2414 Iron, Uivfaq (Ovifak), Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Fragments of iron showing some signs of oxidation. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Europe
ncat N23-1 Scorodite, Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Blue and green scorodite. A specimen acquired at the 2023 Joint Australasian Mineralogical Societies Seminar in Tasmania. Width of view 6mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4095 Wulfenite, Mežica, Slovenia
Brown wulfenite crystals, some with hoppered faces. Ex Diederik Visser 6/2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2627 Wulfenite, Plaka mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Thick tabular orange-brown wulfenite crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2070 Wulfenite, Hochobir District, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
Small orange, yellow, and greenish wulfenite crystals with even smaller pyrite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EUR1 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Katharina I Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Prismatic wulfenite with smaller acicular mimetite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
3664 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Quartz, Fluorite, Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
A single blocky orange crystal of wulfenite with pale yellow mimetite and colourless fluorite crystals on a bed of quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a...
1878 Wulfenite, Cerussite, Kolm, Dellach im Drautal, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Pale yellowish-green stacked pseudo-octahedral crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP974 Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (Kämmererite), Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Purple crystals. French label. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.6mm. Short stack of 7 images.
ncat JP924 Fluorite, Nouaillas quarry, Ambazac, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Purple cubes, one with what looks like it had tried to start an octahedral crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 33 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
3712 SD Aerinite, Estopiñán del Castillo, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Massive blue vein material. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2228 Crocoite, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Deep orange tabular crystals of crocoite. Width of view 7.67mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2864 NA Crocoite, Bindheimite, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
Vughs with crocoite crystals in a massive piece of crocoite, with yellow powdery coatings and small crystals of bindheimite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 61 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat MMM Crocoite, Pyromorphite, Le Cantonnier vein, Nontron, Nontron, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
A small orange crocoite crystal poking out from pyromorphite. Ex Lesenechal Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 94 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0779 Anatase, Solumsasen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
Tiny anatase crystals in vughs. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9104 JP2622 Brizziite, Sulphur, Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type Locality. Pale pinkish platy crystals of brizziite on yellow sulphur. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15 Thortveitite, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Dark green-brown partially terminated crystal frozen in matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP547 Kolbeckite, Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
A single white cluster of crystals on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5035 Thortveitite, Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
Pale blue crystals, typical for this locality. Ex Carlo Alciati. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1163 Kolbeckite, Schlarbaum quarry, Klausen, Bad Gleichenberg, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Clusters of white bladed crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1065 Fluorite, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Lots of colourless fluorite crystals that fluoresce pink, on a solid fluorite matrix that fluoresces blue. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat JP365 Quartz, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Colourless quartz crystals that appear to have formed on another mineral that has since gone. There is a partial gap between the bottom of the quartz plate and the rest of the matrix. Width of...
ncat JP0364 Pyromorphite, Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Tiny green prisms of pyromorphite an a cavity of fluorite. The top half of the specimen is all massive fluorite and the bottom half, massive barite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click...
ncat JP281 Fluorite, Galena, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Cube-octahedral galena crystals on and in colourless to slightly hint of green cubes of fluorite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat CA Pyromorphite, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Small lustrous hexagonal green prisms. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1126 Annabergite, Smithsonite, Km 3 open pit, Km 3 mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Superb lustrous apple green bladed annabergite crystals with dull green smithsonite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 170 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA8 113 Titanite, Chlorite Group, Albite, Teufelsmühle, Habach valley, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Green titanite crystals with tiny worms of dark green chlorite and colourless-white albite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Click here for a...
