20095 Gold, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia
Bright thin leaf gold sitting up from matrix.
South Australia
20086 Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters Site, Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Superb blue sprays of connellite in slag.
20085 Calcite, Pyrite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Fluorescent red calcite and a pyrite ring.
20088 Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Barite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Stunning chalcopyrite crystals looking hoppered with balls of goethite needles on barite.
ncat OW103 Cyrilovite, Goethite, Kapundaite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Greenish-yellow cyrilovite on goethite and kapundaite. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH551 Cumengeite, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), South Australia
Pale blue crust. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD201 Covellite, Sulphur, Jarosite, New Luxemburg Mine, Radium Hill area, Olary Province, South Australia
Blue-black covellite in massive quartz. Also present but not in photo, sulphur and jarosite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 24 items. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Covellite, Chalcopyrite, Mount Gunson, South Australia
Blue-black crystals of covellite on iridescent chalcopyrite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Acquired by Margaret in 1994 from Trevor Dart. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat JP422 Agardite-(Y), Conichalcite, Chrysocolla, Hyalite, Ethiudna Mine, Plumbago, South Australia
Light green spheres of conichalcite with pale blue agardite and chrysocolla. Tiny spheres of hyalite opal on some of the agardite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click...
3545 Conichalcite, O’Donoghue Castle Mine, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Green spheres in a gossanous matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1996 Conichalcite after Olivenite, Hyalite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia
Botryoidal green conichalcite replacing olivenite(?). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0571 Conichalcite, Agardite-(Y), Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Green spheres of conichalcite with pale needles of agardite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0372 Conichalcite, Quartz, Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Small clusters of colourless quartz on a bed of conichalcite. Quartz crystals are uncommon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL315 NOVM Collinsite, Scholzite. Hillite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Bluish-grey rounded aggregates of collinsite (possibly coloured by underlying cryptomelane) with prismatic scholzite crystals and tiny colourless rhombohedral-looking hillite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the...
ncat TBD Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters, Wallaroo, South Australia
Superb blue sprays of connellite with prismatic green brochantite and a couple of green malachite hemispheres, in slag. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Acquired from Greg Vort-Ronald at the 2022 Palmer Show,...
ncat JP3805 Cobaltaustinite after Cobaltite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Olive-green cobaltaustinite replacing cubes of cobaltite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH1618 Cobaltaustinite, Erythrite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Dark olive-green coating of cobaltaustinite with lustrous purple-pink erythrite crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Dome Rock is the Type Locality for cobaltaustinite. Click on the image below...
0572 Chrysocolla after Azurite, Blue Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola, South Australia
Pale blue chrysocolla replacing azurite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2471 Chloritoid, Staurolite, Muscovite, Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Black crystals of chloritoid. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2070 Chlorargyrite, Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
A tiny green chlorargyrite crystal embedded in matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1785 Chenevixite, Dome Rock, Olary Province, South Australia
Green crusty-looking material. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2573 Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Hematite crystals on a hollowed out chalcopyrite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2474 Hemimorphite after Smithsonite, Chalcophanite, Phosphophyllite, Scholtzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Silver chalcophanite with colourless thin prismatic scholzite crystals and white hemimorphite after smithsonite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat Malachite, Burra, South Australia
Quite blocky green malachite crystals. Acquired by me at the 2022 Gemkana from the Waverley Gem Club stall. Ex John Wren Collection. Acquired by John in 1986 for $4 from the Waverley Gem Club stall....
1625 Chalcocite, Unknown, Mt Gunson Copper Mine, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Pseudohexagonal crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR03 Aragonite, Bon Accord Open Cut, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Green afterglow. Ex Barry Schubert. Width of view 28mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0906 Malachite, Chrysocolla, Goethite, Princess Royal Mine, Burra, South Australia
Chrysocolla as blue patches and as green coatings and/or replacement of malachite. Green unaltered malachite also present. Some malachite altered to goethite, and goethite also present as the coating of vughs possibly coating or replacing...
ncat JP988 Chalcanthite, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
A light blue crust, probably post-mining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1549 Cassiterite, Smoky Quartz, Baxter’s Prospect, Outalpa Station, Olary Province, South Australia
A twinned cassiterite crystal with a small smoky quartz crystal at the centre, no matrix. A gift from, and collected by, the late Albert Chapman. Width of view 14mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on...
ncat WD112 Davidite-(La), Carnotite, Radium Hill, South Australia
Type Locality for davidite-(La). Old German label. Yellow carnotite on massive davidite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW105 Calcite, Oraparinna Mine, Oraparinna homestead, Bunkers Range, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Curved white crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW63 Calcite, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Rounded scalenohedral crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Labelled simply Lyndhurst, but likely the Avondale Mine. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW240 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with photo showing termination. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Labelled as Moonta, but more likely Wallaroo. Click on the image below for a...
