9015 JP2294 Hemimorphite, Ton Mawr Quarry, Taff’s Well, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Sharp brownish crystals. Width 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
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9014 JP2366 Tetrahedrite, La Sanguinede mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
Tarnished silver tetrahedral crystals. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9012 JP2963 Zircon, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Although not that uncommon, zircon xenocrysts that have come up as part of the molten material are usually hard to spot. This zircon has only been affected a little. It also exhibits a nice rainbow...
9011 JP2991 Powellite, Dundee, Gough Co., New South Wales
Powellite is uncommon in Australia, particular as distinct crystals. Mindat has only one photo, a powellite with ulrichite and fluorapatite from Lake Boga. This specimen has excellent crystals. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 180 images. Ex...
20055 Tridymite, Spring Hill, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Pale greenish rounded pseudohexagonal twins of tridymite with goethite(?). Oxidation due to the breakdown of either ilmenite or magnetite. You can see the hexagonal outline of the tridymite here and there.
7232 JL1390 Grossular, Hematite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Brown grossular garnet crystals in vughs with trigonal hematite crystals. Acquired by Joan in 1994 from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree. With 9mm. Stack of 60 images.
7231 JL1610 Chrysocolla, Gypsum, Trafalgar Mine (Mount Oscar Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Colourless gypsum crystals on green chrysocolla (labelled as pseudomalachite). Acquired by Joan in 1995 from John Toma while on a field trip to Lake Boga. Width 9mm. Stack of 30 images.
9010 JP2222 Kidwellite, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), echassieres, ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Brown puffballs of kidwellite in a cavity. Width 9mm. Stack of 42 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9135 JP2645 Molybdofornacite, Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Sharp green crystals of molybdofornacite on tabular yellow wulfenite with cream zoned hexagonal pyromorphite. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 37 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9133 JP2612 Andradite, Skjerpemyr Mine, Grua mining district, Grua, Lunner, Viken, Norway
Brown equant crystals of andradite garnet. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 89 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9132 JP2682 Crocoite, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Stubby orange crystals with unknown powdery yellow material. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 71 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9127 JP2632 Pectolite, Grossular, Jeffrey Mine (“Johns-Manville Mine”), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Lemon pectolite crystals with green grossular garnets. Height 4.33. Stack of 45 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9122 JP2754 Plumbogummite, Goethite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Black spheres of goethite on blue plumbogummite. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 52 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9118 JP2620 Pseudobrookite, Nepheline, Fluorapatite, Biotite, Rhonite, Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Sharp black prismatic pseudobrookite, colourless hexagonal nepheline, white fluorapatite, brownish biotite, single reddish rhonite. Width 2.77mm. Stack of 16 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9114 JP2734 Phillipsite-Na, Siderite, Pioneer quarry, Narre Warren North, City of Casey, Victoria
Basketweave siderite with colourless drillbit twin phillipsite-Na crystals. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9108 JP2663 Phosgenite, Thorikos Bay slag locality, Thorikos area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attiki Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece
Colourless blocky crystals fluoresce orange under longwave UV. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 64 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9107 JP2756 Kidwellite, Strengite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Pale creamy greenish-yellow tufts of kidwellite with glassy lilac strengite crystals. Width 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9009 JP2205 Natrolite, Chabazite-Na, Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
Colourless natrolite needles with a pink base, possibly caused by hematite, on phacolitic chabazite crystals (probably chabazite-Na). Width 9mm. Stack of 110 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9097 JP2308 Laumontite, Pyrite, Stellerite, Graham Quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Small pyrite cubes with minor octahedral corners, colourless to orange stellerite crystals and white laumontite. Height 4.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9008 JP2389 Gold, Galena, Wirrealpa Mine (Flinders Range Silver Lead NL; Donkey Bore Prospect), Wirrealpa homestead area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Small flakes of gold on vein quartz and on galena. Also present in one cavity – malachite and cerussite. Possible acanthite on silver in another. Width 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9088 JP2652 Aurichalcite, Hydrozincite, Calcite, Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Pale blue aurichalcite with white hydrozincite and pink calcite. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 162 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9086 JP2694 Cassiterite, Schorl, Calcite, Balleswidden Mine, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Transparent brown to almost black prismatic cassiterite crystals with dark greenish schorl and yellow calcite. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 109 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9076 JP2761 Gold, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Many flakes of gold on matrix. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9072 JP2642 Crocoite, Pyromorphite, Platt Prospect, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Green pyromorphite crystals with sharp orange-red crocoite crystals. Width 3.25mm, stack of 102 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9032 JP2374 Anatase, Brookite, Quartz, Hematite, La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sharp orange-red doubly-terminated anatase crystals with platey brookite, on quartz with minor hematite. The specimen was only labelled as anatase, but the brookite, although small, is very nice. Header photo (anatase) width 9mm, stack of...
