South 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.
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.
0787 Seamanite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Very pale pink prismatic crystals
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.
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.
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.
0040 Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Cluster of prismatic atacamite crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 10 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8101 Monazite, Kings Bluff, South Australia
Monazite (dominant REE unknown), Kings Bluff Diggings, Olary, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia.
3523 Decrespignyite-(Y), Paratoo, South Australia
Lovely pale blue decrespignyite-(Y) from the Type Locality, Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia. Specimen is 35mm wide.