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.
20027 Quartz, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Cluster of colourless quartz crystals.
20026 Gold Mathinna district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Small amount of gold in quartz. See arrow.
20023 Plumbogummite after Pyromorphite, Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine (“Sylvester-Queen”), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #1219, labelled as Sylvester Mine. As per Mindat, relabelled from hinsdalite to plumbogummite.
3313 Anatase, Philosophers Ridge, Mt Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania
Tiny anatase crystals (arrowed) on quartz with hematite inclusions.
20003 Quartz, Huanggang (Huanggangliang) Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Two greenish opaque quartz crystals joined together. Not smooth faces.
20022 Siderite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Brown ball on quartz matrix. Minor pyrite present. Ex Elena van Schriver.
5662 Corundum var Sapphire, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Blue and green sapphires, some with good crystal form.
20021 Barite, Palos Verdes Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Two specimens of pale blue barite. Interestingly, almost all of the photos on Mindat are yellowish crystals. Fluorescent white.
5661 Diamond, Liberia
Greenish-black fragment of a crystal 5mm wide. Acquired from CK Minerals at the 2019 Nunawading Show.
20020 Stony Meteorite, Fayalite, Ferrosilite, Sayh al Uhaymir 001 meteorite (SaU 001), Sayh al Uhaymir, Al Wusta, Oman
20g L5 chondrite meteorite. Found in 2000 but not from an observed fall. From the Meteoritical Society: Date: 16 Mar 2000 Latitude: 20°31.0’N Longitude: 56°40.0’E Mass (g): 408 kg Pieces: 1000’s Class: L4/5 Shock stage:...
10084 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Milton Lavers collection. Exhibited at the Munich Show in 2008. Measures 65x65x35mm.
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.
10058 Quartz, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Herkimer-like quartz crystals on matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection No. C38.
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.
10083 Sugilite, N’Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Fibrous to prismatic purple crystals. 65x40x20mm. Closeup photo is 6.5mm wide.
10062 Rhodochrosite, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lustrous deep red crystals on one face. Specimen measures 87x40x23mm. Closeup photo is 14mm across.
10082 Green and purple fluorite, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
Gemmy rich emerald-green fluorite octahedrons, to 15mm on edge, cover the matrix plate 75x70x25mm. This colourful two-generation fluorite is from a small 2016 find near Yiwu City, a very obscure locality in Zhejiang Province, China....
10081 Grape Agate, Calcite, Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lustrous purple “Grape Agate” with colourless-white calcite crystals, 60mm wide. From Joe George, aka The Scepter Guy, cascadescepters.com.
30009 Amethyst, Las Vigas, Mexico
Interesting cluster of amethyst crystals, 35mm tall.
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 M3850 Cassiterite, Summit Face, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1006 Fluorite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale green octahedral fluorite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M2802 Dundasite, Cerussite, Crocoite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1324 Azurite, Quartz, Malachite, Second Copper Workings, Mt Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Queensland
Drusy quartz over azurite. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 52 images. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M671 Azurite, Malachite, Inkerman Mine, Mt Isa, Queensland
Unusual azurite with the appearance of white edges. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 53 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M3572 Wulfenite, Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3186 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mt Oxide Mine, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2973 Duftite, Sandbeds Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2817 Rhodochrosite, Spring Creek, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2255 Rancieite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2253 Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M997 Erionite-Na, Levyne, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M608 Fluellite, Wavellite, Toms Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M554 Gypsum, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M401 Miersite, Malachite, Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M210 Cowlesite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M127 Thomsonite-Ca, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat JL3918 Silver, Sasa Mine, Probistip, North Macedonia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Pat Sutton at the Bendigo Show.
ncat JL3902 Pyrargyrite, Siderite, 1,400 foot level, Brownes Shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from John Haupt who collected it in 1971.
7346 JL3876 Sphalerite, Ankerite, Brownley Hill Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Harry Critchley. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 6 images.
ncat JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond at the 2001 Wagga Gemboree from a tailgater.
7279 JL3667 Wulfenite, Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Graham Lee.
ncat JL3322 Siderite, Glenmaggie Quarry, Seaton, Gippsland, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from the late Val Hannah.
ncat JL3214 Azurite, Barite, Cannington Park Quarry, Bridgewater, Somerset, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Harry Critchley.
2006 JL2006 Siderite, Chalcopyrite, Elaterite, Albion Mine, Cilfynnydd, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Harry Critchley.
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 JL1740 Chabazite, Point Sambell, Phillip Island, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from the late Frank Robinson in 1995.
7280 JL1448 Goethite, Calcite, Colemans Quarry, Holwell, Somerset, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Harry Critchley.
ncat JL1434 Libethenite, Spring Creek, Wilmington, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 from the late Frank Robinson.
ncat JL1333 Gold, Hopes Nose, Devon, England
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 from Nick Carruth. Photo width 11mm.
ncat AW1653 Variscite, Iron Monarch, South Australia
Ferrian variscite from the Ashley Watt Collection.
7294 JL1380 Hemimorphite, Ajax Zinc Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994.
ncat JL983 Sulphohalite, Searles Lake, San Bernadino Co., California
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from H. Allen Mitchell of Iowa.
ncat RW237 Barlowite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW173 Magnetite, Biggenden Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat RW125 Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee.
ncat RW006 Malachite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat M509 Stilbite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen. As labelled. Suspect that it is more likely a Phillip Island specimen.
ncat M129 Gmelinite, Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M123 Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M585 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mt Oxide, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3034 Amethyst, Hematite, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3010 Erythrite, Mt Cobalt, Queensland
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2390 Boleite, Amelia Mine, Baja California, Mexico
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M975 Wulfenite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M102 Cacoxenite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M59 Malachite after Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M2614 Olivenite, Azurite, Wheal Friendship, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 7mm. Stack 0f 11 images.
ncat M1240 Brochantite, Arkaroola, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M308 Torbernite, Mt Painter, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M476 Magnetite, Arkaroola, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M32 Atacamite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M287 Sphalerite, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M96 Azurite, Burra, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M58 Quartz, Ashton Quarry, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1536 Wulfenite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1504 Smithsonite, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3889 Olivenite, Penberthy Croft, Cornwall, England
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M3727 Jeanbandyite, Hingston Down, Cornwall, England
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M1425 Cuprite (Chalcotrichite), Redbank Mine, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M901 Calcite, Chabazite-Na, Bundoora, Victoria
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M760 Silver, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat M539 Aurichalcite, Mt Evelyn, Northern Territory
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat JL3871 Goethite, Hendre Quarry, Mold, Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Harry Critchley.
7333 JL3638 Gold, Chlorargyrite, MMM Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired in 2001 by Joan Lamond from George Lysiuk (collected in 1986).
ncat JL3627 Silver, Alva, Ochil Hills, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2001.
