ncat WD102 Scheelite, Ferberite, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Scheelite on ferberite, 32x30x20mm. Shown under shortwave (left), white light (centre) and longwave (right).
4174 Forsterite, “Lomu Islands”, Tonga
The so-called “Lomu Islands” rose up above the surface of the sea due to eruptions in 2000. There were calls to name them as such after the All Blacks rugby player Jonah Lomu, but this...
1610 Turquoise, Fluellite, Wavellite, Fairview Quarry, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Pinkish-yellowish blocky fluellite crystals with sugary pale greenish turquoise. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0285 Wavellite, Minyulite, Fluellite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Blocky fluellite crystals looking brown due to transmitted matrix colour, white acicular wavellite and colourless flat-lying prismatic crystals of minyulite. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...
4920 Finnemanite, Willemite, Chalcophanite, Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Puttapa mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Grey hexagonal tabular crystals of finnemanite with long prisms of willemite, and metallic chalcophanite. Ex Barry Shubert Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JP299 Axinite-(Fe), Ferro-actinolite, Ferro-tschermakite, Tremolite, Andradite, Dookie Mineralogical Reserve quarry, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Purple axinite crystals with green ferro-actinolite or actinolite(?), felted brown ferro-tschermakite, and pale tremolite(?). Also present, lemon-green andradite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat BE23 Ferrosilite, Ilmenite, Andesine, Fluorapatite, Rollinsons quarry, Malmsbury, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
Brown prismatic ferrosilite crystals with tan andesine, platy ilmenite, and acicular fluorapatite needles. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BAA Richterite, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Three small crystals without matrix. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Crystal in photo is 7mm long.
20112 Cerianite-(Ce), Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
Pale greenish-yellow crust of cerianite on white quartz. Ex Gerald Spinks Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20113 M3164 Kegelite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
A tiny fragment of this rare sheet silicate. Type Locality. Ex Gerald Spinks Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 16 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1322 Stibiotantalite, Muiâne pegmatite (Muiâne mine; Emdal mines), Muiane-Naipa group, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Yellow to greenish to black sand-sized grains of stibiotantalite in a small glass vial with a metal cap. The cap is stamped with Rudolph Flume Berlin. The vial is 20mm long.
ncat RC Ferroaluminoceladonite, Sellaite, Beryl, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Creamy white pearly ferroaluminoceladonite with blue beryl and grey sellaite on a skeletal quartz matrix. Width of view 32mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2457 Ferro-actinolite, Martins Point, Cygnet district, Huon-Channel region, Huon Valley municipality, Tasmania
Tiny prismatic sprays of dark green-black crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1436 Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Quartz, Mount Moliagul, Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria
Yellow-green ferrimolybdite with probable orange jarosite on quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH570 Ferrierite-Mg, Heulandite Unanderra, New South Wales
Small white tufts of ferrierite on colourless heulandite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1480 Ferrierite-Mg, Wollongong Council Quarry, Unanderra, Camden Co., New South Wales
A spray of white crystals with a yellow core. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4579 Fergusonite-(Y), Mukinbudin Quarry, Western Australia
Tiny yellow crystals. Ex Excalibur Minerals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3529 Felsőbányaite, Coimadai Antimony Mine, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
White crystalline groups on slate. Collected by me in 2003. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA2 Felsőbányaite, Coimadai Antimony Mine, Pyrites Creek, Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool Shire, Victoria
Globular creamy-white coating on slate. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2821 Faustite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Pale blue botryoidal faustite with a few tiny glassy colourless wardite crystals, and metallic hematite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
2045 Faustite, Iron Monarch, Iron Knob, South Australia
Pale sky blue hemispheres with white cores of copper-bearing faustite. The outer portions may grade to zinc-bearing turquoise. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
20111 Fluorapatite, Cassiterite, Arsenopyrite, Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
A cluster of yellow-green apatite crystals with the largest 31mm wide, with minor cassiterite and arsenopyrite. The apatite exhibits orange zoned fluorescence. Ex Barry Porter Collection. Ex Mike and Coralie Fisher Collection. Click on the...
5362 JL933 Sulphur, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Yellow crystals of sulphur on carbonised wood. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1990 from Arthur Roffey. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
0306 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Mindat lists erionite-K and erionite-Ca, with the latter the only one tested (Rruff). Isolated prisms and small groups of colourless erionite in a vugh. Received in mail-trades in the 1980s with Jocelyn Thornton (New Zealand)....
ncat JP0828 Erionite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
An aesthetic spray of hexagonal erionite prisms. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0826 Phillipsite-K, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Twinned phillipsite crystals. These clearly show the twinning planes. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0291 Phillipsite-K, Calcite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Twinned phillipsite crystals on and with calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0259 Quartz, Calcite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
From the Moeraki Point quarry. Small colourless quartz on white calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1735 Eudialyte Group, Sanidine, and Andradite, Syenite Dyke, Langdons point, Cygnet, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania
Pink grains of eudialyte or manganoeudialyte with/in andradite, and phenocrysts of sanidine in a green groundmass. Other species likely present but would need analysis to confirm. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75. Click on...
ncat TX Eucryptite, Albite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Eucryptite and albite as massive white crystalline material. Pale pink may be cookeite. Specimen measures 75x55x30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1225 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Smolyaninovite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland
Deep dark red prismatic crystals of erythrite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 160 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MARXX Lavendulan, Erythrite, Cobaltaustinite, Cobaltite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Pink erythrite (look closely, some crystals are bent), blue lavendulan and olive-green cobaltaustinite. Cobaltite crystals are present, enbedded in the matrix, but not in this image. First photo: Width of view 7.66mm. Stack of 85...
ncat AU002 1700 Erythrite, Cobaltite, Calcite, Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland
A few pieces. Erythrite occurring as a pink alteration of cobaltite crystals, which are embedded in fluorescent calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below...
0940 Erythrite, Smolyaninovite after Cobaltite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
A mass of deep pink erythrite crystals. Also present (in matrix and not shown) is tan smolyaninovite pseudomorphing a cobaltite crystal. Gift from Bernie Day, December 1992. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images....
0344 Erythrite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Long prismatic pink crystals, one with a distinct bend in it. Width of view 5mm. Photo published in Australian Journal of Mineralogy 21(1). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW214 Erythrite after Cobaltite, Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Pink erythrite pseudomorphing cobaltite. Ex Ron and Betty Wallace Collection. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9003 JP2390 Erythrite, Roselite?, Cobaltite, Hörnesite, Heterogenite, Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Sharp pink erythrite crystals and masses. Cobaltite as cubes mostly replaced by tan hörnesite. Black/purplish heterogenite. Ex Jo Price Collection. First image: Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below...
0400 Erythrite, Carlow Castle Mine, Roebourne, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Tiny pink aggregates of erythrite crystals. Collected by John Carey. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 125 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1515 Erythrite, Mount Howden Mine, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Olary Province, South Australia
Erythrite as deep pink crystals and pale pink botryoidal cobalt bloom with unidentified lilac patches. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD120 Ernstite, St John’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Brown crystals identified as ernstite by the late Vince Peisley. There has been doubt cast on the validity of ernstite at this locality, as the original material can not be found, and subsequent pieces analysed...
ncat AA O13 Erionite, Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Silky overgrowths of erionite (labelled as offretite) on levyne crystals. Ex Lesley and Doug Ball Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0920 Levyne-Na, Calcite, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Silky erionite overgrowths clearly showing on broken levyne crystal with grey calcite crystal (the calcite is 6mm tall). Adjacent vugh is lined with thomsonite and has tiny chabazite crystals sprinkled over it. Stack of 80...
ncat OW302 Erionite, Clinoptilolite-Na, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
Tiny colourless hexagonal prisms of erionite (sizes in photo captions). Click on the images for a higher resolution version.
5810 Solongoite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Colourless to white massive material, partially fluorescent pink under longwave UV (likely calcite as it bubbles readily in vinegar – see last photo). 23x17x8mm. Stack of 45 images (white light) and 21 (UV). Click on...
5809 Berthierite, Quartz, Nakase mine (Nakaze mine), Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Long thin prismatic metallic crystals with quartz crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5808 A2985 6666m Fluorite, Quartz, Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Blue fluorescent purple octahedral crystals on quartz. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex Carl Stazak. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5807 A2983 672marps Fluorite, Siderite, Pyrite, K Feldspar, Albite, Granite Mountain Quarry #1, Granite Mountain Area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Octahedral fluorite colourless through to a fracture, then pale purple-grey over the rest of the crystal. Blue fluorescence. Hemisphere of brown siderite(?), rounded pyrite, and colourless albite, all on pinkish-tan K feldspar. Ex Art Smith...
5806 A2964 680marps Fluorite, Pyrophanite, Aegirine (Acmite), Albite, Holiday Inn Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Purple fluorite cluster and isolated crystals with green needles of aegirine, brown pseudohexagonal pyrophanite, and colourless albite crystals, all in a white albite matrix. Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1986). Width of view 8.63mm....
5805 A2980 523marps Fluorite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Albite, Pyrophanite, Natrolite(?), Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry), Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystalson albite with greenish chlorite, white prismatic crystals of natrolite(?), colourless quartz, and brown pyrophanite. Also on specimen magnetite, Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1979). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
5804 A2968 7528m Fluorite, Hemimorphite, Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England, UK
Yellow hemimorphite crystals on colourless cubes of fluorite. The yellow is likely due to iron staining. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex Nick Peters (UK). Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the...
5803 A2967 8843m Fluorite, Quartz, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
A single colourless fluorite (fluoresces) on quartz, with a quartz crystal on one face. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex N. Peters. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images (white light) and 11 (UV). Click...
ncat JP345 Montgomeryite, Whitlockite, Fluorapatite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Colourless rhombs of whitlockite on orange bladed montgomeryite, it partially coated by white balls of fluorapatite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the...
ncat JP340 Whitlockite, Childrenite-Eosphorite, Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Transparent tan-coloured rhombohedral crystals of whitlockite with prismatic crystals of childrenite? Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Edit: May be eosphorite rather than childrenite (or somewhere in the series)....
ncat JP355, Bermanite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Red-brown to blackish crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP882, Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA
Sharp pale lilac crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 180 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1181 Libethenite, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Typical green crystals. Type Locality. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL0571 Lazulite, Whiteite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Dark blue lazulite crystals with tan whiteite and colourless quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
3497 Akaganeite, Maghemite, Goethite, Lepidocrocite, Cohenite, Schreibersite, Nandan Meteorite, Lihu, Nandan, China
Fragments of meteorite in a capsule, magnetic. Width of view 5.75mm.
ncat 221640993 IAB-MG iron Meteorite, Campo del Cielo meteorite, Gancedo, Doce de Octubre Department, Chaco Province, Argentina
“Alien-Shape” meteorite. Longest dimension 9mm. Estimated to have fallen 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. Composition is metallic nickel-iron and a few sulphides, carbides, and phosphides (normal for iron meteorites), and it also contains silicate inclusions....
5673 Elbaite, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Single green terminated crystal 13mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ER1 Cavansite, Stilbite-Ca, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
Superb blue cavansite with tiny colourless stilbite crystals. In some light, the cavansite is more green. My camera really struggles to capture the colour correctly too. Width of cavansite spray is 15mm. Click on the...
ncat ER5 Andesine, Iwo Jima (Iou-to), Volcano Islands, Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Ex Andrew Hodgson. Ex Minerals Unlimited.
ncat ER5 Pyrosmalite-(Mn), Kyurasawa mine (Kyuurasawa; Kyurazawa), Ashio, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
A pale brown crystalline mass of this fairly rare silicate without matrix. Obtained by Andrew Hodgson from Richard Tayler Minerals in July 1987.
ncat ER5 Epidote-Sr, Ananai mine, Nankoku city, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Obvious pinkish massive and small veins in 1.5cm. Type Locality.
ncat ER5 Frohbergite, Tellurite, Kobetsuzawa mine (Obetsuzawa mine), Nishi-ku, Sapporo City, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Silvery-grey inclusions of frohbergite in fine-grained matrix, with attractive glassy yellow crystals of tellurite.
ncat OX-T501 Anatase, Fujikawachi, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Location in Japanese 大分県 南海部郡 藤河内
ncat TM-327 Pyrite, Quartz, Tenjyouzawa Mine, Shioya, Shioya District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Location in Japanese 栃木県塩谷郡塩谷町天上沢鉱山
ncat Veszelyite, Haiyama quarry, Ishibe, Konan City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Blue crystals and crusts. There are some nice small crystals towards the top right of the photo. Width of specimen 12mm. Stack of 85 images. Location in Japanese 滋賀県湖南市石部町灰山 Click on the image below for...
ncat AA5 Muscovite after Cordierite-Indialite intergrowth, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Sakura in bloom,A fleeting moment of joy,A petal’s gentle kiss. Sakura Ishi – Cherry Blossom Stone. Muscovite mica pseudomorphs of complex cordierite-indialite intergrowths. Width 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat ANK T8 Topaz, Wombat Creek, Strathbogie Ranges, Strathbogie Shire, Victoria
Single pale blue crystal 9mm tall. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon #T8. Acquired by them from “Glad” (Rangott?, Jackson?). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK F48 Fluorite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Bluffton, Richland Township, Allen Co., Ohio, USA
Purple fluorite tabular crystals (one axis is shorter than the other two) with very tiny modifications on the corners (modified by the trapezohedron). Colourless to greyish white dolomite crystals (matrix is a dolostone). Tiny pyrite...
ncat Chalcophanite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Hexagonal silver crystals with other manganese phases. 2022 mining. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
2022 production. Crystals 22mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
2022 production. Longest crystal is 30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2320 Epistilbite, Tabors Road, Margate, Tasmania
Non-descript looking material. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3057 Epidote, Quartz, Walsh Point, Port Warrender, Mitchell Plateau Deposit, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Lustrous wheatsheaf sprays of green epidote topped with a few colourless quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. 15mm wide. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD11, Epidote, Spriggs Bore, Harts Range, Northern Territory
A cluster of lustrous green epidote crystals 29mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW401 Epidote, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single larger than usual green epidote crystal, 50mm long. Probably Entia Valley. Ex Arthur Roffey Collection 453. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Epidote, Biggenden Mine, Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Twinned(?) green epidote crystals in massive white calcite that fluoresces bright orange-red. Collected in September 1994 by Margaret Brown. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 97 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat AA2 Epidote, Quartz, Old Mount Riddock Homestead Mine, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
Prismatic green epidote on quartz. Ex John and Betty Weir. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0573 Epidote, No.34, Entia Valley, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single very dark crystal 15mm long. It shows just a hint of green with very strong lighting. Stack of 40 images.. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1492 Epidote, Quartz, Kalumburu Station, Kimberley, Western Australia
Labelled as Kalumburu Station, but would be the well-known Mitchell Plateau. A sheaf-shaped aggregate of epidote crystals with minor drusy quartz. 18mm tall. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
1507 Pyrite, Epidote, Andradite, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
A green epidote crystal impaled on pyrite, all on dark brown andradite garnet. Presumably, the epidote interrupted the growth of the pyrite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below...
1607 Titanite, Epidote, Actinolite, Albite, Chlorite, Huonville Station, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Prismatic green epidote crystals with dark green actinolite and yellowish-green titanite, the latter two not in the photo. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. (First image) Click on the image below for a...
7320 JL3151 Epidote, Stockdale Quarry, Maffra, Wellington Shire, Victoria
Labelled as Briagolong. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Doug Gaw at the 1999 Waverley Show. Width of View 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0761 Eosphorite, Meurigite, Cyrilovite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Dark brown prismatic crystals with pale yellow fibrous meurigite-K, and tiny bright yellow cyrilovite. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5370 JL1172 Eosphorite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Brown prismatic crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection #1172. Ex Museum Victoria. Specimen is 10mm wide. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3418 Pseudobrookite, Enstatite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Transparent thin bladed tan crystals of enstatite with pseudobrookite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 220 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3371 Enstatite, Hematite, Pseudobrookite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Brown crystals of enstatite with minor pseudobrookite and hematite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat SA9 1424 Emplectite, Kaolinite, Sphalerite, Quartz, Mount Gunson, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
Parallel aggregates of grey, partly tarnished crystals with white kaolinite. Ex Mal Annells Collection #1424. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 99 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4624 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green crystal fragment 19mm long with interesting parallel growth faces. The C axis runs from left to right. Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4623 Elbaite, Lepidolite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Gemmy blue terminated crystal 14mm long with lepidolite at the termination (crystal shown “upside down”). Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4620 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal 14.5mm long, green with a black cap. Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4618 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single 15mm long terminated crystal, mostly green then a small blue section and a black cap. Collected by Vince Peisley. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1320 Elbaite, Giles Elbaite pegmatite, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A gemmy green elbaite crystal that has been broken and later healed, but offset. Ex Jo Price Collection. Crystal is 8.5mm tall. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA5 M3882 Elbaite, Cattlin Creek Pegmatite, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Opaque pink “rubellite” crystals with pale green cores frozen in matrix. Specimen is 30mm wide. Ex Bernie Day Collection #M3882. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 1963 Elbaite, Cattlin Creek pegmatite, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
Opaque bluish-green crystals with pink cores. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection #1963. Width of specimen is 48mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4296 Ecandrewsite, Melbourne Rockwell Mine, Little Broken Hill, New South Wales
Type Locality. Tiny black-brown inclusions in quartz. Associated with brown-orange almandine-spessartine. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 128 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH128 Sphalerite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
A sharp metallic black tetrahedral sphalerite crystal on white albite. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 109 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat ANK MSH126 Rhodochrosite, Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Deep sharp red-brown rhombohedral crystals, one perched on aegirine crystal. There are also colourless reticulated crystals below right of centre. Maybe albite? One small area on top of rhodochrosite (not in photo) fluoresces orange. Ex...
ncat ANK MSH87 Franconite, Actinolite, Zircon, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Franconite (white spheres), actinolite (green sprays) and brown crystals of zircon(?) that fluoresce orange. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 59 images. Click on the...
ncat ANK MSH93 Lorenzenite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Pinkish acicular crystals of lorenzenite. There are a couple of unknowns too, the pale greenish prismatic crystal and the brown material upper left (it fluoresces orange). Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre...
ncat ANK MSH147 Calcioburbankite, Petersenite-(Ce), Siderite, Hilairite(?), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
As with many MSH specimens, you don’t always know what you’ve got! White to tan calcioburbankite on hexagonal prismatic petersenite-(Ce). Many of the brown crystals, the lighter ones, are siderite, but some, the darker brown...
ncat ANK MSH65 Dawsonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless striated prisms. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Pete Richards. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 68 images. Blue sodalite (part of matrix) fluoresces a strong orange. Click on the image below for...