5653 Naujakasite, Villiaumite, Aegirine, Sodalite, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Pale green naujakasite with pink villiaumite, black aegirine and colourless sodalite that fluoresces orange. Ex Ole-Thorstein Ljøstad. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
5652 Tuperssuatsiaite, Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Not as aesthetic as those from the better-known occurrence at Aris, Namibia, but this one is from the Type Locality. Tan radiating sprays. Collected by Ole-Thorstein Ljøstad. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images....
ncat JP1832 Naujakusite, Arfvedsonite, Sodalite, Aegirine, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Pale green naujakusite with black arfvedsonite. Colourless sodalite shows up as orange patches under UV. Tan patches unknown. Prismatic green crystals possibly aegirine? Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images...
ncat JP3635 Villiaumite, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Red crystals embedded in matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20111 Fluorapatite, Cassiterite, Arsenopyrite, Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
A cluster of yellow-green apatite crystals with the largest 31mm wide, with minor cassiterite and arsenopyrite. The apatite exhibits orange zoned fluorescence. Ex Barry Porter Collection. Ex Mike and Coralie Fisher Collection. Click on the...
ncat JP1181 Libethenite, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Typical green crystals. Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1609 Aluminium, Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaiyán
Fragments in a small glass vial. Width of view 2.88mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1178 Stolzite, Quartz, Alunite Supergroup, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Brown aggregate of prismatic stolzite crystals with yellow plumbogummite(?), transparent crystals and opaque aggregates, in quartz in a cavity left by galena(?). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below...
1122 Gartrellite, Carminite, Bariopharmacosiderite, Alunite Supergroup, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green crystals of gartrellite on carminite in one small vugh, and by itself in another (photo). Orange-brown cube of pharmacosiderite with an Alunite Supergroup mineral in another. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 24 images....
1141 Bariopharmacosiderite, Goethite, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green cubes of bariopharmacosiderite in a vugh in quartz that is lined with brown goethite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0873 Chabazite, Stilbite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre District, Pest County, Hungary
A dusting of goethite on some of the chabazite rhombs. A small stacked stilbite is nestled amongst the chabazite (centre of photo). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (stilbite)...
ncat JP874 Calcite, Pyrite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary
Tiny pyrite crystals part altered to goethite on calcite. There are two generations of calcite. The earlier one fluoresces red, and the later fluoresces white. There is a sharp delineation between the two. Ex Jo...
ncat JP875 Chabazite-Ca, Analcime, Biotite, Saponite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary
Pink twinned rhombohedral chabazite with colourless analcime. Tiny green spots of saponite (towards the bottom left for example) and biotite phenocrysts (not in photo) also present. Some of the chabazites exhibit an unusual stack-like habit...
ncat MAR01 M2044 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Colourless spheres of melanophlogite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2231 Jeremejevite, Sanidine, Topaz, Sodalite, Hematite, Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Tiny blue jeremejevite with white sodalite, colourless prismatic topaz and colourless/grey sanidine. Hematite also on specimen. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4686 Erythrite, Im Lochborn Copper mine, Bieber, Gelnhausen, Spessart, Hesse, Germany
Pale pink puffballs with darker pink surfaces. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5636 Epididymite, Aegirine, Johs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Off-white rosettes and platey crystals of epididymite with green aegirine needles. Width of view 8.63. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2527 Andradite, Chrysotile, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Green demantoid andradite garnets nestled in pinkish-white chrysotile (asbestos). Precise locality not known. There are a few possibilities: Dossi di Franscia and the Sferlùn asbestos mine amongst others. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view...
ncat JP1762 Weilite, Erythrite, Sainfeldite, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
White weilite with pink tufts of erythrite, and pale pink balls of sainfeldite(?) and deeper pink-purple prismatic crystals of sainfeldite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 37 images (weilite) and 63...
ncat JP2198 Kladnoite, Kladno Mine, Libusin, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
Colourless flat bladed crystals. Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 52 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2234 Faujasite, Opal, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Octahedral crystals of faujasite with opal spheres and coating. Exact species of faujasite not known. Ca, Mg and Na recorded (the latter two being Type Locality species). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images....
1658 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Four spheres with a slight pinkish hue. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 63 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0036 M3823 Cinnabar, Almadén, Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Interesting choice of mounting with this specimen. There is really only one decent crystal, the rest of the cinnabar being patches frozen in matrix, and...
