20081 Lanthanite-(Ce), Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
Colourless – white lanthanite with purple fluorite.
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6025 Chromatite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
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.
6024 Hashemite, Ettringite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
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.
ncat OW201 Roweite, Olshanskyite, Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Linxi County, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
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...
5489 Henmilite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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.
20078 Danalite, Hirako mine, Saijo, Shoubara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Brown triangular shaped crystal embedded in matrix. 30x25x25mm. Ex Richard Tayler. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5400 Phenakite, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
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.
5073 Beryl var Heliodor, Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam
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.
ncat IKEA Beryl, Baha, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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...
ncat WD112 Beryl, Muscovite, Albite, Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
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...
20024 Aquamarine, Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
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.
ncat WD211 Spodumene (Kunzite), Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Afghanistan
A pale pink kunzite crystal. Specimen is 29mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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...
5755 Strelkinite, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Yellow platy crystals. Ex Marco Poli.
5752 Amethyst, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Sceptred amethyst. Sceptre is 11mm wide. 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.
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...
5742 Parasibirskite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for parasibirskite. C. Loranth photo.
5741 Taneyamalite, Taneyama mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality C. Loranth photo.
5740 Shimazakiite, Hemnilite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for both species. C. Loranth photo.
7360 JL3494 Enargite, Chinkuashih Mine, Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
7354 JL3904 Gyrolite, Calcite, Fluorapophyllite, Mesolite, India
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002. Ex Ralph Segnit Collection.
7299 JL3779 Zektzerite, Dara-i-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tajikistan
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
20031 Ruby, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Highly fluorescent. Sold as pink sapphires.
20060 Cassiterite, Ferberite, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
A group of cassiterite crystals on a striated single ferberite crystal. Width 11mm. Stack of 130 images.
20058 Mimetite, Guatomo Mine (‘Hat Yai’ mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand
Zoned orange-capped yellow hexagonal prisms with small prism faces. Some twinning visible. Width 11mm. Stack of 130 images.
5676 Diamond, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Single loose brown flattened dodecahedron diamond crystal weighing 0.35ct. Pale blue fluorescence. Crystal width 5mm. Stack of 90 images.
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.
3941 Azurite, Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
Superb cluster of azurite crystals. Very solid piece. 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...
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.
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.
30080 Epidote, Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pale “fibrous” termination on main crystal. No matrix. Video best viewed full screen.
20050 Zircon, Jabal Tuwalah Intrusion, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
Dull brown (metamict?) zircon crystal. Video best viewed full screen.
30076 Cassiterite, Quartz, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Sharp cassiterite crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30065 Cassiterite, Jiangxi, China
Single twinned crystal. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
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.
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...
5470 Ilvaite, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia, China
Two well-formed joined at the base crystals.
20030 Aquamarine, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Single blue aquamarine crystal 17ct.
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.
5662 Corundum var Sapphire, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Blue and green sapphires, some with good crystal form.
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:...
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.
ncat JP0630 Babingtonite, Nashik quarry (Nasik quarry), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India
Labelled Poona. Most likely Nasik
5583 Khaidarkanite, Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Type Locality. Tiny blue crystals., Helmut Braith
5503 Graphite, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5511 Chondrodite, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4680 Topaz, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Single gemmy colourless crystal, Hobart Show 2017
4717 Aksaite, Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe Province (Aqtobe Oblysy; Aktubinskaya Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Few perfect micro crystals of extremely rare borate mineral (part of holotype), eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4718 Kurgantaite, Mt Kurgan-tau, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
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
4719 Satimolite, Satimola salt dome, Oral Rayon (Uralsk Rayon), Western Kazakhstan Province (Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Chalky-white microconcretions of satimolite – extremely rare borate mineral. Part of holotype., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
5540 Cavansite, Stilbite, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India
Ex John Lewis collection.,
4721 Corundum (Ruby), Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Single thin deep pink crystal 11.65ct, eBay seller
4681 Ruby, Jegdalek ruby deposit (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik), Surobi District (Sorobi District), Kabol Province (Kabul Province), Afghanistan
Two crystals in marble, Hobart Show 2017
5525 Hubeite, Calcite, Pyrite, Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
30034 Quartz, Stilbite-Ca, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Hemispheres of quartz (described as chalcedony, but not) with grey stilbite.
30036 Quartz, Chlorite, Albite, Anatase, Rutile, Ganesh Himal (Mt Ganesh), Dhading District, Nepal
Chlorite and anatase inclusions in thin needle-like quartz. Minor white albite on quartz. Tiny brown rutile(?) on one quartz crystal.
30033 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Stilbite-Ca, Quartz, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
A stunning colourless fluorapophyllite with a pink stilbite crystal all sitting on drusy quartz. The apophyllite measures 45mm across. Not my photo.
30001 Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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...
10077 Chalcopyrite, Siderite, Ganzhizhou Mine, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Superb twinned chalcopyrite crystals, similar to one found at Mt Lyell in Tasmania. Mindat suggests chalcopyrite is doubtful from this locality.
10056 Wurtzite, Quartz, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Perfectly-formed wurtzite crystals, doubly-terminated quartz, plus other sulphides? Purchased at Keystone, priced at $500.
10034 Quartz, Chlorite, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Attractive cluster of chlorite-included quartz. 73x47x47mm.
10030 Cinnabar, Dolomite, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Three sharp red cinnabar crystals on white dolomite. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 437), ex The Aesthetics Underground, Alberta, Canada.
7151 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Sortuz, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley
7115 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7086 Sulphur, Tangkubanparahu, Bandung, Jawa Barat Province, Jawa Island, Indonesia
ex Joan Lamond Collection
10041 Fluorite, Quartz, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
10042 Topaz, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
4656 Preobrazhenskite, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. White fragments in a capsule. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection (1686).
4648 Quartz, Petroleum, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Small doubly-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions, many with bubbles (enhydros).
4605 Yoshimuraite, Taguchi mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-Shidara-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Tiny orange crystals embedded in matrix.
4045 Goldmanite (manganoan), Yamato Mine, Oshima Gun, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
4036 Beusite, Kyrk-Bulak pegmatite, Turkestan Range, Osh District, Kyrgyzstan
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
3970 Elbaite (Rubellite), Molo, Mogok District, Myanmar (Burma)
Klaus Brucksch 3/2005
2889 Quartz, Naru island (Narushima), Gotoh archipelago, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
Nice Japan Law twin. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/1471. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection.
5488 Mangano-ferri-eckermannite, Tanohata mine, Tanohata, Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Hiromi Yamasaki. Formerly kôzulite.
5492 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Honshu Island, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Hiromi Yamasaki.
5285 Scheelite, Quartz, Yao Gan Xian Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Province, China
Minsoc Xmas Auction
5265 Sodalite, Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)
Hackmanite Rough & Cut. Fluoresces orange.
5176 Copper, Okuyama mine, Minamiizu, Kamo district, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
JL0427. Ex Museum Vic
Deaccessioned: 5097 Pyrite, Guangdong Province, China
Pyrite disease. Removed from collection.