1276 Sonoraite, Emmonsite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Single platey crystal of yellowish sonoraite with green emmonsite.
1274 Chalcocite, Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Collected in 1820 and acquired from the Captain Sara Collection by Brian Shelton , a beautiful well-formed thumbnail with classic silvery black chalcocite crystals on a quartz matrix.
1270 Barite, Snuff Horn Lead Shaft, Old Moulds Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Pennines, North Yorkshire, England
A little miniature specimen from early old small shaft workings in the Moulds area. Translucent to clear small ‘spear tip’ baryte crystals in a baryte matrix. Specimen is 30x29mm.
1258 Cerussite, Goldscope Mine, Newlands Valley, Braithwaite District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
White micro jack straw cerussite crystals on quartz matrix. From one of the most recognisable locations in the Lake District. The Goldscope workings, now protected, date back to the late Elizabethan 16th Century.
1248 Sphalerite, Quartz, Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
Quartz epimorph after sphalerite(?) with lustrous sphalerite crystals.
1244 Barite, White Coppice Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Tiny white micro spear baryte crystals on matrix. A rarely offered location specimen from central Lancashire.
1240 Cuprite, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copper crystals showing dissolution features. Ex Arthur L Flagg Collection, 1937. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1237 Cuprite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
Lustrous red cuprite crystals. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1235 Delafossite, Cuprite, Vaalhoek Mine (Valhoek Mine), Pilgrim’s Rest, Pilgrim’s Rest District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Dark delafossite matrix with red cuprite crystals. Ex Arthur L Flagg Collection, 1950s. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection. Labelled as Vaalhoek Mine, Transvaal.
1229 Vauxite, Paravauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosi Department, Bolivia
Type Locality for both species. Light blue vauxite and aqua green paravauxite. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1224 Gold, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Gold in matrix, 10x5mm. Ex Roland Fogg MM Collection, 1971. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1221 Silver, McMillanville (McMillanville District), Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
A dense aggregate of native silver wires, 9x6mm. Ex Roland Fogg MM Collection, 1967. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1219 Calcite, after Aragonite, Fort Collins area, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA
Pseudomorph. Labelled as calcite ps hanksite, Larimer Co., California. Described as rarely seen pseudomorph with label indication that it was in the American Museum Natural History and dated 12/11/78. Diameter is 2.5 cm. There are...
1217 Platinum, Tuba River, Western Siberia, Russia
Several dozen of these little nuggets, at least, mounted on a square of stiff yellow paper glued to the top of a cork pedestal in a two piece black plastic micromount display case. From the...
1215 Sugilite, Norrishite, Hoskins mine, Grenfell, Forbes Co., New South Wales
Purple specs of sugilite with brownish-black norrishite. Ex Joan Lamond specimen 3165. Joan acquired it from the Melbourne Museum in 1999.
1189 Variscite, Beauvoir quarry, Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Prismatic colourless crystals. Superb!
1167 Bastnaesite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Well-formed hexagonal plates.
1159 Klebelsbergite, Sulphur, Stibnite, Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
White needles of klebelsbergite with yellow sulphur on stibnite. Have previous Jrgen label.
1156 Dundasite, Hemma adit, Schwall, Zeltschach, Friesach – Huttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria
White sprays on gossan. Have previous Jrgen label.
1142 Gismondine, Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
White octahedral crystals with greenish pyroxene.
1118 Cuprite, Gypsum, Cobaltoan Calcite, Mutooroo Mine, Pine Creek – Mutooroo area, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia
Single gypsum blade with well-formed cuprite crystals on pink calcite. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection.
1104 Kozyrevskite, Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
This NEW SPECIES occurs as very tiny, grass-green to light green aggregates of coarse prismatic to acicular crystals on volcanic scoria, typically with darker green undefined Cu-sulfates and occasionally black tenorite. Formula: Cu4O(AsO4)2 ? orthorhombic...
1098 Kolwezite, Cobaltoan Calcite, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Tufts of acicular green crystals on pink cobaltoan calcite.
1095 Ettringite, Wessels Mine (Wessel’s Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Yellow unusual almost tabular flattened prismatic crystals. Acquired at the 2013 Artisan’s Festival, Ballarat.
1089 Azurite, Malachite, Anglesite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp distinct crystals of azurite, and lesser anglesite, on malachite. Previously in the Terry Enwright collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
1073 Chlorapatite, South Dakota, USA
ex H.Worner Collection #63
1069 Azurite, Malachite, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Minor malachite balls on bladed azurite. Previously in the Terry Enwright collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
1065 Beryl (Aquamarine), Mendes Pimentel, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Single pale greenish rounded thumbnail crystal. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
1064 Stibnite, Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan
Thumbnail group of three interlocking crystals, previously in the Brian Shelton collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
1062 Copper, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona
A mass of solid copper, whose crystallization is mostly crude. However a few distinct crystals reaching 1.1 cm are present. This specimen is almost completely free of green patina. Weighs 164 grams. 6.1×5.0x 3.3cm from...
1061 Copper, Bisbee, Arizona
A mass of solid copper, whose crystallization is mostly crude. However a few distinct crystals reaching 1.1 cm are present. This specimen is almost completely free of green patina. Weighs 164 grams. 6.1×5.0x 3.3cm from...
1059 Mendipite, Hydrocerussite, Cerussite, Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England
Specimen measures 3.3×3.1×1.8cm and is affixed with mineral tack on a white plastic square. It bears the label of the late and legendary David Shannon with a notation that he sold it in October, 1989.
1046 Corundum (Sapphire), Anamushi alluvials, Kashiba City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
About 20 1mm gem blue zoned sapphires from a placer deposit.