6038 Asbecasite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung (Monte Cervandone) area, Kriegalp Valley, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Type locality. Partial orange crystal 9mm wide, no matrix.
Type Locality
ncat SE Quartz, Agardite-(La), Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Mottramite, Red Cloud copper mine, Gallinas Mountains, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Colourless quartz crystals on green agardite on blue chrysocolla on massive fluorite with mottramite.. Ex Scott Braley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Type Locality for agardite-(La). Click on the photo below for...
6030 Carlosbarbosaite, Jaguaraçu pegmatite, Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Type Locality. Curved fibrous pale yellow crystals of carlosbarbosaite. Apparently the discovery was very limited, about 100 specimens, all micros. It has since been reported from another half a dozen localities. Ex Chris Stefano. Width...
0835 Kunatite, Turquoise/Chalcosiderite, Torbernite, Albite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Greenish-yellow balls of kunatite (previously Unknown Cu Fe Phosphate), with blue-green balls of turquoise/chalcosiderite, a square-shaped torbernite crystal, and some unidentified darker green balls (pseudomalachite?), all on albite, orthoclase and smoky quartz. Collected by John...
ncat JPK1 Hokkaidoite, Opal, Shikaribetsu Lake, Shikaoi (Shikaoi-Chō), Kato District, Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Yellow-fluorescent hokkaidoite in opal that fluoresces in a range of colours. Close up is under longwave and 9mm across. The other two are iPhone photos. The one that is more pink bottom right...
ncat OW106 M442 Kintoreite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK KG24 Gelosaite, Kingsgateite, Smoky Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for kingsgateite. Yellowish green kingsgateite with blue gelosaite on smoky quartz. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. XRD Peter Elliott. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below...
ncat ANK KG23 Gelosaite, Kingsgateite, Smoky Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for kingsgateite. Tiny green kingsgateite crystals with blue gelosaite on smoky quartz. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 160 images. Click on the image below for a...
1717 Kingite, Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Type Locality. White nodule 19mm wide. Ex John and Betty Weir.
ncat JP3529 Kapundaite, Tom’s Quarry, Koonunga, Kapunda, Light Regional Council, South Australia
Golden fibrous crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW103 Kapundaite, Tom’s Quarry, Koonunga, Kapunda, Light Regional Council, South Australia
Golden matted fibres, with some pseudomorphing to goethite. Ex Vince Peisley. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6029 Kambaldaite, Widgiemoolthalite, Gaspeite, 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
Type locality for widgiemoolthalite. Kambaldaite as bright green crystals(!) with pale bluish spheres of widgiemoolthalite on green gaspeite. From Westaus Mineral Museum (Blair Gartrell). Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the...
ncat VHD7 Heulandite-Sr, Calcite, Quartz, Chalcopyrite, Campegli Mine (Sant’Elena Mine), Campegli, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Type Locality for heulandite-Sr. Typical heulandite crystals with quartz, calcite and chalcopyrite crystals. The calcite fluoresces white under longwave UV. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...
3739 Charoite, Aegirine, Steacyite, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Russia
Type Locality. A slice polished on one face showing relatiely pale purple charoite with green needles of aegirine. There are small patches of highly fluorescent green steacyite under shortwave and mediumwave UV. There are also...
7322 JL3215 Aurichalcite, Witherite, Anglezarke Mines, Anglezarke, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK
Type Locality for witherite. Pale blue balls of aurichalcite on colourless witherite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for...
2107 Yuksporite, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Type Locality. Straw-coloured felted fibrous mass of yuksporite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1052 Priderite, Jeppeite, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Black jeppeite with brown resinous priderite in a matrix containing celadonite. Type Locality for both jeppeite and priderite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below...
ncat WD203 Jahnsite-(CaFeMg), Tom’s Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia 3mm 30 2k
Type Locality. Reddish brown aggregates. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3632 Jahnsite-(CaFeMg), Natrodufrénite, Tom’s Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Orange crystals of jahnsite with black natrodufrenite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
15014 D23-1 Itoigawaite, Jadeite, Oyashirazu Beach, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Sliced, polished sample, showing pale blue vein of itoigawaite in jadeite matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Type Locality. Width of specimen 40mm.
