Europe
1534 Gold, Rhine river alluvials, Kembs, Sierentz, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Sealed glass ampule containing many flattened flakes of gold. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
1486 Picromerite, Leonite, Halite, Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Hesse, Germany
White picromerite crystals (dehydrated to white, opaque leonite) with colourless halite.
1469 Srebrodolskite, Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Brown micro veins. Probably from the same stock as is being sold by David Garske (1/2014) which is from Tony Jones, 2013, ex David Shannon, ex Mikon.
1409 Anatase, Muscovite, Solumsasen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
Tiny very sharp anatase crystals with beige muscovite
1366 Jennite, Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
White crystalline. Ex Milt Soman.
1217 Platinum, Tuba River, Western Siberia, Russia
Several dozen of these little nuggets, at least, mounted on a square of stiff yellow paper glued to the top of a cork pedestal in a two piece black plastic micromount display case. From the...
1189 Variscite, Beauvoir quarry, Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Prismatic colourless crystals. Superb!
1167 Bastnaesite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Well-formed hexagonal plates.
1156 Dundasite, Hemma adit, Schwall, Zeltschach, Friesach – Huttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria
White sprays on gossan. Have previous Jrgen label.
1159 Klebelsbergite, Sulphur, Stibnite, Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
White needles of klebelsbergite with yellow sulphur on stibnite. Have previous Jrgen label.
1142 Gismondine, Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
White octahedral crystals with greenish pyroxene.
1104 Kozyrevskite, Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
This NEW SPECIES occurs as very tiny, grass-green to light green aggregates of coarse prismatic to acicular crystals on volcanic scoria, typically with darker green undefined Cu-sulfates and occasionally black tenorite. Formula: Cu4O(AsO4)2 ? orthorhombic...
1000 Whewellite, Gluck Auf Schacht, Burgk, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
1.18x.95x.75cm, ex Freiberg Academy. A rare, old time example of this unusual mineral species from Germany. This specimen host a complex, gemmy, colorless crystal of whewellite on a small amount of matrix. The crystal has...
0978 Jasper, Loire River alluvials, Amboise, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Waterworn pieces of jasper collected by Laura Gadsden in 2013
0971 Chrysothallite, Belloite, Avdoninite, Chlorothionite, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Another NEW SPECIES from this bizarre geological environment in Kamchatka, chrysothallite occurs as extremely small, bright golden yellow, equant micro crystals perched in scoria vugs, often with olive green belloite and occasionally other rare species...
0864 Connellite, La Finosa Mine (Fontana Rossa Mine), Ghisoni, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France
6x3mm patch of crystalline connellite on the 1.6×1.3cm display face of this micromount. It is mounted on a cork pedestal in a two piece black plastic micromount display case. Specimen is from the collection of...
0681 Stepite, Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine (Einigkeit Mine), Jachymov (St Joachimsthal), Jachymov (St Joachimsthal) District, Krusne Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Bohmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Type locality. A uranium arsenate that occurs as green tabular crystals and spherical aggregates on weathered arsenic matrix.
0603 Carpholite, Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Bohmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond 3704, but number does not match her Micro Collection Catalogue. Probably from her other mineral collection. Silky yellowish acicular flattened aggregates.
0549 Ecdemite, Passa Limani Cove slag locality (Pacha Limani Cove slag locality), Passa Limani area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attik¡ (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Ex Joan Lamond 3719, received in a swap with Andre Heyninck (Belgium). Tiny yellow plates in slag. Also present are sprays of white acicular crystals labelled (erroneously I think) as calcite.
0539 Nafertisite, Nanna pegmatite, Narsaarsuup Qaava, Narssarssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
Ex Joan Lamond 3678, acquired from Museum Victoria. Brown, asbestos-like nafertisite, with aegirine(?).
0518 Heyrovskite, Belvedere hotel, Furka, Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis, Switzerland
Metallic appearing off white, seems to be encased with yellowish white material. Look near center of specimen.
0317 Bastnasite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Several partial crystals of platy hexagonal transparent brown bastnasite with no matrix attached. 11x10x5mm.
