Australasia
0150 Rutile, Quartz (Amethyst), Entia Valley, Harts Ranges, Northern Territory
Rutile inclusions, quartz sceptre
0138 Goethite, Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
Golden brown spray of goethite on quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 56 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0112 Stromeyerite, Chalcocite, Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown district, Tasmania
Massive grey-metallic Stromeyerite inter grown with some Chalcocite. Old specimens collect around 1960. Ex Bergakedemie in Freiberg (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology). Reanalysed by Gunnar Farber. Analysis: At% S K 30.15 AgL 30.62 FeK...
0097 Stannite, Pyrite, Mt Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Tasmania
Massive crystal aggregates of an Indium-rich Stannite, together with minor Pyrite. Very old specimens, collect around 1900. Ex Bergakedemie in Freiberg (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology). Reanalysed by Gunnar Farber. Analysis: At% S K...
0072 Gold, Cox Lode, McAuley, Leinster, Western Australia
Sponge gold on a soft mineral (steatite?). Locality is likely Cox’s Find, a historical goldfield some 65km north of Laverton to the east of Leinster. Width of view 5.75mm. Click on the image below for...
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.
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.
1100 Sulphur, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Photo width 2.5mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
1883 Diamond, Bingara-Copeton, New South Wales
Photo height 11mm.
4538 Stolzite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Photo width 11mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
3397 Quartz, Ilparpa, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Collected when I was working in Alice Springs.
0103 Chabazite, Augite, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Photo width 3.5mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
5184 Gold, Fumina South, Victoria
Photo width 11mm. View Larger Map | Get Directions
3980 Cyrilovite, Chalcosiderite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Photo width 25mm.
0614 Analcime, Natrolite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Photo width 11mm.
5352 JL0942 Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Barite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
Photo width 5mm and 2.5mm.
1146 Mesolite, Levyne, Erionite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Victoria
White massive mesolite with erionite epitaxially growing on levyne. Photo width 11mm.
0305 Gypsum, Fossil Beach, Mornington, Victoria
A well-known fossil locality southeast of Melbourne. Collecting no longer allowed.
0431 Calcite, Niddrie, Victoria
Collected by me over 30 years ago. The quarry is now a small lake surrounded by housing.
0463 Calcite, Mn Oxide, Lilydale Quarry, Lilydale, Victoria
Usually referred to as “pyrolusite”, but exact manganese oxide unknown.
0676 Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite-Na, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Bundoora, Victoria
Grey thomsonite balls, colourless pseudohexagonal chabazite crystals, and white tufts of gonnardite-natrolite.
1210 Calcite, Phillipsite, Marrawah, Tasmania
A doubly-terminated calcite crystal on phillipsite. Photo width 12mm.
3284 Gmelinite-Ca, Little Plains Quarry, Weldborough, Tasmania
Orange gmelinite crystals with colourless phillipsite. Width of view 15mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1847 Tourmaline, Allens Workings, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Very fine transparent green tourmaline, possibly dravite or schorl.
3964 Faden Quartz, Philosophers Ridge, Mt Lyell, Tasmania
A very unusual occurrence of faden quartz, not normally found in Tasmania. “Faden” refers to the German for thread and relates to the white thread running through the two crystals, top left to bottom right.
5234 Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Longest crystal is 45mm.
10024 Wavellite, Phosphate Hill, Mansfield, Victoria
The specimen has very good coverage of wavellite, and interestingly some of the back areas of the specimen has wavellite in other colours, light green, and water-clear. Ex Neil Smith collection. 48x30x37mm.
1112 Copper, Chabazite-Na, Bundoora, Victoria
Very fresh-looking copper protected beneath chabazite-Na from the Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
1090 Calcite, Bundoora, Victoria
Unusual habit for the locality of colourless calcite crystals, Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
1088 Barite, Bundoora, Victoria
Colourless to white bladed crystals of barite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3844 Smoky Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
3844 Smoky Quartz Rabbit, Anderson’s Gully (Anderson’s Creek), Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria
0674 Ferroan Calcite, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Bundoora, Victoria
Brown ferroan calcite with a white gonnardite/natrolite intergrowth from the Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
5283 Takovite, Rockys Reward, Western Australia
Rocky’s Reward Ni Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
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
0498 Vivianite, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia
A polished vivianite halved nodule from Demons Bluff, Anglesea, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. It is over 100mm across.
5561 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex Bill Henderson Collection. Labelled as mimetite, but more likely to be pyromorphite. Photo width 3.05mm.
5557 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
A mixture of Mn-rich calcite-Ca-rich rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, sitting on drusy quartz crystals. According to Ralph Bottrill, analyses showed Mn40Ca60 and Mn75Ca25 from XRD. This specimen is quite pale compared to others found on a field trip...
0501 Malachite, Iodide Mine, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
A neat little spray of malachite, roughly 0.6mm across, from the lesser-known Mineral Hill deposit, the Iodide Mine (Mount Iodide Mine), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales. Also present on the specimen...
4923 Almandine, Spotted Tiger Mine, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A lovely red almandine crystal as an inclusion in muscovite mica from the Spotted Tiger Mine, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges), Central Desert Region, Northern Territory.
1496 Monazite-(Ce), Cow Flat, Torrington, New South Wales
Monazite-(Ce) crystals make up most of the matrix of this specimen from Cow Flat (Bower Bird), Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales. A couple of smoky quartz crystals are embedded. Ex Australian Museum, Sydney.
8101 Monazite, Kings Bluff, South Australia
Monazite (dominant REE unknown), Kings Bluff Diggings, Olary, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia.
4883 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Stunning yellow stolzite crystals associated with cream-yellow-brown hoppered pyromorphite from the old Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales.
0161 Smoky Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
One of the most iconic smoky quartz localities in Australia, Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria. This locality, which is a designated fossicking area, has produced many stunning smoky quartz specimens since the 1960s. They occur...
4196 Saléeite, Ranger, Northern Territory
A classic Australian saléeite from the Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory. Highly fluorescent as can be seen in the photo below.
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.
5529 Gmelinite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Victoria
Hard to photograph these very glassy crystals of gmelinite-Na from Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Victoria.
0234 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Blue-green pseudomalachite balls on dark green libethenite crystals from the Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria.
0980 Crocoite, Kapi Mine, Northeast Dundas, Tasmania
Specimen is 40mm across.
