals on the face of a barite crystal, with dark purple fluorite associated. The barite is said to be coloured because of pyrite inclusions, but that even under a microscope, crystals can’t be...
2902 Gypsum, Nakaye mine (Alamo mine), Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
A small piece of gypsum collected at the same time as specimens of barite, calcite and fluorite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD102 Scheelite, Ferberite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Scheelite on ferberite, 32x30x20mm. Shown under shortwave (left), white light (centre) and longwave (right).
4174 Forsterite, “Lomu Islands”, Tonga
The so-called “Lomu Islands” rose up above the surface of the sea due to eruptions in 2000. There were calls to name them as such after the All Blacks rugby player Jonah Lomu, but this...
1610 Turquoise, Fluellite, Wavellite, Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Pinkish-yellowish blocky fluellite crystals with sugary pale greenish turquoise. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0285 Wavellite, Minyulite, Fluellite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Blocky fluellite crystals looking brown due to transmitted matrix colour, white acicular wavellite and colourless flat-lying prismatic crystals of minyulite. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...
4920 Finnemanite, Willemite, Chalcophanite, Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Puttapa mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Grey hexagonal tabular crystals of finnemanite with long prisms of willemite, and metallic chalcophanite. Ex Barry Shubert Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JP299 Axinite-(Fe), Ferro-actinolite, Ferro-tschermakite, Tremolite, Andradite, Dookie Mineralogical Reserve quarry, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Purple axinite crystals with green ferro-actinolite or actinolite(?), felted brown ferro-tschermakite, and pale tremolite(?). Also present, lemon-green andradite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat BE23 Ferrosilite, Ilmenite, Andesine, Fluorapatite, Rollinsons quarry, Malmsbury, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
Brown prismatic ferrosilite crystals with tan andesine, platy ilmenite, and acicular fluorapatite needles. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BAA Richterite, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Three small crystals without matrix. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Crystal in photo is 7mm long.
20112 Cerianite-(Ce), Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
Pale greenish-yellow crust of cerianite on white quartz. Ex Gerald Spinks Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20113 M3164 Kegelite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
A tiny fragment of this rare sheet silicate. Type Locality. Ex Gerald Spinks Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 16 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1322 Stibiotantalite, Muiâne pegmatite (Muiâne mine; Emdal mines), Muiane-Naipa group, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Yellow to greenish to black sand-sized grains of stibiotantalite in a small glass vial with a metal cap. The cap is stamped with Rudolph Flume Berlin. The vial is 20mm long.
ncat RC Ferroaluminoceladonite, Sellaite, Beryl, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Creamy white pearly ferroaluminoceladonite with blue beryl and grey sellaite on a skeletal quartz matrix. Width of view 32mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2457 Ferro-actinolite, Martins Point, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania
Tiny prismatic sprays of dark green-black crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 50 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 VH570 Ferrierite-Mg, Heulandite Unanderra, New South Wales
Small white tufts of ferrierite on colourless heulandite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1480 Ferrierite-Mg, Wollongong Council Quarry, Unanderra, Camden Co., New South Wales
A spray of white crystals with a yellow core. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4579 Fergusonite-(Y), Mukinbudin Quarry, Western Australia
Tiny yellow crystals. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3529 Felsőbányaite, Coimadai Antimony Mine, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
White crystalline groups on slate. Collected by me in 2003. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA2 Felsőbányaite, Coimadai Antimony Mine, Pyrites Creek, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria
Globular creamy-white coating on slate. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2821 Faustite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Pale blue botryoidal faustite with a few tiny glassy colourless wardite crystals, and metallic hematite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
2045 Faustite, Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Pale sky blue hemispheres with white cores of copper-bearing faustite. The outer portions may grade to zinc-bearing turquoise. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
20111 Fluorapatite, Cassiterite, Arsenopyrite, Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
A cluster of yellow-green apatite crystals with the largest 31mm wide, with minor cassiterite and arsenopyrite. The apatite exhibits orange zoned fluorescence. Ex Barry Porter Collection. Ex Mike and Coralie Fisher Collection. Click on the...