1191 Kanemite, La saline d’Andjia, Kanem Region (Khanem), Chad
Tiny piece in a capsule. Type Locality.
ncat RB Gold, Ecuador
Labelled simply “Plateau Mining Co., Ecuador”, this specimen came from a collection acquired by Richard Bell. Obviously, Plateau Mining Co. isn’t a locality, but a company, so the starting point is simply Ecuador. After a...
ncat ANK MSH44 Eudialyte, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Rootbeer brown crystal. It is labelled as eudialyte but it is not known if it has been analysed. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich, collected May 2007. Width of view 5.75mm....
ncat ANK MSH137 Neighborite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small cluster of brown cubes. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH71 Pectolite, Phlogopite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Phlogopite pseudohexagonal plates on prismatic colourless pectolite. Pectolite crystals have zoned fluorescence, pink with blue caps. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Comparison image...
ncat ANK MSH81 Burbankite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Yellow “reverse sceptre” burbankite. Second photo ilmenite and burbankite. Calcite also present on specimen. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 18 images (burbankite). Stack of...
1693 Elbaite, Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes, Western Australia
Prismatic green crystals frozen in quartz matrix. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH123 Epididymite, Franconite, Analcime, Muscovite, Pyrite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless twinned epididymite with cream hemispheres of franconite(?), with tiny silver pseudohexagonal muscovite, and tiny pyrite crystals, minor albite, all on analcime. There is also a prismatic hexagonal crystal of epididymite pointing down to the...
ncat ANK MSH110 Elpidite, Gaidonnayite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Elpidite greenish and bright fluorescent green under longwave UV, gaidonnayite (not in photo) clear. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 57 images (white light) and...
ncat ANK MSH107 Serandite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Prismatic pale pink crystals. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 134 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH103 Vinogradovite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Thin tan blades. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH100 Monteregianite-(Y), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Sprays of thin grey prismatic crystals. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 95 images. Most of the matrix fluoresces orange, probably nepheline. Click on the...
ncat ANK MSH100 Hilairite, Gaidonnayite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Type Locality for hilairite. Brown hilairite with colourless/grey twinned gaidonnayite. Hilairite fluoresce green under longwave UV, but gaidonnayite doesn’t appear to respond. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view...
ncat ANK MSH1 Ferrokentbrooksite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small orange crystals. Originally labelled as kentbrooksite, but probably ferrokentbrooksite and most likely collected before that mineral was described as a new species. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean P Beckerich. Width of...
5546 Parauranophane, Rössing Uranium Mine, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Yellow prismatic crystals. Previously known as uranophane-β, now parauranophane. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 165 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2548 Senandorite, Quatrandorite, San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Labelled simply as andorite. Donnay and Donnay (1954) stated that nearly all andorite specimens from Oruro are syntaxic intergrowths of two species that they named andorite IV and andorite VI. These have now been redefined...
ncat WD217 Nagashimalite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
One tiny micro in rhodonite. Type Locality.
ncat WD217 Kannanite, Mt Kannan, Ouzu City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Tiny thin beige veins in matrix. Type Locality.
ncat WD217 Baghdadite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Two small grains in matrix.
7332 JL3714 Dypingite, Zaratite, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
White botryoidal spheres, some coloured green by nickel. Ex Joan Lamond Collection, Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1989 from John Haupt. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat VHD4 Dundasite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
White acicular clusters of dundasite with minor red crocoite. This photo clearly shows the challenge of getting clean specimens from the gossans of the mines in the area! Type Locality for dundasite. Width of view...
ncat WD216 Dundasite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Clusters of snow-white crystals on prismatic orange crocoite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4199 Dypingite, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania
Pale green to white balls of dypingite in serpentine. Ex Jack Leach Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP456 Dundasite, Crocoite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Creamy balls of dundasite with bright white tips to the crystals, and a few tiny crocoite crystals. Labelled as Red Lead Mine, this is clearly a Kapi Mine specimen. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of...
2170 Mimetite, Duftite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Yellow hexagonal mimetite roses on green duftite. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 142 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0342 Duftite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
One of the early specimens that was labelled Mount Evelyn to disguise where it actually came from. Olive-green to greenish-black crystals. Width of 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat GLEE Duftite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Vanadium-rich duftite. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 106 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD120 Dufrénite, Leucophosphite, Morinite, Cyrilovite, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Dark greenish black dufrénite with almost colourless leucophosphite. Also on specimen but not in photo, morinite and cyrilovite. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for...
4350 JL3913 Dufrénite, Strengite, Klemms Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Olive green crust of tiny crystals of dufrénite, with pinkish-white strengite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 2001. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat RN Dufrénite, Cyrilovite, Iron Duchess, Middleback Range, South Australia
Dark greenish-blue dufrenite with greenish-yellow to brown cyrilovite. Ex Barry Schubert. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5154 JL1575 Dufrénite, Hicks Quarry, Gladstone, South Australia
Very dark green crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 145 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TF Eosphorite, Saléeite, Dufrénite, Wycheproof granite quarry, Wycheproof, Buloke Shire, Victoria
Bluish-green dufrénite with brown eosphorite and highly fluorescent saléeite. Ex Pat Sutton. Dufrénite not listed in Mindat, but I assume Pat analysed. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 76 images. Click on the image below...
ncat BDMAR01 M1416 Dufrénite, Milo Mine, 30km west of Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark bluish-green zoned hemispheres. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8080 Dravite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
Brown prismatic crystals. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat XA Dravite, Henry’s Hill Wolfram Mine, near Percydale, Victoria
Prismatic translucent brown tourmaline crystal (dravite?) showing termination (right hand side), embedded in massive vein quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4002 Ferrimolybdite, Quartz, Dravite, Bischoff Extended (West Bischoff; Wheal Bischoff), Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Collected 2/2005. Brown prismatic tourmaline crystals, visually identified by Ralph Bottrill as dravite at the time of collecting, but not analysed to my knowledge. Probably better described as dravite-schorl series. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
ncat TA4 Domerockite, Dome Rock, Olary Province, South Australia
Tiny blue crystals of domerock (eg: centre of image) with green balls of conichalcite (eg two spheres top right of photo) and white kaolinite. Type Locality. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 26 images. Click...
ncat VH510 Domerockite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Pale blue tiny crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 62 images.
1609 Aluminium, Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaiyán
Fragments in a small glass vial. Width of view 2.88mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1178 Stolzite, Quartz, Alunite Supergroup, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Brown aggregate of prismatic stolzite crystals with yellow plumbogummite(?), transparent crystals and opaque aggregates, in quartz in a cavity left by galena(?). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below...
1122 Gartrellite, Carminite, Bariopharmacosiderite, Alunite Supergroup, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green crystals of gartrellite on carminite in one small vugh, and by itself in another (photo). Orange-brown cube of pharmacosiderite with an Alunite Supergroup mineral in another. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 24 images....
1141 Bariopharmacosiderite, Goethite, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green cubes of bariopharmacosiderite in a vugh in quartz that is lined with brown goethite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M166 2RG Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Aggregates of cream-coloured dolomite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of specimen 28mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Colourless stepped rhombs. Note that these crystals are similar to photos of smithsonite from this locality on Mindat, except for the colour (the smithsonite specimens have a green tint). Width of view 5mm. Stack of...
ncat WD106 Pyrite, Quartz, Dolomite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Colourless quartz with yellow dolomite and minor pyrite. Specimen measures 28x33x10mm.
1241 Dolomite, Lady Shenton Mine, Menzies, Western Australia
Colourless zoned rhombs. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 26 images Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3546 Dolomite, Pseudobrookite, Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Moyne Shire, Victoria
A tiny dolomite crystal perched on the end of a pseudobrookite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW303 Malachite, Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz, Mutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mingary, Olary Province, South Australia
A lot going on in a small space here. A layer of calcite is coated by quartz, then yellow spheres of dolomite. On top of this sits a malachite after cuprite crystal aggregate, and then...
ncat wd203 Dolomite, Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
White curved rhombs of dolomite on matrix. Labelled EZ Mine. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA2 Dolomite, South of Poolalalie Hill, Cleve, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Multiple generations of dolomite. First chocolate-coloured rhombohedra, followed by a much paler (yellow-coated) layer over the same crystals (possibly just a change in chemical composition), with a final white opaque crust here and there. Also,...
ncat AA2 Dolomite, Crosby’s Farm, Cleve, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Multiple generations of dolomite. Ex John and Betty Weir. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU002 Dolomite, Iron Duke Quarry, Whyalla, South Australia
White rhombohedra. Specimen is 60mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1080 Dolomite, Pyrite, Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, South Australia
Rhombohedral dolomite with oxidised pyrite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2143 Malachite, Dolomite, Magpie Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Green prismatic malachite crystals on iron-stained/coated dolomite rhombs. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TQ Dolomite, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory
Labelled “Rum Jungle Copper Mine”. Drill core segment 48mm in diameter from the 1960s. Dolomite crystals in a cavity. The Coomalie dolomite/magnesite dolostone is Precambrian and includes vuggy recrystallised zones (from metamorphic recrystallisation), and formed...
ncat JP3342 Djurleite, Calcite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Striated twinned djurleite crystals with calcite. The calcite fluoresces a deep pinkish-red. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4357 JL0105 Djurleite, Quartz, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond Micro Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1983 at the Adelaide Mineralogical Seminar. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU009 Roxbyite, Djurleite, Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, South Australia
Roxbyite inclusions in massive djurleite. 22x11x6mm. Type Locality for roxbyite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2012 Diopside, Yinnietharra Station, Gascoyne, Western Australia
One of three loose crystals of green diopside, this is the smallest at 6mm tall. The largest is 16mm tall. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4356 JL0104 Digenite, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond Micro Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1983 at the Adelaide Mineralogical Seminar. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5151 Rhodonite, Hübnerite, Akatore Creek, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Akatoreite locality. Ex Geoff Thomas Collection. Specimen is 70x57x28mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7142 JL 2687 Akatoreite, Rhodonite, Pyrolusite, Akatore Creek, Clutha District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria, collected by Neville Cook in 1983. 18mm wide. Labelled as Mount Titiroa but there is doubt about the locality, especially with brown akatoreite present. More likely Akatore Creek....
