ncat JP0630 Babingtonite, Nashik quarry (Nasik quarry), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India
Labelled Poona. Most likely Nasik
30047 Pyrrhotite, Andradite-Uvarovite, Calcite, Diopside, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Brassy crystal of pyrrhotite, with tiny bright green andradite-uvarovite series garnet crystals, pale diopside, and flattened calcite.
30045 Gold, Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand
Flattened alluvial gold. John Betts.
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
5659 Tegengrenite, Pyrochroite, Manganosite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Tiny orange, dark massive, green. Calcite fluorescent, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5658 Katoptrite, Sonolite, Manganosite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Black, brown, green. Calcite fluorescent, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5656 Botryogen, Halotrichite, Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Type Locality, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5654 Monazite, Naujakasite, Villiaumite, Aegirine, Sodalite, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Sodalite orange fluorscence, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5576 Florencite-(Ce), Microcline, Papachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina
Orange-red crystals on cream feldspar crystal, Peter Hall
5528 Chabazite, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Labeled as faeroerne, Iceland. Ex John Lewis collection
4679 Aquamarine, Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mint-green etched “bullet” crystal, Hobart Show 2017
4736 Tunisite, Calcite, Condorcet, Drome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex Ralph Merrill Collection (#3884). Ex David Garske. Ex Mineral Zone.
4697 Scorodite, Carminite, Alto das Quelhas do Gestoso Mine, Gestoso, Manhouce, Sao Pedro do Sul, Viseu District, Portugal
ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles, Helmut Braith
4696 Phosphosiderite, Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho quarry), Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal
ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles, swapped in 2005, Helmut Braith
4682 Sapphire, Dachsbusch, Glees, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Labelled as Dachsbusch, Huttenberg. Mindat lists sapphire in the latter, not the former., Excalibur Minerals
4667 Clinochlore, Titanite, Albite, Calcite?, Bockstein, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Labelled as “pennin” = clinochlore, Helmut Braith
5650 Anthophyllite, Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Type Locality. Collected by Torfinn Kjaernet., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5648 Anatase, Quartz, Adularia, Valldalen (Valldalsvatnet), Roldal, Odda, Hordaland, Norway
Collected by Bjorn Skar, 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
5643 Fluor-liddicoatite, Elbaite, Sandnessjoen Pegmatite, Sandnessjoen, Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway
Zoned crystals, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5639 Natrolite, Epididymite, Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5638 Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5637 Diaspore, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5634 Epidote, Microcline, Hotvedt Quarry, Fokserod, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5633 Thomsonite-Ca, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5632 Bohmite, Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5631 Bohmite, Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5520 Kaersutite, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Other species present. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4869 Safflorite after Silver and Proustite, Shaft 207, Niederschlema, Schlema, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Safflorite pseudomorph after Silver and Proustite, Richard Bell
4813 Gypsum, Serpierite, Eckardt smelter slag locality, Leimbach, Mansfeld, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith
4811 Clinotyrolite, Weisser Schrofen, Ringenwechsel District, Schwaz, Brixlegg – Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith
4810 Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith
4806 Epidote, Diopside, Sollnkar, Krimmler Ache valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Ferrian diopside, originally labelled as augite, Helmut Braith
4796 Fluorapatite, Rutile, Beryller, Abichl Alp – Beryller area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith
5583 Khaidarkanite, Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Type Locality. Tiny blue crystals., Helmut Braith
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.,
5572 Ferrilothmeyerite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Type Locality. Tiny brown crystals on calcite, Peter Hall