5362 JL933 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Yellow crystals of sulphur on carbonised wood. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1990 from Arthur Roffey. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
0306 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Mindat lists erionite-K and erionite-Ca, with the latter the only one tested (Rruff). Isolated prisms and small groups of colourless erionite in a vugh. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand)....
ncat JP0828 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
An aesthetic spray of hexagonal erionite prisms. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0826 Phillipsite-K, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Twinned phillipsite crystals. These clearly show the twinning planes. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0291 Phillipsite-K, Calcite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Twinned phillipsite crystals on and with calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. 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.
1735 Eudialyte Group, Sanidine, and Andradite, Syenite Dyke, Langdons point, Cygnet, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania
Pink grains of eudialyte or manganoeudialyte with/in andradite, and phenocrysts of sanidine in a green groundmass. Other species likely present but would need analysis to confirm. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75. Click on...
ncat TX Eucryptite, Albite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Eucryptite and albite as massive white crystalline material. Pale pink may be cookeite. Specimen measures 75x55x30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1225 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Smolianinovite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland
Deep dark red prismatic crystals of erythrite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 160 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MARXX Lavendulan, Erythrite, Cobaltaustinite, Cobaltite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Pink erythrite (look closely, some crystals are bent), blue lavendulan and olive-green cobaltaustinite. Cobaltite crystals are present, enbedded in the matrix, but not in this image. Width of view 7.66mm. Stack of 85 images. Click...
ncat AU002 1700 Erythrite, Cobaltite, Calcite, Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland
A few pieces. Erythrite occurring as a pink alteration of cobaltite crystals, which are embedded in fluorescent calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below...
0940 Erythrite, Smolianinovite after Cobaltite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
A mass of deep pink erythrite crystals. Also present (in matrix and not shown) is tan smolianinovite pseudomorphing a cobaltite crystal. Gift from Bernie Day, December 1992. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images....
0344 Erythrite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Long prismatic pink crystals, one with a distinct bend in it. Width of view 5mm. Photo published in Australian Journal of Mineralogy 21(1). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW214 Erythrite after Cobaltite, Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Pink erythrite pseudomorphing cobaltite. Ex Ron and Betty Wallace Collection. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9003 JP2390 Erythrite, Roselite?, Cobaltite, Hörnesite, Heterogenite, Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Sharp pink erythrite crystals and masses. Cobaltite as cubes mostly replaced by tan hörnesite. Black/purplish heterogenite. Ex Jo Price Collection. First image: Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below...
0400 Erythrite, Carlow Castle Mine, Roebourne, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Tiny pink aggregates of erythrite crystals. Collected by John Carey. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 125 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1515 Erythrite, Mount Howden Mine, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Olary Province, South Australia
Erythrite as deep pink crystals and pale pink botryoidal cobalt bloom with unidentified lilac patches. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD120 Ernstite, St John’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Brown crystals identified as ernstite by the late Vince Peisley. There has been doubt cast on the validity of ernstite at this locality, as the original material can not be found, and subsequent pieces analysed...
ncat AA O13 Erionite, Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Silky overgrowths of erionite (labelled as offretite) on levyne crystals. Ex Lesley and Doug Ball Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0920 Levyne-Na, Calcite, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Silky erionite overgrowths clearly showing on broken levyne crystal with grey calcite crystal (the calcite is 6mm tall). Adjacent vugh is lined with thomsonite and has tiny chabazite crystals sprinkled over it. Stack of 80...
ncat OW302 Erionite, Clinoptilolite-Na, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
Tiny colourless hexagonal prisms of erionite (sizes in photo captions). Click on the images for a higher resolution version.
5810 Solongoite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Colourless to white massive material, partially fluorescent pink under longwave UV (likely calcite as it bubbles readily in vinegar – see last photo). 23x17x8mm. Stack of 45 images (white light) and 21 (UV). Click on...
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.
5807 A2983 672marps Fluorite, Siderite, Pyrite, K Feldspar, Albite, Granite Mountain Quarry #1, Granite Mountain Area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Octahedral fluorite colourless through to a fracture, then pale purple-grey over the rest of the crystal. Blue fluorescence. Hemisphere of brown siderite(?), rounded pyrite, and colourless albite, all on pinkish-tan K feldspar. Ex Art Smith...
5806 A2964 680marps Fluorite, Pyrophanite, Aegirine (Acmite), Albite, Holiday Inn Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Purple fluorite cluster and isolated crystals with green needles of aegirine, brown pseudohexagonal pyrophanite, and colourless albite crystals, all in a white albite matrix. Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1986). Width of view 8.63mm....