ncat RW239 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with chlorite(?) inclusion. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5197 JL0662 Calcioferrite, Klemm’s Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Rosettes of pale greenish-yellow platy crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1984. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7387 JL1699 Cacoxenite, Hick’s Quarry (Hick’s Iron Ore Quarry; Siberia Flux Quarry), Gladstone, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images.
ncat OW108 Brookite, Anatase, Rutile, Bundaleer, South Australia
A tiny needle of greenish rutile on an orange brookite on a larger dark anatase crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5753 Bornite after Pyrite, Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Single crystal of bornite pseudomorphing pyrite. Width of crystal 15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2705 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Mt Malvern Mine, South Australia
Red carminite with green beudantite-segnitite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images (first photo). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images (second photo). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
5745 Wavellite, St John’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Wavellite bow-ties. Ex John Lewis Collection.
4267 Azurite, Barite, Wheal Friendship Mine, Blinman, South Australia
Blocky colourless barite crystals with sharp blue azurite. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL1378 Barite, Kapunda Mine, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4905 Barite, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Complex yellow crystals of barite on goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7454 JL1225 Anilite, Burra, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1980.
7447 JL3743 Hyalite Opal, Conichalcite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 2000 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.
ncat JP3658 Bariopharmacosiderite, Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Greenish yellow cubes of bariopharmacosiderite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7414 JL3961 Chalcopyrite, Bayldonite, Quartz, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2003 from John Haupt. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3, Volborthite on Chrysocolla after Atacamite, all on Quartz, Breaden Hill, Marree, South Australia
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images.
0227 Libethenite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, South Australia
Bladed crystals of azurite with green crystals of libethenite on pale blue chrysocolla. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1726 Austinite, Hedyphane, EZ Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Golden crystals of austinite with creamy white hexagonal crystals of hedyphane. The hedyphane fluoresces strongly yellow. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW105 M6 Aurichalcite, Hydrozincite, Rosasite, Billy Springs, South Australia
Greenish-blue aurichalcite with very little definition or contrast on white hydrozincite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH120 Wulfenite, Atacamite, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
A single orange wulfenite with tiny green atacamite on a coated earlier version of atacamite and quartz. There are other wulfenite crystals on the specimen. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of...
1842 Atacamite, Mt Gunson Copper Mine, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Parallel growth crystal aggregates, looking down the C axis. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7311 JL3095 Atacamite, Moonta, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1983 on a field trip that was part of the Adelaide Mineralogical Society Seminar. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
3949 Arsendescloizite, Beltana Deposit, Puttapa, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Yellow crystals in a cavity in dolomite, Ex Albert Schrander-Hettinga, 2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD10, Fluorapatite, Millisite, Wardite, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia
Hair-like colourless crystals of fluorapatite. Also present, white millisite on blocky wardite crystals, and green kidwellite. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat JP1045 Anglesite, Minium, Wirrealpa Mine (Flinders Range Silver Lead NL; Donkey Bore Prospect), Wirrealpa homestead area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Tiny anglesite crystals with even smaller orange minium. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7438 JL3591 Copper, Sliding Rock Mine, Warraweena, Beltana, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana from a tailgater from Whyalla for $0.50.
7427 JL2071 Chalcocite, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7412 JL1467 Fluorapatite, Barite, Quartz, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Brian Beyer at the Adelaide Mineralogical Society Seminar for $1.00. Width of view 3.33mm. Stack of 60 images.
7402 JL3695 Quartz, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from a Tailgater at the Wagga Gemboree.
7398 JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from a Tailgater at the Wagga Gemboree.
7397 JL1770 Gypsum, Chlorite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995. Ex Museum Victoria.
7376 JL1947 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1993 on a Mineralogical Society field trip.
7365 JL3927 Lavendulan, Erythrite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002. Ex Ralph Segnit Collection.
7344 JL3134 Beryl, Titanite, Biotite, Monazite, Magnetite, Tungkillo area, Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 1998. Labelled as “Mannum”.
7347 JL3208 Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
10mm across and much more intense blue than you normally see. Acquired by Joan Lamond from George Williams in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $1.50.
7337 JL3207 Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from George Williams in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $1.50.
4624 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green crystal fragment with interesting growth faces.
3951 Clinoatacamite, Wallace Gully, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark green crystals in a small vugh. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Obtained from Albert Schrander-Hettinga 2/2005.
4623 Elbaite, Lepidolite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Blue unterminated crystal with lepidolite crystal attached to “termination”.
4622 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Crystal fragment of green elbaite, capped by schorl, then more green elbaite growing on an angle (broken and healed?).
4621 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single crystal, etched termination, very pale pink and green.
4620 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, green with a black cap.
4619 Tourmaline, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single unterminated brown crystal (dravite?).
4618 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, mostly green then a small blue section and a black cap.
4617 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, root-beer brown.
4616 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Watermelon tourmaline, pink core, green rim. Not terminated.
4615 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated black crystal.
