2961 Copper (Formed in Saturated Wood), 2,000 year old Roman Copper Mine, Cyprus
Native copper porphyroblasts in saturated wood from an ancient mine. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR3 Benitoite, Neptunite, California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Two joined benitoite crystals (I hesitate to say twinned as I don’t know what sorts of twins can occur), shown in normal, longwave ultraviolet (red), and shortwave ultraviolet (blue). It is really interesting how different...
1709 Benitoite, California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Dark blue benitoite, shown in white light, under longwave UV with a red fluorescence, and shortwave UV with a blue fluorescence. Width of view 12mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU004 Gypsum, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Tiny sprays of post-mining gypsum crystals collected on the dumps. Look closely and you can some fishtail twins (eg: near the centre of the photo). Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on...
9117 JP2648 Gypsum, Lake Cowan, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Prismatic colourless crystals of gypsum. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2161 Gypsum, Wilson, City of Canning, Western Australia
Interpenetrant gypsum crystals. Collected during roadworks. Largest crystal is 27mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA G2/18 Gypsum, Mount Perry, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Gypsum crystals on secondary copper mineral (chrysocolla?). Ex Lesley and Doug Ball Collection. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD111 C27 Newport Waterways (canal estate), Scarborough, Redcliffe Peninsula, Queensland
A brownish-grey gypsum rose with a white UV reaction. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Margaret purchased this specimen in 1983 in Broken Hill. Labelled simply Maryborough, Queensland. There is some doubt that it may not be...
2175 Gypsum, Halls Peak, Sandon Co., New South Wales
Colourless gypsum crystals with a white granular coating. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MLE Gyrolite, Phillipsite, Tacharanite, Coates pit, Campbell Range, Oonah, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Cream ball of gyrolite with white tacharanite on colourless phillipsite. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR2 Grossular, Jervois Mine, Jervois Range, Jervois Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
Elongated orange-brown grossular garnet. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA2 Grossular, Ethiudna Cobalt Mine, The Ethiudna Mines, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Orange grossular (hessonite) garnets. Ex John and Betty Weir. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2476 Scheelite, Grossular, Kara Mine, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Tiny off-white scheelite crystals (not in photo) and pale green grossular garnets. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1531 Grossular, Grahams Quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Olive-green crystal of grossular garnet. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3012 VHD6 Grossular, Wollastonite, Vesuvianite, Mt Nelson quarry, Mt Nelson, Hobart City, Tasmania
Small grey-green grossular garnets with white wollastonite and yellow-orange vesuvianite. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3239 Grossular, Magnetite, Shepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Olivine-green crude crystals of grossular embedded in magnetite. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7267 JL1445 Grossular, Chrysocolla, Wombat Hole prospect (Wombat Hole mine), Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria
Brown grossular garnet with blue chrysocolla. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1602 Quartz, Grossular, Mount Garnet Mine, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Small quartz crystals on olive-green to brown grossular garnets. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1375 Grossular, Mount Lightning Adit (MLA Deposit), Coolac district, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales
Green chrome-rich grossular garnet crystals. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR01 JL1691 Hewettite, Variscite, Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
Reddish-brown fibres of hewettite with bubbly grey variscite balls and unknown lime green mineral (vésigniéite? maybe). Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a...
2698 Adamite, Hilarion Mine, Kamariza mines (Kamareza mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Pale adamite crystal aggregates with deeper green cores of copper-bearing adamite (or zincolivenite?). Interestingly, as you move the specimen around under the microscope, the “hard dividing line” between the two colours looks like it moves!...
3514 Cobaltkoritnigite, Erythrite, Weilite, Hörnesite, Picropharmacolite, Sainfeldite, Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Purple cobaltkoritnigite, pink erythrite balls, thin bladed prismatic silky white hörnesite, pale pink sainfeldite, white weilite, and silky white sprays of picropharmacolite. Type Locality for picropharmacolite. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 36 images. Click...
ncat JP2585 Cobaltite, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
Silver cobaltite crystal in matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDUK M1775 Cobaltite, Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Dark grey pseudocubic crystal embedded in matrix. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RAM4 1295 Calcite, Pyrite, Gray Quarry, Gray, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, USA
Small pyrite crystals on calcite crystals. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 65 images. Allegedly, a dead tree once stood over this quarry with the inscription “D. Boon (Daniel Boone) Cilled...
ncat RAM4 15 1114-17 Copper, Mount Isa, Queensland
An aesthetic parallel growth of copper crystals. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of specimen 7mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution verion.
ncat RAM4 Calcite, Siderite, Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Multiple generations of calcite with siderite, and some of the calcite fluoresces strongly red. One habit is white “Christmas trees”. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat VIN Wardite, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Sunshine Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
Green and bluish-green wardite in yellow crandallite with white crandallite and pale pinkish crandallite. Type Locality for wardite. Vintage micromount collected and mounted by John Melhase in 1935. Ex John Malhase. Ex California Academy of...
ncat RBCJ Bournonite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz, Tolwong mines, Tolwong, St Vincent Co., New South Wales
A nice group of bournonite crystals perched on brassy arsenopyrite and dark sphalerite crystals. Quartz crystals on specimen but not in photo. Height of view 5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below...
ncat MBBD M1821-2 Rhodochrosite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Dark red spheres of rhodochrosite on white albite. Colourless crystals in the foreground and on the left may be pectolite. Minor green aegirine also present. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on...
ncat MBBD Libethenite, Ulrichite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
A single sharp green libethenite crystal with a spray of lighter green ulrichite, on a bed of green chalcosiderite crystals. Height of view 2.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat MBBD Variscite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Tiny colourless crystalline balls of variscite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MBBD Torbernite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Platy green crystals on smoky quartz. Most are much thinner than the one in the photo. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M2253-1 Natrolite, Analcime, Gmelinite, Hematite, Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Natrolite perched on other natrolite crystals, on analcime. Red gmelinite coloured by hematite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1289 Liskeardite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Bright white matted liskeardite lining cavity. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDUK M3778 Pharmacosiderite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Pharmacosiderite cubes coated in a thin coating of iridescent goethite(?) or maybe silica(?). Ex Chris Jewson. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat BDUK M1065 Connellite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Tufts of blue connellite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4855 Pharmacosiderite, Carminite epimorph after Mimetite Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Mount’s Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Red carminite forming epimorphs after prismatic mimetite crystals, with green pharmacosiderite. Width of view 4mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JD3 Thomsonite-Ca, Maunganui Bluff, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
White “snowflakes” with grey centres. Ex Dick Dufton. Width of view 8mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40030 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous red pseudobrookite crystals with yellow transparent enstatite crystals. The lustre is so good you can clearly see the reflections of other crystals. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images....
40029 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous dark brown pseudobrookite crystals with yellow transparent enstatite crystals. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 6.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
40028 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Fluorapatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous brown pseudobrookite crystals with yellow transparent enstatite crystals. One very thin apatite needle is also present. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for...
40027 DH2285 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Hematite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Lustrous brown pseudobrookite crystals with tiny yellow transparent enstatite crystals. The larger pseudobrookite crystal has a slight “bend” in it. Hematite is out of view of this photo. Ex Dick Haslam Collection. Width of view...
4392 Svanbergite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Mount Brussilof mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Orange pseudocubic svanbergite with a pyritohedron pyrite crystal (altering to goethite) on white dolomite. Ex Ray Hill 7/2007. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
2800 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Dark red prismatic carminite with yellow-green beudantite-segnitite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 18 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR01 M1209 Connellite, Brochantite, Penberthy Croft. Cornwall, England, UK
Acicular blue connellite with green brochantite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Below: Connellite. Photo width 15mm.
ncat JP1203 Mixite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny groups of pale blue acicular crystals of mixite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1561 Carminite, Arsenopyrite, Beudantite, Pharmacosiderite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Dark red carminite, green beudantite and pharmacosiderite, and pale green scorodite, all in cavities in arsenopyrite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7366 JL3008 Pyrite, Liskeardite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
May be bettertonite/penberthycroftite rather than liskeardite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1679 Pyromorphite, Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England
Pale green hexagonal pyromorphite crystals. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
25003 JR11 Cerussite, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
A twinned yellow crystal on gossan. There looks to be a possible arsenopyrite crystal that perhaps the cerussite seeded on. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a...
25001 JR4 Realgar, Orpiment, Steam Bore Core 80m, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Red parallel growth realgar with tiny orange orpiment patches. Ex Trevor Hocking. Width of view 6.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MLE Greenockite, Sphalerite, Dolomite, Great South Comet mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Green partial coating on sphalerite crystals on dolomite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Off white fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet may be calcite partially coating dolomite. Click on the image below for a...
3721 SC Grimaldiite, Crocoite, Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Purplish-grey grimaldiite in a crocoite vugh. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MMM Greenockite-Hawleyite, Heazlewood Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Yellow exsolution of greenockite-hawleyite on sphalerite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3274 OW207 Sphalerite, Greenockite, Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Greenockite as a yellow coating/exsolution on sphalerite crystals. Some tiny orange crystals of greenockite evident particularly in the bottom left-hand quadrant (zoom in to explore). Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on...
2430 Goslarite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A small fragment of goslarite showing some tiny crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2183 Graphite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A small spray of graphite crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR3 Goyazite, Myponga Beach, Myponga, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Fragments of nodules analysed as containing goyazite, hematite and apatite. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 30 images.
1207 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Pale green crystals on a quartz matrix, that really light up under longwave ultraviolet light. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 10 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
15028 D23-1 Slawsonite, Kagami, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Small, white crystalline mass of slawsonite with very minor matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. The dealer gave Andrew the locality as Kagami-mura, Kochi in 1987. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
15026 D23-1 Tobelite, Ohgidani clay deposit, Tobe-cho, Iyo district, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Almost pure pale beige fine-grained mass of tobelite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
15025 D23-1 Potassic-sadanagaite, Myojin Island, Imabari City, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Sliced specimen showing micro black inclusions of rock-forming potassic-sadanagaite from the type locality. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Soenke Stolze in 2014. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
15023 D23-1 Sibirskite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Glassy white finely-crystalline sibirskite without matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Soenke Stolze in 2008. Andrew Hodgson photo.
15022 D23-1 Bunnoite, Hausmannite, Kamoyama mine, Ino, Agawa District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Greenish-brown, massive bunnoite on black hausmannite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Marzio Mamberti in 2017. Type Locality for bunnoite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
15019 D23-1 Sudoite, Ohira Imazaki mine, Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Pure, white, fine-grained piece of sudoite. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Older material, purchased by Andrew from David Garske in 1984. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
15018 D23-1 Rectorite, Hanaoka mine, Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Grey, fine-grained rectorite without matrix. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Purchased by Andrew from Roger’s Minerals, Canada, in 2007. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
15016 D23-1 Barroisite, Irazuyama (Iratsuyama), Doi, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Small dark olive-green grains and prismatic cleavages of barroisite in schist. Material originally from Yosuke Ito in 1982 and purchased from Minerals Unlimited the same year. This may in fact be a different amphibole species,...
15015 D23-1 Hastingsite, Hedenbergite, Obira mine, Bungo-Ono City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Rich dark-green-black, radiating crystalline hastingsite with hedenbergite. Old material (ex-John Patrick, January 1963), purchased from Ralph Merrill (Minerals Unlimited) in 1984. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version....
15012 D23-1 Pyroxmangite, Neotocite, Taguchi mine, Shitara, Kitashitara County, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Pinkish massive to crystalline pyroxmangite with lustrous/metallic black to deep red neotocite with conchoidal fracture. Click on image below for a higher resolution version. Andrew Hodgson photo.
ncat Gypsum, Guntown, Mississippi, USA
A cluster of pinkish gypsum crystals.
ncat TP D28-25 Manganbabingtonite, Vulcan Quarry, Pacolel, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina, USA
Lustrous black crystals. Ex Ed and Martha Cunningham Collection.
2289 Mixite, Adamite (Cuprian), Simon Mine (Nevada Mine), Bell Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
Labelled as mixite and cuprian adamite. Is it mixite or agardite? Cuprian adamite or zincolivenite? Mindat lists all. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
1279 Chabazite-Na (Herschelite), Siderite, Fluorapatite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Iridescent siderite with hexagonal chabazite-Na crystals. Also present very thin long apatite needles. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2414 Iron, Uivfaq (Ovifak), Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Fragments of iron showing some signs of oxidation. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
25002 JR11 Sulphur, Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
A cluster of sulphur crystals with globular hyalite opal. Width of view 7.75mm wide. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Doubly-terminated hoppered crystal of sulphur 14.5mm wide, no matrix. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Sharply-terminated crystal of sulphur with interesting growth patterns 11.5mm tall, no matrix. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Doubly-terminated “herringbone” crystal of sulphur 16.5mm wide, no matrix. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Doubly-terminated hoppered group of crystals of sulphur 17.25mm wide, no matrix. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Doubly-terminated hoppered crystal of sulphur 22mm wide, no matrix. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
A tiny group of sulphur crystals on sinter. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Orthorhombic crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Beads of hyalite on sinter. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR10 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
A tiny group of sulphur crystals on sinter. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR2 Pyrite, Chlorite, Calcite, Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Filiform pyrite with a few right angle bends. Also present is a brown chlorite(?). Both sit on two generations of calcite crystals, the first colourless, the second golden. Ex Brent Torrens. Width of view 3mm....
ncat N23-1 Scorodite, Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Blue and green scorodite. A specimen acquired at the 2023 Joint Australasian Mineralogical Societies Seminar in Tasmania. Width of view 6mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JT1 Bastnäsite-(Ce), Rhodochrosite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Grey hexagonal crystals of bastnäsite. Ex H. William “Bill” Meinert. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 88 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA7 Emerald Beryl, Kafubu Emerald District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
A single crystal of emerald 7mm wide with a bluish tint. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Below: A closeup photo showing internal interference colours. Width of view 3.5mm. Click on...
7245 JL3033 Pyrite, Mount Tarrengower, Maldon, Victoria
A radial cluster of pyrite crystals that have grown in a tight area. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 8mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7262 JL3035 Siderite, Heulandite, Mount Tarrengower, Maldon, Victoria
Spherical brown siderite on heulandite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP838 Heulandite, Gypsum, Mt Tarrengower goldfield, Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Colourless to white tabular heulandite crystals with colourless sprays of gypsum. The heulandite crystals have dark blue cores giving the crystals a bluish hue. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the...
ncat OW103 Gordonite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Tiny transparent crystals. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2521 Mimetite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
From the mine best known for its crocoite comes a rarer occurrence, zoned mimetite crystals. There are interesting rounded surface features too. Probably where the mimetite was attached to ferro-manganese oxides. Hexagonal prisms of zoned...
ncat AU002 Galena, Quartz, Siderite, Great South Comet mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
A group of cube-octahedral galena crystals with hoppered faces. Width of view 8mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3422 Pharmacosiderite, Goethite, Britannia Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Olive green cubes partially coated by goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2755 TA4 Jamesonite, Arsenopyrite, Cut near Golf Course, Argent Mines Area, Zeehan, Tasmania
A mass of acicular metallic wires on quartz. Ex John Haupt. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1889 Stannite, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania
Iridescent stannite, no crystals. Ex David J. Eicher Collection, Wisconsin. Ex John H. Eicher Collection. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0956 Pyromorphite, Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine (“Sylvester-Queen”), West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Transparent green hexagonal prisms, some zoned. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0089 Gold, Andersons Creek, Warrandyte, City of Manningham, Victoria
My first ever mineral specimen. I found this panning Anderson’s Creek in 1980 and it is still in my collection. Although the ‘nugget’ is only 2.5mm on its longest dimension, it is cute and reminds...
4139 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK
Tabular yellow wulfenite crystals with green pyromorphite in a cavity in quartz, Obtained from Richard Bell 9/2005. Width of view 2.6mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4095 Wulfenite, Mežica, Slovenia
Brown wulfenite crystals, some with hoppered faces. Ex Diederik Visser 6/2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2627 Wulfenite, Plaka mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Thick tabular orange-brown wulfenite crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4097 Minium, Wulfenite, Mimetite, Chah Milleh Mine, Chah Milleh, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Orange wulfenite crystals with spherical green mimetite and red minium. Ex Diederik Visser 6/2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 56 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2070 Wulfenite, Hochobir District, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
Small orange, yellow, and greenish wulfenite crystals with even smaller pyrite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EUR1 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Katharina I Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Prismatic wulfenite with smaller acicular mimetite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
3664 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Quartz, Fluorite, Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
A single blocky orange crystal of wulfenite with pale yellow mimetite and colourless fluorite crystals on a bed of quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a...
4200 YQ Wulfenite, Barite, Maoniuping Mine, Mianning County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Pseudo-octahedral orange crystals with white barite. Ex David Vince. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 63 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0030 Wulfenite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Yellow crystals in a variety of habits. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1878 Wulfenite, Cerussite, Kolm, Dellach im Drautal, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Pale yellowish-green stacked pseudo-octahedral crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OS009 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Gonzalito mine, Gonzalito mining district, Sierra Grande, San Antonio Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Wulfenite with two different habits on either side of the specimen. On one side, thin tabular crystals and on the other, blocky tapering prismatic double-terminated crystals. Collected by Jack and Marty Crawford in 2005. Width...
0428 Molybdofornacite, Wulfenite, Chrysocolla, Dulcinea de Llampos Mine, Cachiyuyo de Llampos district, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Three 5mm specimens, mounted side by side, with tiny yellow-green molybdofornacite crystals, orange-yellow wulfenite crystals and chrysocolla. The molybdofornacite from Dulcinea has been identified with semiquantitative and quantitative analysis by Dr. Jochen Schlater (curator of...
2366 Thomsonite, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Cradle Mountain Link Road, Middlesex Plains, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Acicular intergrowth of white gonnardite-natrolite on grey botryoidal thomsonite-Ca. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP974 Chromium-bearing Clinochlore (Kämmererite), Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Purple crystals. French label. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.6mm. Short stack of 7 images.
2793 ZU Quartz, Fluorite, Rex Hill Mine (Mt Rex Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania
Pale fluorite over earlier darker fluorite with iron stained quartz crystals. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 92 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1896 Molybdenite, Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Hexagonal crystal of molybdenite. Width of view 5.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 Cassiterite, Mount Alwa Tin Mine, Walwa, Towong Shire, Victoria
Cassiterite in greisen. Collected in 1971. Specimen measures 80x55x35mm.
3458 VHD8 Topaz, Killiecrankie, Flinders Island, Tasmania
A waterworn bluish topaz 24mm wide.
ncat JP924 Fluorite, Nouaillas quarry, Ambazac, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Purple cubes, one with what looks like it had tried to start an octahedral crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 33 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
2678 Vanadinite, Descloizite, Calcite, Upper Level, Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Image showing the termination of one of the vanadinite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3712 SD Aerinite, Estopiñán del Castillo, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Massive blue vein material. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5175 JL0416 Gold, Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria
A small gold nugget. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Peter Cole for $6 in 1987. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
5178 JL0333 Gold, Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Harold Gallasch of Hahndorf, South Australia in 1995 for $15. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat AU003 Gold, Black Horse Gully area, Whipstick Forest, Bendigo, Victoria
Two small rounded nuggets. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU003 Gold, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Thin gold patches smeared on hematite matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7015 JL2230 Gold, Mongolata Gold Fields, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Small patches of gold in ironstone matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996 from John Toma. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat AA5 Gold, Tea Tree Creek, Georgetown, Queensland
Leaf gold with an embedded quartz crystal. Ex Brian Shelton. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW202 Gold, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland
Thin leaf gold in quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8131 Gold, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
A tiny bit of gold in matrix (centre of image). Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8116 Gold, Kidston mine, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
Dendritic crystalline gold. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA7 Gold, Union Mine, Hill End, New South Wales
Labelled as Union Mine, included in Golden Gully Area in Mindat. Thin hackly leaf gold in quartz. Ex D.J. Parsons Collection, Rapid City, South Dakota. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 49 images. Click on...
ncat AA7 Gold, Union Mine, Hill End, New South Wales
Labelled as Union Mine, included in Golden Gully Area in Mindat. Thin crystalline leaf gold in quartz. Ex D.J. Parsons Collection, Rapid City, South Dakota. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 122 images. Click on...
ncat OW209 Gold, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales
A tiny area of gold. Gold from this location is rare, small, and hard to find! There is a second, even smaller, piece of gold on the specimen that I didn’t pick up until I...
ncat WD108 Gold, Wattle Flat, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales
Beautiful branching gold crystals on galena and quartz. Width of view 6.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM M3323 Gold, Bismuth, Namibite-Beyerite, Bismuthinite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Tiny grains of gold in quartz, associated with native bismuth, bismuthinite and greenish namibite-beyerite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 7mm. Stack of 41 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat NOVM Gold, Sugarloaf Mountain Goldfield, near Eden, New South Wales
Patchy gold in iron-stained quartz. Ex Chris Ah Yee. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5187 JL0186 Gold, Drake, Drake Co., New South Wales
Dendritic crystalline gold without matrix. Precise mine not known. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Aquired by Joan from Norman Robinson in 1986 at the Loxton Gemboree, South Australia, for $5. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of...
ncat OW310 Gold, Kirkeek’s Treasure Mine, Mt Victor Homestead, Olary Province, South Australia
Labelled “Nhillinghoo”. Should be spelled Nillinghoo. Probably from Kirkeeks. Gold in goethite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 53 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL947 Gold, Gundagai, Clarendon Co., New South Wales
Small gold pieces in serpentine. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 41 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL616 Gold, Galena, Rotten Gully, Nerrina, City of Ballarat, Victoria
Small bits of gold on galena and quartz. It is possible that other sulphides/sulphosalts such as boulangerite(?) are also present. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 49 images....
ncat JLMAR02 JL547 Gold, Tibooburra, Tongowoko Co., New South Wales
Hackly gold on and in matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Tony Fraser. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL2049 Gold, Maude and Yellow Girl Mine, Glen Wills goldfield, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Tiny hackly gold. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Jo Price. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 37 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL Gold, Winnecke Goldfield, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Small patches of gold in reef quartz. A golden bird up top? And a Remote Bogger in the middle? Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Don McColl. Specimen measures 4x2x2.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Click on...
ncat JLMAR02 JL643 Gold, Halleurs Mine, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
Small gold pieces on ironstone matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR02 JL618 Gold, Sofala Mine, Sofala, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales
A 2mm wide gold crystal with a face! Pareidolia! Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Pareidolia is defined as the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. It is...
ncat JLMAR01 JL3010 Fluorite, Coldstones Quarry, Greenhow, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
There are things to see here. Purple cubes with darker purple edges. Interesting growth structures on faces and edges. A rainbow. A nice fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. And even though you think you only see...
30046 Gold, Glenluce, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia
Coarsely crystalline gold in white quartz. Chris Ah Yee. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2168 Gold, Moonee Beach, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
A tiny speck of gold in quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 34 images. This would be one of the deposits/short-lived mines of the village of Moonee Beach. Click on the image below for...
0383 Iranite, Evening Star Mine, Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Dark brown crystals of iranite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2228 Crocoite, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Deep orange tabular crystals of crocoite. Width of view 7.67mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2864 NA Crocoite, Bindheimite, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
Vughs with crocoite crystals in a massive piece of crocoite, with yellow powdery coatings and small crystals of bindheimite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 61 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat MMM Crocoite, Pyromorphite, Le Cantonnier vein, Nontron, Nontron, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
A small orange crocoite crystal poking out from pyromorphite. Ex Lesenechal Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 94 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2250 Crocoite, Pyromorphite, Transvaal Mine (Argent Mine), Dwarsfontein Farm, Argent, Delmas, Victor Khanye Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Small orange crocoite with green pyromorphite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4040 Crocoite, Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Two crude joined crystals, no matrix. Ex Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Specimen is 6mm tall. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
Pink rhodochrosite rosettes on quartz with minor sulphides. 38mm wide.
ncat JP3576 Goethite, Sunrise Hill Mine (Sunrise Hill West), Mount Goldsworthy (Shay Gap), De Grey Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia
Iridescent goethite stalactites. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RF Goethite after Pyrite, Kirkeeks Treasure Mine, Mt Victor homestead area, Mt Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Box of “Devil’s Dice” of various sizes, most less than 1cm in size. The one in the photo is 45x45x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RF Goethite after Pyrite, Yunta, South Australia
Box of “Devil’s Dice” of various sizes, most less than 1cm in size. Centre one is 14mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW310 Goethite after Hematite, Darke Peak, South Australia
Trigonal hematite crystals that have been completely replaced by goethite, with minor colourless hyalite opal. Ex Barry Schubert Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat RG Goethite, Calcite, Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Bladed goethite on white calcite crystals that are not fluorescent, however the underlying massive calcite is. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat SD Kulanite, Fluorapatite, Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Very dark platy crystals of kulanite that are green with transmitted light, with white to colourless fluorapatite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
0136 Goethite, Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
Brown globular goethite completely covering quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3792 Glaucophane, Rocky Beach, Port Macquarie, Macquarie Co., New South Wales
Bluish-grey fibrous glaucophane schist. Specimen measures 16x13x8mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0644 Gmelinite, Analcime, Natrolite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Red gmelinite coloured by hematite, with colourless analcime and prismatic natrolite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0645 Gmelinite, Natrolite, Analcime, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Red gmelinite coloured by hematite, with colourless analcime and prismatic natrolite. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1281 Gmelinite, Redpa quarry, Redpa, Marrawah district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania
Hexagonal crystal with a white core and a lustrous colourless outer layer. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3867 Calcite, Analcime, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
This crystal is coloured by hematite. On colourless analcime. A nearby cavity has a colourless calcite crystal. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1031 Gmelinite, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Weldborough Pass, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Prismatic gmelinite crystals. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1030 Gmelinite, Little Plains Quarry (Fieldwicks Quarry), Weldborough Pass, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Highly lustrous colourless gmelinite crystals. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD11 Analcime, Gmelinite, Ardglen Quarry, Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
Colourless analcime on pink gmelinite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 17.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9094 JP2651 Glaukosphaerite, 132 North Ni Mine (Mount Edwards Mine), Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Green balls of glaukosphaerite on a tremolite matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4251 Glaukosphaerite, Carrboyd Mine, Yerilla District, Western Australia
Green acicular-fibrous crystals. Ex Albert and Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/2006. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3025 Gillardite, Gaspeite, Gypsum, 132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Dark green gillardite. Light green gaspeite. Colourless gypsum. Gillardite Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 130 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Calcite, Agate Creek, Queensland
Golden goethite with calcite on quartz. Calcite fluoresces bright red. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Goethite inclusions in quartz. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0185 Cinnabar, Unnamed quarry, Bulembu (Havelock), Hhohho Region, Eswatini
Dark red crystals and coating of cinnabar on quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. This one of mine was mis-labelled. It is an old specimen, and the label read “Cinnabar, Digg’s Peak,...
4537 Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Orange acicular goethite sprays coming from a base of hematite on palest amethyst quartz. The quartz sits on an agate base. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on...
2186 Goethite, Quartz (Amethyst), Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Queensland
Golden brown acicular crystals of goethite on amethyst. Width of specimen 13mm. Stack of 150mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1827 Goethite after Malachite(?), Malachite, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Goethite replaced earlier azurite and/or malachite(?) with an overgrowth of malachite. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7362 JL3815 Opal, Goethite, Siderite, Manyana Beach, Bendalong, St Vincent Co., New South Wales
Tiny sprays of goethite on an opal lining of a vesicle. Siderite crystals in another vesicle. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 2002 from Ann and Noel Kennon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
2290 Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. The scheelite fluoresces bluish-white under shortwave UV. Minor sulphides also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images (white light), and 31 images (Shortwave UV). Click on the...
ncat JP1547, Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine (Montana Mine; Ophir Coalition Mine), Ophir, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0841 Gibbsite, Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Colourless crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5284 ZB2 Georgeite, Carrboyd Mine, Yerilla District, Western Australia
Greenish crust. Type Locality. Ex Dakota Matrix Minerals. 42x30x18mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHT295 Gedrite Lucky Draw Gold Mine, Burraga, New South Wales
Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Ex Val Hannah Collection. 55x33x18mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU004 Galenobismutite, Bismuthinite, Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales 2k
XRD Confirmed. Ex Jim Sharpe Collection. Galenobismutite not fibrous, bismuthinite fibrous. 44x28x15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3361 OS007 Hemimorphite, Quartz, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Tiny colourless hemimorphite crystals on quartz. Collected underground in the Emmanuel Level that dates back to 1573. Specimen measures 39x34x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OS007 Galena, Emmanuel Workings, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
A small piece of ore comprising mostly galena, but with small patches of sphalerite and quartz. Collected underground in the Emmanuel Level that dates back to 1573. Specimen measures 21x18x4mm. Click on the image below...
ncat MAR01 M2504 Aurichalcite, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Pale blue acicular crystals in a vugh. Some sulphides present elsewhere on the specimen. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
1468 Linarite, Hemimorphite, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
A nice spray of blue linarite crystals with a small amount of white hemimorphite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1467 Langite, Hemimorphite, Linarite, Schulenbergite(?), Chalcopyrite, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Blocky blue langite crystals on white hemimorphite. Minor green schulenbergite(?). Linarite to the right of the photo. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0779 Anatase, Solumsasen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
Tiny anatase crystals in vughs. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9104 JP2622 Brizziite, Sulphur, Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type Locality. Pale pinkish platy crystals of brizziite on yellow sulphur. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8046 M555 Ilvaite, Friedelite, Pyrosmalite-(Fe), NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pinkish-red friedelite with tiny yellowish-brown pyrosmalite and black ilvaite. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU001 Franckeite, Sphalerite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Pyrite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
A mass of silver needles of franckeite with black sphalerite, purple fluorite, tan magnesite, and not in photo, pyrite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat AU001 Franckeite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
A mass of silver needles of franckeite with a little purple fluorite and tan magnesite. Specimen measures 55x40x20mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3021 Tourmaline, Trial Harbour Tip, Trial Harbour, Tasmania
Brown to black tourmaline crystals, probably schorl or fluor-schorl, but could also be foitite based on recent analyses of tourmalines from this area. Specimen measures 22x18x17mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JP3295 Peisleyite, Fluorwavellite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Massive white peisleyite finely intergrown on a μm scale with fluorwavellite. SEM shows that ‘massive peisleyite’ consists of zones of intergrown peisleyite crystals (<3 μm in size) forming mats intermixed with zones of massive ‘wavellite’...
ncat VH1031 Francisite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Bright green crystalline aggregates of this rare selenium mineral. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3082 Francevillite, Carnotite, Davidite-(La), Biotite, Radium Hill, South Australia
Yellow material labelled as francevillite or carnotite, on davidite-(La). It is most likely carnotite but would need analysis to confirm. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
7060 JL2941 Foshagite, Vesuvianite, Chesney Vale, Rural City of Benalla, Victoria
White foshagite with yellow-green vesuvianite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Specimen measures 12x8x5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4578 Formanite-(Y), Cooglegong pegmatite field, Shaw River District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia
Type Locality. Cluster of crude black crystals. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD116 Imiterite, Dolomite, Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
Type Locality. Prismatic crystals of imiterite on dolomite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD4 Fettelite, Proustite, Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
Tiny red thin platy crystals of fettelite, a rare mercury-silver mineral, with prismatic red proustite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution.
ncat JP2230 Imiterite, Silver, Acanthite, Dolomite, Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Silver minerals on a dolomite matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Native silver photo: Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Acanthite and imiterite photo: Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 29 images. Imiterite photo:...
ncat JP2227 Proustite, Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Small red twinned proustite crystals in a cavity. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4019 Xanthoconite, Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Sharp dark crystal. Ex Robert Kurcbart. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3518 Proustite, Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Small red crystals in cavities in quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15 Thortveitite, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Dark green-brown partially terminated crystal frozen in matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP547 Kolbeckite, Schlarbaum quarry, Klause, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
A single white cluster of crystals on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5035 Thortveitite, Varenche Mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
Pale blue crystals, typical for this locality. Ex Carlo Alciati. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1163 Kolbeckite, Schlarbaum quarry, Klausen, Bad Gleichenberg, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Clusters of white bladed crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH647 Fluorite, Womobi Mine, Thologolong, Towong Shire, Victoria
A vein of purple fluorite in matrix. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection. Specimen measures 28x22x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7053 JL2618 Fluorite, Rockbridgeite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Tiny purple crystals of fluorite embedded in matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1997. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3315 Bismuthinite, Fluorite, Princess Mine, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Silver metallic bismuthinite on green fluorite that fluoresces under longwave UV. Specimen measures 13x15x7mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
2501 Fluorite, Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Break O’Day municipality, Tasmania
Dark purple, almost black botryoidal fluorite. Specimen measures 20x18x8mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD214 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Pale green fluorite with a darker core, preferentially coated with drusy quartz crystals. The pale green fluorite fluoresces more strongly than the darker core. Specimen measures 46x30x14mm. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat AU002 Fluorite, Minium, Pyromorphite, Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Tiny colourless fluorite crystals with red minium in a void that would have originally been a galena crystal. Also present, colourless to white acicular (calcium-rich?) pyromorphite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images....
ncat VHD7, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A small ore specimen comprising purple fluorite (fluorescent), chalcopyrite, and small amounts of galena and sphalerite. Specimen measures 22x20x20mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW202 Lazurite, Sodalite, Afghanistan
Blue lazurite with grey sodalite (hackmanite) that fluoresces orange. Width 48mm. Check out the Fluorescent Mineral Reveal on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbe_9ddRFj4
4843 Woodwardite, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
Pale blue crust of this uncommon copper aluminium sulphate species. Width of specimen 11mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4466 Quartz, Chlorite, West Caradon Mine, Crow’s Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
A single long thin quartz crystal in a vugh with dark blackish-green chlorite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1527 Olivenite, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
Olive-green prismatic crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1519 Olivenite, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
Olive-green prismatic crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR05 Magnesiopascoite, Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Stacked plates of orange magnesiopascoite crystals. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 87 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR05 Roweite, Olshanskyite, Andradite, Shijiangshan mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia, China
Tan roweite with colourless olshanskyite. Also present, tiny green andradite crystals. Width of view 38mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1283 Perovskite, Andradite, Chlorite, Actinolite, Perovskite Peak, San Benito Peak, San Benito Co., California, USA
Three stepped black perovskite crystals with brown centres, and smaller black melanite andradite garnets. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0772 Calcite, Natrolite, Glenarm, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Colourless calcite crystals that fluoresce white and produce a strong green afterglow when the UV light is removed. Also prismatic colourless natrolite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Probably from the Little...
20122 Potassium
1 gram of potassium metal 99.8% pure in glass vial under mineral oil. The mineral oil prevents but doesn’t entirely stop the oxidization of the potassium metal, hence the purple hue.
ncat OW307 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Corner Pocket, Watercourse Rise, Watercourse Extension Drift, Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Collected September 1994. Pink rhombs of rhodochrosite with a couple of quartz crystals and a group of small pyrite crystals, all on a cluster of tetrahedrite crystals. Width of the specimen 18mm. Stack of 65...
ncat JP1065 Fluorite, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Lots of colourless fluorite crystals that fluoresce pink, on a solid fluorite matrix that fluoresces blue. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat JP365 Quartz, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Colourless quartz crystals that appear to have formed on another mineral that has since gone. There is a partial gap between the bottom of the quartz plate and the rest of the matrix. Width of...
ncat JP0364 Pyromorphite, Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Tiny green prisms of pyromorphite an a cavity of fluorite. The top half of the specimen is all massive fluorite and the bottom half, massive barite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click...
ncat JP281 Fluorite, Galena, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Cube-octahedral galena crystals on and in colourless to slightly hint of green cubes of fluorite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat CA Pyromorphite, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Small lustrous hexagonal green prisms. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5128 Pentagonite, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
A cluster of pentagonite crystals with tiny fibres of mordenite and a few little white calcite crystals. Ex Ed Richards. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a...
0074 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Hackly silver-rich gold in fluorite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0073 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Hackly silver-rich gold in mostly grey fluorite with a hint of purple. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0053 Fluorite, Pyrite, Siderite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Colourless fluorite cubes that fluoresce blue under longwave ultraviolet, partially coated with siderite. Tiny pyrite crystals also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
1829 Atacamite, Malachite, Fluorite, Dickite, Goethite, Quartz, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
A bit of layering here. The bottom layer is quartz crystals, and they are completely covered in goethite. Next is white dickite. On top of the dickite are colourless-grey fluorite cubes (not fluorescent). These in...
ncat VH477 Fluorite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
A cluster of rounded fluorite crystals with blue to yellow zoning. Fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet, but not strongly so. A hint of green fluorescence in patches under shortwave ultraviolet. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Specimen is...
ncat VHD15 Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Barite, Pyrite, Ernest Henry Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Lots of chalcopyrite crystals on small purple cubes of fluorite and red-fluorescing double-terminated calcite crystals. A few small yellow barite crystals also present. Even smaller pyrite crystals are sprinkled on the barite, and to a...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Light purple over some green fluorite octahedral crystals to 10mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 59mm wide. Click on the image below...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark purple over green fluorite octahedral crystals to 8mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 53mm wide. Click on the image below for...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, South of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark purple fluorite octahedral crystals to 25mm with iron-stained quartz. The fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Specimen measures 52mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW309 Fluorite, south of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark purple fluorite octahedral crystals to 20mm with iron-stained quartz. The fluorite exhibits patchy blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. Specimen measures 50mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.