0032 Ferrierite-Mg, Calcite, Basalt quarry, Weitendorf, Wildon, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria
White sprays of ferrierite on tan calcite. Heulandite crystal not in photo. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3563 Monteponite, Smithsonite, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Type Locality for monteponite. Tan smithsonite with yellow and brown monteponite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4772 Erythrite, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pink puffballs of erythrite in a cavity that was originally likely filled with sulphides. Acquired from Helmut Braith. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
5754 Biraite-(Ce), Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce), Strontianite, Aragonite, Calcite, Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La), Niobochevkinite-(Ce), Ferriallanite-(Ce), Talc, Thorite, Daqingshanite-(Ce), Daqingshanite-(La), Ancylite-(Ce), Ancylite-(La), Kukharenkoite-(Ce), Carbocernaite, Cordilitovaya carbonatite vein, Ust’-Biraya deposit, Vitim Plateau, Eastern Siberia, Russia
Extremely rich 8x7x2mm specimen containing abundant inclusions (red arrowed) of brown biraite-(Ce) – an extremely rare silico-carbonate of REE. Biraite contains microscopic inclusions of hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) and intergrows with its more yellow macro grains well recognisable...
ncat EUR2 Vanadinite, El Centenillo Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20056 RC390 Fluorite, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Cluster of pink octahedral crystals, pale blue fluorescence. Ex Roger Colling Collection.
5739 Tvalchrelidzeite, Cinnabar, Gomi As-Sb-Hg deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia
Type Locality for tvalchrelidzeite, a rare sulphosalt with a specific composition of Hg3SbAsS3. A little red cinnabar too. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
2569 Chayesite, Basalt quarry, Pauliberg, Kobersdorf, Oberpullendorf District, Burgenland, Austria
You can’t always have a perfect mineral specimen. So sometimes you make do until you can upgrade. This is one of those less than perfect ones. However, you can still see the hexagonal habit of...
4790 Claraite, Kaiserbründl, Gratlspitz, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Tiny sky blue platelets of claraite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Ex Helmut Braith. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3910 Olivenite, Barite, Arseniosiderite, Tistoulet mine, Padern, Narbonne, Aude, Occitanie, France
Stubby green crystals of olivenite with pale thin tabular barite, that sprinkled with a tiny yellow arseniosiderite balls. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Cederick Gineste 2/2005. Click on the image below...
8521 Motukoreaite, Calcite, Phillipsite-K, Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
Pale blue rosette of platy crystals of motukoreaite on grey-brown calcite and colourless phillipsite. Tiny blue hemispheres of motukoreaite dotted around calcite also. Width of view 3.5mm. Top image: Stack of 50 images. Bottom image:...
2223 Phosphophyllite, Sphalerite, Zwieselite, Hagendorf-Sud, Bavaria, Germany
Not a great specimen, but colourless crystals of phosphophyllite present, some showing indications of twinning, with brown sphalerite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
4571 Silver, Almería, Spain
A small mass of silver crystals. Exact locality is unknown. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Al Pribula. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2102 Libethenite, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica District, Slovakia
Green individual crystals and groups on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version…
7437 JL0821 Realgar, Matra Mine, Matra, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 at the Boort Gemkana from Pat Sutton for $0.50.
7435 JL2153 Rhönite, Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the Holland Micro Group.
7428 JL3699 Clinocervantite, Valentinite, Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type Locality for clinocervantite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $5.00.
7424 JL2368 Anorthite, Augite, Anguillara Sabazia, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $1.00.
7391 JL2141 Quartz, Bellerberg volcano, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the Holland Micro Group.
7373 JL2317 Villamanínite, Providencia Mine, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $3.00.
7367 JL3272 Ullmannite, Masaloni Mine, San Vito, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from Bernie and Margaret Day at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $4.00.
7355 JL3456 Nickelskutterudite, Quartz, Lill Mine, Černojamské deposit, Březové Hory ore region, Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7341 JL3746 Fersmite, Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Peter Elliott at the Ballarat Gemboree for $4.00.