5805 A2980 523marps Fluorite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Albite, Pyrophanite, Natrolite(?), Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry), Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystalson albite with greenish chlorite, white prismatic crystals of natrolite(?), colourless quartz, and brown pyrophanite. Also on specimen magnetite, Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1979). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
5804 A2968 7528m Fluorite, Hemimorphite, Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Yellow hemimorphite crystals on colourless cubes of fluorite. The yellow is likely due to iron staining. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex Nick Peters (UK). Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the...
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...
ncat JP345 Montgomeryite, Whitlockite, Fluorapatite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Colourless rhombs of whitlockite on orange bladed montgomeryite, it partially coated by white balls of fluorapatite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the...
ncat JP340 Whitlockite, Childrenite-Eosphorite, Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Transparent tan-coloured rhombohedral crystals of whitlockite with prismatic crystals of childrenite? Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Edit: May be eosphorite rather than childrenite (or somewhere in the series)....
ncat JP355, Bermanite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Red-brown to blackish crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP882, Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA
Sharp pale lilac crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 180 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1181 Libethenite, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Typical green crystals. Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image 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.
3497 Akaganeite, Maghemite, Goethite, Lepidocrocite, Cohenite, Schreibersite, Nandan Meteorite, Lihu, Nandan, China
Fragments of meteorite in a capsule, magnetic. Width of view 5.75mm.
ncat 221640993 IAB-MG iron Meteorite, Campo del Cielo meteorite, Gancedo, Doce de Octubre Department, Chaco Province, Argentina
“Alien-Shape” meteorite. Longest dimension 9mm. Estimated to have fallen 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. Composition is metallic nickel-iron and a few sulphides, carbides, and phosphides (normal for iron meteorites), and it also contains silicate inclusions....
5673 Elbaite, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Single green terminated crystal 13mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ER1 Cavansite, Stilbite-Ca, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
Superb blue cavansite with tiny colourless stilbite crystals. In some light, the cavansite is more green. My camera really struggles to capture the colour correctly too. Width of cavansite spray is 15mm. Click on the...
ncat ER5 Andesine, Iwo Jima (Iou-to), Volcano Islands, Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Ex Andrew Hodgson. Ex Minerals Unlimited.
ncat ER5 Pyrosmalite-(Mn), Kyurasawa mine (Kyuurasawa; Kyurazawa), Ashio, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
A pale brown crystalline mass of this fairly rare silicate without matrix. Obtained by Andrew Hodgson from Richard Tayler Minerals in July 1987.
ncat ER5 Epidote-Sr, Ananai mine, Nankoku city, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Obvious pinkish massive and small veins in 1.5cm. Type Locality.
ncat ER5 Frohbergite, Tellurite, Kobetsuzawa mine (Obetsuzawa mine), Nishi-ku, Sapporo City, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Silvery-grey inclusions of frohbergite in fine-grained matrix, with attractive glassy yellow crystals of tellurite.
ncat OX-T501 Anatase, Fujikawachi, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Location in Japanese 大分県 南海部郡 藤河内
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 Veszelyite, Haiyama quarry, Ishibe, Konan City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Blue crystals and crusts. There are some nice small crystals towards the top right of the photo. Width of specimen 12mm. Stack of 85 images. Location in Japanese 滋賀県湖南市石部町灰山 Click on the image below for...
ncat AA5 Muscovite after Cordierite-Indialite intergrowth, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Sakura in bloom,A fleeting moment of joy,A petal’s gentle kiss. Sakura Ishi – Cherry Blossom Stone. Muscovite mica pseudomorphs of complex cordierite-indialite intergrowths. Width 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat ANK T8 Topaz, Wombat Creek, Strathbogie Ranges, Strathbogie Shire, Victoria
Single pale blue crystal 9mm tall. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon #T8. Acquired by them from “Glad” (Rangott?, Jackson?). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK F48 Fluorite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Bluffton, Richland Township, Allen Co., Ohio, USA
Purple fluorite tabular crystals (one axis is shorter than the other two) with very tiny modifications on the corners (modified by the trapezohedron). Colourless to greyish white dolomite crystals (matrix is a dolostone). Tiny pyrite...