7090 JL2285 Cuspidine, Vesuvianite, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Type Locality for both cuspidine and vesuvianite. Dark to olive green vesuvianite with tan cuspidine (not in photo). Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1997 as part of a Swiss collection. Width of...
ncat OS005 Demicheleite-(Br), La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Tiny metallic needles. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA5 Alfredopetrovite, Ahlfeldite, Penroseite, Chalcomenite, Felsőbányaite, El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality for alfredopetrovite. White balls with a greenish-grey tint of alfredopetrovite, minor pink Co-bearing ahlfeldite, minor light blue chalcomenite(?), minor silver penroseite, white patches of felsőbányaite, and thin colourless blades and colourless blocky crystals...
5496 Cadmoselite, Sphalerite, Clausthalite, Ust’ Uyok deposit, Tuva Republic, Russia
Type Locality. Grains of black cadmoselite with orange-brown sphalerite, and silvery metallic clausthalite? Width of view 6mm. Stack of 36 images. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JAP3 Nakauriite, Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Blue fibrous nakauriite. This species forms as vivid fibrous blue crystals on/in brucite-bearing serpentine. Type Locality. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0360 Söhngeite, Gallite, Germanite, Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Pale yellow rhombohedral söhngeite crystals in gallite-germanite-tennantite matrix. Type locality for söhngeite and germanite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 44 images. Second image (separate specimen) includes a tiny green crystal towards the top, perhaps...
1493 Hannayite, Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria
Tiny tan crystals from the Type Locality. Width of view 7.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4511 Nimite, Népouite, Bon Accord Ni deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nimite (Type Locality) is a chlorite group mineral (yellowish-green but can be stained by iron oxides), whilst népouite (bluish-green) is a serpentine group mineral. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images....
20064 Falcondoite, Falcondo Mines, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic
Bluish-green massive falcondoite. Specimen is 30x25x25mm. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3539 Ancylite-(Ce), Albite, Aegirine, Burbankite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless to greyish, and pinky-orange crystals of ancylite-(Ce), or possibly calcioancylite in small cavities in albite. In the second photo, white (probable) calcioburbankite (Type Locality). You can see the hexagonal cross section if you look...
ncat JR3 Benitoite, Neptunite, California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Two joined benitoite crystals (I hesitate to say twinned as I don’t know what sorts of twins can occur), shown in normal, longwave ultraviolet (red), and shortwave ultraviolet (blue). It is really interesting how different...
1709 Benitoite, California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Dark blue benitoite, shown in white light, under longwave UV with a red fluorescence, and shortwave UV with a blue fluorescence. Width of view 12mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
3514 Cobaltkoritnigite, Erythrite, Weilite, Hörnesite, Picropharmacolite, Sainfeldite, Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Purple cobaltkoritnigite, pink erythrite balls, thin bladed prismatic silky white hörnesite, pale pink sainfeldite, white weilite, and silky white sprays of picropharmacolite. Type Locality for picropharmacolite. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 36 images. Click...
ncat VIN Wardite, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Sunshine Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
Green and bluish-green wardite in yellow crandallite with white crandallite and pale pinkish crandallite. Type Locality for wardite. Vintage micromount collected and mounted by John Melhase in 1935. Ex John Malhase. Ex California Academy of...
15026 D23-1 Tobelite, Ohgidani clay deposit, Tobe-cho, Iyo district, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Almost pure pale beige fine-grained mass of tobelite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
15022 D23-1 Bunnoite, Hausmannite, Kamoyama mine, Ino, Agawa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Greenish-brown, massive bunnoite on black hausmannite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Marzio Mamberti in 2017. Type Locality for bunnoite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
ncat JP3025 Gillardite, Gaspeite, Gypsum, 132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Dark green gillardite. Light green gaspeite. Colourless gypsum. Gillardite Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 130 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 JP3295 Peisleyite, Fluorwavellite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Massive white peisleyite finely intergrown on a μm scale with fluorwavellite. SEM shows that ‘massive peisleyite’ consists of zones of intergrown peisleyite crystals (<3 μm in size) forming mats intermixed with zones of massive ‘wavellite’...