9007 JP2350 Aragonite, Calcite, Phillipsite-K, Chabazite-Ca, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
Tiny crystals of calcite, phillipsite and chabazite on the sides of aragonite needles. Aragonite fluoresces white with a fading greenish afterglow. Photo width 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9006 JP2295 Elbaite, Quartz, Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
Pale blue needles on quartz. Width 9mm. Stack of 62 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9005 JP2282 Hemimorphite, Machen Quarry, Machen, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
Colourless crystals. Yellowish fluorescence in matrix. With 9mm. Stack of 86 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9004 JP2269 Scheelite, Tête des Econduits, Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
Single yellow transparent scheelite crystal. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9003 JP2390 Erythrite, Cobaltite, Hörnesite, Heterogenite, Roselite, 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. Width 4.5mm.
9002 JP2365 Richelsdorfite, Triembach-au-Val, Sélestat-Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Flat bladed bright blue crystals. Width 4.5mm. Ex Jo Price Collection.
1644 Epidote, Fluorite, Albite, Quabbin Resevoir, Massachusetts, USA
Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystals with green epidote and colourless albite. Width 5mm.
30102 Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
A lot going on here. Orange phantoms in quartz crystals. These are coated in white drusy quartz. Then there are colourless quartz scepters. But not just at the tips. There are tiny little sceptres ALONG...
10074 Morganite, Albite, Quartz, Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field (Darra-i-Pech; Darra-e-Pech; Pech; Peech; Page), Chapa Dara District, Konar Province (Kunar Province; Konarh Province; Konarha Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan
Pale pink morganite beryl, labelled as Pakistan but identified as Pech by Rocksaholics. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $290.
30101 Calcite, Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Agate-patterned calcite, commonly called eye agates, are generally found loose on the eastern side of the bay. Video best viewed full screen.
1097 Barite, Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Peru
Aesthetic yellow crystal cluster. Acquired at the 2013 Bendigo Show. Video best viewed full screen.
9001 JP2561 Duftite, Cornwallite, Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Labelled pseudomalachite and does look like it. But more likely cornwallite(?) given the occurrence of many arsenate minerals at Mt Bonnie. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width 9mm, stack of 70 images.
30100 Smoky Quartz, Silent Grove, Clive Co., New South Wales
Single crystal with neat phantoms. Video best viewed full screen.
2068 Vanadinite, Hochobir, Carinthia, Austria
Lots of orange-brown hexagonal crystals, some with prism faces. Matrix exhibits a bright creamy fluorescence.
0496 Kaolinite, Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Treverbyn, St Austell District, Cornwall, England
Kaolinite pseudomorph after orthoclase (Pig’s Egg). Purchased at the 2013 Ballarat Gem Show. Video best viewed full screen.
2191 Beryl, Sellaite, Quartz, Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Terminated crystals of blue beryl with colourless crystals of sellaite and quartz. Fluorite was picked up by fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. A yellow-orange fluorescence may be non-crystalline sellaite. In the fluorescent photos, there are also...
5669 Durangite, Hematite, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Sharp orange-red crystal groups and single crystal. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
5668 Cuprite, Ray Mine, Mineral Creek Mining District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Single crystal on small amount of matrix. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
30099 Natrolite, Gmelinite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
White natrolite and red (hematite-stained) gmelinite in a vugh in basalt. Video best viewed full screen.
3941 Azurite, Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
Superb cluster of azurite crystals. Very solid piece. Video best viewed full screen.