5543 Zemannite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Type Locality. Ex John Lewis collection.
5511 Chondrodite, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5503 Graphite, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5498 Lomonosovite, Lovozero Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast’, Northern Region, Russia
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4897 Clinoatacamite, Quartz, Goethite, Rhuba a’Mhill, Isle of Islay, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Labelled as Paratacamite, Richard Bell
4823 Preiswerkite, Geisspfad pass, Geisspfad area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality, Richard Bell
4817 Zemannite, Kinichilite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Brown crystals of Zemannite/Kinichilite. Type Locality for Zemannite, Richard Bell
4816 Zemannite, Kinichilite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Brown crystals of Zemannite/Kinichilite. Type Locality for Zemannite, Richard Bell
4737 Pyrope, Tanzania
Three fairly sharp crystals, no matrix., Steve Ulatowski, New Era Gems, Grass Valley, California
4723 Topaz (fake diamond)
Topaz cut to look like diamond. Siezed in 2009 by Canadian Government., Kerry Day, KGD Minerals
4719 Satimolite, Satimola salt dome, Oral Rayon (Uralsk Rayon), Western Kazakhstan Province (Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Chalky-white microconcretions of satimolite – extremely rare borate mineral. Part of holotype., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4718 Kurgantaite, Mt Kurgan-tau, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Extremely rare chloride-borate of Ca and Sr. Part of holotype. This material is very rare, scarce and presents only in old collections and is completely unaccessible for collecting now., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4717 Aksaite, Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe Province (Aqtobe Oblysy; Aktubinskaya Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Few perfect micro crystals of extremely rare borate mineral (part of holotype), eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4701 Calcite, Mottramite, Sphalerite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Old label “SW-Afrika”., Helmut Braith
4680 Topaz, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Single gemmy colourless crystal, Hobart Show 2017
4677 Prehnite, Epidote, Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca Valley, Misox, Grischun, Switzerland
Tabular colourless prehnite crystal on epidote. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5540 Cavansite, Stilbite, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India
Ex John Lewis collection.,
4819 Hydropyrochlore, Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Type Locality, Richard Bell
4794 Agardite-(Y), Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Analysed by Uwe Kolitsch, Helmut Braith
4764 Stilbite-Na, Cape Pula, Pula, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Type Locality, Helmut Braith
4721 Corundum (Ruby), Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Single thin deep pink crystal 11.65ct, eBay seller
5609 Tamarugite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Unknown strong fluorescent green., Al Wilkins
5608 Tamarugite, Sideronatrite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Unknown fluorescent green., Al Wilkins
5606 Fermiite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Type Locality. Tiny yellow prismatic crystals. Fluorescent. Also another fluorescent mineral present., Al Wilkins
5605 Krohnkite, Sideronatrite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
bluish, orange-yellow, and unidentified fluorescent, Al Wilkins
5603 Bobcookite, Pickeringite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Type Locality. Bright fluorescence, Al Wilkins
5602 Gerhardtite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Blue. Two different fluorescent minerals too., Al Wilkins
5601 Bobcookite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Type Locality. Extra fluorescent!, Al Wilkins
5600 Johannite, Krohnkite, Natrozippeite, Atacamite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Johannite and natrozippeite fluoresce, Al Wilkins
5599 Natrozippeite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Yellow. Bright fluorescence, Al Wilkins
5598 Johannite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Green fluorescence, Al Wilkins
5596 Pascoite, Gray Dawn Mine (Little Don Mine; Grey Dawn), Paradox Valley District, Paradox Valley, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Orange. Collected by Tim Rose 20/10/2013, Al Wilkins
5595 Sulphur, Plasilite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Type Locality for plasilite. Very fluorescent, Al Wilkins
5593 Natrozippeite, Gerhardtite, Ferrinatrite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Yellow fluorescent natrozippeite, blue-green gerhardtite, colourless ferrinatrite, Al Wilkins
5591 Natrozippeite, Antlerite, Carbonatecyanotrichite, Gypsum, Widowmaker Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Yellow and fluorescent Natrozippeite, Al Wilkins
5585 Natrozippeite, Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Yellow. Highly fluorescent, Al Wilkins
5580 Whiteite-(MnFeCa), Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Type Locality. Colourless crystals. Still under study as at October 2018., Peter Hall
5571 Variscite, Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Orange variscite hemispheres with minor yellow tufts of cacoxenite, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5570 Barite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
White prismatic crystals, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5569 Rockbridgeite, Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Greenish rockbridgeite, golden cacoxenite, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5568 Kidwellite, Variscite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Yellow kidwellite with variscite hemisphere, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5567 Quartz, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Drusy colourless crystals, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5566 Churchite-(Y), Variscite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
White churchite with greenish variscite hemispheres, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5565 Wavellite, Kidwellite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
White wavellite, greenish-yellow kidwellite, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5564 Variscite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Zoned colourless-white hemisphere, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5563 Strengite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Lilac hemispheres, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5562 Opal, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Hyalite opal, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5533 Robertsite, Montgomeryite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Type Locality for robertsite. Ex John Lewis collection.
5531 Quartz, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Ex John Lewis collection.
5530 Quartz, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Ex John Lewis collection.