7415 JL3069 Magnetite, Fluorapatite, Diopside, Cosgrove quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show for $1.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7413 JL2906 Pyrite, Gold, Galena, Hill End, Wellington Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3.33mm. Stack of 63 images.
7412 JL1467 Fluorapatite, Barite, Quartz, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Brian Beyer at the Adelaide Mineralogical Society Seminar for $1.00. Width of view 3.33mm. Stack of 60 images.
7410 JL1834 Hinsdalite, Pyromorphite, Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine (“Sylvester-Queen”), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Labelled as hinsdalite but likely plumbogummite, and as “Sylvester Mine”. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $4.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7408 JL1830 Pyrophyllite, Gundagai, Clarendon Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Jack Leach for $2.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7405 JL3651 Anatase, Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Judy Rowe. Judy was involved in the hand-sorting of heavy minerals from the deposit.
7404 JL1655 Cinnabar, Mercury, Jamieson Mercury mine, Quicksilver creek, Jamieson, Mansfield Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995. Ex Museum Victoria. Ex Somerset Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7403 JL1741 Gmelinite-Chabazite, Analcime, Point Sambell, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Gmelinite-chabazite intergrowth. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 75 images.
7402 JL3695 Quartz, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from a Tailgater at the Wagga Gemboree.
7401 JL1724 Stibiconite, Stibnite, Ringwood Gold and Antimony Mine (Antimony Mine), Ringwood, City of Maroondah, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Ruth Coulsell (fluornatrocoulsellite). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 34 images.
7400 JL1740 Chabazite, Calcite, Point Sambell, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 64 images.
7399 JL1820 Calcite, Korumburra, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Frank Robinson.
7398 JL3692 Calcite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from a Tailgater at the Wagga Gemboree.
7397 JL1770 Gypsum, Chlorite, Olympic Dam Mine, Roxby Downs, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995. Ex Museum Victoria.
7396 JL1899 Anatase, Albite, Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Cynthia Peat (peatite). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
7395 JL1952 Hyalite Opal, Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
7394 JL1759 Taranakite, Chrystalls Beach (Cooks Head Rock), Clutha District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Judy Rowe.
7393 JL1798 Mordenite, Mount Hay, Wycarbah, Rockhampton Region, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from June and Bob Gleeson at the Echuca Gemkana.
7392 JL1683 Kettnerite, Mixite, Northern Spy Mine, Tintic Mining District, Utah Co., Utah, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Joe Marty.
7391 JL2141 Quartz, Bellerberg volcano, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the Holland Micro Group.
7390 JL4983 Sigloite, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7389 JL1821 Clinozoisite, Mokoan quarry, Goorambat, Rural City of Benalla, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
7388 JL3708 Chabazite, Thomsonite-Ca, Organ Pipes National Park, City of Hume/Brimbank, Victoria
The Organ Pipes National Park is enclosed in two Cities: Hume to the north of Jacksons Creek, and Brimbank to the south. It is not known which side of the creek this specimen was collected...
7386 JL1972 Connellite, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Brian Beyer for $6.00 at the New South Wales Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
7385 JL2236 Churchite-(Y), Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from Larry Queen for $5.00 at the Queensland Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
7384 JL1973 Gerhardtite, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Brian Beyer for $10.00 at the New South Wales Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
7382 JL1686 Weeksite, Carnotite, Anderson Mine (Date Creek project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine), Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Joe Marty.
7381 JL2315 Theisite, Aurichalcite, Tuckerville prospects, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA
Type Locality for theisite. Incorrectly labelled as La Plata Co. (refer comment in Mindat). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $2.00.
7380 JL3766 Siderite, Montmorillonite, Pioneer quarry, Narre Warren North, City of Casey, Victoria
Basketweave siderite. Collected by Joan Lamond in 1982. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 150 images.
7379 JL1822 Ferro-richterite, Camels Hump, Mount Macedon, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria
Mindat only lists richterite. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Don Billinghurst.
7378 JL1953 Sulphur, White Island (Whakaari), Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996. Ex Museum Victoria.
7377 JL1875 Cerussite, Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Acquired by Joan Lamond at the 1996 Prahran Show from Martin Rosser for $6.00.
7376 JL1947 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1993 on a Mineralogical Society field trip.
7375 JL1926 Nepheline, Albite, Unknown Pink, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Cynthia Peat.
7374 JL2011 Harmotome, Barite, Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1996.
7373 JL2317 Villamanínite, Providencia Mine, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $3.00.
7372 JL3695 Tiptopite, Roscherite, Montgomeryite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Type Locality for tiptopite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $10.00.
