4781 Wicksite, Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
Type Locality, Peter Hall
5628 Mica, Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA
Colourless transparent crystal, maybe slightly pinkish, Rod Martin
5615 Burbankite, Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA
Calcite patches fluoresce orange-red, Rod Martin
5614 Burbankite, Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA
Calcite patches fluoresce orange-red, Rod Martin
5587 Magnesiopascoite, Carnotite, Packrat Mine, Gateway, Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
Orange. Highly fluorescent yellow is likely carnotite., Al Wilkins
5582 Odinite, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Tiny fragment in capsule. Ex Massimo Batoni., Helmut Braith
5573 Haineaultite, Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carriere Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Type Locality. Pale yellow crystals and crust., Peter Hall
5541 Sapphire, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex Alf Bond. Ex John Lewis Collection. Probably Inverell as opposed to Kingsgate.,
5538 Cinnabar, Reed Mine (California Mine; Royal Mine; Soda Springs Mine), Knoxville area, Knoxville District, Coast Ranges, Yolo Co., California, USA
Ex Hatfield Goudey. Ex John Lewis Collection.,
5537 Fluorapatite, Schorl, Muscovite, Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, St Austell District, Cornwall, England
Ex Ian Graham. Ex John Lewis Collection.,
5536 Uvarovite, Jacksonville, Jacksonville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA
Jacksonville is an old mining town now under the Don Pedro Reservoir. Ex Hatfield Goudey. Ex John Lewis Collection.,
5532 Schorl, Quartz, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex John Lewis collection.,
5525 Hubeite, Calcite, Pyrite, Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5524 Wickenburgite, Potter-Cramer Mine (Potter Cramer property), Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5521 Kampfite, Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski. Doubtful identification., Matt Gibbs
5509 Inyoite, Meyerhofferite, Monte Blanco Mine (Monte Blanco deposit; Monte Blanco adit), Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA
Type Locality for both species. Inyoite is clear, meyerhofferite is white. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5508 Luetheite, Humboldt Mine area, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5505 Vonsenite, Old City Quarry (City Quarry; North Hill Quarry; Quarry Hill; Fairmount), Riverside, Riverside Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4998 Deerite, Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4971 Wulfenite, Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
Other unidentified species present, Al Wilkins
4961 Wulfenite, Mildren Mine group, Ko Vaya, Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O’odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Labelled as Golden Cross Claim, Mildren-Steppe Mine, Tucson Micromount Symposium
4956 Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Cuprite, Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Braithwaite District, Cumbria, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4955 Spangolite, Connellite, Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Braithwaite District, Cumbria, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4954 Cuprite, Copper, Malachite, Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Braithwaite District, Cumbria, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4953 Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4952 Cerussite, Fluorite, Hope Quarry, Bradwell, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4951 Fluorite, Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4950 Fluorite, Pindale, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4949 Sphalerite, Fluorite, Barite, Hawleyite, Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4948 Barite, Sphalerite, Millclose Mine, South Darley, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
4915 Cassiterite, Engine Shaft Tip, Wheal Peevor, Redruth, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Rare from locality. Collected 10/2005, Chris Jewson
4895 Fluorite, Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Blue John, Richard Bell
4864 Strashimirite, Chenevixite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Redruth, St Day CP, Cornwall, England, UK
Type Locality for Chenevixite, Richard Bell
30042 Gonnardite, Phillipsite, La Chaux de Bergonne, Gignat, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Type Locality. Ex Fred Pough, ex Steve Pullman (Whole Earth Minerals, Reno, Nevada).
30018 Raspite, Chamosite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pinkish raspite (single crystal), cream chamosite balls, prismatic arsenopyrite, including some partial trillings, colourless fluorite, well-formed chalcopyrite crystals and colourless quartz crystals. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
30016 Augite, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Black augite crystals in embedded in a matrix of weathered olivine. Label says Lasbach, with the original handwritten label being misinterpreted. Identical material to Limberg Quarries ones listed in Mindat so undoubtedly the locality. ex...
30014 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Adamite crystals, many having purple manganoan cores with colourless outer areas.
10080 Fluor-Elbaite, Agskardet, Holandsfjorden, Meloy, Nordland, Norway
Partial crystal of elbaite in matrix. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection.
8122 Semseyite, Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbanya), Baia Mare (Nagybanya), Maramures, Romania
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8018 Cinnabar, Calcite, Almaden Mine, Almaden, Almaden District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. ex Hatfield Goudey
7169 Linnaeite, Quartz, Musen, Hilchenbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria.
7134 Villiaumite, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Vince Peisley
7133 Krautite, Jachymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7132 Dissakisite-(Ce), Allanite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Occitanie, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Labelled as allanite-(Ce). Many allanites from here are actually dissakisite with allanite rims. General rule is that paler crystals are dissakisite. Specimen not analysed however.
7120 Fibroferrite, Croix-de-Pallieres, Saint-Felix-de-Pallieres, Gard, Occitanie, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7107 Zykaite, Kankite, Safary Mine, Kank, Kutna Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
Type Locality for Zykaite. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7104 Gold, Rosia Montana (Verespatak; Vorospatak; Goldbach), Rosia Montana Commune, Alba, Romania
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7099 Ardaite, Galena, Gruvasen mines, Persberg district, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7095 Roedderite, Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7094 Perroudite, Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7092 Agardite-(Ce), Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7087 Uranopilite, Morran, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7083 Cuprite, Nasbinals, Lozere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Chalcotrichite. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7076 Wellsite, Hrubsice, Oslavany, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Wellsite was discredited in 1997 – it is either barian Phillipsite-Ca or calcian Harmotome. ex Joan Lamond Collection
30012 Natrolite, Aegirine, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Comes from a single find made about 20 years ago (~1995). This is a lovely group of 5mm natrolite prisms perched on slender black aegirine crystals. Very aesthetic from any side, and an excellent example...
8188 Clinochlore, Calcite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8187 Actinolite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8100 Pyrrhotite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8095 Cordylite-(Ce), Ancylite-(Ce), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8082 Unidentified Species, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Pale pink and red crystals. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8081 Unidentified Species, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Pale pink striated crystals. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8072 Albite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Baveno Twins. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8071 M3956 Neptunite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8066 Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Barite, Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8065 Riebeckite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8060 Weloganite, Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8059 Leifite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8057 Chromian Grossular, Allanite-(Ce), Jeffrey Mine (Johns-Manville Mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8043 Grossular, Jeffrey Mine (Johns-Manville Mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8042 Eudialyte, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8029 Birnessite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8017 Villiaumite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. ex C. Peat 1997
8015 White and Pale Pink Crystals, Pyrite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8009 Eudyalite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8001 Villiaumite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
7150 Manganoneptunite, Serandite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Cynthia Peat
7147 Polylithionite, Serandite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Cynthia Peat
7146 Ancylite Group, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Margaret Day. It could be ancylite-(Ce) or calcioancylite-(Ce).
30026 Peatite-(Y)/Ramikite-(Y), Calcite after unknown, Synchysite-(Ce) after Remondite-(Ce), Siderite, Albite, Anatase, Analcime, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Type Locality for Peatite and Ramikite. A number of sharp peatite-ramikite crystals are present on this specimen. The matrix id composed of some blocky pseudomorphs of calcite after ?, synchysite after rémondite along with lots...
8099 Labuntsovite-Mn, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8064 Rhodochrosite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8062 Zircon, Pyrite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8055 Natrolite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Fluoresces green. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8052 Elpidite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8030 Ancylite-(Ce), Molybdenite, Unidentified Species, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Unknown Pink. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8020 Brookite, Lorenzenite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8016 Zircon, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8011 Nordstrandite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Collected early 1970s. ex C Peat 1995
8008 Rhodochrosite, Elpidite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8007 Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8006 Elpidite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8004 Anatase, Dolomite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8003 Bastnasite-(Ce), Fluorite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8002 Donnayite-(Y), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
7158 Leifite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Cynthia Peat
7163 Analcime, Calcite, Road Cut SW, Avhellero (Avdhellero), Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Specimen acquired from Dutch collector, hence Oost Troodos.
30041 Quartz, Calcite, Permafrost Pocket 2015, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
A few white calcite crystals on drusy quartz.
30038 Coquimbite, Copiapite, Alunogen, Javier Mine, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
Superb lilac hexagonal crystals of coquimbite to 9mm long. Micro yellow copiapite and colourless alunogen. From a find in 2009.
30036 Quartz, Chlorite, Albite, Anatase, Rutile, Ganesh Himal (Mt Ganesh), Dhading District, Nepal
Chlorite and anatase inclusions in thin needle-like quartz. Minor white albite on quartz. Tiny brown rutile(?) on one quartz crystal.
30034 Quartz, Stilbite-Ca, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Hemispheres of quartz (described as chalcedony, but not) with grey stilbite.
30033 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Stilbite-Ca, Quartz, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
A stunning colourless fluorapophyllite with a pink stilbite crystal all sitting on drusy quartz. The apophyllite measures 45mm across. Not my photo.
30031 Fluorite, Barite, Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Purple zoning around the edges of the fluorite cubes, cream-coloured barite. Ex John Chivers.
30030 Erythrite, Bou Azer, Morocco
Dark pink/purple crystals protected in a cavity. Ex Darren Lucas.
30025 Azurite, Malachite, Duchess Mine, Duchess, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
ex Patrick C. Murphy, ex Darren Lucas
30023 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30022 Quartz, Elbaite, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Weird ribcage growth of quartz.
30021 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30020 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Terminated schorl crystals in granite matrix
30017 Kamacite, Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater and vicinity, Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
7.7g piece of the Canyon Diablo meteorite collected from the north side of Meteor Crater, in 1928.
30006 Kinoite, Apophyllite, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Material containing variable amounts of the unnamed” copper-calcium-aluminium silicate sent to Mrs Judy Montoya
30005 Smoky Quartz, Spessartine, Searchlight, Nevada
Spessartine Garnet included in Smoky Quartz from Searchlight Nevada. Quartz crystal with included red gem garnets. You can see about 4 garnets in here. The largest one fills up one subcrystal. Sharp and perfect, except...
30004 Smoky Quartz, Dinkey Lakes, Fresno Co., California
Morion Smoky Quartz pitch black from Dinkey Lakes pegmatites, Dinkey Creek, Fresno Co., California. Jet black, from the Fred DeVito collection, owned by Justin since 2004. A really outstanding crystal from a now closed location.
30002 Ruby, Cascade Canyon, San Bernadino Co., California
Corundum Var. Ruby with Mica Var. Fucshite from Cascade Canyon, San Antonio Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, San Bernardino Co., California. This location for red corundum crystals was to be closed off in 2016, illegal to...
30001 Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, formerly from the Arthur. L. Flagg (1883-1961) collection, catalogued as asbolite” with inventory number 3990 (black painted number & glued fabric strip). The two other...
20019 Quartz, Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Multiple Japan-Law twins. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/3973
20016 Xenotime-(Y), Nardoo Hill (Beryl Hill), Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra), Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
A blocky rusty brown, crude crystal. Old stock.
20015 Anorthoclase, Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
An alkali feldspar intermediate between low sanidine and high albite. A strange, elongated crystal of anorthoclase without matrix, showing modest twinning, here from a well-documented and sought-after locality for this feldspar-group mineral. From an old...
20014 Vivianite, Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria
Bluish bladed crystal group. Ex Roger Colling Collection #260.
20013 Hematite, Quartz, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Beta style quartz crystals with a smoky tint, with hematite as inclusions, and larger hematite blades alongside. Ex Roger Colling Collection #58.
20012 Barite, Old Quarry Road, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #288.
20011 Copper, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Thin lacy native copper. Ex Roger Colling Collection #217.
20010 Quartz, Wadnaminga, Olary Province, South Australia
Cluster of gemmy colourless quartz crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #375. Probably collected down hill east of the Victoria Tower mine in the 1980s (Murray Thompson personal communication).
20009 Elbaite, Cryo-Genie Mine (Cindy B-Cryogenie claim; Lost Valley Truck Trail prospect), Warner Springs, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A spherical cluster of multi-coloured (pink core, pale green outer with darker green tips) terminated elbaite crystals. Ex Carolyn Seitz collection. 30x30x25mm.
20008 Gold, Moonlight Mine, Berringa, Victoria
Coarse hackly gold on contact edge of quartz reef
20007 Hausmannite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lustrous octahedral crystals.
20006 Azurite, Moldova Nou? (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nou?-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Cara?-Severin Co., Romania
Labelled simply as Moldowa, Bannat. Very similar to Mindat photo 459649. Ex Dr A. Kranz in Bonn, number 35470. Ex Michigan Mining School Collection, number 35470 crossed out, new number 6033. Ex Michigan College of...
