Australia
1730 Marcasite, Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
More likely pyrite
1664 Gold, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Small patches of gold on quartz.
1593 Mimetite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Zoned hegagonal prisms. Ex Joan Lamond specimen #3972.
1570 Cuprite, Copper, Gypsum, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Originally thought to be barite, but no barium in analyses, so more likely gypsum.
1547 Gold, Fiery Creek, Beaufort, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria
Crystalline nugget 4.66g.
1517 Zircon, Point Leo, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Waterworn zircons half-filling a micro box. Colours range from pale yellow to dark reddish brown. Many fluoresce bright yellow under shortwave UV. Collected by Ron and Betty Wallace.
1497 Azurite, Malachite, Cuprite, Mineral Hill Mine, Talingaboolba, Condobolin, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Sharp blue azurite crystals on and around a cuprite crystal replaced by malachite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection.
1438 Dravite, Zircon, Yinnietharra Station, Gascoyne, Western Australia
Zircon inclusion in dravite.
1387 Hellyerite, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania
From an old collection (dated 3/89), this 8x6x4mm piece is secured with mineral tack to a cardboard base in a clear plastic two piece micromount display case. Aqcuired from Jake Slagle, Baltimore.
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.
1118 Cuprite, Gypsum, Cobaltoan Calcite, Mutooroo Mine, Pine Creek – Mutooroo area, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia
Single gypsum blade with well-formed cuprite crystals on pink calcite. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection.