ncat TBSD1 Fluorite, De Milhou’s Lode, Emmaville, New South Wales
Purple fluorite crystals in a small cavity adjacent to smoky quartz. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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ncat JP373 Fluorite, Pyromorphite, Siderite, Daydream Mine (Meech’s Blow), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Colourless cubes with a white core of fluorite crystals that glow green under shortwave ultraviolet light. Judging by the colour, it is likely that the fluorescence is due to uranyl ions. A small amount of...
2784 Smithsonite, Azurite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
This is the first time I have seen this colour on a Broken Hill specimen! Spectacular under shortwave ultraviolet light. The smithsonite glows yellow under longwave, pink under medium wave and violet red under shortwave....
0590 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A small cluster of apophyllite crystals. Specimen is 10mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD10, Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
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ncat VHD10 Fluorapatite, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A brownish-green single fluorapatite crystal with a small amount of attached galena. Shown side lit. Crystal measures 22mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M3682 Calcite, Apophyllite, Albion Park Quarry, Croom, Camden Co., New South Wales
Blocky apophyllite crystals on calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M3681 Quartz, Apophyllite, Goethite, Albion Park Quarry, Croom, Camden Co., New South Wales
Small sharp apophyllite crystals and balls of goethite on parallel-grown quartz crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH570 Ferrierite-Mg, Heulandite Unanderra, New South Wales
Small white tufts of ferrierite on colourless heulandite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1480 Ferrierite-Mg, Wollongong Council Quarry, Unanderra, Camden Co., New South Wales
A spray of white crystals with a yellow core. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1607 Titanite, Epidote, Actinolite, Albite, Chlorite, Huonville Station, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Prismatic green epidote crystals with dark green actinolite and yellowish-green titanite, the latter two not in the photo. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. (First image) Click on the image below for a...
4296 Ecandrewsite, Melbourne Rockwell Mine, Little Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Tiny black-brown inclusions in quartz. Associated with brown-orange almandine-spessartine. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 128 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2894 Aldridgeite, Niedermayrite, Smithsonite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for aldridgeite. Tiny pale blue acicular crystals of aldridgeite. Blue platy crystals of niedermayrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH553 Diamond, Macquarie River, Wellington, New South Wales
Two small diamonds, one just under 3mm wide, the other just over 3mm wide. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20087 Iodargyrite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Very pale yellow flattened crystals.
1665 Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Deep red cuprite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7059 JL2996 Cummingtonite, Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Fibrous “cummingtonite” as labelled. Not analysed to my knowledge. It is possible that this could be another amphibole such as grunerite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on...
ncat TL Cosalite, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Silver-black crystals embedded in quartz. You can see very fine “hairy” crystals towards the bottom left of the photo as well as the more robust ones upper right. XRD Confirmed. Ex Jim Sharpe Collection #278....
1771 Copper, North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Interesting cube-octahedra copper crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7049 JL2648 Connellite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny blue spheres of connellite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan for $4 in 1998 from Glyn Francis. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
3094 Conichalcite, Bayldonite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny hemispheres of lighter green conichalcite on darker green bayldonite. Collected by Ian Graham. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1742 Corkite, Spotted Leopard Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales
Green crust. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR02 M348 Corkite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny colourless drusy crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH730 Coalingite, Chrysotile, Wood’s Reef Mine, Barraba, New South Wales
Orange coalingite infilling chrysotile vein. Ex Joan Lamond, Ex Museum Victoria (M38281), Ex J.D. Hamilton, Ex Val Hannah. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat YB Manganogrunerite (now Clino-ferro-suenoite), North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of specimen 48mm.
7443 JL2634 Churchite-(Y), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0801 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue chrysocolla with sprays of green malachite and crystals of brown cerussite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD11 Chromite, Grossular, Lizardite, 45 Ton Mine, Mount Lightning, Coolac, New South Wales
Green chromium grossular on chromite and minor lizardite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Collected by Ian Graham. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0043 Chlorargyrite (bromian), Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A combination cube and octahedral crystal. Width of view 5.75mm, Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3996 Azurite, Malachite, Chlorargyrite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
Brownish crystal of chlorargyrite on malachite. Also present but not in photo, azurite crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5001 Chlorargyrite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Chlorargyrite (bromian), originally known as embolite, is uncommon as distinct crystals. It is more regularly blobs or masses and often a purplish-grey due to exposure to light. This one is an old specimen from Broken...
ncat EA5 Chabazite, Clovass quarry, Clovass, Rous Co., New South Wales
Labelled as Caniaba Quarry, Casino, but likely to be the Clovass Quarry. Four phacolitic chabazite crystals with no matrix, collected in 1984 or earlier. Acquired by Margaret Brown in 1984 from “Shirley”. Width of view...
ncat EA5-1 Chabazite, Natrolite, Lynchs Creek, Rous Co., New South Wales
Four pieces. Fairly large phacolitic chabazite on natrolite. Tiny later rhombs of chabazite sprinkled on natrolite needles. Photo width 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7032 JL0850 Chabazite, Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
Complex twinned chabazite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD218 Chabazite, Sulphur, Alabandite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Southern operations mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Orange-coated pseudocubic crystals of chabazite and green sulphur crystals on alabandite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH11 VH643 Chabazite-Ca, Little Island, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales
Twinned pseudohexagonal chabazite crystals coating inside of vesicle. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BAA Chalcanthite, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue crusts and distinct crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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 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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
7466 JL0376 Linarite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 at the Waverley Show from Down Under Minerals.
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.
7446 JL2680 Strengite, Natrojarosite, Dufrenite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1997 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.
7444 JL2090 Schulenbergite, Brochantite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
ncat JP1615 Bastnäsite-(Ce), Mimetite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny platy orange crystals of bastnäsite-(Ce) with yellow hexagonal mimetite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2484 Barbosalite, Wolfeite, Wilsons Pegmatite, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Black to dark green barbosalite with brown wolfeite. Width of specimen 14mm.
7432 JL1659 Bannisterite, Rhodonite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Black bannisterite showing typical platy crystals, with small rhodonite crystals. Specimen measures 13mm high. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
9112 JP2783 Bayldonite, Gartrellite, Chenevixite?, Adamite?, New Cobar Mine, Cobar, New South Wales
Labelled Peak Mine (Peak Gold Mines is the operator). Green crystals of bayldonite with smaller light bluish-green crystals of adamite(?) and olive-green chenevixite(?). Elsewhere on the specimen are tiny yellow crystals of gartrellite. Width of...
0346 Bayldonite, Olivenite, Hidalgoite, Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Dark green crystals of bayldonite with lighter green olivenite, and yellow hidalgoite crusts on colourless mimetite. You can see the tips of the mimetite peeking through on a few crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack...
0491 Azurite, Malachite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
This specimen shows a couple of interesting properties of cerussite. The first is the unfortunate way that crystals can easily break (right hand end of main white cerussite crystal). The second is its habit of...
0756 Azurite, Calcite, Malachite after Azurite, Cobar, New South Wales
Azurite with malachite partially pseudomorphing one crystal. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1591 Azurite, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Stunning blue azurite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M78 Azurite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Cute little thumbnail azurite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Specimen is 12mm across. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0819 Gahnite, Chrysocolla, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A fairly sharp dark green gahnite crystal on chrysocolla. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2164 Azurite, No.27 Bench, Girilambone Copper Mine, Girilambone, New South Wales
Superb sharp lustrous azurite crystals with minor malachite. Look closely, and you can see a phantom in the azurite crystal photographed. From the No. 27 Bench. This is the only azurite phantom that I have...
1489 Azurite, No.23 Bench, Girilambone Copper Mine, Girilambone, New South Wales
Thin platy azurite crystals. From the No. 23 Bench. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0502 Azurite, Malachite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
A sharp azurite crystal casting a blue hue on the malachite beneath. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0489 Malachite, Azurite, Anglesite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Lustrous azurite crystals reflecting nearby malachite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP226 Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Aurichalcite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Sky blue thin crystals of aurichalcite. Also present but not in photo – colourless hemimorphite and pale green smithsonite. Multiple fluorescent colours under longwave – orange-red (appears to be the smithsonite), orange (tiny patch of...
ncat VHD7, Atacamite, Endeavour 26 Pit, North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales
Flat bladed green atacamite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0791 Arsenopyrite Twin, Sunny Corner,near Bathurst, New South Wales
A 5-rayed twin rather than the normal 6! Crystal group is 5mm across.
0186 Greenockite, Galena, Tennantite-Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
Orange and red greenockite with galena, tennantite-tetrahedrite, pyrite and cerussite. The orange greenockite fluoresces red but the red crystals don’t. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 72 images (white light) and a stack of only...
ncat WD115 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Inesite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Apophyllite crystals (probably fluorapophyllite-(K)) on brown bladed crystals of inesite. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Height of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1559 Aragonite, Chabazite-Ca, Saponite, RTA Quarry, Ben Lomond, New South Wales
A nice spray of thin colourless aragonite blades. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Second photo shows complex twinned chabazite with the aragonite in the background. Dark green hemispheres are saponite. Width of...
1128 Pyromorphite, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A mass of lime green hexagonal pyromorphite crystals from the MMM South Mine operations. Width of view is 9.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. (Top photo...
0887 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Zinc Corp, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Fluorapophyllite (probably fluorapophyllite-(K)) crystal showing typical cleavage planes. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP452 Anglesite, Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales
Unusual hoppered(?) crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2722 Anglesite, Cerussite, Oxide Dump, Woodlawn Mine, Tarago, New South Wales
Group of sharp anglesite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9149 JP2511 Anglesite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Elongated colourless crystals of anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Collected on the dumps at the Pinnacles Mine. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below...
ncat ML Anglesite, Block 14 Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A lovely green anglesite from the 1998 discovery in the Block 14 open cut. Previously in the Milton Lavers Collection. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 33 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
4277 Antimony, Lucknow, New South Wales
Tin-white patches, some crystalline, of native antimony. Acquired from Diederik Visser. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Antimony from Lucknow is recorded in a Mining article in the Sydney Mail newspaper of 31...
7433 JL1802 Gold, Pyrite, Hill End, Wellington Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7431 JL3164 Norrishite, Sugilite, Hoskins mine, Grenfell, Forbes Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for norrishite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
7426 JL2319 Adamite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from Jack Leach.
7413 JL2906 Pyrite, Gold, Galena, Hill End, Wellington Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3.33mm. Stack of 63 images.
7408 JL1830 Pyrophyllite, Gundagai, Clarendon Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $2.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7362 JL3815 Opal, Siderite, Manyana Beach, Bendalong, St Vincent Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Ann and Noel Kennon.
7348 JL3149 Tarbuttite, Beudantite, Hinsdalite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Cuprian tarbuttite. Collected by Joan Lamond in 1999 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7335 JL3816 Prehnite, Pioneer Quarry, Shellharbour, New South Wales
Probably (but to be confirmed) now the Hanson Quarry, Shell Cove, Shellharbour, New South Wales. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Noel Kennon in 2002.
7319 JL3066 Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Proustite, Siderite, Browne’s shaft, Block 39, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7307 JL3176 Calcite, Jenolan Caves, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales
Five single crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria.
5729 Hoganite, Cerussite, Malachite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp blue-green micro crystals of hoganite on cerussite and malachite. Colour is more green than shown in the photos. Width of view 3.5mm. Exact source of specimen is not known. The original occurrence was only...
0248 Pyromorphite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green prismatic crystals. Width of specimen 11mm.
0436 Smithsonite, Coronadite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
One of my favourite Broken Hill smithsonite specimens. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100 images.
ncat JL376 Linarite, Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Featured on the cover of the Australian Journal of Mineralogy Volume 21 Number 1, 2020. If you were to ask my granddaughter Gracie what my favourite colour is, she would tell you blue! And what...
5694 Bastnäsite-(Ce), Coronadite, Mimetite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny triangular orange bastnäsite-(Ce) crystals on black coronadite. There are three vughs with at least a dozen bastnäsite-(Ce) crystals in each. Mimetite is mostly yellow prismatic crystals with one grey crystal. Width 3mm. Stack of...
5686 Mimetite, Goethite, Cerussite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Yellow butterfly of mimetite with goethite casts after cerussite. Width 5.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
5682 Linarite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Intense blue linarite crystals. Width 8mm. Stack of 51 images.
9039 JP2278 Pyromorphite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Collected on the Pinnacles Dumps. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 54 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9026 JP2279 Libethenite, Plimerite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Lighter green libethenite with almost black bladed plimerite. Natrodufrenite listed on label but I am not able to pick it. There are also other minerals, including possible calcian pyromorphite as white prismatic crystals, hoppered green...
28002 VH34 Fluorite, Calcite, North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Group of deep purple fluorite cubes with octahedral faces, with white calcite that fluoresces red. Width 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Val Hannah Collection.
28001 VH230 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite, Anglesite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Greenish-brown short to long prismatic stolzite crystals with brown pyromorphite. Width 9mm. Stack of 100 images. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Pyromorphite is fluorescent pale orange, but also fluorescing are patches of sphalerite in the matrix...
9021 JP2347 Coronadite, Pyromorphite, Kaolinite?, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acicular needles of coronadite with a few hexagonal green pyromorphite crystals and white fibrous kaolinite(?). Width 9mm. Stack of 30, 42 and 62 photos. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9011 JP2991 Powellite, Dundee, Gough Co., New South Wales
Powellite is uncommon in Australia, particular as distinct crystals. Mindat has only one photo, a powellite with ulrichite and fluorapatite from Lake Boga. This specimen has excellent crystals. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 180 images. Ex...
9009 JP2205 Natrolite, Chabazite-Na, Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
Colourless natrolite needles with a pink base, possibly caused by hematite, on phacolitic chabazite crystals (probably chabazite-Na). Width 9mm. Stack of 110 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
30100 Smoky Quartz, Silent Grove, Clive Co., New South Wales
Single crystal with neat phantoms. Video best viewed full screen.
5666 Opal, Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales
Predominantly blue and green thin opal seams.
4375 Prehnite, Gunnedah, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection Video best viewed full screen.
30062 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kutnohorite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pink rhodochrosite with small white crystals (kutnohorite?). These white crystals are also included in the quartz. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
0503 Dolomite, Cerussite, Unknown White, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Grey complex dolomite crystals with a single brownish cerussite crystal from the Kintore open cut, Broken Hill. In addition, there are tufts of an unknown white mineral. Candidates could be sepiolite (not recorded at Broken...
ncat VHD15 Natrolite, Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Ardglen, New South Wales
A single blocky hydroxyapophyllite-(K) crystal on a bed of prismatic colourless natrolite crystals. Width of view 10mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD4, Azurite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Chas. W. Velte Jnr.
ncat VHD3, Molybdenite, Kingsgate, New South Wales
A well-formed molybdenite crystal 21mm across on quartz.
10084 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Milton Lavers collection. Exhibited at the Munich Show in 2008. Measures 65x65x35mm.
10058 Quartz, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Herkimer-like quartz crystals on matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection No. C38.
ncat M1006 Fluorite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M401 Miersite, Malachite, Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat JL3902 Pyrargyrite, Siderite, 1,400 foot level, Brownes Shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from John Haupt who collected it in 1971.
7279 JL3667 Wulfenite, Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Graham Lee.
ncat RW125 Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee.
7333 JL3638 Gold, Chlorargyrite, MMM Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired in 2001 by Joan Lamond from George Lysiuk (collected in 1986).
4663 Ferrorhodonite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Analysed material, Helmut Braith
5575 Lead, Laumontite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
From Level 16, NBHC. See https://www.colgate.edu/docs/default-source/default-document-library/carr-selleck-native-lead.pdf. Laumontite fluoresces blue under LWUV., Ed Richard, Pristine Minerals
5532 Schorl, Quartz, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex John Lewis collection.,
5541 Sapphire, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex Alf Bond. Ex John Lewis Collection. Probably Inverell as opposed to Kingsgate.,
10078 Azurite, Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark blue crystals coat one face. Some contacts(?).
10064 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Platy zoned thin hexagonal rhodocrosite crystals with a dusting of pyrite, plus pyrite on the matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection #962. Includes label from when the specimen was on display at the Munich Mineral Show...
10049 Barite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange-yellow platey crystals. From the NBHC Mine.
10015 Quensenlite, Mudgee, New South Wales
From a rare species collection
8194 Spessartine, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8196 Sulphur, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8193 Spessartine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8098 Zdenekite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8083 Raspite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8084 Marshite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8085 Mawbyite, Kintore opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8086 Kipushite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8056 Parahopeite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8035 Wulfenite, Smithsonite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8038 Kidwellite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8039 Ktenasite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8034 Cummingtonite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8025 Phosgenite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8026 Marshite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8032 Bastnasite, Mimetite, Coronadite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8021 Parnauite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8022 Schulenbergite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8023 Plimerite, Libethenite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8024 Perroudite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8010 Pearceite, Polybasite, Browne’s shaft, Junction Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8013 Parahopeite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection