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.
5792 Sanidine, Mordenite, Seco Creek, Caballo, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5791 Amethyst, Rutile, Kelly Canyon West, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Amethyst and red rutile found in a boulder by Jerry Cone when in an arroyo with Mike Reinke where Route 187 crosses over Kelly Canyon West, a few kilometres north of Caballo. Width of view...
5790 Amethyst, Rutile, Kelly Canyon West, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Amethyst and red rutile found in a boulder by Jerry Cone when in an arroyo with Mike Reinke where Route 187 crosses over Kelly Canyon West, a few kilometres north of Caballo. Width of view...
5789 Tridymite, Truth or Consequences, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Pseudohexagonal white plates of tridymite with black balls of hematite(?). Branching stalactitic groups of stacked crystals may also be tridymite. Collected by Mike Reinke on open land near to ToR. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack...
5788 Alum, Calcite, Ash Canyon, Truth or Consequences, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Fibrous white alum with calcite (it dissolves leaving alum). Visual ID by Rolf Leutcke photo in Mindat. Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for...
5787 Tridymite, Titanite, “Pyrobole”, Animas Creek, Caballo, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless bladed stellate tridymite, orange titanite(?) and grey-green “pyrobole”, an unidentified pyroxene or amphibole. Collected from a boulder on the ridge above Animas Creek by Mike Reinke. Width of view 4.9mm and a stack of...
5786 Molybdofornacite, Quartz, Comfort claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny green crystal aggregate on quartz. Ex Mike Reinke, Jerry Cone. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5785 Surite, Wicks Vein (Wicks Mine), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Delicate flakes in cavities where once was a sulphide. Ex Mike Reinke. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5784 Obsidian, Ash Canyon, Truth or Consequences, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Chips of obsidian can be picked up off the open ground north of the TorC Elementary School. This specimen collected by Mike Reinke in situ in Ash Canyon, just east of TorC. Width of view...
5783 Goethite, Palomas Gap, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Massive goethite with a fibrous look on the edge, with a glassy surface. In this are some orange/brown rings with a blue tint. Collected by Mike Reinke downstream from Palomas Gap. Width of view 6.5mm....
5782 Topaz, King Canyon, New Mexico State Road 187, North of Caballo, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Blue-tinted topaz in rhyolite. May be coloured by what is under it. Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1731 Copper after Cuprite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland
A rare copper pseudomorph after cuprite. Ex John Roe. Width of specimen 10mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2046 Connellite, Malachite, Brochantite, Quartz, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blue spray with green malachite and brochantite, and unidentified pale green material in massive cuprite with quartz. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
0759 Calcite, Conichalcite, Carlow Castle Mine, Roebourne, City of Karratha, Western Australia
Green spheres are more likely conichalcite than cornwallite as labelled (conichalcite recorded in the Simpson Collection in Western Australia). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
0948 Cornetite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Typical crystals of blue cornetite. Ex Bernie Day. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0290 Cornetite, Mary Kathleen, Queensland
Tiny blue crystals of cornetite. Collected by Ron and Betty Wallace. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Although this looks very similar to the cornetite occurrence at the Great Australia Mine, I have...
ncat WD112 Copper, Wilsons Reef Mine, Saint Arnaud, Victoria
Native copper from a rare locality. Measures 25x22mm. Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1771 Copper, North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Interesting cube-octahedra copper crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7049 JL2648 Connellite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny blue spheres of connellite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan for $4 in 1998 from Glyn Francis. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat JP422 Agardite-(Y), Conichalcite, Chrysocolla, Hyalite, Ethiudna Mine, Plumbago, South Australia
Light green spheres of conichalcite with pale blue agardite and chrysocolla. Tiny spheres of hyalite opal on some of the agardite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click...
3545 Conichalcite, O’Donoghue Castle Mine, Arkaroola, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Green spheres in a gossanous matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1996 Conichalcite after Olivenite, Hyalite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station; Boolcoomatta), Olary Province, South Australia
Botryoidal green conichalcite replacing olivenite(?). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0571 Conichalcite, Agardite-(Y), Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Green spheres of conichalcite with pale needles of agardite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0372 Conichalcite, Quartz, Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Small clusters of colourless quartz on a bed of conichalcite. Quartz crystals are uncommon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1008 Conichalcite, Agardite-(La), Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Green conichalcite hemispheres with pale fluffy agardite-(La). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3094 Conichalcite, Bayldonite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny hemispheres of lighter green conichalcite on darker green bayldonite. Collected by Ian Graham. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YW Conichalcite, Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Green balls with protruding crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1742 Corkite, Spotted Leopard Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales
Green crust. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR02 M348 Corkite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny colourless drusy crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7423 JL1835 Eucryptite, Cookeite, Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
White eucryptite with lilac cookeite. The eucryptite fluoreses white under longwave and red under shortwave. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $2.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack...
ncat VH735 Cordierite Kamulla Creek, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Massive translucent blue gem cordierite (iolite). Labelled Kamulla Creek, but I have not been able to locate this. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 17.25. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below...
ncat VH142 Coloradoite, Calaverite, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Grey coloradoite sandwiched between two patches calaverite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2924 Columbite-(Fe), Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite (Giles Prospect), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
A single partially terminated black columbite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL315 NOVM Collinsite, Scholzite. Hillite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Bluish-grey rounded aggregates of collinsite (possibly coloured by underlying cryptomelane) with prismatic scholzite crystals and tiny colourless rhombohedral-looking hillite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the...
9099 JP2757 Hydroxylapatite, Collinsite, Milgun Variscite Mine (Mount Deverell), Milgun Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Colourless prismatic hydroxylapatite (centre of photo) with colourless to yellowish hemispheres of distinct collinsite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
4275 Cobaltite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Crude white pseudocubes with a slight pinkish tinge (some altering to erythrite). Width 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (close up). Width 18.5mm. Stack of 109 images (wider view). Ex Diederik Visser. Click on the images...
ncat JP0873 Chabazite, Stilbite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre District, Pest County, Hungary
A dusting of goethite on some of the chabazite rhombs. A small stacked stilbite is nestled amongst the chabazite (centre of photo). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images (stilbite)...
ncat JP874 Calcite, Pyrite, Goethite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary
Tiny pyrite crystals part altered to goethite on calcite. There are two generations of calcite. The earlier one fluoresces red, and the later fluoresces white. There is a sharp delineation between the two. Ex Jo...
ncat JP875 Chabazite-Ca, Analcime, Biotite, Saponite, Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Szentendre, Pest Co., Hungary
Pink twinned rhombohedral chabazite with colourless analcime. Tiny green spots of saponite (towards the bottom left for example) and biotite phenocrysts (not in photo) also present. Some of the chabazites exhibit an unusual stack-like habit...
ncat MAR01 M2044 Melanophlogite, Fortullino, Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Colourless spheres of melanophlogite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4037 Buddingtonite, San Mateo Co., California, USA
Massive fine-grained material. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Width of specimen 13.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TBD Connellite, Brochantite, Malachite, Wallaroo Smelters, Wallaroo, South Australia
Superb blue sprays of connellite with prismatic green brochantite and a couple of green malachite hemispheres, in slag. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Acquired from Greg Vort-Ronald at the 2022 Palmer Show,...
3913 Gold, Goethite, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France
Small patches of gold associated with altered pyrite. Labelled Inini. Ex Cedrick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3915 Gold, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France
Small patches of gold in quartz. Labelled Inini. Ex Cedrick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 52 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3914 Gold, Goethite, Dorlin, Maripasoula, Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana, France
Small patches of gold associated with altered pyrite. Labelled Inini. Ex Cederick Gineste 2/2005. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3805 Cobaltaustinite after Cobaltite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Olive-green cobaltaustinite replacing cubes of cobaltite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH1618 Cobaltaustinite, Erythrite, Dome Rock Mine, Olary Province, South Australia
Dark olive-green coating of cobaltaustinite with lustrous purple-pink erythrite crystals. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Dome Rock is the Type Locality for cobaltaustinite. Click on the image below...