30098 Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Two sharp azurite crystals in a V formation with unidentified green and white minerals. Video best viewed full screen.
30097 Wulfenite, Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Xinjiang, China
Sharp orange-red tabular/platey crystals. Locality likely Jianshan Mine, although not labelled as such. Labelled as Guangxi, China – no wulfenite listed in Mindat in this region. Recent similar specimens from seller are noted as Xinjiang...
30096 Quartz, Hematite, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA
Quartz and hematite pseudomorph after an epidote crystal coated with tiny quartz crystals. MinID RMK-561. Video best viewed full screen.
20054 Quartz, Goethite, Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Slender quartz crystal with goethite inclusions and unknown black rhombohedral species. Video best viewed full screen.
5667 Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Deep orange-red sharp crystals. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Photo widths 9mm and 5mm.
30095 Celestine, Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar
Heavy specimen. Sharp pale blue crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30094 Crocoite, Gibbsite, 2010 Pocket, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Many crystals not terminated. The largest terminated crystal has smaller parallel growth crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30093 Pyromorphite, Malachite, Emerald Pocket, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
Collected August 2010 by Dave Rosewall and Paul Melville. Video best viewed full screen.
5666 Opal, Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales
Predominantly blue and green thin opal seams.
5383 Calcite, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Butterfly twin. Pink fluorescence. Video best viewed full screen.
30092 Copper, Cuprite, Tonglüshan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
An attractive copper specimen partially altered to dark red cuprite. Video best viewed full screen.
30091 Sphalerite, Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Complex black sphalerite with orange coated quartz crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30090 Cassiterite, Viloco Mine (Araca Mine), Loayza Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Heavy specimen. Most of the matrix is cassiterite too. Video best viewed full screen.
30089 Fluorapatite, Calcite, Liscombe Deposit, Monmouth Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Fluorapatite crystal is repaired in three places. It is not fluorescent, but the glue used is. The calcite matrix fluoresces pink. Video best viewed full screen.
20053 Fluorite, Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England
Often, Rogerley specimens are larger with bigger crystals. But this one is cute. And of course, fluorescent. Video best viewed full screen.
30088 Pyrite, Marcasite, Calcite, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Canada
Pyrite after marcasite, with calcite and a second generation of pyrite. The calcite is fluorescent pink under longwave UV. Video best viewed full screen.
30087 Vanadinite, Calcite, Apache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Mineralisation on all faces with no obvious point of contact so was probably a breccia. Some glue on one side. Video best viewed full screen.
30086 Azurite, Burra Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Ron Galbraith Collection, Northern Districts. Video best viewed full screen.
30085 Vanadinite, Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Deep orange-brown crystals, with some tan coloured faces. Video best viewed full screen.
30084 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Barite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Orange tabular wulfenite crystals with yellow mimetite on pale pinkish crystalline barite. Video best viewed full screen.
20052 Wulfenite, Calcite, Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin’gholin Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Sharp orange wulfenite blades, some with a dusting of white calcite on one face. Video best viewed full screen.
30083 Sphalerite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Fracture runs right through specimen. No sign of any repairs. Video best viewed full screen.
2639 Ulrichite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Feathery apple-green sprays of the rare copper uranium phosphate, ulrichite. 5mm across.
5203 Diamond, Sierra Leone
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
5202 Copper, Ray Mine, Pinal Co, Arizona, USA
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
5201 Silver, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
5200 Gold, Kittitas Co., Washington
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
30082 Amethsyt, Hematite, Keem, Achill Island, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland
Hematite inclusions in amethyst. Video best viewed full screen.
20051 Dioptase, Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Sharp green dioptase crystals on calcite. Ex Roger Colling Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30081 Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca, Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Pink-orange chabazite and colourless pearlescent heulandite. Includes old label. Video best viewed full screen.
30080 Epidote, Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pale “fibrous” termination on main crystal. No matrix. Video best viewed full screen.
30079 Gmelinite, Calcite, Analcime, Hematite, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
A tiny calcite crystal is perched on hematite-coated gmelinite in a vugh of analcime. Collected when it was called Fieldwicks Quarry. Video best viewed full screen.