3082 Francevillite, Carnotite, Davidite-(La), Biotite, Radium Hill, South Australia
Yellow material labelled as francevillite or carnotite, on davidite-(La). It is most likely carnotite but would need analysis to confirm. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
4578 Formanite-(Y), Cooglegong pegmatite field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. Cluster of crude black crystals. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 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....
7409 JL2074 Cuprostibite, Mount Nakkaalaaq, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.
ncat ER5 Epidote-Sr, Ananai mine, Nankoku city, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Obvious pinkish massive and small veins in 1.5cm. Type Locality.
4296 Ecandrewsite, Melbourne Rockwell Mine, Little Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Tiny black-brown inclusions in quartz. Associated with brown-orange almandine-spessartine. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 128 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1191 Kanemite, La saline d’Andjia, Kanem Region (Khanem), Chad
Tiny piece in a capsule. Type Locality.
ncat ANK MSH1 Ferrokentbrooksite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small orange crystals. Originally labelled as kentbrooksite, but probably ferrokentbrooksite and most likely collected before that mineral was described as a new species. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean P Beckerich. Width of...
ncat WD217 Kannanite, Mt Kannan, Ouzu City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Tiny thin beige veins in matrix. Type Locality.
ncat WD216 Dundasite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Clusters of snow-white crystals on prismatic orange crocoite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TA4 Domerockite, Dome Rock, Olary Province, South Australia
Tiny blue crystals of domerock (eg: centre of image) with green balls of conichalcite (eg two spheres top right of photo) and white kaolinite. Type Locality. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 26 images. Click...
ncat VH510 Domerockite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Pale blue tiny crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images.
ncat AU009 Roxbyite, Djurleite, Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, South Australia
Roxbyite inclusions in massive djurleite. 22x11x6mm. Type Locality for roxbyite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7142 JL 2687 Akatoreite, Rhodonite, Pyrolusite, Akatore Creek, Clutha District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria, collected by Neville Cook in 1983. 18mm wide. Labelled as Mount Titiroa but there is doubt about the locality, especially with brown akatoreite present. More likely Akatore Creek....
2894 Aldridgeite, Niedermayrite, Smithsonite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for aldridgeite. Tiny pale blue acicular crystals of aldridgeite. Blue platy crystals of niedermayrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Danielsite, Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Sawn specimen. Grey fine-grained material material with galena and intergrown with other sulphides. Ex Rob Sielecki. Type Locality. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
6025 Chromatite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
Type locality. Yellow crusts with probable strands of colourless gypsum. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 39 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH1618 Cobaltaustinite, Erythrite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Dark olive-green coating of cobaltaustinite with lustrous purple-pink erythrite crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Dome Rock is the Type Locality for cobaltaustinite. Click on the image below...
ncat GLEE Cloncurryite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Pale blue rosettes. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5489 Henmilite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Purplish crystal of henmilite on white olshanskyite. Type Locality for henmilite. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7079 JL0772 Weloganite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1985 from a collector in Edmonton, Canada. Width of specimen 9mm. Stack of 112 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RL Joteite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Type Locality. Tiny pale blue crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 61 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2023 Goudeyite, Olivenite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Type Locality for goudeyite. Green patches of botryoidal goudeyite and tiny needles visible under higher magnification, with pale-coloured prismatic olivenite crystals. Ex Richard Grant Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on...
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.
1647 Bayldonite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England
Green bayldonite with colourless prisms of mimetite (see second photo), and coated quartz crystals (not in photos). Type Locality for bayldonite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images (first photo). Width of view 5mm....
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....
0052 Gold, Timroseite, Khinite, Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Visible gold (just above centre) with yellow timroseite and green khinite. Type Locality for timroseite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4525 Maricopaite, Mimetite, Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Spring, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
White sprays of maricopaite with yellow mimetite. Type Locality for maricopaite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1828 Jeppeite, Priderite, Celadonite, Walgidee Hills, Kimberley, Western Australia
Type Locality for jeppeite and priderite. Black jeppeite with brown priderite in a lamproite matrix comprised of green celadonite and chlorite pseudomorphs of olivine, pyroxene and leucite. Width of view 24mm. Stack of 49 images....
ncat JP1043 Carrboydite, Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Menangina Station, Menzies Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Specimen measures 9x7x3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD112 Davidite-(La), Carnotite, Radium Hill, South Australia
Type Locality for davidite-(La). Old German label. Yellow carnotite on massive davidite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2549 Palermoite, Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Type Locality. Light orange stained crystals. White arrow points to spot. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0228 Zunyite, Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Type Locality. Brownish modified tetrahedra frozen in matrix. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0034 Metaheinrichite, White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA
Type Locality for metaheinrichite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light), stack of 20 images (UV). Use the slider to see specimen under white light and longwave UV. Click...
