New South Wales
1215 Sugilite, Norrishite, Hoskins mine, Grenfell, Forbes Co., New South Wales
Purple specs of sugilite with brownish-black norrishite. Ex Joan Lamond specimen 3165. Joan acquired it from the Melbourne Museum in 1999.
1089 Azurite, Malachite, Anglesite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp distinct crystals of azurite, and lesser anglesite, on malachite. Previously in the Terry Enwright collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
0775 Calcite, 6 Level, CSA Mine, Cobar, New South Wales
Small cluster of calcite crystals, no matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0565 Inesite, Fluorapophyllite-(K), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Inesite sprays that are pale pink with tan terminations, capped with colourless fluorapophyllite-(K). Specimen is 21mm wide.
0513 Goethite, Mineral Hill Mine, Talingaboolba, Condobolin, New South Wales
Goethite pseudomorphs after smithsonite(?)
0235 Barite, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny calcite crystals are scattered over pale blue barite blades that measure up to 18mm across. The barite also has yellowish zones.
1100 Sulphur, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
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1883 Diamond, Bingara-Copeton, New South Wales
Photo height 11mm.
4538 Stolzite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
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5561 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex Bill Henderson Collection. Labelled as mimetite, but more likely to be pyromorphite. Photo width 3.05mm.
0501 Malachite, Iodide Mine, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
A neat little spray of malachite, roughly 0.6mm across, from the lesser-known Mineral Hill deposit, the Iodide Mine (Mount Iodide Mine), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales. Also present on the specimen...
1496 Monazite-(Ce), Cow Flat, Torrington, New South Wales
Monazite-(Ce) crystals make up most of the matrix of this specimen from Cow Flat (Bower Bird), Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales. A couple of smoky quartz crystals are embedded. Ex Australian Museum, Sydney.
4883 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Stunning yellow stolzite crystals associated with cream-yellow-brown hoppered pyromorphite from the old Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales.