New Zealand
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
7142 Rhodonite, Mt Titiroa, South Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria, collected by Neville Cook in 1983. Doubt about the locality. More likely one of the Otago deposits.