20005 Hematite, Ascension Island, Saint Helena (an island in the Southern Atlantic ocean, administered by the United Kingdom)
Group of hematite crystals. 33x28x21mm. Ex Eugene Carmichael (3002). Ex George English (North Carolina label). Number on label matches specimen.
20002 Beryl, Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
An aquamarine-tipped heliodor from a small recent find of unusual bi-coloured beryls and this piece comes from the lot that had some of the best colouration seen. The piece weighs approximately 0.9 grams and measures...
20001 Elbaite, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan; Malechansk), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
A single rubellite crystal, typical pink, 25x5x5mm.
10079 Malachite, L’Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
So-called velvet malachite”. Purchased at Keystone
10078 Azurite, Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark blue crystals coat one face. Some contacts(?).
10077 Chalcopyrite, Siderite, Ganzhizhou Mine, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Superb twinned chalcopyrite crystals, similar to one found at Mt Lyell in Tasmania. Mindat suggests chalcopyrite is doubtful from this locality.
10072 Copper, 5150 Bench, East Pit, Townsite Island, Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Superb native copper in the shape of a sea dragon!
10071 Hemimorphite, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
Blue hemimorphite spheres. Ex Pascal Quenaon Collection.
10070 Calcite, Wulfenite, Hemimorphite, 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona
A few tiny wulfenite crystals amongst white bladed calcite crystals on blue hemimorphite. Won at the Tucson dinner silent auction, 2015.
10067 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Hedenbergite, Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania
Blocky transparent apophyllite crystals with pale green hedenbergite.
10066 Calcite, Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Colourless calcite crystals. Won at Tucson Show Dinner Auction (first Tucson trip). Priced at $220.
10064 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Platy zoned thin hexagonal rhodocrosite crystals with a dusting of pyrite, plus pyrite on the matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection #962. Includes label from when the specimen was on display at the Munich Mineral Show...
10061 Rhodochrosite, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Cavities containing lustrous pink crystal groups.
10056 Wurtzite, Quartz, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Perfectly-formed wurtzite crystals, doubly-terminated quartz, plus other sulphides? Purchased at Keystone, priced at $500.
10055 Quartz, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Lovely cluster of colourless quartz crystals. Previous label – Dave Bunk Minerals with a $40 price tag – 5/05 Costa Mesa. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $50.
10051 Quartz, Jebel Imalo, Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Lovely cluster of colourless quartz crystals in parallel growth. Labelled as Jebel Imalo, Imilchil, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
10049 Barite, Southern operations mine (Pasminco mine; Perilya mine; Consolidated Zinc Mine; CRA mine; New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange-yellow platey crystals. From the NBHC Mine.
10046 Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
The Rocket. Group of beta-quartz like crystals that looks like a rocket ready for lift-off.
10045 Quartz, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Cluster of doubly-terminated quartz crystals with unknown black minerals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $12.
10040 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Single greenish yellow crystal 12.5mm long on matrix. Ex University of Arizona Mineral Museum #19204. Donated by Helga K Herfirth (sp?), 25/1/2000, number 395.
10038 Portlandite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Dark grey massive portlandite with muscovite mica. Found in the northeast corner of the quarry. Ex Museum Victoria, ex Robin Sharp
10037 Pyroaurite, Setters Quarry, Baltasound-Haroldswick area, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Dark copper coloured micro scales of the rare carbonate mineral, pyroaurite on serpentine. Specimen 70x35x25mm.
10036 Graphite, Wad Mine (Plumbago Mine; Graphite Mine), Seathwaite, Borrowdale, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Mass of graphite with a thin core of quartz. Specimen 55x40x22mm.
10035 Quartz, Whroo State Forest, Rushwoth, Victoria
Matrix of quartz with individual colourless crystals to 13mm (largest doubly terminated). Specimen 53x40x20mm.
10034 Quartz, Chlorite, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Attractive cluster of chlorite-included quartz. 73x47x47mm.
10032 Curetonite, Redhouse Barite Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Minute, pale green masses and aggregates of this rare, one-locality species very sparsely scattered on matrix. From the original find by Forrest Cureton. A label signed by Forrest included. The last of the stock! Locality...
10031 Azurite, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Superb cluster of crystals on matrix. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 497), ex Lawrence Conklin (priced at US$900).
10030 Cinnabar, Dolomite, Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Three sharp red cinnabar crystals on white dolomite. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 437), ex The Aesthetics Underground, Alberta, Canada.