2525 Chalcanthite, Central Balfour Mine, Balfour, Tasmania
Deep blue curved crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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ncat OW302 Chalcanthite, Endeavour 26, Northparkes Mine Project, Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Pale blue post-mining efflorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3051 Chalcanthite, East Pit (Triako open cut; Eastern crosscut), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Typical post-mining blue efflorescence. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1736 Chalcanthite, Argent Flats, Zeehan, Tasmania
Pale blue post-mining efflorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3599 Chalcanthite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Two interpenetrant blue crystals. There was a chalcanthite pool underground at the mine. The colour is a bit lighter blue in person but hard to capture accurately. Ex Jo Price Collection. Largest crystal is 10mm....
ncat JP988 Chalcanthite, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
A light blue crust, probably post-mining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR06 M789 Cyanotrichite, Chalcoalumite, Mount Oxide Mine, Queensland
White to pale green chalcoalumite with fine needles of blue cyanotrichite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2464 Chalcoalumite, Beaverite-(Cu), Brochantite, Cuprite, Orieco Mine, Scamander, Tasmania
Pale pink to pale blue crust of chalcoalumite with green brochantite and yellow crusty beaverite-(Cu). Visual ID by Ralph Bottrill in about 2007. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images (first photo – chalcoalumite)...
1716 Chalcoalumite, Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland
Pale blue rosettes of platy crystals. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5517 Grossular, Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources (previously Asbestos), Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
A group of pale but lustrous grossular garnets with interesting surface features. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs. Width of specimen 12mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
1190 Almandine, River Thames, London, UK
A single red crystal collected on the banks of the River Thames by a Mudlarker. These garnets are thought to have originated in South Asia, maybe India, and may have been lost overboard while being...
1108 Graphite, Pargasite, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
A tiny silver graphite crystal with green pargasite crystals in white marble. Width of view 11.5. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0981 Pargasite, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
A number of green pargasite crystals in white marble. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0890 Pargasite, Spinel, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Two green pargasite crystals in a marble matrix, one of which (pictured) overgrows a barely visible red spinel, really only visible under UV. Width of view 8.6mm. Stack of 25 images (white light), 20 images...
ncat JP2527 Andradite, Chrysotile, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Green demantoid andradite garnets nestled in pinkish-white chrysotile (asbestos). Precise locality not known. There are a few possibilities: Dossi di Franscia and the Sferlùn asbestos mine amongst others. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view...
0641 Gmelinite-Na, Basalt quarry, Magheramorne, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Pale pink stalactites of gmelinite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20078 VHD10 Grossular, Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
A single deep pink/purple grossular crystal on a small amount of wollastonite matrix. A few smaller crystals are dotted around. The garnet, a darker pink than many, fluoresces red under longwave UV. Ex Keith Williams,...
ncat VH3590 Cervantite, Stibnite, Steels Creek, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria
Yellow cervantite in fractures and on surfaces of massive stibnite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Acquired by Val from Ruth in 1993. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on...
1652 Cacoxenite, Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Zoned yellow cacoxenite hemispheres. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0966 Cerussite, Goethite, Anglesite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania
Goethite coating cerussite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0453 Cerussite Twin, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania
Single prisms and knee-shaped twins of grey to pale green cerussite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0427 Cerussite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania
A cluster of yellow-green so-called “chrome” cerussite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD204 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Wulfenite, Silver King Mine, Uaroo Station, Pilbara, Western Australia
Five specimens. The one photographed has parallel growth cerussite with “pancake” pyromorphite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4368 Cerussite, Mimetite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Prismatic colourless cerussite with tiny yellow mimetite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Merv and Lil Legg at the 1999 Gemkana for $2. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click...
ncat JP3484 Cerussite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
White bladed crystals on a gossanous matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3063 Cerussite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Colourless crystals showing twinning, no matrix, mounted on a black-painted wooden post. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MK2 Azurite, Malachite, Cerussite, Cuprite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Grey cerussite crystals on azurite. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH498 Pyromorphite, Hyalite Opal, Black Star Open Cut, Mt Isa Mine, Queensland
White globular hyalite opal partially coating one of the greenish barrel-shaped pyromorphite crystals. The opal fluoresces white under longwave UV. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the...
ncat OW201 Cerussite, Malachite, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory
Prismatic brownish cerussite crystals, some twinned on green malachite. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 73 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD106 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Malachite, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory
A neat reticulated cerussite specimen coated in tiny pyromorphite crystals. Sandwiched between the two is a bit of malachite. Specimen measures 48x45x22mm.
