ncat VH99 Calcite, Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Grant, Portland, Victoria
A scalenohedral crystal group without matrix. Bluish-white fluorescence under longwave UV. Specimen is 20mm high. Ex Val Hannah Collection.
ncat VH108 Calcite Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Grant, Portland, Victoria
Colourless scalenohedral crystals, some with a white coating. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4947 Smithsonite, Barite, Hope Quarry, Bradwell, Derbyshire, England, UK
Rounded honey-coloured jellybean smithsonite crystals with bladed barite. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
Tiny smithsonite crystals on interpenetrant fluorite and bladed barite crystals, on quartz. Acquired from Philip Grounds, Bay Minerals, in 2012. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a...
4868 Smithsonite epimorphs after Calcite, Wet Grooves Mine, Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Smithsonite epimorphs after calcite. Acquired from Richard Bell. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4856 Smithsonite, Stancombe Quarry, Flax Bourton, Somerset, England, UK
There appears to be a couple of generations of smithsonite. The first larger crystals, and the second much smaller crystals, visible around the edges of some of the larger ones. Acquired from Richard Bell. Width...
4401 Smithsonite, Silver Hill Mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired from Mark Ascher 9/2007. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3563 Monteponite, Smithsonite, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Type Locality for monteponite. Tan smithsonite with yellow and brown monteponite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3876 Hematite, Siderite, Lake Cooper Quarry, Corop, Victoria
Unusual rhombohedral hematite showing some rainbow colouration, with orange-brown siderite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2846 Dioptase, Fluorite, Quartz, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Specimen acquired in the micromount room at the Tucson Show. Ex Bob Jenkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7156 JL2572 Prehnite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Strathclyde, Scotland
Ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley. Width of view 21mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW177 Calcite, Liawenee Canal, Liawenee, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Slender white crystal group. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW105 Calcite, Oraparinna Mine, Oraparinna homestead, Bunkers Range, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Curved white crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW63 Calcite, Lyndhurst, South Australia
Rounded scalenohedral crystals. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Labelled simply Lyndhurst, but likely the Avondale Mine. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW240 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with photo showing termination. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Labelled as Moonta, but more likely Wallaroo. Click on the image below for a...
ncat RW239 Calcite, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Transparent colourless prismatic calcite crystals with chlorite(?) inclusion. Ex Ron Wallace collection. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW101 Calcite, Cleremont, Queensland
Dark brown cleavage. Width of view 25mm. Use the slider to see specimen front and back lit. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YB Calcite, Clunes, Northern Rivers District, New South Wales
Highly fluorescent calcite crystals. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 50 images (white light) and 11 images (UV). Use the slider to see under white light and longwave UV. Click on the images below for...
ncat NOVM Calcite, Railway Quarry, Ardglen, New South Wales
Sceptred calcite crystal 17mm long. Ex Ian Graham. Ex Margaret Brown. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. When you zoom in you can see some interesting surface...
1793 Calcite, Goethite, Kyogle, New South Wales
Goethite balls on bladed calcite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1792 Calcite, Kyogle, New South Wales
Ball of bladed crystals with orange fluorescence. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1460 Goethite on Calcite, Brown’s Creek, near Blayney, New South Wales
Goethite coating calcite crystals. There a few small calcite crystals of a different habit that have formed after the goethite. Width of view 13mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
5197 JL0662 Calcioferrite, Klemm’s Quarry, Moculta, South Australia
Rosettes of pale greenish-yellow platy crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1984. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM JL3513 Strengite, Cacoxenite, Wavellite, Lavers Hill, Fish Creek, Hoddle Range, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Cacoxenite as yellow-orange to brown hemispheres of radiating crystals, some as bow-ties. Very pale purple strengite. Colourless prisms of wavellite. Obtained by Joan in 1999 from Robyn Sharp. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 56...
4268 Cacoxenite, Gravel Hill Quarry, Dookie, Victoria
Translucent-looking orange-brown hemispheres isolated from the more common yellow-orange acicular to fibrous ones. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
7387 JL1699 Cacoxenite, Hick’s Quarry (Hick’s Iron Ore Quarry; Siberia Flux Quarry), Gladstone, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images.
ncat JP1391 Cacoxenite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Orange hemispheres on an iridescent goethite background. They are zoned with a darker core. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images.
ncat WD207 Zircon, Orthoclase, Aegirine, Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Specimen measures 38x37x30mm and is shown under white light, longwave UV, medium wave UV and shortwave UV.
ncat NOVM Gold, Mazowe Goldfield, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Pareidolia! I see the head of a Big Cat in this small slug of gold in quartz. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat NOVM Stolzite, Abuja, Federal Capitol Territory, Nigeria
Orange crystal group with no matrix. Width of group 2mm. Stack of 18 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JSM Analcime, Heulandite, Four Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA
Colourless analcime crystals on heulandite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1553 Gerhardtite, Buttgenbachite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Tiny deep blue acicular buttgenbachite crystal sprays (centre of image) with green-blue gerhardtite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Analysis is required to distinguish between connellite (sulphate) and buttgenbachite...
