A plate of pyromorphite with the larger crystals zoned and barrel-shaped. Specimen measures 60x50x20mm. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Labelled as Otome Mine, a name applied generically to material from many different mines in the Kinpuzan mining district. Scheelite specimens in Mindat appear to be from hydrothermal veins, whereas this specimen is clearly from...
Type Locality. Yellow-fluorescent hokkaidoite in opal that fluoresces in a range of colours. Close up is under longwave and 9mm across. The other two are iPhone photos. The one that is more pink bottom right...
Drusy colourless quartz crystals after barite (epimorphs). Width of view 9mm. Stack of 175 images.
Three pieces in a round container. Ex Ueno Scientific Co.
Acquired by Jake Slago from Alfredo Petrov at the 2013 Tucson Show. Rocks and Minerals magazine Jul-Aug 2006: The third sentence in this nine page article reads: As with the real blossoms, these stones, known...
Highly fluoresent yellow inclusions of hokkaidoite in opal that fluoresces pink and and purplish blue. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki Collection. Type Locality. Specimen measures 17mm. Photo under longwave UV.
Sliced, polished sample, showing pale blue vein of itoigawaite in jadeite matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Type Locality. Width of specimen 40mm.
Pale crystalline mass in matrix. Ex Chet Lemanski Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images.
Small, crude, subhedral crystal aggregate of hydrobiotite without matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Older material, purchased by Andrew from Excalibur Mineral Company in 1986. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the...
Wairakite is one of the rarer zeolite species. It’s typically found around hot springs and forms white dodecahedral crystals similar to analcime. In this case, the white wairakite is completely replacing the elongated, stick-like crystals...
White silky “Cat’s Eye” terminations on vesuvianite crystals that are zoned yellowish-greenish, root-beer brown, and even a purplish-black. Specimen measures 28x15x14mm. Ex Brian Kosnar. Ex Rob Lavinski. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images....
Dark brown crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Location in Japanese 長野県南佐久郡川上村甲武信鈜山 Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Colourless hexagonal crystals, as well as yellow iron-stained ones. White fibrous thomsonite, and tiny analcime crystals. Ex Peter Hall. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Colourless width of view 6mm, and stack of 30 images. Yellow width of...
Blocky colourless crystals with rounded aggregates of thomsonite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Richard Bell. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
A single well-formed arsenopyrite crystal on matrix. Specimen measures 55x30x25mm.
Blue fibrous nakauriite. This species forms as vivid fibrous blue crystals on/in brucite-bearing serpentine. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Hexagonal olive green crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Labelled: Mt Hokidoke, Nagono Volcano, Japan. Colourless prismatic crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria. Stack of 24 images.. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Small, white crystalline mass of slawsonite with very minor matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. The dealer gave Andrew the locality as Kagami-mura, Kochi in 1987. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
Almost pure pale beige fine-grained mass of tobelite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
Sliced specimen showing micro black inclusions of rock-forming potassic-sadanagaite from the type locality. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Soenke Stolze in 2014. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
Glassy white finely-crystalline sibirskite without matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Soenke Stolze in 2008. Andrew Hodgson photo.
Greenish-brown, massive bunnoite on black hausmannite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Marzio Mamberti in 2017. Type Locality for bunnoite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
Pure, white, fine-grained piece of sudoite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Older material, purchased by Andrew from David Garske in 1984. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
Grey, fine-grained rectorite without matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Roger’s Minerals, Canada, in 2007. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
Small dark olive-green grains and prismatic cleavages of barroisite in schist. Material originally from Yosuke Ito in 1982 and purchased from Minerals Unlimited the same year. This may in fact be a different amphibole species,...
Rich dark-green-black, radiating crystalline hastingsite with hedenbergite. Old material (ex-John Patrick, January 1963), purchased from Ralph Merrill (Minerals Unlimited) in 1984. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
Pinkish massive to crystalline pyroxmangite with lustrous/metallic black to deep red neotocite with conchoidal fracture. Click on image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
Orange wulfenite crystals with spherical green mimetite and red minium. Ex Diederik Visser 6/2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 56 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Pseudo-octahedral orange crystals with white barite. Ex David Vince. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 63 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Pink rhodochrosite rosettes on quartz with minor sulphides. 38mm wide.
Blue lazurite with grey sodalite (hackmanite) that fluoresces orange. Width 48mm. Check out the Fluorescent Mineral Reveal on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbe_9ddRFj4
Tan roweite with colourless olshanskyite. Also present, tiny green andradite crystals. Width of view 38mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
A cluster of pentagonite crystals with tiny fibres of mordenite and a few little white calcite crystals. Ex Ed Richards. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a...
Rosette of colourless hexagonal imayoshiite crystals. Width of specimen 15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
A specimen from this locality was used in Miyawaki, R., Nakai, I. & Nagashima, K. (1984) A refinement of the structure of gadolinite. American Mineralogist, 69. Dark green to black gadolinite. Width of view 17.25mm....
Colourless to white massive material, partially fluorescent pink under longwave UV (likely calcite as it bubbles readily in vinegar – see last photo). 23x17x8mm. Stack of 45 images (white light) and 21 (UV). Click on...
Long thin prismatic metallic crystals with quartz crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Fragments of meteorite in a capsule, magnetic. Width of view 5.75mm.
Superb blue cavansite with tiny colourless stilbite crystals. In some light, the cavansite is more green. My camera really struggles to capture the colour correctly too. Width of cavansite spray is 15mm. Click on the...
Ex Andrew Hodgson. Ex Minerals Unlimited.
A pale brown crystalline mass of this fairly rare silicate without matrix. Obtained by Andrew Hodgson from Richard Tayler Minerals in July 1987.
Obvious pinkish massive and small veins in 1.5cm. Type Locality.
Silvery-grey inclusions of frohbergite in fine-grained matrix, with attractive glassy yellow crystals of tellurite.
Location in Japanese 大分県 南海部郡 藤河内
Location in Japanese 栃木県塩谷郡塩谷町天上沢鉱山
Blue crystals and crusts. There are some nice small crystals towards the top right of the photo. Width of specimen 12mm. Stack of 85 images. Location in Japanese 滋賀県湖南市石部町灰山 Click on the image below for...
Sakura in bloom,A fleeting moment of joy,A petal’s gentle kiss. Sakura Ishi – Cherry Blossom Stone. Muscovite mica pseudomorphs of complex cordierite-indialite intergrowths. Width 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for...
One tiny micro in rhodonite. Type Locality.
Tiny thin beige veins in matrix. Type Locality.
Two small grains in matrix.
Fragments in a small glass vial. Width of view 2.88mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
One of a dozen rounded garnets. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 16 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Colourless – white lanthanite with purple fluorite.
Type locality. Yellow crusts with probable strands of colourless gypsum. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 39 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Hashemite as yellow crystals, ettringite colourless prisms. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Tan roweite and colourless/white fibrous to prismatic olshanskyite. Much of the white material could be something else but has not been analysed. Width of specimen 70mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
Purplish crystal of henmilite on white olshanskyite. Type Locality for henmilite. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Brown triangular shaped crystal embedded in matrix. 30x25x25mm. Ex Richard Tayler. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Rough & Cut. Crystal shows the characteristic drill-bit termination. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Two heliodor crystals without matrix. The one photod is 15mm long. Width of view 19mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Cluster of zoned beryl crystals ranging from pale pink (morganite) through shades of blue (aquamarine) to colourless/white. Specimen measures 45x40x35mm. Photo width of view 33mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...
Half a dozen beryl crystals on a matrix of muscovite and albite. The largest beryl measures 22mm across. Width of crystal in photo 16mm. Stack of 60 images. Whole specimen measures 54x32x30mm. Click on the...
Single thin pencil of aquamarine. Labelled as Thuong Xuan (near to Xuan Le). Crystal is 27mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
A pale pink kunzite crystal. Specimen is 29mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.
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.
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...
Yellow platy crystals. Ex Marco Poli.
Sceptred amethyst. Sceptre is 11mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Thin white pearly cleavages on matrix, fairly sparse. 3.5×2.5cm. OW109.
Type Locality. Microscopic green spots on pink rhodonite.
Type Locality. Yellowish-green spots in aegirine syenite.
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.
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...
Type Locality for parasibirskite. C. Loranth photo.
Type Locality C. Loranth photo.
Type Locality for both species. C. Loranth photo.
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002. Ex Ralph Segnit Collection.
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
Highly fluorescent. Sold as pink sapphires.
A group of cassiterite crystals on a striated single ferberite crystal. Width 11mm. Stack of 130 images.
Zoned orange-capped yellow hexagonal prisms with small prism faces. Some twinning visible. Width 11mm. Stack of 130 images.
Single loose brown flattened dodecahedron diamond crystal weighing 0.35ct. Pale blue fluorescence. Crystal width 5mm. Stack of 90 images.
Pale pink morganite beryl, labelled as Pakistan but identified as Pech by Rocksaholics. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $290.
Superb cluster of azurite crystals. Very solid piece. Video best viewed full screen.
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...
Butterfly twin. Pink fluorescence. Video best viewed full screen.
An attractive copper specimen partially altered to dark red cuprite. Video best viewed full screen.
Sharp orange wulfenite blades, some with a dusting of white calcite on one face. Video best viewed full screen.
Pale “fibrous” termination on main crystal. No matrix. Video best viewed full screen.
Dull brown (metamict?) zircon crystal. Video best viewed full screen.
Sharp cassiterite crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
Single twinned crystal. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
A group of parallel oriented sharp black ferberite crystals on a cloudy quartz crystal with a clear tip.
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....
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...
Two well-formed joined at the base crystals.
Single blue aquamarine crystal 17ct.
Two greenish opaque quartz crystals joined together. Not smooth faces.
Blue and green sapphires, some with good crystal form.
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:...
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....
Lustrous purple “Grape Agate” with colourless-white calcite crystals, 60mm wide. From Joe George, aka The Scepter Guy, cascadescepters.com.
Labelled Poona. Most likely Nasik
Type Locality. Tiny blue crystals., Helmut Braith
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
Single gemmy colourless crystal, Hobart Show 2017
Type Locality. Few perfect micro crystals of extremely rare borate mineral (part of holotype), eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
Type Locality. Extremely rare chloride-borate of Ca and Sr. Part of holotype. This material is very rare, scarce and presents only in old collections and is completely unaccessible for collecting now., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
Type Locality. Chalky-white microconcretions of satimolite – extremely rare borate mineral. Part of holotype., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
Ex John Lewis collection.,
Single thin deep pink crystal 11.65ct, eBay seller
Two crystals in marble, Hobart Show 2017
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
Hemispheres of quartz (described as chalcedony, but not) with grey stilbite.
Chlorite and anatase inclusions in thin needle-like quartz. Minor white albite on quartz. Tiny brown rutile(?) on one quartz crystal.
A stunning colourless fluorapophyllite with a pink stilbite crystal all sitting on drusy quartz. The apophyllite measures 45mm across. Not my photo.
Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, formerly from the Arthur. L. Flagg (1883-1961) collection, catalogued as asbolite” with inventory number 3990 (black painted number & glued fabric strip). The two other...
Superb twinned chalcopyrite crystals, similar to one found at Mt Lyell in Tasmania. Mindat suggests chalcopyrite is doubtful from this locality.
Perfectly-formed wurtzite crystals, doubly-terminated quartz, plus other sulphides? Purchased at Keystone, priced at $500.
Attractive cluster of chlorite-included quartz. 73x47x47mm.
Three sharp red cinnabar crystals on white dolomite. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 437), ex The Aesthetics Underground, Alberta, Canada.
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection.
ex Joan Lamond Collection
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
Type Locality. White fragments in a capsule. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection (1686).
Small doubly-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions, many with bubbles (enhydros).
Tiny orange crystals embedded in matrix.
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
Klaus Brucksch 3/2005
Nice Japan Law twin. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/1471. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection.
Hiromi Yamasaki. Formerly kôzulite.
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Hiromi Yamasaki.
Minsoc Xmas Auction
Hackmanite Rough & Cut. Fluoresces orange.