ncat OS007 Rhodonite, Akatore Creek, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Slab 116mm wide. Shown in normal light and backlit. Unidentified black manganese mineral, possibly pyrolusite. Backlit photo shows a band of translucent cherty material. Click on the images below for higher resolution versions.
ncat TM Cavansite, Okenite, Chabazite-Ca, Aranga Quarry, Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Blue ball of cavansite with white balls of okenite on colourless chabazite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RK Uvite, Svanbergite, Pomba Pit, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Green uvite with minor svanbergite. Width of specimen 95mm.
2208 Pyrope, Sittampundi complex, Tamil Nadu, India
One of a dozen rounded garnets. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 16 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2337 Desautelsite, Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
Orange crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Desautelsite is named after Paul Desautels (1920-1991), well-known mineral micromounter and Curator of Gems and Minerals in the Department of Mineral Sciences of the U.S....
2897 Copper, Moonta Mine, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Arborescent copper crystal group 16mm wide.
2894 Aldridgeite, Niedermayrite, Smithsonite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Type Locality for aldridgeite. Tiny pale blue acicular crystals of aldridgeite. Blue platy crystals of niedermayrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RD Boulangerite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Dickite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Dickite as tiny white tabular crystals on boulangerite and coating fluorite, with tan magnesite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
3002 “Selwynite”, Chromian Muscovite, Diaspore, Coppermine Lane, Heathcote, Victoria
Green “Selwynite”, a rock. Chromian muscovite (fuchsite) mixed with diaspore with muscovite veins. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7205 JL3709 Dickite, Atacamite, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
White dickite with dark green atacamite. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 90 images. Ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Roger Colling Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1999. Click on the image below for a higher...
3016 Dickite, Quartz, Siderite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
White dickite (analysed) with tan siderite and colourless quartz. Specimen is 56mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2822 Stolzite, Epidote, Andradite, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
Blocky zoned crystals from the original find of stolzite at Kara. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
ncat VH553 Diamond, Macquarie River, Wellington, New South Wales
Two small diamonds, one just under 3mm wide, the other just over 3mm wide. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD101 Davidite-(La), Billaroo, South Australia
Four crude crystals, largest 16mm wide. Ex Trevor Dart. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA2 Davidite-(La), Kajabbi, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Laurie Lawrence Collection. Specimen is about 35mm across. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5171 JL1590 Davidite-(La), Crockers Well, South Australia
Fairly sharp crystal 10mm across. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Purchased by Joan from Peter Anderson for $5 in 1995. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Danielsite, Coppin Pool, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Sawn specimen. Grey fine-grained material material with galena and intergrown with other sulphides. Ex Rob Sielecki. Type Locality. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
7056 JL2616 Clinozoisite, Danburite, Fluorite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Colourless radiating prismatic crystals of danburite with green clinozoisite. Minor purple fluorite visible too. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1997. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image...
ncat JP3367 Vesuvianite, Danburite, Actinolite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Opaque white radiating crystals with dark green prismatic actinolite and light green vesuvianite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2040 Danburite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Tiny prismatic grey crystals (arrowed) in a small vugh. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TC Danalite, Magnetite, Fluorite, Kara Mines, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Red danalite with some crystal faces, frozen in matrix with magnetite and fluorite. Specimen measures 62x46x40mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3604 Topaz, Rutile, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Lustrous colourless topaz with black rutile. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3626 Fluorite, Kaolinite, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Purple cubes with small trisoctahedron(?) modified corners, and some curved edges. Some crystals are also contacted showing lighter colour towards the centre of the crystals. The fluorite fluoresces a bluish-purple, and the white kaolinite has...
ncat EUR1 Tourmaline, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Pale blue to green to darker brown tourmaline crystals, exact species unknown. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2017 Anatase, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny sharp dark anatase crystals with colourless quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20108 Wulfenite, Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Platy yellow crystals. Width of specimen 30mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20107 Wulfenite, Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tabular orange wulfenite with a brown core (sandwich). Shown backlit. Width of view 17.25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20095 Gold, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia
Bright thin leaf gold sitting up from matrix.
20086 Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters Site, Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Superb blue sprays of connellite in slag.
20085 Calcite, Pyrite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Fluorescent red calcite and a pyrite ring.
20088 Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Barite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Stunning chalcopyrite crystals looking hoppered with balls of goethite needles on barite.
20087 Iodargyrite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Very pale yellow flattened crystals.
20083 Voglite, Zellerite(?), White Canyon No. 1 Mine (Cameo Mine), Fry Mesa, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Green fluorescent voglite with platy yellow zellerite(?).
20081 Lanthanite-(Ce), Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
Colourless – white lanthanite with purple fluorite.
20080 Vrbaite, Avicennite, Parapierottite, Lookout Pass Thallium prospect, Little Valley, Lookout Pass Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Microcrystalline black vrbaite, brown avicennite and metallic grey parapierrotite coating chert matrix.
ncat OW103 Cyrilovite, Goethite, Kapundaite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Greenish-yellow cyrilovite on goethite and kapundaite. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0942 Cyanotrichite, Mt Oxide Mine, Mt Isa District, Queensland
Light blue acicular cyanotrichite with minor darker blue azurite and green malachite. Specimen is 11mm wide. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5539 Cuprite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Silvery black cuprite crystals with a hint of red. Ex John Lewis Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP158 Cuprite var Chalcotrichite, Bowen River, Strathmore, Whitsunday Region, Queensland
Tiny red criss-crossing elongated cuprite crystals (chalcotrichite) on prehnite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2452 Cuprite, Mt Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Although Mount Lyell is a copper mine, cuprite is not that common. This specimen has black slightly rounded crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
1665 Cuprite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Deep red cuprite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7059 JL2996 Cummingtonite, Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Fibrous “cummingtonite” as labelled. Not analysed to my knowledge. It is possible that this could be another amphibole such as grunerite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on...
2771 OW402 Cuprite, Copper, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Deep red cuprite crystals in a copper matrix from the Pit F0 Supergene Deposit. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH551 Cumengeite, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), South Australia
Pale blue crust. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2979 Fluorite in Quartz, Amborompotsy, Amborompotsy Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron’i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Purple octahedral fluorite inclusions in quartz. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 photos. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2672 Metauranocircite, Davier Mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Lemon-yellow platy crystals of metauranocircite. Highly fluorescent. Ex Jim Daly. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light) and 8 (longwave UV). Use the slider on the photo below to compare the white...
ncat Amethyst, Artigas, Uruguay
A fairly large (for me) amethyst specimen with a couple of yellowish calcite crystals from Artigas, Uruguay. The specimen measures about 185mm wide.
4972 Metauranocircite-I, Davier Mine, Bald Mountain District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Lemon-yellow highly fluorescent plates on a goethite matrix. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images (white light), 10 images (longwave UV). Use the slider on the photo below to compare the...
10068 Roselite, Dolomite, Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
Superb purple-pink crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 108 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2704 Quartz, Crocoite, Happy Jack Mine, Comet Vale, Western Australia
Small crystals and partial crystals of crocoite on quartz crystals, Width of view 11mm. Stack of 6 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0006 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Single red crystal 27mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP287 Cowlesite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Lustrous white crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 88 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0722 Cowlesite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 94 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Linarite, Hemimorphite, Paddy’s River, Australian Capital Territory
As well as the linarite and hemimorphite, there are minor amounts of aurichalcite, brochantite, pyrite, galena, and some skarn minerals present. Collected by Gerry Morvell and acquired from Gerry by Margaret Brown in 1995. Width...
ncat JP3390 Cristobalite, Pseudobrookite, Phlogopite, Middle Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Tiny white crystals with pseudobrookite and phlogopite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 68 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD201 Covellite, Sulphur, Jarosite, New Luxemburg Mine, Radium Hill area, Olary Province, South Australia
Blue-black covellite in massive quartz. Also present but not in photo, sulphur and jarosite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 24 items. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW109 Covellite, Chalcopyrite, Mount Gunson, South Australia
Blue-black crystals of covellite on iridescent chalcopyrite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Acquired by Margaret in 1994 from Trevor Dart. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
8063 Covellite, Dravite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Victoria
A tiny ball of dark blue covellite crystals, probably covering a chalcopyrite crystal, with prismatic brown dravite, and a vein of pyrite and chalcopyrite in quartz. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view...
5802 Creedite, Opal, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Colourless prismatic creedite crystals with white and colourless hyalite opal. There is a slight hint of pink in the creedite above the main crystal group. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of...
ncat TL Cosalite, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Silver-black crystals embedded in quartz. You can see very fine “hairy” crystals towards the bottom left of the photo as well as the more robust ones upper right. XRD Confirmed. Ex Jim Sharpe Collection #278....
ncat WD205 Topaz, Artroyos Mine, Potrillos, Sierra de San Francisco, América-Sapioris District (Potrillos), Coneto de Comonfort Municipality, Durango, Mexico
An interesting little specimen of topaz that measures just 24mm in width. Ex Mike New Collection.
6025 Chromatite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
Type locality. Yellow crusts with probable strands of colourless gypsum. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 39 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6024 Hashemite, Ettringite, Ma’ale Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine
Hashemite as yellow crystals, ettringite colourless prisms. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.