4772 Erythrite, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pink puffballs of erythrite in a cavity that was originally likely filled with sulphides. Acquired from Helmut Braith. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat WD115 Filon No. 7, Arhbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco
This specimen comprises very dark purple crystals of erythrite, but the tips of the crystals flare out a little and show up as a lighter shade of pink. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20...
ncat WD206 Brushite, Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia
Ex Ralph E. Merrill Collection. Ex Peter Bridge. Tan powder in 44mm long glass vial.
ncat OW108 Brookite, Anatase, Rutile, Bundaleer, South Australia
A tiny needle of greenish rutile on an orange brookite on a larger dark anatase crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3670 Erythrite, Ennys Wheal Virgin, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny pink crystalline crust of erythrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Brookite, Quartz, Wallangra, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales
Zoned crystals of brookite in small cavities in quartz. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1543 Brochantite, Blockade Mine, Mount Isa District, Queensland
Bluish-green radiating groups of bladed brochantite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 73 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1575-1 Brochantite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Nice bluish prismatic crystals of brochantite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M796 Malachite, Brochantite, Inkerman Mine, Mount Isa Area, Queensland
Bluish thin crystals of brochantite under a malachite ball, Inkerman Mine, Mount Isa Area, Queensland. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Click on the image below for a higher...
0923 Bromargyrite, Chlorargyrite, Smithsonite, Chalcophanite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green bromargyrite and bromian chlorargyrite crystals on chalcophanite with minor grey smithsonite. Acquired from David Vince in 1992. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
ncat JP3629 Silver, Bromargyrite, Teutonic Bore Mine, Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia
Green cubic crystals of bromargyrite with bright native silver. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2127 Erythrite, Heterogenite, Co-bearing Mansfieldite, Mount Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland
Thin bladed prismatic deep pink erythrite crystals with globular pale pink to lilac Co-bearing mansfieldite on black heterogenite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
8014 M3927 Pyromorphite, Brianyoungite, Stolzite, Spessartine, Kintore Opencut dumps, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
White brianyoungite with colourless-grey pyromorphite and stolzite, both of which fluoresce weakly. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat TH Amethyst, Baobab Mine, Kitui District, Kenya
Multi-terminated amethyst crystal, 70x50x40mm.
5755 Strelkinite, Lisdan-Siwaga Fault, Hashem region, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Yellow platy crystals. Ex Marco Poli.
30132 Silver, Langis Mine, Casey Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Silver in matrix slice, 67x45x7mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1844 Chabazite, Hellyer River, Tasmania
A twinned chabazite crystal about 0.6mm across. Single shot photo through my microscope at 20x magnification and cropped. Testing out this item. A cheap way of getting relatively good photos through a microscope.
5754 Biraite-(Ce), Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce), Strontianite, Aragonite, Calcite, Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La), Niobochevkinite-(Ce), Ferriallanite-(Ce), Talc, Thorite, Daqingshanite-(Ce), Daqingshanite-(La), Ancylite-(Ce), Ancylite-(La), Kukharenkoite-(Ce), Carbocernaite, Cordilitovaya carbonatite vein, Ust’-Biraya deposit, Vitim Plateau, Eastern Siberia, Russia
Extremely rich 8x7x2mm specimen containing abundant inclusions (red arrowed) of brown biraite-(Ce) – an extremely rare silico-carbonate of REE. Biraite contains microscopic inclusions of hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) and intergrows with its more yellow macro grains well recognisable...
0936 Wollastonite, Bornite, Brown’s Creek, near Blayney, New South Wales
Iridescent bornite in between layers of wollastonite. Ex David Vince. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images.
4026 Bismuth, Andradite, Actinolite, Stormont Mine, Moina, Tasmania
Acquired from Mathew Latham. What looks like bismuth crystals bottom left is the imprint of andradite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 18 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3679 Biphosphammite, Murra-El-Elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
Colourless to tan crusts on bat guano. Type Locality. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1745 Azurite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
A mass of small lustrous and sharp azurite crystals. Specimen measures 21mm across. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1022 Bismuth, Molybdenite, Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales
Bismuth “crystals” that have grown between molybdenite crystal aggregates. Specimen measures 23x20mm. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1783 Bornite, Betekhtinite, Mawsonite, Mt Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Specimen is 24mm wide. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4070 Pottsite, Clinobisvanite, Linka Mine, Potts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
Yellow pottsite and small areas of orange clinobisvanite. Specimen is 6mm wide. Type Locality for pottsite. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5753 Bornite after Pyrite, Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Single crystal of bornite pseudomorphing pyrite. Width of crystal 15mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5752 Amethyst, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Sceptred amethyst. Sceptre is 11mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20076 Amethyst, Pohndorf Mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Interesting textures. Specimen is 34mm wide. Ex Bart Cannon. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3958 Hematite in Quartz, Mt Read, Tasmania
Hematite in quartz giving it the lovely red colour. Specimen is 25mm tall.