8113 Cobaltaustinite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
Olive-green rounded aggregates. Collected from the first Cu workings. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH730 Coalingite, Chrysotile, Wood’s Reef Mine, Barraba, New South Wales
Orange coalingite infilling chrysotile vein. Ex Joan Lamond, Ex Museum Victoria (M38281), Ex J.D. Hamilton, Ex Val Hannah. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat GLEE Cloncurryite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Pale blue rosettes. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Type Locality. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YB Manganogrunerite (now Clino-ferro-suenoite), North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of specimen 48mm.
ncat BDMAR01 M2427 Clinoclase, Conichalcite, Chrysocolla, Olivenite, Desolation Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Dark blue bladed crystals and lighter blue sprays of clinoclase with white fibres of olivenite and balls of green conichalcite and chrysocolla. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 46 images. Click...
4181 Pucherite, Clinobisvanite, Londonderry Li Deposit, Nepean, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia
Coatings and crystalline areas of pucherite (lighter yellow) with clinobisvanite (darker yellow to orange). Ex Jack Leach Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat MAR01 M3816 Cinnabar, Kilkivan, Queensland
Crimson red cinnabar on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 19 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7443 JL2634 Churchite-(Y), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3 Chrysotile, Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, Tasmania
White to green fibres in a vein in serpentine. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0804 Chrysocolla after Malachite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Green chrysocolla pseudomorphing malachite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0758 Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Quartz, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia
Blue chrysocolla with white hemimorphite. The matrix and the hemimorphite are coated with drusy quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Closeup width 3mm, stack of 50. Click on the images below for...
0757 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia
Pale blue chrysocolla with green malachite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0572 Chrysocolla after Azurite, Blue Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola, South Australia
Pale blue chrysocolla replacing azurite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 32 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0801 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Cerussite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue chrysocolla with sprays of green malachite and crystals of brown cerussite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat SM Chrysoberyl, Weld River, Tasmania
A waterworn green chrysoberyl crystal. It is weak red under longwave UV. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1752 Chrysoberyl, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single green crystal on a sliver of matrix. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 37 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MMM Chromite, Roaring Mag Creek, Heazlewood, Tasmania
Brian Smith from the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania, identified the specimens below as belonging to a member of the Helicopsychidae family, a species of caddis fly larvae. Instead of the tube shaped homes that...
ncat VHD11 Chromite, Grossular, Lizardite, 45 Ton Mine, Mount Lightning, Coolac, New South Wales
Green chromium grossular on chromite and minor lizardite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Collected by Ian Graham. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW201 Roweite, Olshanskyite, Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Linxi County, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
Tan roweite and colourless/white fibrous to prismatic olshanskyite. Much of the white material could be something else but has not been analysed. Width of specimen 70mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
2231 Jeremejevite, Sanidine, Topaz, Sodalite, Hematite, Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Tiny blue jeremejevite with white sodalite, colourless prismatic topaz and colourless/grey sanidine. Hematite also on specimen. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5489 Henmilite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Purplish crystal of henmilite on white olshanskyite. Type Locality for henmilite. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5764 Smithsonite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Rice grain smithsonite crystal group. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5757 Linarite, Serpierite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Prismatic blue crystals of linarite with pale blue serpierite(?). Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5774 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Sharp prismatic anglesite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images.
5775 Anglesite, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Colourless bladed crystals of anglesite with acicular crystal (also anglesite?). Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images.
5777 Unknown White, Slag dumps, Tasmanian Smelting Company site, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Unidentified white hemispheres that have grown in a thin space in slag. They look zoned, with the outermost part having a silky lustre. Note also some complete balls in gas cavity upper left. Width of...
0043 Chlorargyrite (bromian), Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A combination cube and octahedral crystal. Width of view 5.75mm, Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20078 Danalite, Hirako mine, Saijo, Shoubara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Brown triangular shaped crystal embedded in matrix. 30x25x25mm. Ex Richard Tayler. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2471 Chloritoid, Staurolite, Muscovite, Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Black crystals of chloritoid. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2237 Calcite, Chlorite Group, O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry), Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA
Green chlorite (labelled clinochlore) on and under zoned colourless/white calcite crystals from the Silliman Quarry (as per the label). Little balls of chlorite can be seen perched on the termination of a couple of the...
4427 Fluorite, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
Colourless but iron-stained fluorite crystals. Fluorescent blue under longwave UV. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images (white light) and 30 images (UV). Use the slider to see specimen under white light and longwave...
4686 Erythrite, Im Lochborn Copper mine, Bieber, Gelnhausen, Spessart, Hesse, Germany
Pale pink puffballs with darker pink surfaces. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4611 Chlorite Group, Smoky Quartz, Albite, Orthoclase, Glenrowan, Victoria
Black chlorite (chamosite?) with small smoky quartz crystals, colourless albite and white orthoclase. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2447 Chlorite Group, Axinite-(Fe), Arsenopyrite, Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Dark green hexagonal worms of chlorite (chamosite?) with purple axinite-(Fe) and arsenopyrite. Width of view XX. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1578 Chlorite in Quartz, Philosopher’s Ridge, Gormanston, Tasmania
Vermicular chlorite (probably chamosite) in quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8204 M1183 Chlorargyrite, Lake Boga, Victoria
A single green crystal of chlorargyrite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2362 Chlorargyrite, Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Greyish-green chlorargyrite crystals with minor prismatic orange crocoite crystals. Ex Frank Mihajlowits. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2070 Chlorargyrite, Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
A tiny green chlorargyrite crystal embedded in matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1293 Chlorargyrite, Dolomite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Nice green chlorargyrite on brownish dolomite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1508 Chlorargyrite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania
A specimen collected by me. I remember seeing the bright green crystals when I broke open the gossan. They darkened rapidly before my eyes! Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the...
3996 Azurite, Malachite, Chlorargyrite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
Brownish crystal of chlorargyrite on malachite. Also present but not in photo, azurite crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5001 Chlorargyrite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Chlorargyrite (bromian), originally known as embolite, is uncommon as distinct crystals. It is more regularly blobs or masses and often a purplish-grey due to exposure to light. This one is an old specimen from Broken...
1785 Chenevixite, Dome Rock, Olary Province, South Australia
Green crusty-looking material. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR06 M1403 Chalcosiderite, Variscite, Unknown, Mount Oxide Mine, Queensland
Collected on the upper dump by Bernie Day. Olive-green unknown (Fe phosphate?) and grey variscite (upper right) on green chalcosiderite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 44 images. Click on the...
ncat JP3497 Chalcopyrite, Shangri La, Kununurra, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
A single mounted chalcopyrite crystal, no matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2573 Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Hematite crystals on a hollowed out chalcopyrite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW302 Chalcopyrite, 4780 Level, 4 Lens Drill Drive 3, Mount Gordon, Queensland
Tarnished chalcopyrite crystals. Specimen measures 74x42x40mm. Ex Rory McCann. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW302 Chalcopyrite, 4780 Level, 4 Lens Drill Drive 3, Mount Gordon, Queensland
Rounded chalcopyrite crystals. Specimen measures 53x34x33mm. Ex Rory McCann. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1385-1 Chalcopyrite, Calcite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Tarnished crystals on pink-fluorescing calcite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2266 Chalcopyrite, Hellyer Mine, Tasmania
Interesting twinned chalcopyrite crystals without matrix. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1855 Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
A cluster of iridescent chalcopyrite crystals on ankerite/dolomite with quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1756 Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Dolomite, Sepiolite, Peko Mine, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
One main twinned and iridescent chalcopyrite crystal with a few smaller ones, with hematite and fibrous cream sepiolite on dolomite. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat JP2474 Hemimorphite after Smithsonite, Chalcophanite, Phosphophyllite, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Silver chalcophanite with colourless thin prismatic scholzite crystals and white hemimorphite after smithsonite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
9136 JP2680 Chalcophanite, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Hexagonal crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2145 Chalcophanite, 4 Level Open Cut, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania
Tiny hexagonal crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0035 Wulfenite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Extreme closeup of a wulfenite crystal at the limit of what can be achieved with my equipment. This image has not been cropped. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image...