20050 Zircon, Jabal Tuwalah Intrusion, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
Dull brown (metamict?) zircon crystal. Video best viewed full screen.
5210 Hemimorphite, Calcite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Old specimen of largish hemimorphite crystals partially coated by calcite crystals and glued to a glass base. Acquired from Crystal Habit. Ex J. Strange Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
4375 Prehnite, Gunnedah, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection Video best viewed full screen.
3940 Microcline (Amazonite), Glacier Peak mines, Florissant, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Dehne McLaughlin 2/2005 Video best viewed full screen.
30078 Calcite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Tiny white calcite on yellowish calcite, chalcopyrite partially covered by sphalerite, and quartz and colourless fluorite. Video best viewed full screen.
30077 Wulfenite, Mimetite, San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Yellow bypyramidal crystals of wulfenite with green mimetite balls. Video best viewed full screen.
30076 Cassiterite, Quartz, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Sharp cassiterite crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30075 Erythrite, Bou Azzer Mine, Morocco
Two separate habits of erythrite, distinct sharp dark purple crystals and small hemispheres of pink crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30074 Stichtite, Chromite, Stichtite Hill, Dundas, Tasmania
Blebs of purple stichtite enclosing relict chromite in serpentine. One face polished. Type Locality. Video best viewed full screen.
30073 Mimetite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England
Typical “Campylite” from this famous occurrence. Video best viewed full screen.
30072 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Rhodochrosite epimorphs after ?? With tiny quartz crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30071 Copper, Ankerite, Cloncurry District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mass of arborescent copper. Video best viewed full screen.
30070 Rhodochrosite, Shigaite, N’Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Labelled as N’Chwaning II but should be N’Chwaning I according to Mindat. Video best viewed full screen.
30069 Paravauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Type Locality.
30068 Barite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Calcite, Newfoundland Zinc Mine, Daniel’s Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30067 Barite, Pyrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Level 4, El Solar Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Fluorite is white, only picked up under longwave UV. Tiny scalenohedral calcite crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30066 Scorodite, Cassiterite, Ferberite, Hemerdon Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30065 Cassiterite, Jiangxi, China
Single twinned crystal. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30064 Fluorite, Quartz, Siderite, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England
Pale yellow fluorite cubes, blue under longwave UV, with siderite on and in. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30063 Sturmanite, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Flattened hexagonal dipyramid yellow crystals with pronounced pinacoid faces, and with tiny colourless-white acicular crystals of quartz. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30062 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kutnohorite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pink rhodochrosite with small white crystals (kutnohorite?). These white crystals are also included in the quartz. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30061 Groutite, Calcite, Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Black groutite on an unknown brown stalactitic mineral with calcite that fluoresces red. Ex Barry Johnson Collection.
30060 Betrandite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Ferberite, Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Cream bertrandite with small pyrite cubes, black ferberite, and orange-brown rhodochrosite. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30059 Libethenite, Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30058 Olimiite, Celestine, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Olmiite fluoresces bright red under longwave UV. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30057 Epidote, Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Labelled as clinozoisite but according to Mindat, all analysed specimens are epidote.
30056 Azurite, Barite, Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Some orange fluorescence – cerussite maybe. Video best viewed full screen.
30055 Scheelite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Queensland, Australia
Yellow fluorescence under longwave (indicating the presence of molybdenum). Bluish-white under shortwave. Video best viewed full screen.
30054 Fluorapatite, Siderite, Panasqueira Mine, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Fluorapatite crystals to 14mm across, pale pink fluorescence under longwave with blue rims. No response under shortwave. Video best viewed full screen.
30053 Anatase, Albite, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Two small anatase crystals and albite on matrix. Video best viewed full screen.
30052 Pyromorphite, Limestone Creek, Benambra, Victoria, Australia
Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30051 Aragonite, Penrice marble quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Cave-formation white aragonite. Bright white fluorescence with pale blue crystal tips under longwave, pale pink under shortwave.
20049 Vesuvianite, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Bi-coloured pink and green. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
20048 Hematite, Quartz, Muscovite, Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Group of platy hematite crystals. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
20047 Calcite, Quartz, Pachapaqui mining district, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
White spiky balls of calcite on quartz. Fluorescent pink.