30131 Chalcocite, Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Mined in 1820. Ex Captain Sara Collection. Ex Albert Chapman. Ex Brian Shelton. Measures 35x23x16mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4266 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange tabular wulfenite crystals on yellow pyromorphite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 120 images.
ncat JP2878 Vauquelinite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Tiny greenish-brown crystals of vauquelinite (right) with a larger brown crystal of mimetite (left). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
ncat JP511 Tsumcorite, Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Orange tsumcorite coating carminite crystals with olive coloured beudantite-segnitite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
ncat JP3119 Spangolite, Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue platy crystals of spangolite coating twinned cerussite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images.
8089 M708 Torbernite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images.
8040 M1143 Schulenbergite, Old Kintore Dump, Broken Hill, New South Wales
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
8033 Scholzite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Via Pinnacles dumps (not known if Kintore or Block 14). ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
ncat JP1219 Scorodite, Hemerdon Ball Mine, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Blue scorodite from Hemerdon Ball (now the Drakelands Mine). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3353 Sampleite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images.
0450 Rhodochrosite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Very pale, almost colourless scalenohedra through to a nice mid-pink. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7286 JL1532 Quartz, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Doubly-terminated colourless quartz crystal with iron staining. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 10 images.
ncat VHD4, Calcite, Pyrite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Calcite and pyrite are two very common minerals, but true to form, Broken Hill has some surprises. This specimen is 40x27x25mm and a small amount of matrix is covered by colourless calcite crystals to about...
5356 JL0814 Otavite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0579 Hemimorphite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9154 JP2394 Brochantite, Goethite, Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Bluish brochantite on iridescent goethite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8050 Gordaite, Ktenasite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Grey hexagonal crystal of gordaite partially exposed. ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
ncat JP1431 Pyromorphite, Corkite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Green corkite-hinsdalite on pyromorphite. Note the colourless tips of the pyromorphite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7017 JL2633 Churchite-(Y), Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0929 Chlorargyrite, Chalcophanite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp olive green crystal of bromian chlorargyrite (embolite) on hexagonal crystals of chalcophanite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. Bottom photo taken in...
2705 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Mt Malvern Mine, South Australia
Red carminite with green beudantite-segnitite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images (first photo). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images (second photo). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
5751 Uranophane, Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Yellow transparent prismatic crystals. Labelled as barium uranophane. Collected before 1980.
5749 Smithsonite, Rosasite, Aurichalcite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Green smithsonite. Ex John Lewis Collection. Ex Bernie Day.
5748 Rosasite, Spessartine, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Blue balls. Nice small spessartine garnets. Collected from Block 14 dump material at the Pinnacles Mine. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5747 Stibnite, Calcite, Jamesonite, Sombrerete Mine, Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Labelled as boulangerite, El Sombrette Mine, Durango. Likely jamesonite, and from the Sombrerete Mine, in Zacatecas, but close to the border with Durango. Ex John Lewis Collection.
5746 Heulandite, Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Ex John Lewis collection.
5745 Wavellite, St John’s Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Wavellite bow-ties. Ex John Lewis Collection.
1341 Bertrandite, Triple Chance Beryllium Mine, Thackaringa, New South Wales
Prismatic rectangular cross-section colourless crystals of bertrandite formed in a cavity that once was a beryl crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30130 Dmisteinbergite, Kurumazawa gabbro quarry, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Thin white pearly cleavages on matrix, fairly sparse. 3.5×2.5cm. OW109.
20075 Suzukiite, Rhodonite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Microscopic green spots on pink rhodonite.
5744 Sugilite, Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Yellowish-green spots in aegirine syenite.
5743 Strontio-orthojoaquinite, Kinzandani, Hashidate, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Yellow patches in matrix. Ōmi is noted as the Type Locality but it is not clear exactly where. Probably Ōmi River rather than this locality.
ncat WD109 Stibnite, Berthierite, United Brothers Mine, Mount Wills, Victoria
Silver crystals in cavities in quartz. Ex Jack and Dawn Leach Collection. Ex Gordon Jackson Collection. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9152 JP2335 Beraunite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Ex Jo Price Collection. The green crystals are likely chalcosiderite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4249 Bechererite, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Pale blue bechererite in slag from the South Mine slag dumps. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Acquired from Albert and Marianne Schrander-Hettinga 1/2006. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
7473 JL1517 Gonnardite-Natrolite, Calcite, Old Melbourne Quarries, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991 from Melbourne Museum.
7472 JL0546 Gold, Heathcote, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from Tony Fraser at the Canberra Gemboree for $1.
