Australia
0631 Ferrierite-(Mg), Chabazite, Redcliff Head, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Pearly white hemispheres of ferrierite-Mg, showing the radiating form on broken surfaces. Look closely and you can see orange chabazite beneath the clay layer, and a few tiny colourless chabazite crystals sprinkled on top of...
0633 Siderite, Vivianite, Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3575, acquired from Museum Victoria. Dark brown trigonal crystals. Minor vivianite on one edge.
0607 Azurite, Quartz, Malachite, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond 3156, received as a gift from Frank Robinson in 1986. Drusy quartz coats azurite crystals. One or two are pseudomorphs of malachite after azurite.
0591 Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite-Ca, Tylden quarry, Tylden, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3844, personally collected by Joan in 1992. Complex twinned chabazite.
0569 Plumbogummite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3947, received in a swap with Jo Price (Melbourne). As white crusts and tiny white balls.
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.
0540 Saleeite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3836, received as a gift from Joan Sidaway (Bendigo).
0536 Molybdenite, Mount Stronach, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Ex Joan Lamond 3934, received as a gift from Frank Robinson in 2002.
0513 Goethite, Mineral Hill Mine, Talingaboolba, Condobolin, New South Wales
Goethite pseudomorphs after smithsonite(?)
0356 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Hardway Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Labelled as olivenite.
0302 Barite, Calcite, Sphalerite, EZ Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Sharp pale yellow barite crystal on calcite with sphalerite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0261 Variscite (ferroan), Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Iron gives the variscite the red colour.
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.
