6040 Diopside, Prehnite, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Good prismatic crystals of colourless prehnite with green diopside. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
6039 Antlerite, Gypsum, Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Dark green crystals of antlerite with colourless gypsum crystals. Ex Brian Shelton Collection (No. A30-2), ex John Batterbee Collection. From Bench C-2.
6038 Asbecasite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung (Monte Cervandone) area, Kriegalp Valley, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Type locality. Partial orange crystal.
6037 Bannisterite, Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Gwynedd, Wales
Type locality. Brown patches. Ex Richard Tayler Minerals, Cobham, Surrey
6036 Hilarionite, Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines, St Constantine, Lavrion, Greece
Type locality. Greenish yellow acicular sprays. Formerly known as kankite from this locality.
6035 Sailaufite, Braunite, Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Hasbach, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Type locality for sailaufite. Reddish black crystals with black beraunite.
6033 Richelsdorfite, Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
Bright blue plates on matrix.
6032 Laurentianite, Pyrite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Tiny white and clear slim elongated prisms with red-brown coating on pyrite. Only a small quantity of this material was collected by one collector and very little of it was saved.
6031 Studtite, Phosphuranylite, Saleeite, Almerindo mine, Linapolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pale yellow fibres of studtite on matrix with bright yellow crusts made up of a mixture of phosphuranylite and saleeite. Studtite is a very unusual uranium species because it is the only known mineral that...
6028 Pyrolusite, Teny Cape, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ex Michigan Tech collection specimen 4191 with label (an older label referring to the institution by its older name, Michigan College of Mines, used up to 1925). Also has a Seaman Museum label on the...
6027 Gratonite, Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Vintage micromount: A superb 4x3mm display face specimen of Gratonite from its type locality, Cerro do Pasco, Peru. It was once a duplicate in the collection (later bequeathed the Smithsonian) of the late Neal Yedlin....
6023 Elbaite, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dark pink crystal (rubellite). Ex Wright’s Rockshop. Chris Wright has since passed.
6022 Elbaite, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Pink crystal (rubellite). Ex Harold A. Noble Collection, ex SD Gems(?). Harold Noble was part owner of Anita Mine in 1958 see http://www.mindat.org/loc-55919.html
6020 Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex Al Ordway No. 188. Gift from D. Pohl. Dark blue crystals
6019 Silver, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan Department, Honduras
Arborescent silver group, no matrix
6018 Elbaite, Pala Chief Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex Al Ordway. Blue-capped pink crystal. Repaired
6017 Elbaite, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell’Elba, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
Type locality. Ex Willard Perkins. Green and pink zoned crystal
6016 Hureaulite, Cigana claim (Jocao claim), Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pink crystals. Ex Hawthorneden thumbnail
6015 Vanadinite, Wulfenite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Vanadinite pseudo (epimorph) after wulfenite. Collected ca 1978
6014 Fluorite, Hematite, Quartz, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Intense blue fluorite cubes on massive brown hematite with tiny colourless quartz crystals in cavities in the hematite
6013 Metalodavite, Riviaral, Lodave, Harault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Type locality. Pale yellow crystals. Ex Dr Fred P. d’Esopo Collection via William Pinch
6012 Vandendriesscheite, Palette Mine, South Alligator Valley Mineral Field, Northern Territory
Bright yellow crystals mounted on cork pedestal.
6011 Rruffite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Type locality. Sky blue crystals
6009 Tavorite, Giniite, Sandamab pegmatite, Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Type locality for giniite. Tavorite green, giniite black
6008 Stratlingite, Mayener Feld, Southern lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Germany
Type locality. Colourless crystals in viens
6007 Titanowodginite, Muscovite, Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Type locality. Black-brown crystals in mica matrix
6006 Weinebeneite, Spodumene prospect, Brandracken, Carinthia, Austria
Type locality. No matrix group of crystals.
6005 Kidwellite, Beraunite, Coon Creek Mine, Shady, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
Pale green tufts on spheres. Ex Al Kidwell
6004 Asisite, Hausmannite, Quartz, Kombat Mine, Namibia
Bright red crystals in hausmannite and quartz matrix
6003 Sylvanite, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Loose crystal aggregate. Bought at Tucson 2012
6001 Pertlikite, Krausite, Coquimbite, Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Chile
Described as pertlikite-(Zn) as yellow cubes. Krausite as colourless or white prismatic crystals. Coquimbite as lilac crystals and matrix.
5492 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Hiromi Yamasaki.
5488 Mangano-ferri-eckermannite, Tanohata mine, Tanohata, Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Hiromi Yamasaki. Formerly kôzulite.
5485 Edingtonite, Moorswood Quarry, Dysgwylfa Hill, Shropshire, England
Bernie & Margaret Day
5484 Edingtonite, Moorswood Quarry, Dysgwylfa Hill, Shropshire, England
Bernie & Margaret Day
5483 Prehnite, Thomsonite, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Epimorph after laumontite. John Geiges. Collected by Eric Stanchich in 2007
5481 Millerite, Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England
Bernie & Margaret Day Collection. Kevin Johns
5479 Calcite, Rowrah (Eskett) Quarry, Rowrah, Cumbria
Bernie & Margaret Day
5477 Heulandite, Sgurr nam Boc, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Bernie & Margaret Day Collection. Rock-site.co.uk, now Steetley Minerals – Peter Briscoe
5477 Barytocalcite, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Bernie & Margaret Day Collection. Rock-site.co.uk, now Steetley Minerals – Peter Briscoe
5476 Pyromorphite, Force Craig Mine, Cumbria, England
Bernie & Margaret Day
5475 Dundasite, Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England
Bernie & Margaret Day
5437 Smithsonite, Wetgrove Mine, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England
Epimorph after calcite
5377 Struvite, Newberyite, Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria
JL1332 Struvite altering to newberyite. Ex Museum Victoria
5373 Malachite, Calcite, Breadon Hill, Marree, South Australia
JL1547. Barry Porter $2
5372 Gold, Barossa Goldfields, South Australia
JL1374. Geoff Randall $5
5371 Gold, Fluorite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania
JL1376. Geoff Randall $5
5367 Pyromorphite, Black Star Open Cut, Mt Isa, Queensland
JL1176. Ex Museum Victoria
5365 Hedenbergite, Bustamite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
JL0808. Milton Lavers
5361 Siderite, Pioneer Quarry, Narre Warren, Victoria
JL0685 Basket Weave
5360 Vesuvianite, Inverell, New South Wales
JL1071 Barraba? Karl Schultz
5358 Pyrite, Barite, West Head, Flinders, Victoria
JL0942. Frank Robinson
5357 Coronadite, Anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
JL1142. Barry Porter 50c
5351 Pyrite, Damon Mound, Damon, Brazoria Co., Texas
Collected by Al Kidwell
5341 Barytocalcite, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Sir Arthur Russell Collection
5340 Tennantite, Mt Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
A E Seaman Mineral Museum
5339 Hematite, Pyrite, Moonta Mines, South Australia
A E Seaman Mineral Museum (Donor T Lipton Hancock)
5304 Zoisite, Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
Faceted tanzanite gem 0.47 carats
5299 Euchlorine, Fedotovite, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Green euchlorine on matrix in vial
5298 Kentbrooksite, Burpala, Eastern-Siberia, Russia
Brown couloured kentbrooksite in a matrix
5294 Hematite, Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina (pseudo after magnetite)
Purchased at my first Tucson show for $4.00.
5288 Gonnardite, Analcime, Dunnstown, near Ballarat, Victoria
Minsoc Xmas Auction
5285 Scheelite, Quartz, Yao Gan Xian Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Province, China
Minsoc Xmas Auction
5265 Sodalite, Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)
Hackmanite Rough & Cut. Fluoresces orange.