0022 Boleite, Pseudoboleite, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Type Locality. Cubic crystal of boleite upon which plates of pseudoboleite have grown epitactically on the boleite cube faces. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image...
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.
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...
3679 Biphosphammite, Murra-El-Elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
Colourless to tan crusts on bat guano. Type Locality. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4070 Pottsite, Clinobisvanite, Linka Mine, Potts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
Yellow pottsite and small areas of orange clinobisvanite. Specimen is 6mm wide. Type Locality for pottsite. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20075 Suzukiite, Rhodonite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Microscopic green spots on pink rhodonite.
5744 Sugilite, Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Yellowish-green spots in aegirine syenite.
5743 Strontio-orthojoaquinite, Kinzandani, Hashidate, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Yellow patches in matrix. Ōmi is noted as the Type Locality but it is not clear exactly where. Probably Ōmi River rather than this locality.
5742 Parasibirskite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for parasibirskite. C. Loranth photo.
5741 Taneyamalite, Taneyama mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality C. Loranth photo.
5740 Shimazakiite, Hemnilite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for both species. C. Loranth photo.
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...
1641 Azurite, Franklinite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite crystals with secondary copper minerals in between. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Type Locality for franklinite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7358 JL3059 Ashburtonite, Mineral Claim 84 Cu deposit (Anticline prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Bright blue crystals of ashburtonite from the Type Locality. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Rob Sielecki in 1998 for $15.00. Click on the...
1320 Archerite, Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia
~1mm buff-coloured crystals. Type Locality. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7431 JL3164 Norrishite, Sugilite, Hoskins mine, Grenfell, Forbes Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for norrishite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
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.
7390 JL4983 Sigloite, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7381 JL2315 Theisite, Aurichalcite, Tuckerville prospects, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA
Type Locality for theisite. Incorrectly labelled as La Plata Co. (refer comment in Mindat). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $2.00.
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.
7372 JL3695 Tiptopite, Roscherite, Montgomeryite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Type Locality for tiptopite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $10.00.
7345 JL5144 Tuhualite, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7342 JL3052 Holdawayite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Rob Sielecki for $10.00.
7313 JL3687 Metavauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7312 JL3750 Wightmanite, Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott at the 2000 Ballarat Gemboree for $5.00.
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.
5728 Strontiodresserite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. White crystal sprays.
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.
5725 Irhtemite, Ightem Mine (Irhtem Mine), Ightem, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Type Locality. Colourless to white prismatic crystals.
5723 Lansfordite, Tunnel #1, Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Type Locality. Parallel group of crystals. 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.
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.
0298 Ulrichite, Turquoise, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Green transparent sprays of ulrichite with a couple of turquoise balls. Height 7.5mm. Stack of 200 images. Type Locality.
8518 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Orange cubes. Type Locality. Width 6mm. Stack of 90 images.
8514 Villiaumite, Tuperssuatsiaite, Ellingsenite, Unnamed Fe Analogue of Zakharovite, Aegirine, Albite, Nepheline, Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Pink villiaumite, brown tuperssuatsiaite, white ellingsenite, tiny brown unnamed Fe analogue of zakharovite, green prismatic aegirine, colourless albite. Type Locality for ellingsenite and unnamed Fe analogue of zakharovite. Villiaumite fluoresces red (Convoy LW) and nepheline...
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....
5687 Cavansite, Waipouaite, Okenite, Chabazite-Ca, Aranga Quarry, Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Pale blue tufts of cavansite with green crystal of waipouaite(?) on chabazite pseudocubes. Aranga is the Type Locality for waipouaite. Width 5.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Most crystals of waipouaite are almost black, but many...
5683 Goldichite, Halotrichite, Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
Yellow masses of crystals of the rare potassium sulphate goldichite on crystalline pinkish halotrichite. Type Locality for goldichite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 170 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5674 Barwoodite, Eggletonite, Aegirine, Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry), Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Brown barwoodite in matrix, tan to brown fibrous to acicular eggletonite, and green aegirine. Portrait photo height 4.5mm, stack of 80 images. Landscape photo width 9mm, stack of 94 images. Type Locality for barwoodite and...
2639 Ulrichite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Feathery apple-green sprays of the rare copper uranium phosphate, ulrichite. 5mm across.
30074 Stichtite, Chromite, Stichtite Hill, Dundas, Tasmania
Blebs of purple stichtite enclosing relict chromite in serpentine. One face polished. Type Locality. Video best viewed full screen.
30069 Paravauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Type Locality.
5665 Mongolite, Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo Massif, Mongolia
Particles of HOLOTYPE material of Mongolite – extremely rare niobo-silicate known only in two localities worldwide. Sample comes from ex-collection of Dr. E.I. Semenov (Semenovite-(Ce)) obtained by him from the author of the mineral Dr....
3684 Messelite, Near Prinz von Hesse coal mine, Messel, Hessen, Germany
Type Locality. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 3252.
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.
7420 JL1857 Kröhnkite, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $3.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 14 images.
ncat JP0975 Francevillite, Mounanaite, Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooue Province, Gabon
Type Locality for both species
ncat JP0959 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Olive green cubes. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Type Locality.
5660 Blatterite, Pyrochroite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Black prismatic, dark massive. Calcite fluorescent. Type Locality for blatterite, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5656 Botryogen, Halotrichite, Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Type Locality, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5644 Hundholmenite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
Type Locality. Specimen from the same rock as the Type Specimen., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5650 Anthophyllite, Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Type Locality. Collected by Torfinn Kjaernet., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5543 Zemannite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Type Locality. Ex John Lewis collection.
5572 Ferrilothmeyerite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Type Locality. Tiny brown crystals on calcite, Peter Hall
5579 Tarbuttite, Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
Type Locality. Colourless crystals. Pink under LWUV. Labelled as Northern Rhodesia.,
5583 Khaidarkanite, Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Type Locality. Tiny blue crystals., Helmut Braith
4823 Preiswerkite, Geisspfad pass, Geisspfad area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality, Richard Bell
4659 Type Locality. Fedorovskite, Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Small capsule of brown fibrous material of this rare manganese borate mineral. Obtained in 1997. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3345)
4626 Tavagnascoite, Esperance superiore tunnel, Tavagnasco Mine, Tavagnasco, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. A couple of tiny white crystals on matrix. Approved 2015.
4627 Cortesognoite, Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Type Locality. Tan crystals on matrix. Approved 2014.
2842 Ambrinoite, Orpiment, Cumbe Surde quarry, Signols Quarries, Signols, Oulx, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. Red patches of ambrinoite with yellow orpiment.
6062 Gatehouseite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Type locality. Gatehouseite was first found at Iron Monarch in 1987. It occurs as radiating clusters of pale yellow and yellow to pale brownish orange micro crystals with barite and hematite.
6036 Hilarionite, Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, St Constantine, Lavrion, Greece
Type locality. Greenish yellow acicular sprays. Formerly known as kankite from this locality.
6037 Bannisterite, Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Gwynedd, Wales
Type locality. Brown patches. Ex Richard Tayler Minerals, Cobham, Surrey
6027 Gratonite, Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Vintage micromount: A superb 4x3mm display face specimen of Gratonite from its type locality, Cerro do Pasco, Peru. It was once a duplicate in the collection (later bequeathed the Smithsonian) of the late Neal Yedlin....
6013 Metalodavite, Riviaral, Lodave, Harault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Type locality. Pale yellow crystals. Ex Dr Fred P. d’Esopo Collection via William Pinch
6011 Rruffite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Type locality. Sky blue crystals
5191 Cerussite, Crocoite, Dundasite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
JL0537. Rodger Colling $1
0834 Bleasdaleite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria
Tiny clusters of olive crystals
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.