20046 Sphalerite, Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru
Single twinned crystal on matrix. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
6106 Cassiterite, Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Czech Republic
Cluster of lustrous sharp crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30050 Ulrichite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
A rich specimen of apple-green micro crystals of ulrichite.
30049 Ferberite, Quartz, Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
A group of parallel oriented sharp black ferberite crystals on a cloudy quartz crystal with a clear tip.
30048 Azurite, Malachite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Superb azurite crystal altering from within to malachite.
0009 Denningite, Tellurite, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Yellow crystals of tellurite on platey brownish denningite with silver tellurium.
0008 Sonoraite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Greenish-yellow pearly hemispheres
0007 Schmitterite, Emmonsite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Schmitterite as tiny yellow to cream sprays, emmonsite green
0506 Malachite, Cuprite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blocky malachite crystals on cuprite and quartz.
0503 Dolomite, Cerussite, Unknown White, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Grey complex dolomite crystals with a single brownish cerussite crystal from the Kintore open cut, Broken Hill. In addition, there are tufts of an unknown white mineral. Candidates could be sepiolite (not recorded at Broken...
5665 Mongolite, Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo Massif, Mongolia
Particles of HOLOTYPE material of Mongolite – extremely rare niobo-silicate known only in two localities worldwide. Sample comes from ex-collection of Dr. E.I. Semenov (Semenovite-(Ce)) obtained by him from the author of the mineral Dr....
5664 Stistaite, Senarmontite, Ejei (Edzhei), Kuraminskie Mtn, Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Micro-nugget ~0.83×0.52×0.20 mm of pure, analyticaly confirmed by microprobe Stistaite from placer of Edzhei river. Dark in BSE phase on the SEM image (which is megascopically white) is thin film of Senarmontite, covering surface of...
20045 Realgar, Orpiment, Quartz, Pyrite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Red realgar crystal altering to yellow orpiment on a nest of quartz crystals with a dusting of pyrite.
20044 Fluorite, Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Green fluorite with purple edges. The green is fluorescent but not the purple. Pale blue prismatic aqua. With the spate of fakes coming out of the region, I have examined this specimen very closely. It...
20043 Smoky Quartz, Microcline, Dinkey Creek, Fresno Co., California, USA
Labelled as from Dinkey Lake. A cluster of lustrous smoky quartz crystals nestled amongst tan microcline. Ex Mineral Search, Texas. Acquired at Tucson. Slight nibbling on back of termination on the main crystal.
20042 Alabandite, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
Sharp octahedral grey crystals of alabandite in a matrix of fluorite and calcite, both of which fluoresce (blue and pink respectively).
20041 Catapleite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Colourless pseudo hexagonal platy crystals. Other species present including tiny pyrite crystals on edges of catapleite crystals.
20040 Sodalite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Blue sodalite with intense orange fluorescence under Convoy UV torch.
3682 Foggite, Montgomeryite, Variscite, Near Milgun Station, Western Australia
The foggite forms at the edge of the green variscite. Ex Minerals Unlimited specimen.
5663 Owyheeite, Crown Point Mine, Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
Vein of silver owyheeite.
20039 Juanitaite, Connellite, Tyrolite, 150(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Olive-green to yellowish juanitaite, green tyrolite.
20038 Calcite, Pyrite, Marcasite, Conco Mine, North Aurora, Kane Co., Illinois, USA
Inclusions of pyrite and marcasite. From the Wise Lake Formation. Ex Jared Freiburg, Saga Minerals. Acquired at Tucson in 2011. And here is Jared with one of his cases in 2011 at the Hotel Tucson...
5470 Ilvaite, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia, China
Two well-formed joined at the base crystals.
20037 Cryptomelane, Unknown Pink Mineral, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Under magnification, you can see pink hemispheres of an unidentified mineral.
3684 Messelite, Near Prinz von Hesse coal mine, Messel, Hessen, Germany
Type Locality. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 3252.
20036 Anglesite, Mérétrice Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
Small anglesite crystals (largest about 3.5mm) on gossan. Ex Ian Graham.
