10029 Fluorite, Doublestrike Claim (Rocky Trail), Bound Ranch District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Translucent blue-green fluorite crystals on matrix. The fluorite crystals are cubic form with dodecahedral (110) edge faces that are opaque white.
10026 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite, Cerussite, Quartz, Mt Fitch, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
From Greg Dainty: This piece was collected, and labeled, by Norman Robinson, from an old exploration trench. Its hard to figure out exactly whats going on here, there is what appears to be chrysocolla replacing...
10025 Pyromorphite, Kaolinite, Orlando Mine (Orlando West), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory
White porcelaneous kaolinite on green prismatic pyromorphite. Closeup photo: Width of view 6mm. Stack of 46 images. From Greg Dainty: Specimen collected by Norman Robinson in the early 1980s, and as far as I know...
10023 Ettringite, Calcite, Andradite, Hematite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Nice zoned yellow-white ettringite, superb colourless calcite, reddish andradite and minor hematite.
10022 Calcite, Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Group of water-clear calcite crystals 50mm tall. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (EWC 4218), ex Lazard Cahn (1067), noted on Cahn label as having been collected by Arthur Russell.
10019 Gypsum, Cave of Swords, Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
A water-clear fishtail gypsum crystal, 100mm long.
10018 Azurite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Single thick lustrous blue crystal on minor amount of matrix. This lot of azurites was collected from a water-course that intersected the orebody. Many great specimens were found andtaken to the US to sell. When...
10017 Lonecreekite, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
From a rare species collection. Two pieces
10016 Nickelbischofite, Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
From a rare species collection
10015 Quensenlite, Mudgee, New South Wales
From a rare species collection
10014 Valentinite, Galena, Pribram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Bohmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Orange-stained platey crystals of valentinte with other species on matrix. Ex New York State Museum, number 3463-1. Ex Kunz Collection, number 216.1 (written in red on specimen). Back of one label says prepared by Dr...
10011 Prehnite, Calcite, Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Lustrous and transluscent green botryoidal prehnite with calcite crystals on back side. Ex A Schumacher, labelled as New Street Quarry, number 86. Ex J Obert (on Schumacher label). Ex Alfred Stevenson Collection, labelled as Prospect...
10010 Anglesite, Colorado, USA
Drusy micro anglesite crystals on matrix. Ex US National Museum (Smithsonian) Collection, Department of Minerals, catalogue number 14121. Ex Hawes Collection acquired in 1884.
10009 Smithsonite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Light brown translucent crystals on matrix. Ex American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Collection, numbered 49272. Jamie Newman of the museum has advised that the number should read 94272.
10008 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Calcite, Natrolite, Phillipsite, Harkaway quarry, Narre Warren, Victoria
Mostly white apophyllite with a small number of prismatic natrolite crystals, scalenohedral calcite crystals, and drusy phillipsite. 60x50x40mm. Ex Museum of Victoria.
10006 Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Prehnite, Stilbite, Thaumasite, Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA
Transparent tabular apophyllite with minor colourless stilbite and orange (stained or coated) acicular thaumasite on green prehnite. 60x60x18mm. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection (563) – label also mentions New York State Museum. Ex Hugh Ford (two...
10004 Beryl, Urucum mine (Tim mine; Corrego do Urucum pegmatite), Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Highly etched morganite crystal with superb lustre creating many reflective facets dispersing the light in all directions. Slightly pinkish under artificial light but colourless, maybe even tinged with blue under daylight.
10003 Mimetite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Specimen measuring 5.8×4.1×3.5cm weighs just under 5 ounces. Ex Martin L. Ehrmann (d. 1972) on Fifth Avenue, who according to the Mineralogical Record Archive became America’s premier dealer in high-quality mineral specimens. While the label...
10002 Diopside, North Burgess, Drummond Township, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada
Single crystal 42x25x15mm. Ex Carl R. Bently collection (#1069), ex Oren Root (1803-1885) collection (#1647).
8199 Covellite, Silver Phantom mine, Kuridala, Cloncurry district, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8198 Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
Curled crystals. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8197 Chalcoalumite, Jarosite, Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8196 Sulphur, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8195 M2334 Anatase, Brookite, Pyramid Hill granite quarry (Mawson’s Quarry), Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria
Collected 26/8/1990. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. This specimen has catalogue numbers from two previous collectors but unfortunately, their identity is unknown. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image...
8194 Spessartine, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8193 Spessartine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8191 Philipsburgite, Malachite, Potts Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8190 Tsumebite, Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8189 Susannite, Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8185 Arthurite, Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, St Austell District, Cornwall, England
ex Chris Jewson. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8183 Pittongite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Type Locality. ex Steve Taylor. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8182 Selwynite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria
Tiny purple patch. Type Locality. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Deaccessioned. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8181 Willemite, Dioptase, Wulfenite, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona
ex Hatfield Goudey Collection. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8178 Parahopeite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8177 Tarbuttite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8176 Paratooite-(La), Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia
Type Locality. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8175 Greenockite, Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8174 Smithsonite, Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8173 Annabergite, Tetrahedrite, Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8172 Schulenbergite, Linarite, Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8171 Schulenbergite, Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8170 Claudetite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8169 Wroewolfeite, Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8168 Mattheddleite, Dry Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8167 Leadhillite, Dry Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8166 Scheelite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8165 Bismuthinite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8162 Gartrellite, Low Pike, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8161 Sulphur, Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8160 Mottramite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8159 M1090 Chalcocite, Geevor Mine (North Levant Mine), Pendeen, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8158 Bismuthinite, South Crofty Mine (South Wheal Crofty), Carn Brea, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8156 Brianyoungite, Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
Type Locality. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8155 Corkite, Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8154 Tennantite, Geevor Mine (North Levant Mine), Pendeen, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8153 Agardite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Mount’s Bay District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8152 M1089 Clinoclase, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
Type Locality. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8151 Hemimorphite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8149 Nantokite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8148 Copper, Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8147 Chalcoalumite, Ajoite, Brochantite, Copper, Cuprite, New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Tavistock Hamlets, Tavistock District, Devon, England
Andy Tindle: Ajoite is listed on MinDat from England, Devon, Tavistock District, Tavistock Hamlets, New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor). No reference is given, but almost certainly the source is the British Micromount Society...
8146 Scorodite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8144 Liskeardite, Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England
Type Locality. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8143 Chenite, Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8141 Liroconite, Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8139 Gerhardtite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8137 Spangolite, McGuinessite, Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8136 Tilleyite, Redcap Creek skarn, Chillagoe-Herberton district, Tablelands Region, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8135 Wupatkiite, Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8134 Pseudomalachite, Perloffite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8132 Pseudobrookite, Hematite, Calcite, Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Moyne Shire, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8130 Cuprite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8129 Perloffite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8128 Gerhardtite, Libethenite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8127 Azurite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8125 Posnjakite, Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8124 Philipsburgite, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8123 Ramsbeckite, Namuwite(?), Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8120 Lavendulan, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8119 Hentschelite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex John Toma. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8118 Switzerite, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8117 Pyrrhotite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8115 Vesigneite, Pseudomalachite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8114 Scheelite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8111 Gersdorffite, Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8109 Cornwallite, Cornubite, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8107 Claringbullite, Ruby Prospect, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8106 Gerhardtite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8104 Mattheddleite, Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8103 Symplesite, Scorodite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Tablelands Region, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8102 Bariosincosite, Copper, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8098 Zdenekite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8097 Jeanbandyite, Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Callington District, Cornwall, England
ex Chris Jewson, collected 1993. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8096 Schrockingerite, Eutopia Mine, Crooks Gap-Green Mountain District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8094 Stolzite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8092 Ludlamite, Wheal Jane (Falmouth Consolidated Mines), Baldhu, Kea, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8091 Abhurite, SS Cheerful wreck site, St Ives District, Cornwall, England
From tin ingots salvaged from the SS Cheerful that sank in 1885. ex Chris Jewson. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8090 Pittongite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8088 Stibiconite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8087 Copper, Gypsum, Arizona, USA
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8085 Mawbyite, Kintore opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8084 Marshite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8083 Raspite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8079 Unidentified Species, Goethite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8078 Pharmacosiderite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8077 Molybdenite, Arsenopyrite, Dravite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8076 Bismuthinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Bismuthinite? ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8075 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Unknown White. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8074 Vauquelinite, Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Callington District, Cornwall, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8070 Baryte, Pyrite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8069 Opal, Pyrite, Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Hyalite? Sulphates? ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8068 Opal, Pyrite, Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Hyalite? Sulphates? ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8067 Plumbogummite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8061 Goethite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8056 Parahopeite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8053 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8051 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8047 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8045 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8044 Unidentified Species, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8041 Unidentified Species, Pyrite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8039 Ktenasite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8038 Kidwellite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8035 Wulfenite, Smithsonite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8034 Cummingtonite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8032 Bastnasite, Mimetite, Coronadite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8028 Boltwoodite, Calcite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8026 Marshite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8025 Phosgenite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8024 Perroudite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8023 Plimerite, Libethenite, Block 14 opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8022 Schulenbergite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8021 Parnauite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8019 Gowerite, Nobleite, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8013 Parahopeite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8010 Pearceite, Polybasite, Browne’s shaft, Junction Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
7189 Chalcocite, Calcite, Geevor Mine (North Levant Mine), Pendeen, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria. Simply labelled as Cornwall, England, probably Geevor/Levant, Ian Acworth, Steve Rust, David Ifold pers com.
7185 Caledonite, New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7184 Tsumebite, Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7173 Mullite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7170 Celestine, Calcite, Ratum Quarry, Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7168 Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley.
7160 Sulphur, Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Taupo, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Judy Rowe. Sulphur not on sinter matrix.
7157 JL2824 Hemimorphite, San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7155 Cristobalite, Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection. White crystals. Other species present but not identified (tridymite?, enstatite?, phlogopite?).
7151 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Sortuz, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley
7148 Labradorite (Anorthite), Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria
7140 Willemite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Mike Newnham. Sharp yellow crystals with tiny smithsonite(?) and inclusions of dioptase and a red mineral.
7123 Wine stone, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7115 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7113 Cafarsite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7109 Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate), Gypsum, Herzog Julius smelter slag locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Namuwite erroneously reported according to Mindat (Uwe Kolitsch, 2012). It is actually Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate). ex Joan Lamond Collection
7106 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Thaumasite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7105 Nukundamite, Undu mine (Udu mine), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7102 Tridymite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7098 Proustite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Proustite at Tsumeb not listed in Mindat. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7091 Andradite, Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7089 Magnetite, Fornovo Val di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7086 Sulphur, Tangkubanparahu, Bandung, Jawa Barat Province, Jawa Island, Indonesia
ex Joan Lamond Collection
8192 Valentinite, Sulphur, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8164 Rutile, Chalcopyrite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8163 Susannite, Caledonite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8157 Senarmontite, Tourmaline, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8145 Joseite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8138 Leadhillite, Linarite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8126 Senarmontite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8110 Kermesite, Metastibnite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
30039 Cinnabar, Quartz, Red Hill claim, Mayacmas Mts, Sonoma Co., California, USA
Old Foote specimen with Foote label on the back. Labelled as Sonoma Co.” but based on the crystal habit (divergent sprays of red crystals) and the matrix
20018 Gold, Ferberite, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Small amount of gold with wolframite.
20017 Gold, Stannite, Quartz, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Many patches of gold in crystaline quartz with a few stannite crystals.
10073 Amethyst, Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
Rhodochrosite inclusions in amethyst.
10065 Fluorapatite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Panasqueira Mine – Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Purple hexagonal apatite crystals on a pale smoky quartz with tourmaline inclusions and minor pyrite.
10059 Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Sharp crystals of sphalerite and galena. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $24.
10054 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $40.
10053 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals.
10050 Barite, Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England
Large plate of cockscomb barite. Ex Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd. Similar to Mindat photo 260605. A specimen of baryte, bearing an old adhesive paper label reading: Cockscomb Baryties, from Crich , in old white card tray,...
10048 Barite, Mowbray Mine, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
Single large colourless crystal with brown zoned phantom zone. Label suggests it is from about 1900.
10042 Topaz, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
10041 Fluorite, Quartz, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
10033 Protochabourneite, Arsiccioite, Pyrite, Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type Locality for both species. This relatively NEW SPECIES was approved in 2011 but has only recently reached the mineral market (October 2014). Protochabourneite occurs as black micro granular aggregates sparely scattered in quartz/pyrite matrix,...
10013 Calcite, Millerite, Hematite, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Flat topped colourless prisms of calcite on matrix. The underside has acicular millerite (rare at this location) and hematite. Ex Aug Kranz hand-written label carbonate of lime. Ex A. Kranz in Bonn, Oct 23. Ex...
10012 Quartz, Barite, Hungary
Quartz pseudomorph after barite. Ex Brother Juan Salvador, FMS, a volunteer at the AMNH in the 1880s. His card apparently read One of the great treasures of my collection, 16/7/1884. Ex American Museum of Natural...
4662 Azoproite, Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Prebaikalia (Pribaikal’e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Type Locality. Small shiny black crystalline masses and grains of this unusual borate in white brucite marble. Analysed material, obtained in 2001. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3828)
4661 Arctite, Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast’, Northern Region, Russia
Small, glassy colourless inclusions (fluorescent blue in SW UV) in natrolite. A very rare sodium-calcium-barium phosphate, obtained in 2008 (at some cost!). Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4408)
4659 Type Locality. Fedorovskite, Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Small capsule of brown fibrous material of this rare manganese borate mineral. Obtained in 1997. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3345)
4658 Kamchatkite, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green chip in capsule. Alters in air. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3839).
