ncat VHD10, Azurite, 5200 foot level, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD7, Mirabilite, Camp Verde, Arizona, USA
Ex John Green Snr Collection.
ncat VHD4, Azurite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Chas. W. Velte Jnr.
ncat VHD3, Molybdenite, Kingsgate, New South Wales
A well-formed molybdenite crystal 21mm across on quartz.
20045 Realgar, Orpiment, Quartz, Pyrite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Red realgar crystal altering to yellow orpiment on a nest of quartz crystals with a dusting of pyrite.
20044 Fluorite, Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Green fluorite with purple edges. The green is fluorescent but not the purple. Pale blue prismatic aqua. With the spate of fakes coming out of the region, I have examined this specimen very closely. It...
20043 Smoky Quartz, Microcline, Dinkey Creek, Fresno Co., California, USA
Labelled as from Dinkey Lake. A cluster of lustrous smoky quartz crystals nestled amongst tan microcline. Ex Mineral Search, Texas. Acquired at Tucson. Slight nibbling on back of termination on the main crystal.
20042 Alabandite, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
Sharp octahedral grey crystals of alabandite in a matrix of fluorite and calcite, both of which fluoresce (blue and pink respectively).
20041 Catapleite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Colourless pseudo hexagonal platy crystals. Other species present including tiny pyrite crystals on edges of catapleite crystals.