Australia
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.
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.
1069 Azurite, Malachite, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Minor malachite balls on bladed azurite. Previously in the Terry Enwright collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
0987 Pyromorphite, Plumbogummite, Sylvester Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania
Labelled as hinsdalite, but now thought to be plumbogummite from this location.
0871 Malachite, Pyromorphite, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory
Pyromorphite on malachite from The Golden Pocket, collected December 2012 by Dave Rosewall and Paul Melville. Specimen measures 80x+60x45mm.
0843 Albite, Fluorapatite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria
Single iron-stained fluorapatite with three small albite crystals, sitting on orthoclase
0834 Bleasdaleite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria
Tiny clusters of olive crystals
0787 Seamanite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Very pale pink prismatic crystals
0783 Calcite, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
Cluster of calcite crystals from inside a geode
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.
0753 Barite, Moralana, South Australia
This site is apparently extinct. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