2592 Cerussite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A lovely sixling reticulated cerussite, no matrix, with a pale orange fluorescence under longwave UV. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 31 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0789 Azurite, Cerussite, Malachite, 115ft Level, Block 9 Mine, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Brownish bladed cerussite with green needles of malachite and blue bladed azurite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 37 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0492 Azurite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
Lustrous azurite crystals on and with prismatic white cerussite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 33 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0774 Cerussite, Old CSA Open Cut, Cobar, New South Wales
Reticulated cerussite. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Cerussite, Malachite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin District, New South Wales
A phantom(!) reticulated cerussite with malachite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
10086 Topaz, Tribute Pocket, Agnus Dei Claim, Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
Pale peach/pink coloured topaz 38x35x26mm. Found by Rich Fretterd during an episode of The Prospectors. See article in Minerals Newspaper.
10043 Topaz, Mount Surprise, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Single colourless crystal measuring 20x20x23mm.
Topaz, Quartz Creek, Gentle Annie, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
A waterworn blue topaz, 43x25x23mm. Ex Peter Mostert. Click on the link below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 MB Malachite, Cerussite, Hemimorphite, Paddy’s River, Australian Capital Territory
Reticulated cerussite groups on hemimorphite with malachite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Ex Gerry Morvell. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7079 JL0772 Weloganite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1985 from a collector in Edmonton, Canada. Width of specimen 9mm. Stack of 112 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7081 JL0040 Chalcophyllite, Teniente Mine, El Teniente, Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, O’Higgins, Chile
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Melbourne Museum in 1983. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4429 Rutile, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex Dragon Minerals. One of a number of small reticulated rutile specimens. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RL Joteite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Type Locality. Tiny pale blue crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 61 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2023 Goudeyite, Olivenite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Type Locality for goudeyite. Green patches of botryoidal goudeyite and tiny needles visible under higher magnification, with pale-coloured prismatic olivenite crystals. Ex Richard Grant Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on...
1301 Ceruleite, Whiteworks, United Downs, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
Sky blue puffballs. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1762 Weilite, Erythrite, Sainfeldite, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
White weilite with pink tufts of erythrite, and pale pink balls of sainfeldite(?) and deeper pink-purple prismatic crystals of sainfeldite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 37 images (weilite) and 63...
ncat JP2198 Kladnoite, Kladno Mine, Libusin, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
Colourless flat bladed crystals. Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 52 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1647 Bayldonite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England
Green bayldonite with colourless prisms of mimetite (see second photo), and coated quartz crystals (not in photos). Type Locality for bayldonite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images (first photo). Width of view 5mm....
1403 Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co, Alabama, USA
Lilac bladed crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 21 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2234 Faujasite, Opal, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Octahedral crystals of faujasite with opal spheres and coating. Exact species of faujasite not known. Ca, Mg and Na recorded (the latter two being Type Locality species). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images....
0052 Gold, Timroseite, Khinite, Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Visible gold (just above centre) with yellow timroseite and green khinite. Type Locality for timroseite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4525 Maricopaite, Mimetite, Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Spring, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
White sprays of maricopaite with yellow mimetite. Type Locality for maricopaite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4507 Searlesite, Esmeralda Formation, Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Colourless prismatic crystals. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6073 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Vintage Neal Yedlin micromount. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 44 images. A fine adamite from the Ojuela Mine, mounted by Yedlin on a piece of black cork in a hand-labeled vintage cardboard micromount box,...
1658 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Four spheres with a slight pinkish hue. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 63 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1828 Jeppeite, Priderite, Celadonite, Walgidee Hills, Kimberley, Western Australia
Type Locality for jeppeite and priderite. Black jeppeite with brown priderite in a lamproite matrix comprised of green celadonite and chlorite pseudomorphs of olivine, pyroxene and leucite. Width of view 24mm. Stack of 49 images....
5004 Cassiterite, Kathida Tin Mine (Kathida Mine; Cathida Mine; Kath-Ida Mine), The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales
A single crystal of cassiterite with no matrix. 13x13x7mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3528 Wulfenite, Chrysocolla, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
An interesting paragenesis. I think what has happened is that malachite was replaced by blue chrysocolla, then wulfenite crystals formed on that, then a later coating of paler chrysocolla covered the lot! Ex Jo Price...