7471 JL1120 Azurite, Goethite, Malachite, Frances Creek Mine, Burrundie, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 from Mary Wilde of the Mordialloc Club.
7470 JL1549 Mimetite, Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Barry Porter at the Horsham Gemkhana for $2.50.
7469 JL0066 Zircon, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
A single orange zircon crystal mounted on a bristle(?). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1983 from Hamish Pearson.
ncat EUR2 Vanadinite, El Centenillo Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5384 Calcite, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Yellow calcite with bluish-white fluorescence (Convoy) and a green afterglow that takes a few seconds to fade. Colours are not exact in photo (iPhone). Also, compared to the many many calcite specimens from Chenzhou in...
0945 Beaverite-(Cu), Mimetite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales
Greenish-grey beaverite with tiny yellowish hexagonal prisms of mimetite. Acquired from David Vince in 1992. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20056 RC390 Fluorite, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Cluster of pink octahedral crystals, pale blue fluorescence. Ex Roger Colling Collection.
20074 Calcite, Quartz, Leisner Shaft, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Originally purchased from Marino Cristofli, a former miner from Dimbulah on 13th June 1996. Ex Martin Jensen Collection number MJ3254. 34x22x20mm. Pink-red fluorescence.
30129 Calcite, Stilbite, Giblin Street Quarry, Lenah Valley, Hobart City, Tasmania
Pale orange calcite crystals partially coated by tiny colourless stilbite crystals. Specimen size 85x75x40mm. White fluorescence under longwave UV (Convoy) with a green afterglow. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Ex Roseann Scotti Collection. Click on the...
20073 Azurite, Malachite, Calcite, Triako open cut, Mineral Hill, Condobolin district, New South Wales
Not all mineral specimens are perfect. This one has suffered a little, perhaps when mined or perhaps when collected. One of the azurite crystals (the one on the right) has a couple of breaks. One...
3606 Fluorite, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, Saint Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
A lot of collectors like fluorite. Whether it be for the isometric (cubic) symmetry (for those that might be a little obsessive-compulsive 😁), the range of colours and zoning, the fluorescence, or for other reasons....
2834 Bavenite, Fluorite, Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on ferroan magnesite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 45 images. VHD12. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4979 Vanadinite, Descloizite, A. O. Prospect, Mount General, Hinkley, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Purplish-grey vanadinite with yellow descloizite. A.O. stands for Al Ordway who found nice micro vanadinite and descloizite. Acquired from Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...
ncat JL3631 Bavenite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from John Haupt. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4267 Azurite, Barite, Wheal Friendship Mine, Blinman, South Australia
Blocky colourless barite crystals with sharp blue azurite. Acquired from John Haupt 4/06. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL1378 Barite, Kapunda Mine, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree in 1994. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4905 Barite, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Complex yellow crystals of barite on goethite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8036 M269 Barite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1546 Barite, Copper, Goethite, Black Rock Lode, Mount Isa, Queensland
Golden barite crystals with goethite balls on the surface and native copper inclusions. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1532 Barite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
A cluster of pale yellow barite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4720 Azurite, Barite, Malbunka Copper Mine (Namatjira’s Copper Prospect; Areyonga Copper Deposit), Areyonga, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory
Identified from the 2017 mining operation, acquired directly from the miner, Dehne McLaughlin. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7468 JL1151 Anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1992 at the Horsham Gemkhana from Barry Porter for $4.
7467 JL1166 Hydromagnesite, Lee Valley, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990 from Stan Rowe.
7466 JL0376 Linarite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1986 at the Waverley Show from Down Under Minerals.
7465 JL1479 Calcite, Cairns Bay, Flinders, Victoria
The “Lighthouse”, sceptered calcite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7464 JL0818 Boleite, Daydream Mine, Apollyon Valley, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7463 JL1164 Gedrite, Lucky Draw Gold Mine, Barraga, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993. Ex Museum Victoria.
7462 JL1651 Pucherite, Morass Creek, Benambra, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7461 JL1200 Vashegyite, Mount Avis, Edi-Cheshunt, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993. Ex Museum Victoria.
7460 JL1169 Curite, Jabiru Mine, Alligator River, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Michael Hirst.
7459 JL1159 Zircon, Aragonite, Daylesford, Victoria
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1991 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7458 JL1617 Brochantite, Mount Oxide Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 at the Hobart Joint Mineralogical Societies Seminar from Brian Beyer for $5.
7457 JL1548 Goethite, Hematite, Calcite, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 at the Horsham Gemkhana from Barry Porter for $2.
7456 JL0793 Lithiophorite, Warburton, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1989. Ex Museum Victoria.
7455 JL0075 Chabazite, Calcite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1982 from Frank Robinson.
7454 JL1225 Anilite, Burra, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1980.
7453 JL0920 Dolomite, Flinders, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991 from Frank Robinson.
7452 JL1416 Albite, Titanite, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1994 at the Ballarat Gemboree from Don McColl for 50c.