7340 JL2395 Hörnesite, Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $2.00.
7338 JL3843 Rammelsbergite, Lainijaur Mine (Lainejaur), Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Peter Elliott at the Ballarat Gemboree for $5.00.
7330 JL3191 Amber, Baltic Sea
Acquired by Joan Lamond from a Tailgater at the 1998 Coleraine Gemkana.
7328 JL3782 Gamagarite, Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7327 JL3474 Phosgenite, Sounion Cove slag locality, Sounion area, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7326 JL3566 Malachite, Cuprite, Copper, Quartz, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex Museum Victoria, acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Width of view 2.5mm.
7325 JL3434 Pyrolusite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7323 JL3484 Gmelinite, Calcite, Avhellero, Larnaca District, Cyprus
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7315 JL3457 Palygorskite, Orthoclase, Doubravice, Jičín District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group. Width of view 4mm.
7309 JL3453 Romanèchite, Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7308 JL3720 Paralaurionite, Pacha Limani Cove slag locality, Passa Limani area, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Andre Heyninck (Belgium) in 2001.
7304 JL3856 Annabergite, Km 3 open pit, Km 3 mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Variety cabrerite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2000.
7302 JL3890 Melilite, Graulei Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2000.
7301 JL2297 Nowackiite, Chabournéou, Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $3.00.
5727 Lafossaite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Tiny yellow cubes of this rare thallium species. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
5726 Natisite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green grains. Ex Peter Hall Collection.
5721 Steropesite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Pale yellow crust of this rare thallium species.
9164 JP2275 Anatase, Plan-du-Lac, Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
A single sharp zoned blue and yellow anatase crystal on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images.
9050 JP2372 Anatase, Rutile, Quartz, Albite, Estaing, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
Blue anatase crystals with orange rutile needles on albite and quartz. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
5716 Epidote, Maltatal, Malta, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia (Kärnten), Austria
Sharp prismatic green crystals with quartz, dark green chlorite, and unknown pink balls. Height of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Locality not specifically in Mindat. Maltatal is a river north of Malta.
20066 Lavoisierite, Punta Gensane, Col San Giovanni, Viù, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. Orange fibrous laths frozen in matrix. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 120 images.
8519 Tenorite, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Lustrous black rounded wires of tenorite. Width 7.5mm. Stack of 90 images.
8518 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Orange cubes. Type Locality. Width 6mm. Stack of 90 images.
8517 Grossular (Hessonite), Clinochlore, Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Orange to red hessonite garnet showing a combination of dodecahedron and hexoctahedron forms with green curving worms of clinochlore. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 300 images.
8516 Natrolite, Phillipsite, Höwenegg Quarry (Hewenegg Quarry), Immendingen, Tuttlingen district, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Colourless prismatic natrolite with a stalactite of colourless phillipsite. Width 7.5mm. Stack of 200 images.
7136 JL2851 Veatchite, Colemanite, Emet Eti Bor Mine (“Killik Mine”; “Kilik Mine”; Espey mine), Emet Borate deposit, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Turkey
Rounded crystals are veatchite, prismatic crystals are colemanite. Specimen is 19mm wide. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
4660 Shadlunite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, cubanite, magnetite, galena, sphalerite, and silver, Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril’sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Type Locality. Polished section & analysis of this very rare lead-iron analogue of pentlandite, from the type locality, present as typical submicroscopic grains embedded in massive sulphides. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4272) obtained in 2007....
1006 Barite, Smithsonite, Mimetite, Plaka mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Zoned white to brown barite with tiny colourless mimetite crystals and white “smithsonite”. The latter is not listed in Mindat. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 200 images. Ex Ted Johnson.
1001 Uvarovite, Pyrrhotite, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field, North Karelia, Finland
A small number of dark green uvarovite garnets with a single bronze pyrrhotite. Below: Uvarovite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image for a higher resolution version. Below: Width...
