5151 Rhodonite, Hübnerite, Akatore Creek, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Akatoreite locality. Ex Geoff Thomas Collection. Specimen is 70x57x28mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
New Zealand
7142 JL 2687 Akatoreite, Rhodonite, Pyrolusite, Akatore Creek, Clutha District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria, collected by Neville Cook in 1983. 18mm wide. Labelled as Mount Titiroa but there is doubt about the locality, especially with brown akatoreite present. More likely Akatore Creek....
ncat OS007 Rhodonite, Akatore Creek, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Slab 116mm wide. Shown in normal light and backlit. Unidentified black manganese mineral, possibly pyrolusite. Backlit photo shows a band of translucent cherty material. Click on the images below for higher resolution versions.
ncat TM Cavansite, Okenite, Chabazite-Ca, Aranga Quarry, Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Blue ball of cavansite with white balls of okenite on colourless chabazite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7467 JL1166 Hydromagnesite, Lee Valley, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990 from Stan Rowe.
ncat JP0250 Pyrite. Chabazite-Ca, Lyttelton Harbour Board Quarry, Lyttelton, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand
Elongated pyrite crystals, one as a “flag”, with a pyrite cube at the tip, on colourless to white chabazite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image...
7436 JL1808 Gold, Galena, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7395 JL1952 Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
7394 JL1759 Taranakite, Chrystalls Beach (Cooks Head Rock), Clutha District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
7378 JL1953 Sulphur, White Island (Whakaari), Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7353 JL3637 Gold, Martha Mine (Waihi Mine), Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Tiny fragment in a capsule. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from Jocelyn Thornton at the Mineralogical Societies Seminar in Hobart.
7345 JL5144 Tuhualite, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7314 JL3984 Enstatite, Mount Tarawera, Okataina, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Labelled as ferrosilite, but Mindat says “erroneously reported” so likely enstatite. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 2003.
4589 Silver, Waihi, North Island, New Zealand
A very fine and rare group of native silver crystals from Waihi, an area known for its gold. It measures 20mm across.
1277 Barite, Chabazite-Na (Herschelite), Apatite, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Small cavities containing white bladed barite, colourless pseudo-hexagonal chabazite, colourless prismatic apatite and brown siderite. Width of view 3.75mm. Stack of 80 images.
5690 Zircon, Biotite, Taratimi Bay (Crater Bay), Mayor Island (Tuhua), Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Sharp and very thin crystals of biotite with white concertina zircon crystal (indicated by red arrow). Width 5.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
5689 Calcite, Chabazite, Mn Oxide, Aranga Quarry (Stone’s Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Black manganese oxides on curved white calcite crystals and colourless pseudocubic chabazite crystals. Width 11mm. Stack of 100 images.
8203 M3807 Hydromagnesite, Lee Valley Quarry, Brightwater, Tasman Region, South Island, New Zealand
Colourless to white bladed crystals of hydromagnesite. There is also an unknown green tabular crystal towards the top left of the specimen, maybe apophyllite (see closeup). Width 18mm. Stack of 180 images. Ex Bernie and...
5687 Cavansite, Waipouaite, Okenite, Chabazite-Ca, Aranga Quarry, Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Pale blue tufts of cavansite with green crystal of waipouaite(?) on chabazite pseudocubes. Aranga is the Type Locality for waipouaite. Width 5.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Most crystals of waipouaite are almost black, but many...
9024 JP2257 Heulandite, Whitianga Road cutting, Whitianga, Coromandel peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Typical coffin-shaped crystals. Width 9mm. Stack of 70 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
ncat JP3128 Gold, Greymouth, Grey District, West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand
Shantytown. Jack Nelson Collection
ncat JP3154 Lepidocrocite, Golden Bay, Tasman Region, South Island, New Zealand
Ex Jack Nelson Collection
30045 Gold, Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand
Flattened alluvial gold. John Betts.
5611 Azurite, Copper Queen Mine, Parakao, Whangarei District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Collected in 1999, Rod Martin
5612 Azurite, Copper Queen Mine, Parakao, Whangarei District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Collected in 1999, Rod Martin
7160 Sulphur, Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Taupo, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Judy Rowe. Sulphur not on sinter matrix.
4354 Todorokite, Chabazite, Lyttleton Harbour Quarry, New Zealand
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4340 Marcasite, Cabbage Tree Creek, New Zealand
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4062 Motukoreaite, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
6086 Rutheniridosmine, Iridium, Gold, Ironstone Creek, Para Para, South Island, New Zealand
Rutheniridosmine and Iridosmine (iridium) crystalline silvery grey granules, with native gold
5213 Quartz (Agate), Moeraki, North Otago Coast, New Zealand
Labelled as Black Agate Stain Vegetation
5133 Orthoclase, Chlorite, Franz Josef Glacier, Westland, New Zealand
Margaret Brown Collection
0538 Gold, Macraes Mine (Round Hill Mine), Macraes Flat, Palmerston, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Ex Joan Lamond 3636, acquired as a swap with Jocelyn Thornton. Patch of gold in quartz with minor sulphide mineralisation, possibly arsenopyrite.
0316 Phillipsite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Phillipsite-K? Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0304 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0306 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Mindat lists erionite-K and erionite-Ca, with the latter the only one tested (Rruff http://rruff.info/erionite/display=default/R060836). Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0288 Harmotome, Pahau River, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0279 Vivianite, Browns Lime Quarry, Browns, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Typical blue patches in matrix. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0274 Fluorite, Thomson Hill, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
As green octahedral crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0255 Hematite, Phlogopite, Ponui Point, Taupo, Tongariro, North Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0252 Xonotlite, Mossburn, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Mossburn serpentine quarry. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0245 Clinoptilolite, Rangitata River, Cantebury, South Island, New Zealand
Orange crystals. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0247 Kotschubeite, Chromian Clinochlore, Ruahine, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
0236 Scheelite, Glenorchy, Clutha-Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Massive scheelite in quartz. Typical bright bluish-white fluorescence under shortwave UV. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand).
1501 Hypersthene, Magnetite, Mt Tarawera, New Zealand
1501 Hypersthene (probably enstatite), and magnetite, from Mount Tarawera, Okataina, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand. Photo width is 3.33mm and a 46 photo stack. Mount Tarawera last erupted...
5613 Cristobalite and Sanidine in Obsidian, Poihipi Road, Taupo, New Zealand
5613 Cristobalite and sanidine in obsidian, Roadcut Section, Poihipi Road, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand. Photo width 5mm. Stack of 80 shots.
4404 Osumilite-(Mg), Hematite, Tridymite, Hendersons Quarry, Mt Ngongotaha, North Island, New Zealand
Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi), North Island, New Zealand Photo width 11mm View Larger Map | Get Directions
3746 Quartz, Epidote, Gemstone Beach, Orepuki, Southland District, Southland Region, South Island, New Zealand
Photo width 2.5mm View Larger Map | Get Directions