ncat BAA Richterite, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Three small crystals without matrix. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Crystal in photo is 7mm long.
Western Australia
4579 Fergusonite-(Y), Mukinbudin Quarry, Western Australia
Tiny yellow crystals. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TX Eucryptite, Albite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Eucryptite and albite as massive white crystalline material. Pale pink may be cookeite. Specimen measures 75x55x30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0400 Erythrite, Carlow Castle Mine, Roebourne, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Tiny pink aggregates of erythrite crystals. Collected by John Carey. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 125 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3057 Epidote, Quartz, Walsh Point, Port Warrender, Mitchell Plateau Deposit, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Lustrous wheatsheaf sprays of green epidote topped with a few colourless quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. 15mm wide. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1492 Epidote, Quartz, Kalumburu Station, Kimberley, Western Australia
Labelled as Kalumburu Station, but would be the well-known Mitchell Plateau. A sheaf-shaped aggregate of epidote crystals with minor drusy quartz. 18mm tall. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat JP1320 Elbaite, Giles Elbaite pegmatite, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A gemmy green elbaite crystal that has been broken and later healed, but offset. Ex Jo Price Collection. Crystal is 8.5mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA5 M3882 Elbaite, Cattlin Creek Pegmatite, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Opaque pink “rubellite” crystals with pale green cores frozen in matrix. Specimen is 30mm wide. Ex Bernie Day Collection #M3882. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 1963 Elbaite, Cattlin Creek pegmatite, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Opaque bluish-green crystals with pink cores. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #1963. Width of specimen is 48mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1693 Elbaite, Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes, Western Australia
Prismatic green crystals frozen in quartz matrix. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M166 2RG Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Aggregates of cream-coloured dolomite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of specimen 28mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Colourless stepped rhombs. Note that these crystals are similar to photos of smithsonite from this locality on Mindat, except for the colour (the smithsonite specimens have a green tint). Width of view 5mm. Stack of...
1241 Dolomite, Lady Shenton Mine, Menzies, Western Australia
Colourless zoned rhombs. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 26 images Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2012 Diopside, Yinnietharra Station, Gascoyne, Western Australia
One of three loose crystals of green diopside, this is the smallest at 6mm tall. The largest is 16mm tall. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Danielsite, Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Sawn specimen. Grey fine-grained material material with galena and intergrown with other sulphides. Ex Rob Sielecki. Type Locality. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
5539 Cuprite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Silvery black cuprite crystals with a hint of red. Ex John Lewis Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2771 OW402 Cuprite, Copper, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Deep red cuprite crystals in a copper matrix from the Pit F0 Supergene Deposit. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2704 Quartz, Crocoite, Happy Jack Mine, Comet Vale, Western Australia
Small crystals and partial crystals of crocoite on quartz crystals, Width of view 11mm. Stack of 6 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0759 Calcite, Conichalcite, Carlow Castle Mine, Roebourne, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Green spheres are more likely conichalcite than cornwallite as labelled (conichalcite recorded in the Simpson Collection in Western Australia). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
7423 JL1835 Eucryptite, Cookeite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
White eucryptite with lilac cookeite. The eucryptite fluoreses white under longwave and red under shortwave. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $2.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack...
ncat VH142 Coloradoite, Calaverite, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Grey coloradoite sandwiched between two patches calaverite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2924 Columbite-(Fe), Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite (Giles Prospect), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A single partially terminated black columbite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9099 JP2757 Hydroxylapatite, Collinsite, Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Colourless prismatic hydroxylapatite (centre of photo) with colourless to yellowish hemispheres of distinct collinsite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
4181 Pucherite, Clinobisvanite, Londonderry Li Deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Coatings and crystalline areas of pucherite (lighter yellow) with clinobisvanite (darker yellow to orange). Ex Jack Leach Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
0804 Chrysocolla after Malachite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Green chrysocolla pseudomorphing malachite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0758 Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Quartz, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia
Blue chrysocolla with white hemimorphite. The matrix and the hemimorphite are coated with drusy quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0757 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia
Pale blue chrysocolla with green malachite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1293 Chlorargyrite, Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Nice green chlorargyrite on brownish dolomite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3497 Chalcopyrite, Shangri La, Kununurra, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
A single mounted chalcopyrite crystal, no matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0035 Wulfenite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Extreme closeup of a wulfenite crystal at the limit of what can be achieved with my equipment. This image has not been cropped. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image...
