Australasia
0565 Inesite, Fluorapophyllite-(K), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Inesite sprays that are pale pink with tan terminations, capped with colourless fluorapophyllite-(K). Specimen is 21mm wide.
0569 Plumbogummite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3947, received in a swap with Jo Price (Melbourne). As white crusts and tiny white balls.
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.
0540 Saleeite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond 3836, received as a gift from Joan Sidaway (Bendigo).
0536 Molybdenite, Mount Stronach, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Ex Joan Lamond 3934, received as a gift from Frank Robinson in 2002.
0513 Goethite, Mineral Hill Mine, Talingaboolba, Condobolin, New South Wales
Goethite pseudomorphs after smithsonite(?)
0356 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Hardway Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Labelled as olivenite.
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).
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.
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).
0261 Variscite (ferroan), Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Iron gives the variscite the red colour.
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).
0235 Barite, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny calcite crystals are scattered over pale blue barite blades that measure up to 18mm across. The barite also has yellowish zones.
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).
0176 Boulangerite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania
Identification confirmed by Jim Sharpe (XRD)