ncat Chalcophanite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Hexagonal silver crystals with other manganese phases. 2022 mining. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
2022 production. Crystals 22mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
2022 production. Longest crystal is 30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2320 Epistilbite, Tabors Road, Margate, Tasmania
Non-descript looking material. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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 VHD11, Epidote, Spriggs Bore, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A cluster of lustrous green epidote crystals 29mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW401 Epidote, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single larger than usual green epidote crystal, 50mm long. Probably Entia Valley. Ex Arthur Roffey Collection 453. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Epidote, Biggenden Mine, Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Twinned(?) green epidote crystals in massive white calcite that fluoresces bright orange-red. Collected in September 1994 by Margaret Brown. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 97 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
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.
0573 Epidote, No.34, Entia Valley, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single very dark crystal 15mm long. It shows just a hint of green with very strong lighting. Stack of 40 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...
1507 Pyrite, Epidote, Andradite, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
A green epidote crystal impaled on pyrite, all on dark brown andradite garnet. Presumably, the epidote interrupted the growth of the pyrite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below...
1607 Titanite, Epidote, Actinolite, Albite, Chlorite, Huonville Station, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Prismatic green epidote crystals with dark green actinolite and yellowish-green titanite, the latter two not in the photo. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. (First image) Click on the image below for a...
7320 JL3151 Epidote, Stockdale Quarry, Maffra, Wellington Shire, Victoria
Labelled as Briagolong. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Doug Gaw at the 1999 Waverley Show. Width of View 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0761 Eosphorite, Meurigite, Cyrilovite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Dark brown prismatic crystals with pale yellow fibrous meurigite-K, and tiny bright yellow cyrilovite. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5370 JL1172 Eosphorite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Brown prismatic crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection #1172. Ex Museum Victoria. Specimen is 10mm wide. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3418 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Transparent thin bladed tan crystals of enstatite with pseudobrookite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 220 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3371 Enstatite, Hematite, Pseudobrookite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Brown crystals of enstatite with minor pseudobrookite and hematite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 68 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.
4624 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green crystal fragment 19mm long with interesting parallel growth faces. The C axis runs from left to right. Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4623 Elbaite, Lepidolite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Gemmy blue terminated crystal 14mm long with lepidolite at the termination (crystal shown “upside down”). Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4620 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal 14.5mm long, green with a black cap. Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4618 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single 15mm long terminated crystal, mostly green then a small blue section and a black cap. Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1320 Elbaite, Giles Elbaite pegmatite, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A gemmy green elbaite crystal that has been broken and later healed, but offset. Ex Jo Price Collection. Crystal is 8.5mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA5 M3882 Elbaite, Cattlin Creek Pegmatite, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Opaque pink “rubellite” crystals with pale green cores frozen in matrix. Specimen is 30mm wide. Ex Bernie Day Collection #M3882. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 1963 Elbaite, Cattlin Creek pegmatite, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Opaque bluish-green crystals with pink cores. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #1963. Width of specimen is 48mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4296 Ecandrewsite, Melbourne Rockwell Mine, Little Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Tiny black-brown inclusions in quartz. Associated with brown-orange almandine-spessartine. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 128 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH128 Sphalerite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
A sharp metallic black tetrahedral sphalerite crystal on white albite. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 109 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat ANK MSH126 Rhodochrosite, Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Deep sharp red-brown rhombohedral crystals, one perched on aegirine crystal. There are also colourless reticulated crystals below right of centre. Maybe albite? One small area on top of rhodochrosite (not in photo) fluoresces orange. Ex...
ncat ANK MSH87 Franconite, Actinolite, Zircon, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Franconite (white spheres), actinolite (green sprays) and brown crystals of zircon(?) that fluoresce orange. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 59 images. Click on the...
ncat ANK MSH93 Lorenzenite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Pinkish acicular crystals of lorenzenite. There are a couple of unknowns too, the pale greenish prismatic crystal and the brown material upper left (it fluoresces orange). Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre...
ncat ANK MSH147 Calcioburbankite, Petersenite-(Ce), Siderite, Hilairite(?), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
As with many MSH specimens, you don’t always know what you’ve got! White to tan calcioburbankite on hexagonal prismatic petersenite-(Ce). Many of the brown crystals, the lighter ones, are siderite, but some, the darker brown...
ncat ANK MSH65 Dawsonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless striated prisms. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Pete Richards. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 68 images. Blue sodalite (part of matrix) fluoresces a strong orange. Click on the image below for...
