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.
20040 Sodalite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Blue sodalite with intense orange fluorescence under Convoy UV torch.
3682 Foggite, Montgomeryite, Variscite, Near Milgun Station, Western Australia
Greyish foggite with white to colourless montgomeryite at the edge of green variscite. Closeup photo: Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Ex Minerals Unlimited specimen. Click on the closeup photo for a higher...
5663 Owyheeite, Crown Point Mine, Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
Vein of silver owyheeite.
20039 Juanitaite, Connellite, Tyrolite, 150(-foot) level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Olive-green to yellowish juanitaite, green tyrolite.
20038 Calcite, Pyrite, Marcasite, Conco Mine, North Aurora, Kane Co., Illinois, USA
Inclusions of pyrite and marcasite. From the Wise Lake Formation. Ex Jared Freiburg, Saga Minerals. Acquired at Tucson in 2011. And here is Jared with one of his cases in 2011 at the Hotel Tucson...
5470 Ilvaite, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia, China
Two well-formed joined at the base crystals.
20037 Cryptomelane, Unknown Pink Mineral, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Under magnification, you can see pink hemispheres of an unidentified mineral.
3684 Messelite, Near Prinz von Hesse coal mine, Messel, Hessen, Germany
Type Locality. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 3252.
20036 Anglesite, Mérétrice Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
Small anglesite crystals (largest about 3.5mm) on gossan. Ex Ian Graham.
3692 Tungstite, Adams Mine (Adams Tunnel Mine), Cement Creek, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Pale yellow crust on quartz. Not listed in Mindat, but hubnerite is. According to Rock Currier, almost all hubnerite specimens from this mine have been etched out of quartz using hydrofluoric acid.
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...
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20035 Stilbite, Bitumen, Apophyllite, Laumontite, Calcite, Unknown, Russell Hard Quarry (8646), Russell River, Lonnavale, Tasmania
Colourless stilbite crystals on black bitumen. Laumontite intermingled with bitumen. Apophyllite (in second photo) and unknown hexagonal or pseudohexagonal (in main photo) crystals in another cavity. Maybe just apophyllite? Photo width 3.25mm. The calcite is...
20034 Sceptre Quartz, Mexico
Unknown Mexican locality. Suggestions welcomed!
3695 Coloradoite, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Grey mass of coloradoite with brassy pyrite. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #133.
20032 Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Single black crystal with greenish patches.
20030 Aquamarine, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Single blue aquamarine crystal 17ct.
20029 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Bright orange mimetite surrounds glassy orange wulfenite crystals.
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.
20028 Vesuvianite, Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Doubly terminated crystal in matrix. Ex Bob and Vera Turner Collection, El Paso, Texas. Ex Elena van Schriver. Labelled as Lake Jaco. According to Mindat, this is incorrect.