9049 JP2360 Phenakite, Quartz, Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal
Colourless crystals. Width 11mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9048 JP2233 Brochantite, Devilline, Auzat, Ariege, Occitanie, France
Green brochantite and pale blue devilline. Width 9mm. Stack of 44 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9047 JP2218 Axinite-(Fe), Actinolite, Glandon Pass, Maurienne valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Fiery brown axinite associated with and included by pale needles of actinolite. Width 18mm. Stack of 100 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9044 JP2265 Senaite-Crichtonite series, La Léchère (Notre Dame de Briançon), Tarentaise valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Shiny black crystals. Width 5.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Closeup photo width 2.25mm and stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9013 JP2318 Beudantite, Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
Olive green beudantite crystals, and some as an epimorph after a cubic mineral (pyrite?). Width 11mm. Stack of 80 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9040 JP2248 Rutile, Pyrite, Glandon Pass, Maurienne valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Euhedral oxidised pyrite crystals with small rutile needles. Width 11mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9041 JP2373 Anatase, La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Dark bluish anatase crystals. Width 7mm. Stack of 50 (dark one) and 70 (one with reflected face) images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9038 JP2266 Raspite, Stolzite, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Échassières, Ébreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Tiny orange-brown raspite crystals and yellow stolzite crystals. Width 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9034 JP2220 Wollastonite, Saint-Maime mines, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France
Sharp colourless crystals. Width 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9031 JP2362 Senarmontite, Sulphur(?), Tafone Mine, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
In slag. Colourless octahedral crystals of senarmontite, and yellow sulphur(?) crystals in other cavities. Maybe rosickýite? Senarmontite: Width 9mm. Stack of 54 images. “Sulphur”: Width 1.55. Stack of 16 images. I had to overexpose the...
9030 JP2226 Anorthite, Esseneite, Wollastonite, Leucite, Lapanouse-de-Severac slag locality, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Colourless tabular anorthite (not shown in photo), black esseneite, colourless thin prismatic wollastonite and colourless euhedral leucite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9029 JP2235 Camérolaite, Cyanotrichite, 470 Level, Tistoulet mine, Padern, Aude, Occitanie, France
Green acicular camérolaite with light blue fibrous cyanotrichite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9028 JP2267 Monazite-(Ce), Anatase, Fluorapatite, Quartz, La Léchère (Notre Dame de Briançon), Tarentaise valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Greyish-yellow monazite with yellow-orange anatase, colourless quartz and white apatite. The apatite fluoresces a pinkish white. Width 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9023 JP2375 Anatase, Quartz, La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sharp bluish crystals of anatase on quartz. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 52 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9022 JP2363 Synchisite-(Ce), Hematite, Quartz, Montecrestese, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Hexagonal pale-coloured prism of synchisite (label says Ce, but Mindat shows this as questionable), with silver hexagonal plates of hematite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 56 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9019 JP2268 Monazite-(Ce), La Lechere (Notre Dame de Briancon), Tarentaise valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
A single pale yellow crystal. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9018 JP2256 Gold, La Gardette Mine, Bourg d’Oisans, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Rich hackly gold in quartz. Width 9mm. Stack of 62 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9014 JP2366 Tetrahedrite, La Sanguinede mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
Tarnished silver tetrahedral crystals. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9010 JP2222 Kidwellite, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), echassieres, ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Brown puffballs of kidwellite in a cavity. Width 9mm. Stack of 42 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9133 JP2612 Andradite, Skjerpemyr Mine, Grua mining district, Grua, Lunner, Viken, Norway
Brown equant crystals of andradite garnet. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 89 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9118 JP2620 Pseudobrookite, Nepheline, Fluorapatite, Biotite, Rhonite, Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Sharp black prismatic pseudobrookite, colourless hexagonal nepheline, white fluorapatite, brownish biotite, single reddish rhonite. Width 2.77mm. Stack of 16 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9108 JP2663 Phosgenite, Thorikos Bay slag locality, Thorikos area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attiki Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece
Colourless blocky crystals fluoresce orange under longwave UV. Width 6.5mm. Stack of 64 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9032 JP2374 Anatase, Brookite, Quartz, Hematite, La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sharp orange-red doubly-terminated anatase crystals with platey brookite, on quartz with minor hematite. The specimen was only labelled as anatase, but the brookite, although small, is very nice. Header photo (anatase) width 9mm, stack of...