7451 JL0945 Gold, Wapiti Mine, Farncomb Co., California, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7450 JL1107 Zircon, Lake Bullenmerri, Victoria
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1982 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
7449 JL0462 Cuprite, Goethite, Tectonic Bore, Western Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1988 from a tailgater at the Canberra Gemboree for $2.
7448 JL3945 Vivianite, Demon’s Bluff, Anglesea, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002 from Dick Haslam.
7447 JL3743 Hyalite Opal, Conichalcite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomata Station, Olary Province, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 2000 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.
7446 JL2680 Strengite, Natrojarosite, Dufrenite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1997 on a Victorian Mineralogical Society field trip.
7445 JL0846 Chabazite, Gonnardite-Natrolite, Boral Quarry, Bundoora, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990. Ex Museum Victoria.
7444 JL2090 Schulenbergite, Brochantite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7442 JL1746 Tridymite, Spring Hill, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
1034 Erionite-K, Heulandite, Malpais Hill, Dudleyville, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Colourless blocky coffin-shaped heulandite crystals with colourless prisms of erionite-K. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1615 Bastnäsite-(Ce), Mimetite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tiny platy orange crystals of bastnäsite-(Ce) with yellow hexagonal mimetite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1045 Gold, Cracow, Queensland
Rough hackly bits of gold in matrix. Acquired from Ian Graham in 1993. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3658 Bariopharmacosiderite, Mount Malvern Mine, Clarendon, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Greenish yellow cubes of bariopharmacosiderite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2484 Barbosalite, Wolfeite, Wilsons Pegmatite, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Black to dark green barbosalite with brown wolfeite. Width of specimen 14mm.
7432 JL1659 Bannisterite, Rhodonite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Black bannisterite showing typical platy crystals, with small rhodonite crystals. Specimen measures 13mm high. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
9112 JP2783 Bayldonite, Gartrellite, Chenevixite?, Adamite?, New Cobar Mine, Cobar, New South Wales
Labelled Peak Mine (Peak Gold Mines is the operator). Green crystals of bayldonite with smaller light bluish-green crystals of adamite(?) and olive-green chenevixite(?). Elsewhere on the specimen are tiny yellow crystals of gartrellite. Width of...
0346 Bayldonite, Olivenite, Hidalgoite, Mimetite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Dark green crystals of bayldonite with lighter green olivenite, and yellow hidalgoite crusts on colourless mimetite. You can see the tips of the mimetite peeking through on a few crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack...
7414 JL3961 Chalcopyrite, Bayldonite, Quartz, Mount Malvern Mine, Chandlers Hill, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2003 from John Haupt. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2578 Fluorite, Bavenite, Ferroan Magnesite, Slaughteryard Face, Mount Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Tiny thin colourless blades of bavenite with colourless fluorite on oxidised Fe bearing magnesite. Width of view 1.75mm, stack of 40 images (first photo) and width of view 3.5mm and stack of 70 images (second...
2171 Barite, Opalton, Queensland
One large crystal with a cluster of smaller ones from a locality best known for its opal. Width of view 22mm.
ncat VHD4, Copper, Barite, Mount Isa, Queensland
Dendritic copper in yellow barite. Width of specimen 20mm. Ex George Stacey.
1452 Volborthite, Monument Valley, Navajo Co, Arizona, USA
Obtained in a trade with Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
0491 Azurite, Malachite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
This specimen shows a couple of interesting properties of cerussite. The first is the unfortunate way that crystals can easily break (right hand end of main white cerussite crystal). The second is its habit of...
0756 Azurite, Calcite, Malachite after Azurite, Cobar, New South Wales
Azurite with malachite partially pseudomorphing one crystal. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1591 Azurite, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Stunning blue azurite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 28 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4535 Axinite-(Fe), Lake Cooper Quarry, Corop, Victoria
Pale pink axinite-(Fe). Width of view 9mm. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M78 Azurite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Cute little thumbnail azurite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Specimen is 12mm across. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD3, Volborthite on Chrysocolla after Atacamite, all on Quartz, Breaden Hill, Marree, South Australia
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images.
ncat JP0250 Pyrite. Chabazite-Ca, Lyttelton Harbour Board Quarry, Lyttelton, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand
Elongated pyrite crystals, one as a “flag”, with a pyrite cube at the tip, on colourless to white chabazite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image...
5742 Parasibirskite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for parasibirskite. C. Loranth photo.
5741 Taneyamalite, Taneyama mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality C. Loranth photo.
5740 Shimazakiite, Hemnilite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for both species. C. Loranth photo.
ncat JP857 Trolleite, Augelite, Mount Perry, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Pale blue trolleite inclusions in a colourless grain of augelite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1637 Hendricksite, Franklinite, Trotter Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
A black franklinite crystal is either a seed for, or an inclusion in, a brown hendricksite crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5739 Tvalchrelidzeite, Cinnabar, Gomi As-Sb-Hg deposit, Oni District, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia
Type Locality for tvalchrelidzeite, a rare sulphosalt with a specific composition of Hg3SbAsS3. A little red cinnabar too. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
1638 Franklinite, Rhodonite, Calcite, Trotter Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite, pink rhodonite and red fluorescent colourless calcite. Width of view 10mm. UV photo using a Convoy S2+. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
0819 Gahnite, Chrysocolla, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A fairly sharp dark green gahnite crystal on chrysocolla. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1641 Azurite, Franklinite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite crystals with secondary copper minerals in between. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Type Locality for franklinite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0706 Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite-Ca, Phillipsite, Natrolite, Cradle Mountain Link Road, Middlesex Plains, Tasmania
Bladed balls of thomsonite crystals with natrolite needles sticking out, well-formed phillipsite and phacolitic chabazite (the latter two not in photo). Collected by me. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the...
2569 Chayesite, Basalt quarry, Pauliberg, Kobersdorf, Oberpullendorf District, Burgenland, Austria
You can’t always have a perfect mineral specimen. So sometimes you make do until you can upgrade. This is one of those less than perfect ones. However, you can still see the hexagonal habit of...
0227 Libethenite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, South Australia
Bladed crystals of azurite with green crystals of libethenite on pale blue chrysocolla. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0534 Azurite, Teutonic Bore, near Leonora, Western Australia
Lustrous blue azurite crystals on a goethite matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2164 Azurite, No.27 Bench, Girilambone Copper Mine, Girilambone, New South Wales
Superb sharp lustrous azurite crystals with minor malachite. Look closely, and you can see a phantom in the azurite crystal photographed. From the No. 27 Bench. This is the only azurite phantom that I have...
1489 Azurite, No.23 Bench, Girilambone Copper Mine, Girilambone, New South Wales
Thin platy azurite crystals. From the No. 23 Bench. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0502 Azurite, Malachite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
A sharp azurite crystal casting a blue hue on the malachite beneath. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0489 Malachite, Azurite, Anglesite, Triako Open Cut, Mineral Hill, near Condobolin, New South Wales
Lustrous azurite crystals reflecting nearby malachite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7014 JL2046 Schorl, Axinite-(Fe), Danburite, Vesuvianite, Gravel Hill quarry, Ascot Hills, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Collected by Bill Birch and Dermot Henry in 1996. Pictured is purple axinite and colourless danburite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image...
1263 Axinite-(Fe), Arsenopyrite, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania
A single brown-purple axinite crystal on arsenopyrite. The latter is highly reflective and you can see the reflection of the axinite. Ex Mark Hallam. Width of view 3.5. Stack of 60 images. Click on the...
0760 Eosphorite, Autunite, Wycheproof Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria
Thin greenish-yellow plates of highly fluorescence autunite with orange-yellow rounded eosphorite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. UV photo: Width of view...
1726 Austinite, Hedyphane, EZ Mine, Puttapa, South Australia
Golden crystals of austinite with creamy white hexagonal crystals of hedyphane. The hedyphane fluoresces strongly yellow. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW105 M6 Aurichalcite, Hydrozincite, Rosasite, Billy Springs, South Australia
Greenish-blue aurichalcite with very little definition or contrast on white hydrozincite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4362 JL3630 Aurichalcite, Rosasite, Quartz, Muldiva near Chillagoe, Queensland
Quite a bit going on here. In the centre is light blue aurichalcite on a darker blue hemisphere of rosasite (there is a second hemisphere behind and to the left as well). In front to...
ncat JP226 Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Aurichalcite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Sky blue thin crystals of aurichalcite. Also present but not in photo – colourless hemimorphite and pale green smithsonite. Multiple fluorescent colours under longwave – orange-red (appears to be the smithsonite), orange (tiny patch of...
ncat VHD4 MB Aurichalcite, Hydrozincite, Hemimorphite, Evelyn Mine, Northern Territory
Pale blue acicular aurichalcite on granular white hydrozincite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4790 Claraite, Kaiserbründl, Gratlspitz, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Tiny sky blue platelets of claraite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Ex Helmut Braith. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH93 Augite, Ilmenite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria
Black prismatic augite crystals with brown coated ilmenite. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VH120 Wulfenite, Atacamite, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
A single orange wulfenite with tiny green atacamite on a coated earlier version of atacamite and quartz. There are other wulfenite crystals on the specimen. Ex Val Hannah Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of...
1842 Atacamite, Mt Gunson Copper Mine, Mt Gunson, South Australia
Parallel growth crystal aggregates, looking down the C axis. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7311 JL3095 Atacamite, Moonta, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1983 on a field trip that was part of the Adelaide Mineralogical Society Seminar. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat VHD7, Atacamite, Endeavour 26 Pit, North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales
Flat bladed green atacamite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2047 Atacamite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Prismatic green crystals in a small vugh. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7310 JL3028 Conichalcite, Olivenite, Binghampton Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Dark olive green olivenite with thin bands of lime green conichalcite. The white mineral between is unknown. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Click...
7358 JL3059 Ashburtonite, Mineral Claim 84 Cu deposit (Anticline prospect), Ashburton Downs Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia
Bright blue crystals of ashburtonite from the Type Locality. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Rob Sielecki in 1998 for $15.00. Click on the...
3910 Olivenite, Barite, Arseniosiderite, Tistoulet mine, Padern, Narbonne, Aude, Occitanie, France
Stubby green crystals of olivenite with pale thin tabular barite, that sprinkled with a tiny yellow arseniosiderite balls. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Ex Cederick Gineste 2/2005. Click on the image below...
0791 Arsenopyrite Twin, Sunny Corner,near Bathurst, New South Wales
A 5-rayed twin rather than the normal 6! Crystal group is 5mm across.
0878 Gold, Stibnite, Heathcote, Victoria
Spongy reddish gold that results possibly from the breakdown of aurostibite(?) with small areas of more yellow native gold, and silver stibnite. Collected by me in the early 1990s. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of...
3808 Olivenite, Chrysocolla, Clinoclase, Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England
Olive green crystals of olivenite on pale blue chrysocolla. Not in the photo – clinoclase. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
4906 Atacamite, New Cornwall Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
A lovely little specimen of prismatic green atacamite crystals. Ex Graham Lee. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0186 Greenockite, Galena, Tennantite-Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Cerussite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
Orange and red greenockite with galena, tennantite-tetrahedrite, pyrite and cerussite. The orange greenockite fluoresces red but the red crystals don’t. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 72 images (white light) and a stack of only...
4481 Olivenite, Stavoren Mine, north of Marble Hall, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Time to cut the grass! A mass of jackstraw crystals of olivenite. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4482 Olivenite, Stavoren Mine, north of Marble Hall, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Green prismatic crystals of olivenite. Interestingly, when you zoom in, particularly towards the top of the image, you can also see tiny white hexagonal crystals (likely mimetite) and rounded green crystals (likely copper-bearing adamite or...
8521 Motukoreaite, Calcite, Phillipsite-K, Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
Pale blue rosette of platy crystals of motukoreaite on grey-brown calcite and colourless phillipsite. Tiny blue hemispheres of motukoreaite dotted around calcite also. Width of view 3.5mm. Top image: Stack of 50 images. Bottom image:...
3949 Arsendescloizite, Beltana Deposit, Puttapa, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Yellow crystals in a cavity in dolomite, Ex Albert Schrander-Hettinga, 2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2223 Phosphophyllite, Sphalerite, Zwieselite, Hagendorf-Sud, Bavaria, Germany
Not a great specimen, but colourless crystals of phosphophyllite present, some showing indications of twinning, with brown sphalerite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
4571 Silver, Almería, Spain
A small mass of silver crystals. Exact locality is unknown. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Al Pribula. Width of view 2.33mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4580 Milarite, Valenciana Silver Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
Colourless to yellowish hexagonal prisms of milarite. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Walter Bagley. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4574 Oyelite, N’Chwaning Mine, Kuruman Hills, Namibia
Colourless to white tufts of oyelite. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Rocko’s Minerals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4572 Serandite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Pale orange serandite crystals. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Giles Haineault. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 39 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2891 Rontgenite-(Ce), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
An artful ex-Bob Rothenberg mount (also ex Robin Tibbit). The little disc on which he’s mounted the crystals has a diameter of 6 mm. The disc sits atop a cork pedestal affixed to the black...
6101 Aurichalcite, Malachite, Cornwall, England
Vintage micromount. Ex Bob Rothenberg collection, previously Walter Bagley and John Francis Calvert (Calvert died in 1897). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0419 Clinoclase, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England
Blue clinoclase crystals on matrix from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England. Ex Bob Rothenberg collection, previously from the John Frederick Calvert collection (died 1897). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on...
4575 Tyuyamunite, Marie Mine, Carbon Co., Montana, USA
Bright yellow flowers of tyuyamunite. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4573 Sampleite, Atacamite, Santa Catalina Mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile
A beautiful cluster of blue sampleite crystals with a dark green atacamite crystal behind. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Terry Scenics. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
2211 Aragonite, Bridgewater Quarry, Bridgewater, Tasmania
A small terminated colourless aragonite crystal in amongst crystalline pink aragonite (coloured by strontium?). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0550 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Calcite, Natrolite, Phillipsite, Pioneer Quarry, Harkaway, Victoria
White blocky crystals of fluorapophyllite-(K), some corroded, on a bed of phillipsite, with natrolite and calcite, some of which are perched on natrolite needles. Main image width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click...
ncat WD115 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Inesite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Apophyllite crystals (probably fluorapophyllite-(K)) on brown bladed crystals of inesite. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Height of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0763 Aragonite, Nevada Creek, North Dundas, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Flat-lying bladed colourless aragonite crystals on green serpentine with minor dark purple stichtite (not in photo). At one time, these were described as magnesite, but analysis showed them to be aragonite. Ex Jo Price Collection....
ncat JP1240 Aragonite, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
A spray of aragonite bladed crystals with unusual zig-zag markings on the faces. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3684 Aragonite, Nichterlein’s quarry, Lower Paper Mills Road, Fyansford, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
Ugly looking aragonite crystals that appear to have been partially etched giving them a greyish appearance, and then clear colourless tips have been added to the terminations. From an old locality. Ex Jo Price Collection....
ncat JP3664 Aragonite, Jackson’s Creek, Panorama Drive, Gisborne, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
A radiating spray of aragonite needles. Many of these sprays have seeded on an earlier larger aragonite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Height of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below...
ncat JP485 Aragonite, Tylden quarry, Tylden, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
A spray of tapered aragonite crystals, with this image showing some of the typical terminations (and a broken crystal – third from the left, demonstrating the fragile nature of such specimens). Ex Jo Price Collection....
ncat JP1429 Aragonite, Rosslynne Reservoir, Gisborne, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
A neat spray of bladed aragonite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Height of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP3618 Fluorapatite, Eastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria
A brown partially melted hexagonal apatite crystal with a hollow centre. Ex Jo Price Collection. Height of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2434 Fluorapatite, Albite, Pyramid Hill granite quarry (Mawson’s Quarry), Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria
A single hexagonal yellowish apatite crystal perched on albite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 36 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1559 Aragonite, Chabazite-Ca, Saponite, RTA Quarry, Ben Lomond, New South Wales
A nice spray of thin colourless aragonite blades. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Second photo shows complex twinned chabazite with the aragonite in the background. Dark green hemispheres are saponite. Width of...
1320 Archerite, Petrogale Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia
~1mm buff-coloured crystals. Type Locality. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDMAR01 M1007 Fluorapatite, Lake Boga, Victoria
A nice cluster of zoned tabular hexagonal fluorapatite crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 22mm. Stack of 17 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1128 Pyromorphite, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A mass of lime green hexagonal pyromorphite crystals from the MMM South Mine operations. Width of view is 9.5mm. Stack of 15 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. (Top photo...
ncat VHD4, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Quartz, Fluorapatite, Pyramid Hill, Victoria
A coated hexagonal prism of fluorapatite from the Pyramid Hill granite Quarry, Victoria. Not as pretty as the Lake Boga ones. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 10 images. Click on the image below for...
0887 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Zinc Corp, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Fluorapophyllite (probably fluorapophyllite-(K)) crystal showing typical cleavage planes. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD10, Fluorapatite, Millisite, Wardite, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia
Hair-like colourless crystals of fluorapatite. Also present, white millisite on blocky wardite crystals, and green kidwellite. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a...
1791 Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
Ankerite with colourless prismatic quartz and minor chalcopyrite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1045 Anglesite, Minium, Wirrealpa Mine (Flinders Range Silver Lead NL; Donkey Bore Prospect), Wirrealpa homestead area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Tiny anglesite crystals with even smaller orange minium. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3975 Anglesite, Zeehan Queen Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania
Blocky anglesite crystal. Acquired from Richard Wolfe 2/2005. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP452 Anglesite, Cordillera Mine, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales
Unusual hoppered(?) crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2722 Anglesite, Cerussite, Oxide Dump, Woodlawn Mine, Tarago, New South Wales
Group of sharp anglesite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9149 JP2511 Anglesite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Elongated colourless crystals of anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Collected on the dumps at the Pinnacles Mine. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below...
ncat ML Anglesite, Block 14 Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A lovely green anglesite from the 1998 discovery in the Block 14 open cut. Previously in the Milton Lavers Collection. Photo width 3.5mm. Stack of 33 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat WD109 Sabinaite, Dawsonite, Sodalite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
A really difficult one to photograph. Transparent colourless sabinaite crystal (centre of photo) with white dawsonite and blue sodalite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
7411 JL1902 Synchysite-(Ce), Pyrite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Yellowish pseudohexagonal plates of synchysite-(Ce) with tiny pyrite crystals sprinkled on them. White albite crystals at the base. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1993 from Cynthia Peat (peatite-(Y)). Width of view 3.5mm....
0795 Andradite, Mary Kathleen, Queensland
At least three separate episodes of andradite garnet deposition on this specimen. First of all, orange garnet, then green, and finally, much smaller olive-green to black crystals. An interesting paragenesis. Width of view 3.5mm and...