5556 Alwilkinsite-(Y), Val Daone Mine, Limes, Italy
Tiny fibrous pale-yellow tufts and crust. This was the second locality for alwilkinsite-(Y), named after good friend, Al Wilkins in 2016. It could have been very different. The Italian one was first described (as an...
4670 Cacoxenite, Leonie I Mine, Germany
Yellow radial tufts of cacoxenite from the Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
4700 Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Germany
4700 Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Germany Sharp crystals of chalcopyrite from the Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany.
4669 Muscovite, Senevedo Alp, Italy
Muscovite mica from Senevedo Alp, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy.
4707 Rutile, Dolomite, Lengenbach Quarry, Switzerland
Rutile and dolomite, from the famous Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4994 Pyrite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Germany
A nice example of an uncommon pyrite habit from Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
4995 Monazite-(Ce), Hopffeldboden, Austria
A pale yellow transparent crystal of monazite-(Ce) from Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria.
5013 Epidote, Toombeola Quarry, Connemara, Ireland
Tiny but well-formed crystals of epidote from the Toombeola Quarry, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland.
4708 Zircon, Albite, Schellgaden, Austria
An unusual dark purple zircon on colourless albite from Schellgaden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria.
4699 Willemite, Preguiça Mine, Portugal
Well-formed colourless crystals of willemite from the Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal.
4689 Thorikosite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Lavrion District, Greece
Platy yellow thorikosite with globular fluorite, and white gypsum from the Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. Exact locality unknown.
2717 Dundasite, Zlaté Hory, Moravia, Czech Republic
Silky white aggregates of dundasite from Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic. Photo width 17mm.
3646 Linarite, Menez Plom, France
Royal blue linarite in slag from the slag dumps, Menez-Plom, Carnoët, Callac, Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, France. Photo width 5mm.
4100 Gedrite, Ludvika, Sweden
An uncommon black amphibole species, gedrite from Ludvika, Dalarna, Sweden. Specimen size is 20x20x15mm.
4599 Melkovite, U-Mo occurrence, Shunak Mts, Kazakhstan
Melkovite, U-Mo occurrence, Shunak Mts, Mointy Railway Station, Mointy, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan. Type Locality. Certified (microprobe analyzed) sulfur-yellow melkovite, a rare hydrous Ca-Fe phosphate-molybdate, known only from the single locality in the world....
2344 Realgar, Lengenbach Quarry, Fald, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Realgar and pyrite from the famous Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland.
5527 Analcime, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Analcime crystals from the Faroe Islands, Denmark. Labeled as Færøerne, Iceland. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5547 Fluorite, Ungerhammerplatzl, Unterlaussa, Austria
Purple fluorite cubes with a number of other small faces, from Ungerhammerplatzl (Platzl), Unterlaussa, Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen, Liezen, Styria, Austria.
5548 Vonsenite, Manziana, Italy
An uncommon borate species, vonsenite, from Manziana, Bracciano Lake, Rome Province, Latium, Italy.
5549 Tunisite, Celestine, Calcite, Condorcet, Drôme, France
The tabular tunisite crystals look like colourless wulfenite crystals. The long thin crystals are celestine, and there is also calcite with brownish cores present. Specimen is from Condorcet, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
5550 Titanite, Plattenkogel north slope, Anlauf valley, Salzburg, Austria
A group of golden titanite crystals, the front one being 2mm across, from Plattenkogel north slope, Anlauf valley, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria. Other species present include adularia, a chlorite-group mineral, and albite.
5552 Zincite, An der Seilbahn slag locality, Hüsten, Germany
Yellow hexagonal zincite crystals from the An der Seilbahn slag locality, Hüsten, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
5553 Topaz, Opal, Conca Cannas quarry, Masullas, Sardinia, Italy
Prismatic and acicular topaz crystals, with opal coating tridymite, and also capping one of the topaz crystals, from the Conca Cannas quarry, Masullas, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy.
5555 Analcime, Kutnohorite, Emilie Mine (Bülten-Adenstedt Mine), Peine, Germany
A couple of very sharp analcime crystals nestled amongst pale pink kutnohorite from the Emilie Mine (Bülten-Adenstedt Mine), Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany. It’s nice to see zeolites in unusual combinations.