2730 Cassiterite, Zircon, Spinel, Sapphire (Alluvial), Derby, Tasmania
A sample of alluvial heavy concentrate in a vial from the Ringarooma River, Derby, containing mostly brown to black cassiterite, with minor orange zircons, and occasional sapphires and black spinel. Width of view 14.25mm. Stack...
2618 Cassiterite, Barbara Mine, 8km South of Coolgardie, Western Australia
A tiny cassiterite crystal embedded in matrix. Width of view 4.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1937 Cassiterite, Topaz, Torbernite, Royal George Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
Sharp crystals of cassiterite ranging in colour from yellow through grey and brown to black, some zoned, with white topaz (to the right and slightly below the main cassiterite crystal) and green torbernite (not in...
1807 Cassiterite, Rex Hill Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
Brown to black euhedral cassiterite crystals with zoned divergent sprays of prismatic crystals in the matrix. Width of view 16mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1732 Cassiterite, Topaz, Royal George Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
Dark brown cassiterite crystals and an iron-stained topaz crystal (centre top) embedded in a corroded greisen matrix. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1911 Cassiterite, Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Three loose complex crystals without any matrix. Collected underground. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1549 Cassiterite, Smoky Quartz, Baxter’s Prospect, Outalpa Station, Olary Province, South Australia
A twinned cassiterite crystal with a small smoky quartz crystal at the centre, no matrix. A gift from, and collected by, the late Albert Chapman. Width of view 14mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on...
1354 Cassiterite, Quartz, Chlorite, Actinolite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Lustrous black cassiterite crystals with chlorite-coated quartz and dark olive-green prismatic actinolite. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 85 images. (Top image). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1256 Cassiterite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Actinolite, Dolomite, Actinolite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Sharp cassiterite crystals on one edge of a specimen containing well-formed arsenopyrite crystals, quartz crystals, and botryoidal orange dolomite. Width of view 14.25, Stack of 80 images (cassiterite photo). Second photo width of view 8mm....
1157 Cassiterite, Mount Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with white quartz crystals, from the edge of a porphyry dyke. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0121 Cassiterite, Quartz,The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with quartz. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0109 Cassiterite, Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Aggregate of cassiterite crystals. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0104 Cassiterite, Pine Ridge, Copeton, New South Wales
Prismatic cassiterite crystal with interesting features. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0108 Cassiterite, Muscovite, Elsmore, New South Wales
Twinned cassiterite. Width of view 12mm. Stack of 56 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0107 Cassiterite, Elsmore, New South Wales
A group of crystals with gemmy portions and no matrix. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7306 JL3545 Gypsum, Carrboydite, Jarosite, North 132 Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Colourless gypsum on green carrboydite with yellow to brown jarosite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Doedens via Audrey Tuck. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below...
ncat JP1043 Carrboydite, Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Specimen measures 9x7x3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP321 Barite, Phillipsite, Goethite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
Off-white barite aggregates on iron-stained phillipsite with tiny black goethite balls. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP304 Dolomite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Globular dolomite on analcime crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4193 VHD5 Cerussite, Massicot, Dundas, Tasmania
ex Jack Leach Collection. Specimen is 25x18x14mm.
30134 WD212 Malachite, Wulfenite, Fornacite, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Malachite after azurite and orange-yellow wulfenite crystals and tiny olive green fornacite crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of specimen 43mm. Stack of 182 images. Depth of view about 25mm. Click on the image below...
ncat WD112 Davidite-(La), Carnotite, Radium Hill, South Australia
Type Locality for davidite-(La). Old German label. Yellow carnotite on massive davidite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Robust dark red to almost black, carminite crystals with green beudantite-segnitite. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Red carminite with green beudantite-segnitite. Interesting dark lines along some of the carminite crystals. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1048 Gartrellite, Beudantite, Carminite, Philipsbornite, Anticline Mine, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia
Dark orange-red carminite with lighter orange beudantite, light yellow-green philipsbornite in a pale green gartrellite matrix. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8031 Tocornalite, Capgaronnite, Perroudite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Capgaronnite is extremely light-sensitive. There was a reasonable area of yellow-green capgaronnite after being lightly rubbed on the specimen photographed. But this had almost completely turned black by the time the photograph was taken. If...
ncat BAA Tancaite-(Ce), Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, New South Wales
Dull yellow cerianite on quartz. John Haupt advises that the cerianite from Kingsgate is likely tancaite-(Ce). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat BAA Bismite, Cannonite, Koechlinite, Bismutite, Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, New South Wales
Colourless cannonite and pale yellow bismutite after bismuthinite on quartz. Orange bismite and yellow-green koechlinite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
2549 Palermoite, Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Type Locality. Light orange stained crystals. White arrow points to spot. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0456 Brazilianite, Quartz, G. E. Smith Mine (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
Pale yellow brazilianite with colourless quartz collected in 1969, mounted Feb. 5, 1984, and from the renowned collection of J.W. Grandy. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100. Click on the mineral image below for...