1191 Kanemite, La saline d’Andjia, Kanem Region (Khanem), Chad
Tiny piece in a capsule. Type Locality.
ncat RB Gold, Ecuador
Labelled simply “Plateau Mining Co., Ecuador”, this specimen came from a collection acquired by Richard Bell. Obviously, Plateau Mining Co. isn’t a locality, but a company, so the starting point is simply Ecuador. After a...
ncat ANK MSH44 Eudialyte, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Rootbeer brown crystal. It is labelled as eudialyte but it is not known if it has been analysed. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich, collected May 2007. Width of view 5.75mm....
ncat ANK MSH137 Neighborite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small cluster of brown cubes. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH71 Pectolite, Phlogopite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Phlogopite pseudohexagonal plates on prismatic colourless pectolite. Pectolite crystals have zoned fluorescence, pink with blue caps. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Comparison image...
ncat ANK MSH81 Burbankite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Yellow “reverse sceptre” burbankite. Second photo ilmenite and burbankite. Calcite also present on specimen. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 18 images (burbankite). Stack of...
1693 Elbaite, Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes, Western Australia
Prismatic green crystals frozen in quartz matrix. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH123 Epididymite, Franconite, Analcime, Muscovite, Pyrite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless twinned epididymite with cream hemispheres of franconite(?), with tiny silver pseudohexagonal muscovite, and tiny pyrite crystals, minor albite, all on analcime. There is also a prismatic hexagonal crystal of epididymite pointing down to the...
ncat ANK MSH110 Elpidite, Gaidonnayite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Elpidite greenish and bright fluorescent green under longwave UV, gaidonnayite (not in photo) clear. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 57 images (white light) and...
ncat ANK MSH107 Serandite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Prismatic pale pink crystals. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 134 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH103 Vinogradovite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Thin tan blades. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH100 Monteregianite-(Y), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Sprays of thin grey prismatic crystals. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 95 images. Most of the matrix fluoresces orange, probably nepheline. Click on the...
ncat ANK MSH100 Hilairite, Gaidonnayite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Type Locality for hilairite. Brown hilairite with colourless/grey twinned gaidonnayite. Hilairite fluoresce green under longwave UV, but gaidonnayite doesn’t appear to respond. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view...
ncat ANK MSH1 Ferrokentbrooksite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small orange crystals. Originally labelled as kentbrooksite, but probably ferrokentbrooksite and most likely collected before that mineral was described as a new species. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean P Beckerich. Width of...
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...
5546 Parauranophane, Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Yellow prismatic crystals. Previously known as uranophane-β, now parauranophane. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 165 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2548 Senandorite, Quatrandorite, San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Labelled simply as andorite. Donnay and Donnay (1954) stated that nearly all andorite specimens from Oruro are syntaxic intergrowths of two species that they named andorite IV and andorite VI. These have now been redefined...
ncat WD217 Nagashimalite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
One tiny micro in rhodonite. Type Locality.
ncat WD217 Kannanite, Mt Kannan, Ouzu City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Tiny thin beige veins in matrix. Type Locality.
ncat WD217 Baghdadite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Two small grains in matrix.
7332 JL3714 Dypingite, Zaratite, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
White botryoidal spheres, some coloured green by nickel. Ex Joan Lamond Collection, Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1989 from John Haupt. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat VHD4 Dundasite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
White acicular clusters of dundasite with minor red crocoite. This photo clearly shows the challenge of getting clean specimens from the gossans of the mines in the area! Type Locality for dundasite. Width of view...
ncat WD216 Dundasite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Clusters of snow-white crystals on prismatic orange crocoite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4199 Dypingite, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania
Pale green to white balls of dypingite in serpentine. Ex Jack Leach Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP456 Dundasite, Crocoite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Creamy balls of dundasite with bright white tips to the crystals, and a few tiny crocoite crystals. Labelled as Red Lead Mine, this is clearly a Kapi Mine specimen. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of...
2170 Mimetite, Duftite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Yellow hexagonal mimetite roses on green duftite. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 142 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0342 Duftite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
One of the early specimens that was labelled Mount Evelyn to disguise where it actually came from. Olive-green to greenish-black crystals. Width of 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat GLEE Duftite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Vanadium-rich duftite. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 106 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD120 Dufrénite, Leucophosphite, Morinite, Cyrilovite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Dark greenish black dufrénite with almost colourless leucophosphite. Also on specimen but not in photo, morinite and cyrilovite. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for...
4350 JL3913 Dufrénite, Strengite, Klemms Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Olive green crust of tiny crystals of dufrénite, with pinkish-white strengite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 2001. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat RN Dufrénite, Cyrilovite, Iron Duchess, Middleback Range, South Australia
Dark greenish-blue dufrenite with greenish-yellow to brown cyrilovite. Ex Barry Schubert. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5154 JL1575 Dufrénite, Hicks Quarry, Gladstone, South Australia
Very dark green crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 145 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TF Eosphorite, Saléeite, Dufrénite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria
Bluish-green dufrénite with brown eosphorite and highly fluorescent saléeite. Ex Pat Sutton. Dufrénite not listed in Mindat, but I assume Pat analysed. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 76 images. Click on the image below...
ncat BDMAR01 M1416 Dufrénite, Milo Mine, 30km west of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark bluish-green zoned hemispheres. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8080 Dravite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Brown prismatic crystals. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat XA Dravite, Henry’s Hill Wolfram Mine, near Percydale, Victoria
Prismatic translucent brown tourmaline crystal (dravite?) showing termination (right hand side), embedded in massive vein quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 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...
ncat TA4 Domerockite, Dome Rock, Olary Province, South Australia
Tiny blue crystals of domerock (eg: centre of image) with green balls of conichalcite (eg two spheres top right of photo) and white kaolinite. Type Locality. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 26 images. Click...
ncat VH510 Domerockite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Pale blue tiny crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images.
1609 Aluminium, Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaiyán
Fragments in a small glass vial. Width of view 2.88mm. 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...
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....
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 M166 2RG Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Aggregates of cream-coloured dolomite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of specimen 28mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Colourless stepped rhombs. Note that these crystals are similar to photos of smithsonite from this locality on Mindat, except for the colour (the smithsonite specimens have a green tint). Width of view 5mm. Stack of...
ncat WD106 Pyrite, Quartz, Dolomite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Colourless quartz with yellow dolomite and minor pyrite. Specimen measures 28x33x10mm.
1241 Dolomite, Lady Shenton Mine, Menzies, Western Australia
Colourless zoned rhombs. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 26 images Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3546 Dolomite, Pseudobrookite, Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Moyne Shire, Victoria
A tiny dolomite crystal perched on the end of a pseudobrookite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW303 Malachite, Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz, Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia
A lot going on in a small space here. A layer of calcite is coated by quartz, then yellow spheres of dolomite. On top of this sits a malachite after cuprite crystal aggregate, and then...
ncat wd203 Dolomite, Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
White curved rhombs of dolomite on matrix. Labelled EZ Mine. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA2 Dolomite, South of Poolalalie Hill, Cleve, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Multiple generations of dolomite. First chocolate-coloured rhombohedra, followed by a much paler (yellow-coated) layer over the same crystals (possibly just a change in chemical composition), with a final white opaque crust here and there. Also,...
ncat AA2 Dolomite, Crosby’s Farm, Cleve, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Multiple generations of dolomite. Ex John and Betty Weir. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU002 Dolomite, Iron Duke Quarry, Whyalla, South Australia
White rhombohedra. Specimen is 60mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1080 Dolomite, Pyrite, Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, South Australia
Rhombohedral dolomite with oxidised pyrite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2143 Malachite, Dolomite, Magpie Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Green prismatic malachite crystals on iron-stained/coated dolomite rhombs. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TQ Dolomite, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory
Labelled “Rum Jungle Copper Mine”. Drill core segment 48mm in diameter from the 1960s. Dolomite crystals in a cavity. The Coomalie dolomite/magnesite dolostone is Precambrian and includes vuggy recrystallised zones (from metamorphic recrystallisation), and formed...
ncat JP3342 Djurleite, Calcite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Striated twinned djurleite crystals with calcite. The calcite fluoresces a deep pinkish-red. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.