4613 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green elbaite rims over black schorl core.
30110 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Calcite, Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Green hexagonal prisms of pyromorphite with off-white cerussite (orange fluorescence) and white calcite (white fluorescence). Specimen measures 60x50x32mm.
5712 Atacamite, Gypsum, Volborthite, Sweet Nell (Ironstone Lagoon), Ironstone Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Colourless gypsum over dark green to almost black atacamite. Yellowish green volborthite on specimen but not in photos. Ex John and Betty Weir.
20065 Ferrierite-Mg, Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine), Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
White sprays on quartz matrix. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 220 images. Ex Vince Peisley.
20063 M446 Marshite, Cuprite, Dolomite, Mutooroo Mine, Pine Creek – Mutooroo area, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia
Pale greenish marshite(!) crystal with dark cuprite crystals and white dolomite. The marshite fluoresces strongly red with Convoy UV torch. There are three other areas of the specimen that also fluoresce bright red, but individual...
5692 Fluellite, Wavellite, Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Grey blocky fluellite crystals with tiny white wavellite crystals. Fluoresces under longwave UV. Width 18.5mm (except for cropped UV image). White light: stack of 130 images. UV: stack of 18 images. Ex John Weir. The...
9017 JP2203 Jarosite, Goethite, Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry (Wipperaminga Hill), Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia
Sharp brown jarosite crystals with rainbow goethite. Width 9mm. Stack of 34 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9107 JP2756 Kidwellite, Strengite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Pale creamy greenish-yellow tufts of kidwellite with glassy lilac strengite crystals. Width 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9008 JP2389 Gold, Galena, Wirrealpa Mine (Flinders Range Silver Lead NL; Donkey Bore Prospect), Wirrealpa homestead area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Small flakes of gold on vein quartz and on galena. Also present in one cavity – malachite and cerussite. Possible acanthite on silver in another. Width 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
30086 Azurite, Burra Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Ron Galbraith Collection, Northern Districts. Video best viewed full screen.
30059 Libethenite, Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30051 Aragonite, Penrice marble quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Cave-formation white aragonite. Bright white fluorescence with pale blue crystal tips under longwave, pale pink under shortwave.
ncat VHD10, Quartz, Wadnaminga, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Copper, Wallaroo, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Hematite, Quartz, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat M3572 Wulfenite, Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2817 Rhodochrosite, Spring Creek, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M608 Fluellite, Wavellite, Toms Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond at the 2001 Wagga Gemboree from a tailgater.
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 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.
4932 Siderite, Quartz, Galena, Miltalie Silver Mine (Miltalie Mine), Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Labelled as limonite after sphalerite, Barry Schubert
30023 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
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.
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.
8177 Tarbuttite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8178 Parahopeite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8176 Paratooite-(La), Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia
Type Locality. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8134 Pseudomalachite, Perloffite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8129 Perloffite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8119 Hentschelite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex John Toma. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8115 Vesigneite, Pseudomalachite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8118 Switzerite, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8109 Cornwallite, Cornubite, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8102 Bariosincosite, Copper, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
4356 Digenite, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4357 Djurleite, Quartz, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4358 Carminite, Beudantite/Segnitite, Mt. Malvern, near Clarendon, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4359 Langite, Mt. Malvern, near Clarendon, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4348 Dufrenite, Cyrilovite, Kidwellite, Iron Monarch Quarry, Iron Knob, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4349 Anhydrite, Kadina, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4350 Dufrenite, Strengite, Klemms Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4351 Leucophosphite, Fluorapatite, Klemms Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4352 Strengite, Fluorapatite, Klemms Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4339 Goethite, Barite, Bunnbinyunna Mine, near Morolana, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4343 Agardite-(La), Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4344 Todorokite, Calcite, Eregunda Mine, East of Blinman, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4252 Rutile, Williamstown, South Australia
ex Jack Leach Collection
4198 Stilbite, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Jack Leach Collection
4170 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, green with a black cap.
4171 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single crystal, etched termination, very pale pink and green.
4172 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Crystal fragment of green elbaite, capped by schorl, then more green elbaite growing on an angle (broken and healed?).
4173 Elbaite, Lepidolite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Blue unterminated crystal with lepidolite crystal attached to termination.
4174 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green crystal fragment with interesting growth faces.
4167 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, root-beer brown.
4168 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, mostly green then a small blue section and a black cap.
4169 Tourmaline, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single unterminated brown crystal (dravite?).
4165 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated black crystal.
4166 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Watermelon tourmaline, pink core, green rim. Not terminated.
4163 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green elbaite rims over black schorl core.
4164 Quartz, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Flattened pale smoky quartz.
4079 Wagnerite, McMahons Quarry, Olary, South Australia
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
4049 Huntite, Pitts Quarry, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
3950 Hillite, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, South Australia
Albert Schrander-Hettinga 2/2005
3948 Perhamite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Albert Schrander-Hettinga 2/2005