0466 Calcite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Pink scalenohedral crystals of cobalt-bearing calcite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2333 Calcite, Thomsonite-Ca, Addisons Creek, Gads Hill, Upper Mersey Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania
Golden, almost fibrous, calcite on thomsonite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1816 Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Tiny sharp calcite crystals that look like they may have replaced something else, something vaguely cubic. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1882 Calcite, Stellerite, Pyrite, Longley Quarry, Longley, Tasmania
Pyrite on and in calcite on a bed of stellerite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1846 Calcite, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania
Normally, the only calcite that you find at this locality is stuff that needs to be removed with acid to expose the crystals of other species. This is the only piece that I collected that...
4025 Siderite, Calcite, Hematite, South Pit, Savage River Mine, Tasmania
Collected 5/2005. A single calcite crystal on lustrous siderite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0885 Gold, Placerville (Hangtown), Placerville Mining District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA
Hackly gold in a quartz vein. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0413 Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Nicely protected yellow sprays in a quartz vugh. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0228 Zunyite, Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Type Locality. Brownish modified tetrahedra frozen in matrix. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0064 Chalcophyllite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Bluish-green platy crystals of chalcophyllite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0034 Metaheinrichite, White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA
Type Locality for metaheinrichite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light), stack of 20 images (UV). Use the slider to see specimen under white light and longwave UV. Click...
0037 Heulandite, Chlorite, Rock Creek, Stevenson, Skamania Co., Washington, USA
Orange coffin-shaped heulandite crystals coating the inside of a vesicle in basalt, from a locality first discovered in the 1960s. Also present is rosettes of green chlorite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack...
0036 M3823 Cinnabar, Almadén, Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Interesting choice of mounting with this specimen. There is really only one decent crystal, the rest of the cinnabar being patches frozen in matrix, and...
0033 M1504 Caledonite, Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Light blue prismatic crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0032 Ferrierite-Mg, Calcite, Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria
White sprays of ferrierite on tan calcite. Heulandite crystal not in photo. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0022 Boleite, Pseudoboleite, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Type Locality. Cubic crystal of boleite upon which plates of pseudoboleite have grown epitactically on the boleite cube faces. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image...
0002 Crocoite, Pyromorphite, Platt Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Orange-red prismatic crocoite crystals on zoned green pyromorphite hexagonal prisms. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH99 Calcite, Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Grant, Portland, Victoria
A scalenohedral crystal group without matrix. Bluish-white fluorescence under longwave UV. Specimen is 20mm high. Ex Val Hannah Collection.
ncat VH108 Calcite Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Grant, Portland, Victoria
Colourless scalenohedral crystals, some with a white coating. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4947 Smithsonite, Barite, Hope Quarry, Bradwell, Derbyshire, England, UK
Rounded honey-coloured jellybean smithsonite crystals with bladed barite. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
Tiny smithsonite crystals on interpenetrant fluorite and bladed barite crystals, on quartz. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a...
4868 Smithsonite epimorphs after Calcite, Wet Grooves Mine, Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Smithsonite epimorphs after calcite. Acquired from Richard Bell. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4856 Smithsonite, Stancombe Quarry, Flax Bourton, Somerset, England, UK
There appears to be a couple of generations of smithsonite. The first larger crystals, and the second much smaller crystals, visible around the edges of some of the larger ones. Acquired from Richard Bell. Width...
4401 Smithsonite, Silver Hill Mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired from Mark Ascher 9/2007. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3563 Monteponite, Smithsonite, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Type Locality for monteponite. Tan smithsonite with yellow and brown monteponite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3876 Hematite, Siderite, Lake Cooper Quarry, Corop, Victoria
Unusual rhombohedral hematite showing some rainbow colouration, with orange-brown siderite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2846 Dioptase, Fluorite, Quartz, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Specimen acquired in the micromount room at the Tucson Show. Ex Bob Jenkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7156 JL2572 Prehnite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Strathclyde, Scotland
Ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley. Width of view 21mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW177 Calcite, Liawenee Canal, Liawenee, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Slender white crystal group. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW105 Calcite, Oraparinna Mine, Oraparinna homestead, Bunkers Range, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Curved white crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW63 Calcite, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Rounded scalenohedral crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Labelled simply Lyndhurst, but likely the Avondale Mine. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW240 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with photo showing termination. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Labelled as Moonta, but more likely Wallaroo. Click on the image below for a...
ncat RW239 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with chlorite(?) inclusion. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 Calcite, Cleremont, Queensland
Dark brown cleavage. Width of view 25mm. Use the slider to see specimen front and back lit. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YB Calcite, Clunes, Northern Rivers District, New South Wales
Highly fluorescent calcite crystals. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 50 images (white light) and 11 images (UV). Use the slider to see under white light and longwave UV. Click on the images below for...
ncat NOVM Calcite, Railway Quarry, Ardglen, New South Wales
Sceptred calcite crystal 17mm long. Ex Ian Graham. Ex Margaret Brown. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. When you zoom in you can see some interesting surface...
1793 Calcite, Goethite, Kyogle, New South Wales
Goethite balls on bladed calcite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1792 Calcite, Kyogle, New South Wales
Ball of bladed crystals with orange fluorescence. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1460 Goethite on Calcite, Brown’s Creek, near Blayney, New South Wales
Goethite coating calcite crystals. There a few small calcite crystals of a different habit that have formed after the goethite. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
5197 JL0662 Calcioferrite, Klemm’s Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Rosettes of pale greenish-yellow platy crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1984. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM JL3513 Strengite, Cacoxenite, Wavellite, Lavers Hill, Fish Creek, Hoddle Range, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Cacoxenite as yellow-orange to brown hemispheres of radiating crystals, some as bow-ties. Very pale purple strengite. Colourless prisms of wavellite. Obtained by Joan in 1999 from Robyn Sharp. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 56...
4268 Cacoxenite, Gravel Hill Quarry, Dookie, Victoria
Translucent-looking orange-brown hemispheres isolated from the more common yellow-orange acicular to fibrous ones. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
7387 JL1699 Cacoxenite, Hick’s Quarry (Hick’s Iron Ore Quarry; Siberia Flux Quarry), Gladstone, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images.
ncat JP1391 Cacoxenite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Orange hemispheres on an iridescent goethite background. They are zoned with a darker core. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images.
ncat WD207 Zircon, Orthoclase, Aegirine, Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Specimen measures 38x37x30mm and is shown under white light, longwave UV, medium wave UV and shortwave UV.
ncat NOVM Gold, Mazowe Goldfield, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Pareidolia! I see the head of a Big Cat in this small slug of gold in quartz. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Stolzite, Abuja, Federal Capitol Territory, Nigeria
Orange crystal group with no matrix. Width of group 2mm. Stack of 18 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JSM Analcime, Heulandite, Four Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA
Colourless analcime crystals on heulandite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1553 Gerhardtite, Buttgenbachite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Tiny deep blue acicular buttgenbachite crystal sprays (centre of image) with green-blue gerhardtite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Analysis is required to distinguish between connellite (sulphate) and buttgenbachite...
4772 Erythrite, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pink puffballs of erythrite in a cavity that was originally likely filled with sulphides. Acquired from Helmut Braith. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat WD115 Filon No. 7, Arhbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco
This specimen comprises very dark purple crystals of erythrite, but the tips of the crystals flare out a little and show up as a lighter shade of pink. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20...
ncat WD206 Brushite, Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia
Ex Ralph E. Merrill Collection. Ex Peter Bridge. Tan powder in 44mm long glass vial.
ncat OW108 Brookite, Anatase, Rutile, Bundaleer, South Australia
A tiny needle of greenish rutile on an orange brookite on a larger dark anatase crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3670 Erythrite, Ennys Wheal Virgin, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny pink crystalline crust of erythrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Brookite, Quartz, Wallangra, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales
Zoned crystals of brookite in small cavities in quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1543 Brochantite, Blockade Mine, Mount Isa District, Queensland
Bluish-green radiating groups of bladed brochantite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 73 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1575-1 Brochantite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Nice bluish prismatic crystals of brochantite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M796 Malachite, Brochantite, Inkerman Mine, Mount Isa Area, Queensland
Bluish thin crystals of brochantite under a malachite ball, Inkerman Mine, Mount Isa Area, Queensland. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher...
