Australia
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.
3682 Foggite, Montgomeryite, Variscite, Near Milgun Station, Western Australia
Greyish foggite with white to colourless montgomeryite at the edge of green variscite. Closeup photo: Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Ex Minerals Unlimited specimen. Click on the closeup photo for a higher...
20037 Cryptomelane, Unknown Pink Mineral, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Under magnification, you can see pink hemispheres of an unidentified mineral.
20035 Stilbite, Bitumen, Apophyllite, Laumontite, Calcite, Unknown, Russell Hard Quarry (8646), Russell River, Lonnavale, Tasmania
Colourless stilbite crystals on black bitumen. Laumontite intermingled with bitumen. Apophyllite (in second photo) and unknown hexagonal or pseudohexagonal (in main photo) crystals in another cavity. Maybe just apophyllite? Photo width 3.25mm. The calcite is...
20027 Quartz, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Cluster of colourless quartz crystals.
20026 Gold Mathinna district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Small amount of gold in quartz. See arrow.
20023 Plumbogummite after Pyromorphite, Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine (“Sylvester-Queen”), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #1219, labelled as Sylvester Mine. As per Mindat, relabelled from hinsdalite to plumbogummite.
3313 Anatase, Philosophers Ridge, Mt Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania
Tiny anatase crystals (arrowed) on quartz with hematite inclusions.
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 M3850 Cassiterite, Summit Face, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1006 Fluorite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale green octahedral fluorite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M2802 Dundasite, Cerussite, Crocoite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1324 Azurite, Quartz, Malachite, Second Copper Workings, Mt Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Queensland
Drusy quartz over azurite. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 52 images. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M671 Azurite, Malachite, Inkerman Mine, Mt Isa, Queensland
Unusual azurite with the appearance of white edges. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 53 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M3572 Wulfenite, Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3186 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mt Oxide Mine, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2817 Rhodochrosite, Spring Creek, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2255 Rancieite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2253 Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M997 Erionite-Na, Levyne, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M608 Fluellite, Wavellite, Toms Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M554 Gypsum, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M401 Miersite, Malachite, Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M210 Cowlesite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M127 Thomsonite-Ca, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
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.
ncat JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond at the 2001 Wagga Gemboree from a tailgater.
7279 JL3667 Wulfenite, Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Graham Lee.
ncat JL3322 Siderite, Glenmaggie Quarry, Seaton, Gippsland, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from the late Val Hannah.
ncat JL1740 Chabazite, Point Sambell, Phillip Island, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from the late Frank Robinson in 1995.
ncat JL1434 Libethenite, Spring Creek, Wilmington, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 from the late Frank Robinson.
ncat AW1653 Variscite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Ferrian variscite from the Ashley Watt Collection.
7294 JL1380 Hemimorphite, Ajax Zinc Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994.
ncat RW237 Barlowite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW173 Magnetite, Biggenden Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat RW125 Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee.
ncat RW006 Malachite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat M509 Stilbite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen. As labelled. Suspect that it is more likely a Phillip Island specimen.
ncat M129 Gmelinite, Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M123 Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M585 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mt Oxide, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3034 Amethyst, Hematite, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3010 Erythrite, Mt Cobalt, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M975 Wulfenite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M102 Cacoxenite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M59 Malachite after Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2614 Olivenite, Azurite, Wheal Friendship, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 7mm. Stack 0f 11 images.
ncat M1240 Brochantite, Arkaroola, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M308 Torbernite, Mt Painter, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M476 Magnetite, Arkaroola, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M32 Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M287 Sphalerite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M96 Azurite, Burra, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M58 Quartz, Ashton Quarry, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1536 Wulfenite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1504 Smithsonite, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1425 Cuprite (Chalcotrichite), Redbank Mine, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M901 Calcite, Chabazite-Na, Bundoora, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M760 Silver, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M539 Aurichalcite, Mt Evelyn, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
7333 JL3638 Gold, Chlorargyrite, MMM Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired in 2001 by Joan Lamond from George Lysiuk (collected in 1986).
30047 Pyrrhotite, Andradite-Uvarovite, Calcite, Diopside, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Brassy crystal of pyrrhotite, with tiny bright green andradite-uvarovite series garnet crystals, pale diopside, and flattened calcite.
5558 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kara Mine, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Mn-calcite/Ca-rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, Self-collected
5559 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Andradite, Kara Mine, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Mn-calcite/Ca-rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, Self-collected
4932 Siderite, Quartz, Galena, Miltalie Silver Mine (Miltalie Mine), Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Labelled as limonite after sphalerite, Barry Schubert
4922 Mimetite, Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Campylite habit, Barry Schubert
4882 Topaz, Frome River, Moorina, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Ex Neil Kinnane Collection, Peter Beckwith, Crystal Habit
4782 Gold, Berringa, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Waverley Show 2017
4829 Portlandite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Ex Margaret Brown Collection,
4715 Mottramite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Confirmed SEM/EDS, John Carey
4716 Mottramite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Confirmed SEM/EDS, John Carey
4747 M2249 Betpakdalite-FeFe, Ferrimolybdite, Mount Moliagul, Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria
Type Locality for Betpakdalite-FeFe. Ex Bernie Day Collection M2249, Margaret Day
4684 Bobierrite, Wodgina Tantalite Mine, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia
Pale rose pink fibres. Ex Smithsonian, Helmut Braith
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.,
30023 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30025 Azurite, Malachite, Duchess Mine, Duchess, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
ex Patrick C. Murphy, ex Darren Lucas
30020 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Terminated schorl crystals in granite matrix
30021 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30022 Quartz, Elbaite, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Weird ribcage growth of quartz.
20013 Hematite, Quartz, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Beta style quartz crystals with a smoky tint, with hematite as inclusions, and larger hematite blades alongside. Ex Roger Colling Collection #58.
20014 Vivianite, Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria
Bluish bladed crystal group. Ex Roger Colling Collection #260.
20016 Xenotime-(Y), Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
A blocky rusty brown, crude crystal. Old stock.
20012 Barite, Old Quarry Road, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #288.
20008 Gold, Moonlight Mine, Berringa, Victoria
Coarse hackly gold on contact edge of quartz reef
20010 Quartz, Wadnaminga, Olary Province, South Australia
Cluster of gemmy colourless quartz crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #375. Probably collected down hill east of the Victoria Tower mine in the 1980s (Murray Thompson personal communication).
20011 Copper, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Thin lacy native copper. Ex Roger Colling Collection #217.
10078 Azurite, Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark blue crystals coat one face. Some contacts(?).
10067 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Hedenbergite, Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania
Blocky transparent apophyllite crystals with pale green hedenbergite.
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.
10035 Quartz, Whroo State Forest, Rushwoth, Victoria
Matrix of quartz with individual colourless crystals to 13mm (largest doubly terminated). Specimen 53x40x20mm.
10038 Portlandite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Dark grey massive portlandite with muscovite mica. Found in the northeast corner of the quarry. Ex Museum Victoria, ex Robin Sharp
10025 Pyromorphite, Kaolinite, Orlando Mine (Orlando West), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory
White porcelaneous kaolinite on green prismatic pyromorphite. Closeup photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 46 images. From Greg Dainty: Specimen collected by Norman Robinson in the early 1980s, and as far as I know...
10026 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite, Cerussite, Quartz, Mt Fitch, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
From Greg Dainty: This piece was collected, and labeled, by Norman Robinson, from an old exploration trench. Its hard to figure out exactly whats going on here, there is what appears to be chrysocolla replacing...