3692 Tungstite, Adams Mine (Adams Tunnel Mine), Cement Creek, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Pale yellow crust on quartz. Not listed in Mindat, but hubnerite is. According to Rock Currier, almost all hubnerite specimens from this mine have been etched out of quartz using hydrofluoric acid.
3685 Tschermigite, Libros sulphur mines, Libros, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 4132. A sulphate that has a bad effect of paper labels, as can be seen! The label no longer is in contact with the specimen. Labelled as simply Teruel, but...
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20035 Stilbite, Bitumen, Apophyllite, Laumontite, Calcite, Unknown, Russell Hard Quarry (8646), Russell River, Lonnavale, Tasmania
Colourless stilbite crystals on black bitumen. Laumontite intermingled with bitumen. Apophyllite (in second photo) and unknown hexagonal or pseudohexagonal (in main photo) crystals in another cavity. Maybe just apophyllite? Photo width 3.25mm. The calcite is...
20034 Sceptre Quartz, Mexico
Unknown Mexican locality. Suggestions welcomed!
3695 Coloradoite, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Grey mass of coloradoite with brassy pyrite. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #133.
20032 Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Single black crystal with greenish patches.
20031 Ruby, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Highly fluorescent. Sold as pink sapphires.
20030 Aquamarine, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Single blue aquamarine crystal 17ct.
20029 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Bright orange mimetite surrounds glassy orange wulfenite crystals.
20004 Tertschite, Kurtpinari mine, Faraskoy (Faras), Bigadic, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
Type Locality. Tiny white fibres in a vial. Ex R. C. Erd, 1961.
20028 Vesuvianite, Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Doubly terminated crystal in matrix. Ex Bob and Vera Turner Collection, El Paso, Texas. Ex Elena van Schriver. Labelled as Lake Jaco. According to Mindat, this is incorrect.
20027 Quartz, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Cluster of colourless quartz crystals.
20026 Gold Mathinna district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Small amount of gold in quartz. See arrow.
20024 Aquamarine, Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Single thin pencil of aquamarine. Labelled as Thuong Xuan (near to Xuan Le).
20023 Hinsdalite after Pyromorphite, Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine (“Sylvester-Queen”), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #1219, labelled as Sylvester Mine. Mindat questions whether it is hinsdalite or plumbogummite.
3313 Anatase, Philosophers Ridge, Mt Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania
Tiny anatase crystals (arrowed) on quartz with hematite inclusions.
20003 Quartz, Huanggang (Huanggangliang) Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Two greenish opaque quartz crystals joined together. Not smooth faces.
20022 Siderite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Brown ball on quartz matrix. Minor pyrite present. Ex Elena van Schriver.
5662 Corundum var Sapphire, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Blue and green sapphires, some with good crystal form.
20021 Barite, Palos Verdes Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Two specimens of pale blue barite. Interestingly, almost all of the photos on Mindat are yellowish crystals. Fluorescent white.
5661 Diamond, Liberia
Greenish-black fragment of a crystal 5mm wide. Acquired from CK Minerals at the 2019 Nunawading Show.
20020 Stony Meteorite, Fayalite, Ferrosilite, Sayh al Uhaymir 001 meteorite (SaU 001), Sayh al Uhaymir, Al Wusta, Oman
20g L5 chondrite meteorite. Found in 2000 but not from an observed fall. From the Meteoritical Society: Date: 16 Mar 2000 Latitude: 20°31.0’N Longitude: 56°40.0’E Mass (g): 408 kg Pieces: 1000’s Class: L4/5 Shock stage:...
10084 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Milton Lavers collection. Exhibited at the Munich Show in 2008. Measures 65x65x35mm.
10063 Calcite, Quartz, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Cream flattened calcite crystals on tapering quartz crystals.
10060 Quartz, Road to Oulles (off the D526), Bourg d’Oisans, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Cluster of colorless-white quartz crystals. Collected by Tim Greenland in Spring, 1968.
10058 Quartz, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Herkimer-like quartz crystals on matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection No. C38.
10052 Smoky Quartz, Appietto quarry, Appietto, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France
Cluster of smoky quartz crystals on a feldspar base. Labelled as Santa lucia de Tallano.
10083 Sugilite, N’Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Fibrous to prismatic purple crystals. 65x40x20mm. Closeup photo is 6.5mm wide.
10062 Rhodochrosite, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lustrous deep red crystals on one face. Specimen measures 87x40x23mm. Closeup photo is 14mm across.
10082 Green and purple fluorite, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
Gemmy rich emerald-green fluorite octahedrons, to 15mm on edge, cover the matrix plate 75x70x25mm. This colourful two-generation fluorite is from a small 2016 find near Yiwu City, a very obscure locality in Zhejiang Province, China....
10081 Grape Agate, Calcite, Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lustrous purple “Grape Agate” with colourless-white calcite crystals, 60mm wide. From Joe George, aka The Scepter Guy, cascadescepters.com.
30009 Amethyst, Las Vigas, Mexico
Interesting cluster of amethyst crystals, 35mm tall.
10044 Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Stalactite of black crystals of sphalerite with a quartz crystal and minor pyrite on a few sphalerite crystal terminations, 58mm wide.
ncat M3850 Cassiterite, Summit Face, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1006 Fluorite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2802 Dundasite, Cerussite, Crocoite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M671 Azurite, Malachite, Inkerman Mine, Mt Isa, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3572 Wulfenite, Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3186 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mt Oxide Mine, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2973 Duftite, Sandbeds Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2817 Rhodochrosite, Spring Creek, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2255 Rancieite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2253 Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M997 Erionite-Na, Levyne, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M608 Fluellite, Wavellite, Toms Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M554 Gypsum, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M401 Miersite, Malachite, Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M210 Cowlesite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M127 Thomsonite-Ca, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M78 Azurite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat JL3918 Silver, Sasa Mine, Probistip, North Macedonia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Pat Sutton at the Bendigo Show.
ncat JL3902 Pyrargyrite, Siderite, 1,400 foot level, Brownes Shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from John Haupt who collected it in 1971.
ncat JL3876 Sphalerite, Ankerite, Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Harry Critchley.
ncat JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond at the 2001 Wagga Gemboree from a tailgater.
ncat JL3667 Wulfenite, Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Graham Lee.
ncat JL3322 Siderite, Glenmaggie Quarry, Seaton, Gippsland, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from the late Val Hannah.
ncat JL3214 Azurite, Barite, Cannington Park Quarry, Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Harry Critchley.
ncat JL2006 Siderite, Chalcopyrite, Elaterite, Albion Mine, Cilfynnydd, Pontypridd, Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Harry Critchley.
ncat JL1857 Krohnkite, Chuquicamata Mine, Antofagasta, Chile
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the late Jack Leach.
ncat JL1740 Chabazite, Point Sambell, Phillip Island, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from the late Frank Robinson in 1995.
ncat JL1448 Goethite, Calcite, Colemans Quarry, Holwell, Somerset, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Harry Critchley.
ncat JL1434 Libethenite, Spring Creek, Wilmington, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 from the late Frank Robinson.
ncat JL1333 Gold, Hopes Nose, Devon, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 from Nick Carruth. Photo width 11mm.
ncat AW1653 Variscite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Ferrian variscite from the Ashley Watt Collection.
ncat JL1380 Hemimorphite, Ajax Zinc Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994.
ncat JL1378 Barite, Kapunda Mine, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994.
ncat JL983 Sulphohalite, Searles Lake, San Bernadino Co., California
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from H. Allen Mitchell of Iowa.
ncat RW237 Barlowite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee.
ncat RW173 Magnetite, Biggenden Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat RW125 Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee.
ncat RW006 Malachite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat M509 Stilbite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen. As labelled. Suspect that it is more likely a Phillip Island specimen.
ncat M129 Gmelinite, Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M123 Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M585 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mt Oxide, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3034 Amethyst, Hematite, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3010 Erythrite, Mt Cobalt, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2390 Boleite, Amelia Mine, Baja California, Mexico
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M975 Wulfenite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M446 Sphalerite, Cuprite, Mutooroo, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M102 Cacoxenite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M59 Malachite after Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2614 Olivenite, Azurite, Wheal Friendship, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.