0923 Bromargyrite, Chlorargyrite, Smithsonite, Chalcophanite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green bromargyrite and bromian chlorargyrite crystals on chalcophanite with minor grey smithsonite. Acquired from David Vince in 1992. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JP3629 Silver, Bromargyrite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Green cubic crystals of bromargyrite with bright native silver. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2127 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Co-bearing Mansfieldite, Mount Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland
Thin bladed prismatic deep pink erythrite crystals with globular pale pink to lilac Co-bearing mansfieldite on black heterogenite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
8014 M3927 Pyromorphite, Brianyoungite, Stolzite, Spessartine, Kintore Opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
White brianyoungite with colourless-grey pyromorphite and stolzite, both of which fluoresce weakly. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Amethyst, Baobab Mine, Kitui District, Kenya
Multi-terminated amethyst crystal, 70x50x40mm.
5755 Strelkinite, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Yellow platy crystals. Ex Marco Poli.
30132 Silver, Langis Mine, Casey Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Silver in matrix slice, 67x45x7mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1844 Chabazite, Hellyer River, Tasmania
A twinned chabazite crystal about 0.6mm across. Single shot photo through my microscope at 20x magnification and cropped. Testing out this item. A cheap way of getting relatively good photos through a microscope.
5754 Biraite-(Ce), Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce), Strontianite, Aragonite, Calcite, Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La), Niobochevkinite-(Ce), Ferriallanite-(Ce), Talc, Thorite, Daqingshanite-(Ce), Daqingshanite-(La), Ancylite-(Ce), Ancylite-(La), Kukharenkoite-(Ce), Carbocernaite, Cordilitovaya carbonatite vein, Ust’-Biraya deposit, Vitim Plateau, Eastern Siberia, Russia
Extremely rich 8x7x2mm specimen containing abundant inclusions (red arrowed) of brown biraite-(Ce) – an extremely rare silico-carbonate of REE. Biraite contains microscopic inclusions of hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) and intergrows with its more yellow macro grains well recognisable...
0936 Wollastonite, Bornite, Brown’s Creek, near Blayney, New South Wales
Iridescent bornite in between layers of wollastonite. Ex David Vince. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images.
4026 Bismuth, Andradite, Actinolite, Stormont Mine, Moina, Tasmania
Acquired from Mathew Latham. What looks like bismuth crystals bottom left is the imprint of andradite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 18 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3679 Biphosphammite, Murra-El-Elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
Colourless to tan crusts on bat guano. Type Locality. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1745 Azurite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
A mass of small lustrous and sharp azurite crystals. Specimen measures 21mm across. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1022 Bismuth, Molybdenite, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Bismuth “crystals” that have grown between molybdenite crystal aggregates. Specimen measures 23x20mm. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1783 Bornite, Betekhtinite, Mawsonite, Mt Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Specimen is 24mm wide. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4070 Pottsite, Clinobisvanite, Linka Mine, Potts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
Yellow pottsite and small areas of orange clinobisvanite. Specimen is 6mm wide. Type Locality for pottsite. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5753 Bornite after Pyrite, Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Single crystal of bornite pseudomorphing pyrite. Width of crystal 15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5752 Amethyst, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Sceptred amethyst. Sceptre is 11mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20076 Amethyst, Pohndorf Mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Interesting textures. Specimen is 34mm wide. Ex Bart Cannon. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3958 Hematite in Quartz, Mt Read, Tasmania
Hematite in quartz giving it the lovely red colour. Specimen is 25mm tall.
30131 Chalcocite, Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Mined in 1820. Ex Captain Sara Collection. Ex Albert Chapman. Ex Brian Shelton. Measures 35x23x16mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4266 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange tabular wulfenite crystals on yellow pyromorphite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 120 images.
ncat JP2878 Vauquelinite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny greenish-brown crystals of vauquelinite (right) with a larger brown crystal of mimetite (left). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
ncat JP511 Tsumcorite, Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange tsumcorite coating carminite crystals with olive coloured beudantite-segnitite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
ncat JP3119 Spangolite, Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue platy crystals of spangolite coating twinned cerussite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images.
8089 M708 Torbernite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images.
8040 M1143 Schulenbergite, Old Kintore Dump, Broken Hill, New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
8033 Scholzite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Via Pinnacles dumps (not known if Kintore or Block 14). ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
ncat JP1219 Scorodite, Hemerdon Ball Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Blue scorodite from Hemerdon Ball (now the Drakelands Mine). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3353 Sampleite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images.
0450 Rhodochrosite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Very pale, almost colourless scalenohedra through to a nice mid-pink. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7286 JL1532 Quartz, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Doubly-terminated colourless quartz crystal with iron staining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 10 images.
ncat VHD4, Calcite, Pyrite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Calcite and pyrite are two very common minerals, but true to form, Broken Hill has some surprises. This specimen is 40x27x25mm and a small amount of matrix is covered by colourless calcite crystals to about...
5356 JL0814 Otavite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0579 Hemimorphite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9154 JP2394 Brochantite, Goethite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Bluish brochantite on iridescent goethite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8050 Gordaite, Ktenasite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Grey hexagonal crystal of gordaite partially exposed. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
ncat JP1431 Pyromorphite, Corkite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Green corkite-hinsdalite on pyromorphite. Note the colourless tips of the pyromorphite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7017 JL2633 Churchite-(Y), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0929 Chlorargyrite, Chalcophanite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp olive green crystal of bromian chlorargyrite (embolite) on hexagonal crystals of chalcophanite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Bottom photo taken in...
2705 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Mt Malvern Mine, South Australia
Red carminite with green beudantite-segnitite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images (first photo). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images (second photo). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
5751 Uranophane, Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Yellow transparent prismatic crystals. Labelled as barium uranophane. Collected before 1980.
5749 Smithsonite, Rosasite, Aurichalcite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Green smithsonite. Ex John Lewis Collection. Ex Bernie Day.
5748 Rosasite, Spessartine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Blue balls. Nice small spessartine garnets. Collected from Block 14 dump material at the Pinnacles Mine. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5747 Stibnite, Calcite, Jamesonite, Sombrerete Mine, Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Labelled as boulangerite, El Sombrette Mine, Durango. Likely jamesonite, and from the Sombrerete Mine, in Zacatecas, but close to the border with Durango. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5746 Heulandite, Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Ex John Lewis collection.
5745 Wavellite, St John’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Wavellite bow-ties. Ex John Lewis Collection.
1341 Bertrandite, Triple Chance Beryllium Mine, Thackaringa, New South Wales
Prismatic rectangular cross-section colourless crystals of bertrandite formed in a cavity that once was a beryl crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30130 Dmisteinbergite, Kurumazawa gabbro quarry, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Thin white pearly cleavages on matrix, fairly sparse. 3.5×2.5cm. OW109.
20075 Suzukiite, Rhodonite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Microscopic green spots on pink rhodonite.
5744 Sugilite, Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Yellowish-green spots in aegirine syenite.
5743 Strontio-orthojoaquinite, Kinzandani, Hashidate, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Yellow patches in matrix. Ōmi is noted as the Type Locality but it is not clear exactly where. Probably Ōmi River rather than this locality.
ncat WD109 Stibnite, Berthierite, United Brothers Mine, Mount Wills, Victoria
Silver crystals in cavities in quartz. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Ex Gordon Jackson Collection. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9152 JP2335 Beraunite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Ex Jo Price Collection. The green crystals are likely chalcosiderite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4249 Bechererite, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue bechererite in slag from the South Mine slag dumps. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Acquired from Albert and Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/2006. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
7473 JL1517 Gonnardite-Natrolite, Calcite, Old Melbourne Quarries, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991 from Melbourne Museum.
7472 JL0546 Gold, Heathcote, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from Tony Fraser at the Canberra Gemboree for $1.
7471 JL1120 Azurite, Goethite, Malachite, Frances Creek Mine, Burrundie, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 from Mary Wilde of the Mordialloc Club.
7470 JL1549 Mimetite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Barry Porter at the Horsham Gemkhana for $2.50.
7469 JL0066 Zircon, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
A single orange zircon crystal mounted on a bristle(?). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1983 from Hamish Pearson.
ncat EUR2 Vanadinite, El Centenillo Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5384 Calcite, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Yellow calcite with bluish-white fluorescence (Convoy) and a green afterglow that takes a few seconds to fade. Colours are not exact in photo (iPhone). Also, compared to the many many calcite specimens from Chenzhou in...