4657 Scarbroite, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Type Locality. Chalky white mass. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (2943), ex Richard Tayler Minerals.
4656 Preobrazhenskite, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. White fragments in a capsule. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection (1686).
4655 Dolomite, Lake Arthur, Chaves Co., New Mexico, USA
Single crystal, no matrix. Ex University of Arizona Mineral Museum. Donor Carl Richardson.
4653 Zircon, Hurricane Mountain localities, North Conway, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Sharp brown crystals. Strong fluorescence under SWUV. Ex A M Munger.
4652 Sidwillite, Lake Como, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Type Locality. Tiny yellow patches on matrix. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
4651 Oxycalciopyrochlore, Magnetite, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Reddish-brown loose crystals. Ex Dennis McMurdie, ex Minerals Unlimited. Originally called koppite.
4650 Kombatite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Type Locality. Tiny piece with yellow kombatite, hausmannite and andradite(?). Ex Dan Weinrich, Ralph Merrill.
4649 Goethite after pyrite, Mill Lane Farms, Valley Store, East Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Single crystal pseudomorph of goethite after pyrite.
4648 Quartz, Petroleum, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Small doubly-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions, many with bubbles (enhydros).
4647 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Pumpellyite, Laumontite, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Single quite large apophyllite crystal with minor white laumontite and greenish pumpellyite.
4646 Langite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Blocky crystals. Possible other species.
4645 Langite, Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Elongated crystals. Other species present.
4643 Bechecerite, Namuite, Hemimorphite, Cerussite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Sky blue platey namuite with tiny bluish-green prismatic bechererite.
4642 Caledonite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Blocky pale blue crystals.
4641 Creaseyite, Chrysocolla, Pyromorphite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Pale green creaseyite crystals.
4640 Caledonite, Susannite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Blue acicular caledonite crystals with pale yellow susannite.
4639 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Anglesite, Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, Scotland
Green and yellow/orange pyromorphite.
4638 Susannite, Anglesite, Caledonite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Yellow hexagonal crystals of susannite.
4637 Schulenbergite, Linarite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Pale blue crystals.
4636 Steverustite, Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Type Locality. White acicular crystals of steverustite.
4634 Stewartite, Mitridatite, Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
A small pocket in matrix filled with golden Stewartite crystals and olive-green mitridatite. This specimen was part of a Micromount mineral collection purchased from the estate of Anne-Marie Scholz Deal of New Jersey and Pennsylvania....
4633 Whitmoreite, Strunzite, Rockbridgeite, Siderite, Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Type Locality. Named for Robert (Bob) William Whitmore, a mineral collector and previous owner of the Palermo No.1 mine. This specimen was part of a Micromount mineral collection purchased from the estate of Anne-Marie Scholz...
4631 Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4630 Rutile, Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4629 Quartz, Ceres, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Clear quartz crystal with inclusions collected by Pierre Joubert on a friend’s farm near Ceres.
4628 Dioptase, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
Cluster of emerald-green crystals
4627 Cortesognoite, Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Type Locality. Tan crystals on matrix. Approved 2014.
4626 Tavagnascoite, Esperance superiore tunnel, Tavagnasco Mine, Tavagnasco, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. A couple of tiny white crystals on matrix. Approved 2015.
4612 Fluorite, Smoky Quartz, Unidentified Species, Glenrowan, Victoria
Purple octahedral fluorite. Tan coloured pancaked” feldspar?”
4610 Sabugalite, Torbernite, Wheal Edward, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
Bright yellow crusts of sabugalite with pale-green tabular torbernite (or zeunerite?). Ex Sid Williams (Globo de Plomom). The sabugalite exhibits strong fluorescence under SWUV. Note: labelled as sabugalite, but not confirmed. Rick Turner: I have...
4608 Childrenite, Linapolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Single orange crystal, no matrix. Ex Dave Shannon.
4607 Reyerite, Alit Coir’ a’ Ghobhainn, near Drynock, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands, Scotland
Colourless/white micaceous crystals.
4605 Yoshimuraite, Taguchi mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-Shidara-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Tiny orange crystals embedded in matrix.
4603 Boleite, Santa Rosalia (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulege, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
Type Locality. Single blue cube, no matrix. Ex John Melhase (pre 1938), ex California Academy of Sciences, ex Steve Pullman.
4601 Hessite, Red Cloud Mine (Chicago; Colorado Occurrence), Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
ex John Muntyan – Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum :92C3