0027 Wulfenite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
A 1mm wide yellow wulfenite crystal on a goethite matrix. A few other crystals occur on other parts of the specimen. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat SMLN Chalcanthite, Surprise Mine, Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia
Chalcanthite crystals that had grown on mine timbers in the lower levels of the mine. Specimen was collected around 1968 and was still attached to the timber. Unfortunately it has since become detached. Width of...
ncat JP3599 Chalcanthite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Two interpenetrant blue crystals. There was a chalcanthite pool underground at the mine. The colour is a bit lighter blue in person but hard to capture accurately. Ex Jo Price Collection. Largest crystal is 10mm....
ncat WD204 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Wulfenite, Silver King Mine, Uaroo Station, Pilbara, Western Australia
Five specimens. The one photographed has parallel growth cerussite with “pancake” pyromorphite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4368 Cerussite, Mimetite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Prismatic colourless cerussite with tiny yellow mimetite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Merv and Lil Legg at the 1999 Gemkana for $2. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click...
ncat JP3484 Cerussite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
White bladed crystals on a gossanous matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3063 Cerussite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Colourless crystals showing twinning, no matrix, mounted on a black-painted wooden post. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1828 Jeppeite, Priderite, Celadonite, Walgidee Hills, Kimberley, Western Australia
Type Locality for jeppeite and priderite. Black jeppeite with brown priderite in a lamproite matrix comprised of green celadonite and chlorite pseudomorphs of olivine, pyroxene and leucite. Width of view 24mm. Stack of 49 images....
ncat JP3528 Wulfenite, Chrysocolla, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
An interesting paragenesis. I think what has happened is that malachite was replaced by blue chrysocolla, then wulfenite crystals formed on that, then a later coating of paler chrysocolla covered the lot! Ex Jo Price...
2618 Cassiterite, Barbara Mine, 8km South of Coolgardie, Western Australia
A tiny cassiterite crystal embedded in matrix. Width of view 4.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7306 JL3545 Gypsum, Carrboydite, Jarosite, North 132 Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Colourless gypsum on green carrboydite with yellow to brown jarosite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Doedens via Audrey Tuck. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below...
ncat JP1043 Carrboydite, Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Specimen measures 9x7x3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30134 WD212 Malachite, Wulfenite, Fornacite, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Malachite after azurite and orange-yellow wulfenite crystals and tiny olive green fornacite crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of specimen 43mm. Stack of 182 images. Depth of view about 25mm. Click on the image below...
1048 Gartrellite, Beudantite, Carminite, Philipsbornite, Anticline Mine, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia
Dark orange-red carminite with lighter orange beudantite, light yellow-green philipsbornite in a pale green gartrellite matrix. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0466 Calcite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Pink scalenohedral crystals of cobalt-bearing calcite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD206 Brushite, Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia
Ex Ralph E. Merrill Collection. Ex Peter Bridge. Tan powder in 44mm long glass vial.
ncat JP3629 Silver, Bromargyrite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Green cubic crystals of bromargyrite with bright native silver. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3679 Biphosphammite, Murra-El-Elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
Colourless to tan crusts on bat guano. Type Locality. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7449 JL0462 Cuprite, Goethite, Tectonic Bore, Western Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from a tailgater at the Canberra Gemboree for $2.
0534 Azurite, Teutonic Bore, near Leonora, Western Australia
Lustrous blue azurite crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7358 JL3059 Ashburtonite, Mineral Claim 84 Cu deposit (Anticline prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Bright blue crystals of ashburtonite from the Type Locality. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Rob Sielecki in 1998 for $15.00. Click on the...
1320 Archerite, Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia
~1mm buff-coloured crystals. Type Locality. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7429 JL0007 Gold, Kanowna Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1992. Ex Museum Victoria. Collected in 1898.
5713 Mcguinnessite, Copper, Dolomite, DeGrussa Copper Mine (DeGrussa Gold-Copper Mine; DeGrussa Mine), Doolgunna Station, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Genie of the lamp. Colourless bladed dolomite crystals over pale blue mcguinnessite on native copper. Height of view 11mm. Stack of 160 images.
9045 JP2202 Lavendulan, Alice Mary Mine, Kundip, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia
Light blue crust on matrix. Width 11mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9060 JP2643 Chalcocite, Telfer Mine, Rudall River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia
Sharp platy crystals. Width 7mm, stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9135 JP2645 Molybdofornacite, Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Sharp green crystals of molybdofornacite on tabular yellow wulfenite with cream zoned hexagonal pyromorphite. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 37 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9088 JP2652 Aurichalcite, Hydrozincite, Calcite, Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Pale blue aurichalcite with white hydrozincite and pink calcite. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 162 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
3682 Foggite, Montgomeryite, Variscite, Near Milgun Station, Western Australia
The foggite forms at the edge of the green variscite. Ex Minerals Unlimited specimen.
ncat M1504 Smithsonite, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M760 Silver, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
4684 Bobierrite, Wodgina Tantalite Mine, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia
Pale rose pink fibres. Ex Smithsonian, Helmut Braith
20016 Xenotime-(Y), Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
A blocky rusty brown, crude crystal. Old stock.
4576 Bobierrite, Wodgina, Western Australia
Excalibur Minerals
4578 Formanite-(Y), Cooglegong, Western Australia
Excalibur Minerals
4369 Silver, Cerussite, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4363 JL3644 Anthophyllite, Munglinup, Western Australia
Colourless to green prismatic crystals all generally oriented in the one direction. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Ex Joan Lamond Micro Collection. Acquired by Joan from Ted Madden. Click on the image...
4355 Natrojarosite, Milgun Station, Western Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4335 Paratacamite, Gaspeite, Gypsum, 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4315 Widgiemoolthalite, Gaspeite, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Dakota Matrix (Kidwell collection)
4251 Glaukosphaerite, Carrboyd Mine, Yerilla District, Western Australia
Albert & Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/06
4248 Carrboydite, Carrboyd Mine, Yerilla District, Western Australia
Albert & Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/06
4179 Copper, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
ex Jack Leach Collection
4075 Simpsonite, Tabba Tabba Pegmatite, Western Australia
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
2893 Chalconatronite, Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia
Measuring 2×1.9x1cm and with its red arrow pointing to the chalconatronite, this specimen would seem like a micromount. The red arrow, however, is unnecessary, as the rare carbonate chalconatronite covers a sizeable portion of the...
6029 Kambaldaite, Widgiemoolthalite, Gaspeite, 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Type locality for widgiemoolthalite. Kambaldaite as bright green crystals(!) with pale bluish spheres of widgiemoolthalite on green gaspeite. From Westaus Mineral Museum (Blair Gartrell)
5282 Kambaldaite, 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Westaus Mineral Museum
5161 Gold, Peak Hill, Western Australia
JL0179. Ex Museum Vic
5162 Gold, Kaolinite, Messenger’s Patch, Western Australia
JL0236. Ex Museum Vic
5163 Gold, Marble Bar, Western Australia
JL0514. Michael Newnham $5
5091 Purpurite, Wodgina, Pilbara, Western Australia
Albert Kidwell Collection
ncat JP3150 Gold, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia
Ex Jack Nelson Collection
ncat JP2927 Pucherite, Londonderry Li deposit (Londonderry Feldspar Quarry; Fraser’s Find; Frazer’s Find; Scahill’s Quarry), Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A yellow coating labelled carnotite, but more likely pucherite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2518 Quartz, Epidote, Chlorite, Rifle Range, Toodyay, Toodyay Shire, Western Australia
Epidote and chlorite as inclusions
ncat JP1382 Gold, Calaverite, Coloradoite, Quartz, Hematite, Oroya Brownhill Gold Mine (Brownhill lease; Oroya Block North; Oroya Block South), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia
Yellowish silvery white calaverite with black coloradoite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1144 Diamond, Argyle mine (Argyle AK1 pipe), Lake Argyle area, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Octahedron. Bluish-white fluorescence
7211 JL3288 Priderite, Walgidee Hills lamproite, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Ted Madden.
7037 JL1 Gold, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia
ex Joan Lamond Collection
1664 Gold, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Small patches of gold on quartz.
1570 Cuprite, Copper, Gypsum, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Originally thought to be barite, but no barium in analyses, so more likely gypsum.
1438 Dravite, Zircon, Yinnietharra Station, Gascoyne, Western Australia
Zircon inclusion in dravite.