9004 JP2269 Scheelite, Tête des Econduits, Mont Chemin mining district, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
Single yellow transparent scheelite crystal. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9002 JP2365 Richelsdorfite, Triembach-au-Val, Sélestat-Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Flat bladed bright blue crystals. Width 4.5mm. Ex Jo Price Collection.
30102 Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
A lot going on here. Orange phantoms in quartz crystals. These are coated in white drusy quartz. Then there are colourless quartz scepters. But not just at the tips. There are tiny little sceptres ALONG...
2068 Vanadinite, Hochobir, Carinthia, Austria
Lots of orange-brown hexagonal crystals, some with prism faces. Matrix exhibits a bright creamy fluorescence.
30091 Sphalerite, Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Complex black sphalerite with orange coated quartz crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30083 Sphalerite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Fracture runs right through specimen. No sign of any repairs. Video best viewed full screen.
30082 Amethsyt, Hematite, Keem, Achill Island, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland
Hematite inclusions in amethyst. Video best viewed full screen.
Deaccessioned 30078 Calcite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Tiny white calcite on yellowish calcite, chalcopyrite partially covered by sphalerite, and quartz and colourless fluorite. Video best viewed full screen.
30060 Betrandite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Ferberite, Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karazhal, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Cream bertrandite with small pyrite cubes, black ferberite, and orange-brown rhodochrosite. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30057 Epidote, Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Labelled as clinozoisite but according to Mindat, all analysed specimens are epidote.
30056 Azurite, Barite, Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Some orange fluorescence – cerussite maybe. Video best viewed full screen.
30054 Fluorapatite, Siderite, Panasqueira Mine, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Fluorapatite crystals to 14mm across, pale pink fluorescence under longwave with blue rims. No response under shortwave. Video best viewed full screen.
30053 Anatase, Albite, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Two small anatase crystals and albite on matrix. Video best viewed full screen.
20048 Hematite, Quartz, Muscovite, Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Group of platy hematite crystals. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
6106 Cassiterite, Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Czech Republic
Cluster of lustrous sharp crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
3684 Messelite, Near Prinz von Hesse coal mine, Messel, Hessen, Germany
Type Locality. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 3252.
3685 Tschermigite, Libros sulphur mines, Libros, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 4132. A sulphate that has a bad effect of paper labels, as can be seen! The label no longer is in contact with the specimen. Labelled as simply Teruel, but...
20004 Tertschite, Kurtpinari mine, Faraskoy (Faras), Bigadic, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
Type Locality. Tiny white fibres in a vial. Ex R. C. Erd, 1961.
20022 Siderite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Brown ball on quartz matrix. Minor pyrite present. Ex Elena van Schriver.
10063 Calcite, Quartz, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Cream flattened calcite crystals on tapering quartz crystals.
10060 Quartz, Road to Oulles (off the D526), Bourg d’Oisans, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Cluster of colorless-white quartz crystals. Collected by Tim Greenland in Spring, 1968.
10052 Smoky Quartz, Appietto quarry, Appietto, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France
Cluster of smoky quartz crystals on a feldspar base. Labelled as Santa lucia de Tallano.
10044 Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Stalactite of black crystals of sphalerite with a quartz crystal and minor pyrite on a few sphalerite crystal terminations, 58mm wide.
ncat JL3918 Silver, Sasa Mine, Probistip, North Macedonia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Pat Sutton at the Bendigo Show.
ncat JP0346 Phosphosiderite, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Carolinos Mine, Jack Nelson Collection
ncat JP0354 Hureaulite, Mangualde, Viseu District, Portugal
Carolinos Mine, Jack Nelson Collection
ncat JP3145 Mansfieldite, Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France
Ex Jack Nelson Collection