5636 Epididymite, Aegirine, Johs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Off-white rosettes and platey crystals of epididymite with green aegirine needles. Width of view 8.63. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4418 Danalite, Lindsay’s Leap, Newcastle, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Tiny yellow crystals. Acquired from Richard Bell in 2007. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5411 Zanazziite, Apatite, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Greenish radial sprays of zanazziite with brown prisms of apatite? Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1066 Helvite, Pyrite, Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Triangular brown helvite crystals with associated pyrite, previously in the Brian Shelton collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below...
5400 Phenakite, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Rough & Cut. Crystal shows the characteristic drill-bit termination. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5073 Beryl var Heliodor, Ninh Thuáºn Province, Vietnam
Two heliodor crystals without matrix. The one photod is 15mm long. Width of view 19mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat IKEA Beryl, Baha, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Cluster of zoned beryl crystals ranging from pale pink (morganite) through shades of blue (aquamarine) to colourless/white. Specimen measures 45x40x35mm. Photo width of view 33mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat WD112 Beryl, Muscovite, Albite, Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Half a dozen beryl crystals on a matrix of muscovite and albite. The largest beryl measures 22mm across. Width of crystal in photo 16mm. Stack of 60 images. Whole specimen measures 54x32x30mm. Click on the...
20024 Aquamarine, Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Single thin pencil of aquamarine. Labelled as Thuong Xuan (near to Xuan Le). Crystal is 27mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat 2RG Beryl var Emerald, Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Western Boyacá Province, Boyacá Department, Colombia
A Trapiche emerald, one of a number of isolated pieces, this one showing six emeralds emanating from an emerald core. The specimen pictured measures about 4.3mm across. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat 2RG Beryl var Bixbite, Ruby Violet claims, Beaver County, Utah, USA
A single deep purplish-red hexagonal crystal 7mm long and 6mm across in matrix. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW110 Gold, Costerfield, Victoria
Bright gold richly embedded throughout matrix. Ex Margaret Brown. Ex Castlemaine School of Mines. Ex CLC Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
10087 Levyne, Analcime, Mt Stormont, Moina – Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania
Plates of levyne with tiny analcime crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2776 Copal with Flies and Beetles, Copal localities, Sava, Madagascar
Copal from this locality is about 2 million years old. This piece is ~30x30x10mm, is polished, and fluoresces bluish-white. It holds four beetles and a couple of smaller flies. Width of view 11mm. Stack of...
ncat Malachite, Burra, South Australia
Quite blocky green malachite crystals. Acquired by me at the 2022 Gemkana from the Waverley Gem Club stall. Ex John Wren Collection. Acquired by John in 1986 for $4 from the Waverley Gem Club stall....
8054 Carletonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
A single crystal without matrix showing perfect cleavage. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4542 Chalcocite, Prehnite, Malachite, Bowen River, Strathmore, Queensland
Chalcocite forming both a tapering prismatic crystal with a pseudohexagonal crystal at its base, with tufts of malachite on a vugh lining of crystalline prehnite. Ex Margaret Brown. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70...
1625 Chalcocite, Unknown, Mt Gunson Copper Mine, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Pseudohexagonal crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0615 Chabazite, Sunderland Bluff, Victoria
Pseudocubic orange chabazite crystals sprinkled with goethite. Top photo: Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0609 Chabazite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Pseudohexagonal chabazite-Na. Width of view 7.5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3065 Chabazite, Natrolite, Thomsonite-Ca, Dolomite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Tiny pseudocubic chabazite impaled on natrolite with bladed thomsonite-Ca and a ball of white dolomite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3972 Chabazite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
Pseudohexagonal phacolite chabazite. Width of view 5mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5359 Siderite, Chabazite-Na, Pioneer Quarry, Narre Warren, Victoria
Basket Weave siderite with pseudocubic chabazite crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1982. Width of view 10.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4543 Phillipsite, Chabazite, Cairns, Queensland
A specimen of pseudocubic chabazite and twinned phillipsite in a vugh in basalt labelled as ‘Cairns, Queensland’ that was collected probably in the 1970s or early 1980s. All I can find out is that the...
ncat WD202 Chabazite, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
Isolated pseudocubic chabazite crystals, some interpenetrant. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EA5 Chabazite, Clovass quarry, Clovass, Rous Co., New South Wales
Labelled as Caniaba Quarry, Casino, but likely to be the Clovass Quarry. Four phacolitic chabazite crystals with no matrix, collected in 1984 or earlier. Acquired by Margaret Brown in 1984 from “Shirley”. Width of view...
ncat EA5-1 Chabazite, Natrolite, Lynchs Creek, Rous Co., New South Wales
Four pieces. Fairly large phacolitic chabazite on natrolite. Tiny later rhombs of chabazite sprinkled on natrolite needles. Photo width 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7032 JL0850 Chabazite, Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales
Complex twinned chabazite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD218 Chabazite, Sulphur, Alabandite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Southern operations mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Orange-coated pseudocubic crystals of chabazite and green sulphur crystals on alabandite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH11 VH643 Chabazite-Ca, Little Island, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales
Twinned pseudohexagonal chabazite crystals coating inside of vesicle. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 11.5. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD211 Spodumene (Kunzite), Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Afghanistan
A pale pink kunzite crystal. Specimen is 29mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1613 Spodumene (Hiddenite), Hiddenite (near), Alexander Co, North Carolina, USA
A pale green hiddenite crystal without matrix. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW403 Azurite, Holbrook Extension, Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
A lovely cluster of azurite crystals without matrix, labelled as from the Holbrook Extension. Width of view 32mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR03 Aragonite, Bon Accord Open Cut, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Green afterglow. Ex Barry Schubert. Width of view 28mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0906 Malachite, Chrysocolla, Goethite, Princess Royal Mine, Burra, South Australia
Chrysocolla as blue patches and as green coatings and/or replacement of malachite. Green unaltered malachite also present. Some malachite altered to goethite, and goethite also present as the coating of vughs possibly coating or replacing...
0027 Wulfenite, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
A 1mm wide yellow wulfenite crystal on a goethite matrix. A few other crystals occur on other parts of the specimen. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat BAA Chalcanthite, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue crusts and distinct crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat SMLN Chalcanthite, Surprise Mine, Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia
Chalcanthite crystals that had grown on mine timbers in the lower levels of the mine. Specimen was collected around 1968 and was still attached to the timber. Unfortunately it has since become detached. Width of...
2525 Chalcanthite, Central Balfour Mine, Balfour, Tasmania
Deep blue curved crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW302 Chalcanthite, Endeavour 26, Northparkes Mine Project, Goonumbla, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Pale blue post-mining efflorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3051 Chalcanthite, East Pit (Triako open cut; Eastern crosscut), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales
Typical post-mining blue efflorescence. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1736 Chalcanthite, Argent Flats, Zeehan, Tasmania
Pale blue post-mining efflorescence. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3599 Chalcanthite, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia
Two interpenetrant blue crystals. There was a chalcanthite pool underground at the mine. The colour is a bit lighter blue in person but hard to capture accurately. Ex Jo Price Collection. Largest crystal is 10mm....
ncat JP988 Chalcanthite, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
A light blue crust, probably post-mining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR06 M789 Cyanotrichite, Chalcoalumite, Mount Oxide Mine, Queensland
White to pale green chalcoalumite with fine needles of blue cyanotrichite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2464 Chalcoalumite, Beaverite-(Cu), Brochantite, Cuprite, Orieco Mine, Scamander, Tasmania
Pale pink to pale blue crust of chalcoalumite with green brochantite and yellow crusty beaverite-(Cu). Visual ID by Ralph Bottrill in about 2007. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images (first photo – chalcoalumite)...
1716 Chalcoalumite, Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland
Pale blue rosettes of platy crystals. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.