0945 Beaverite-(Cu), Mimetite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales
Greenish-grey beaverite with tiny yellowish hexagonal prisms of mimetite. Acquired from David Vince in 1992. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20056 RC390 Fluorite, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Cluster of pink octahedral crystals, pale blue fluorescence. Ex Roger Colling Collection.
20074 Calcite, Quartz, Leisner Shaft, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Originally purchased from Marino Cristofli, a former miner from Dimbulah on 13th June 1996. Ex Martin Jensen Collection number MJ3254. 34x22x20mm. Pink-red fluorescence.
30129 Calcite, Stilbite, Giblin Street Quarry, Lenah Valley, Hobart City, Tasmania
Pale orange calcite crystals partially coated by tiny colourless stilbite crystals. Specimen size 85x75x40mm. White fluorescence under longwave UV (Convoy) with a green afterglow. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Ex Roseann Scotti Collection. Click on the...
20073 Azurite, Malachite, Calcite, Triako open cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin district, New South Wales
Not all mineral specimens are perfect. This one has suffered a little, perhaps when mined or perhaps when collected. One of the azurite crystals (the one on the right) has a couple of breaks. One...
3606 Fluorite, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, Saint Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
A lot of collectors like fluorite. Whether it be for the isometric (cubic) symmetry (for those that might be a little obsessive-compulsive 😁), the range of colours and zoning, the fluorescence, or for other reasons....
2834 Bavenite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on ferroan magnesite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. VHD12. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4979 Vanadinite, Descloizite, A. O. Prospect, Mount General, Hinkley, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Purplish-grey vanadinite with yellow descloizite. A.O. stands for Al Ordway who found nice micro vanadinite and descloizite. Acquired from Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat JL3631 Bavenite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from John Haupt. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4267 Azurite, Barite, Wheal Friendship Mine, Blinman, South Australia
Blocky colourless barite crystals with sharp blue azurite. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL1378 Barite, Kapunda Mine, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4905 Barite, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Complex yellow crystals of barite on goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8036 M269 Barite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1546 Barite, Copper, Goethite, Black Rock Lode, Mount Isa, Queensland
Golden barite crystals with goethite balls on the surface and native copper inclusions. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1532 Barite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
A cluster of pale yellow barite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4720 Azurite, Barite, Malbunka Copper Mine (Namatjira’s Copper Prospect; Areyonga Copper Deposit), Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory
Identified from the 2017 mining operation, acquired directly from the miner, Dehne McLaughlin. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7468 JL1151 Anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1992 at the Horsham Gemkhana from Barry Porter for $4.
7467 JL1166 Hydromagnesite, Lee Valley, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990 from Stan Rowe.
7466 JL0376 Linarite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 at the Waverley Show from Down Under Minerals.
7465 JL1479 Calcite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
The “Lighthouse”, sceptered calcite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7464 JL0818 Boleite, Daydream Mine, Apollyon Valley, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7463 JL1164 Gedrite, Lucky Draw Gold Mine, Barraga, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993. Ex Museum Victoria.
7462 JL1651 Pucherite, Morass Creek, Benambra, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7461 JL1200 Vashegyite, Mount Avis, Edi-Cheshunt, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993. Ex Museum Victoria.
7460 JL1169 Curite, Jabiru Mine, Alligator River, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Michael Hirst.
7459 JL1159 Zircon, Aragonite, Daylesford, Victoria
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1991 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7458 JL1617 Brochantite, Mount Oxide Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 at the Hobart Joint Mineralogical Societies Seminar from Brian Beyer for $5.
7457 JL1548 Goethite, Hematite, Calcite, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 at the Horsham Gemkhana from Barry Porter for $2.
7456 JL0793 Lithiophorite, Warburton, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1989. Ex Museum Victoria.
7455 JL0075 Chabazite, Calcite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1982 from Frank Robinson.
7454 JL1225 Anilite, Burra, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1980.
7453 JL0920 Dolomite, Flinders, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991 from Frank Robinson.
7452 JL1416 Albite, Titanite, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 at the Ballarat Gemboree from Don McColl for 50c.
7451 JL0945 Gold, Wapiti Mine, Farncomb Co., California, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7450 JL1107 Zircon, Lake Bullenmerri, Victoria
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1982 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7449 JL0462 Cuprite, Goethite, Tectonic Bore, Western Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from a tailgater at the Canberra Gemboree for $2.
7448 JL3945 Vivianite, Demon’s Bluff, Anglesea, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Dick Haslam.
7447 JL3743 Hyalite Opal, Conichalcite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 2000 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.