7371 JL3673 Phillipsite-Na, Siderite, Pioneer quarry, Narre Warren North, City of Casey, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Jack Leach. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 80 images.
7370 JL1736 Barite, Chabazite, Redcliff Head (Red Cliff Head), Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Frank Robinson.
7369 JL1705 Hyalite Opal, Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Michael Hirst.
7368 JL4977 Schuetteite, Rainbow mine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7367 JL3272 Ullmannite, Masaloni Mine, San Vito, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from Bernie and Margaret Day at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $4.00.
7365 JL3927 Lavendulan, Erythrite, Dome Rock Copper Mine, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), Olary Province, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002. Ex Ralph Segnit Collection.
7364 JL3382 Sasaite, Turquoise, Site 3, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from Robyn Sharp.
7363 JL3054 Vaterite, Defernite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Rob Sielecki in 1998 for $10.00.
7361 JL3747 Hancockite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Peter Elliott at the Ballarat Gemboree for $4.00.
7359 JL3034 Pyrite, Mount Tarrengower, Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from the Bendigo Show club stall for $0.50.
7357 JL3023 Chrysocolla, Veszelyite, Straitstep Vein (Margaret’s Vein), Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Chrysocolla after veszelyite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998.
7356 JL3132 Quartz, Gosse Bluff, Tnorala Conservation Reserve, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Judy Rowe. Collected by Judy and Stan Rowe in May, 1985.
7355 JL3456 Nickelskutterudite, Quartz, Lill Mine, Černojamské deposit, Březové Hory ore region, Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7354 JL3904 Gyrolite, Calcite, Fluorapophyllite, Mesolite, India
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2002. Ex Ralph Segnit Collection.
7353 JL3637 Gold, Martha Mine (Waihi Mine), Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Tiny fragment in a capsule. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2001 from Jocelyn Thornton at the Mineralogical Societies Seminar in Hobart.
7352 JL3683 Olivine, Andesine, CSR Quarry, Ondit, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 2000.
7351 JL3681 Cornubite, Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $2.00.
7350 JL3181 Thomsonite, Phillipsite, Chabazite, West Head, Flinders, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Frank Robinson.
7349 JL3200 Dumontite, Saléeite, Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
7345 JL5144 Tuhualite, Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7344 JL3134 Beryl, Titanite, Biotite, Monazite, Magnetite, Tungkillo area, Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 1998. Labelled as “Mannum”.
7343 JL3014 Connellite, Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998.
7342 JL3052 Holdawayite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Rob Sielecki for $10.00.
7341 JL3746 Fersmite, Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Peter Elliott at the Ballarat Gemboree for $4.00.
7340 JL2395 Hörnesite, Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $2.00.
7339 JL3068 Diopside, Cosgrove quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998 for $1.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7338 JL3843 Rammelsbergite, Lainijaur Mine (Lainejaur), Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Peter Elliott at the Ballarat Gemboree for $5.00.
7347 JL3208 Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
10mm across and much more intense blue than you normally see. Acquired by Joan Lamond from George Williams in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $1.50.
7337 JL3207 Azurite, Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond from George Williams in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana for $1.50.
7336 JL3162 Saléeite, Quartz, Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
7335 JL3816 Prehnite, Pioneer Quarry, Shellharbour, New South Wales
Probably (but to be confirmed) now the Hanson Quarry, Shell Cove, Shellharbour, New South Wales. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Noel Kennon in 2002.
7330 JL3191 Amber, Baltic Sea
Acquired by Joan Lamond from a Tailgater at the 1998 Coleraine Gemkana.
7329 JL3020 Millerite, Park Slip West (Margam Opencast), Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, Wales, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998.
7328 JL3782 Gamagarite, Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7327 JL3474 Phosgenite, Sounion Cove slag locality, Sounion area, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7326 JL3566 Malachite, Cuprite, Copper, Quartz, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex Museum Victoria, acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Width of view 2.5mm.
7325 JL3434 Pyrolusite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7321 JL3219 Fluorite, Hemimorphite, Coldstones Quarry, Greenhow, High and Low Bishopside, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Width of View 4mm.
7319 JL3066 Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Proustite, Siderite, Browne’s shaft, Block 39, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7318 JL3871 Goethite after Pyrite, Hendre Quarry, Ceiriog Ucha, Wrexham, Wales, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2002.
7317 JL3486 Calcite, Mount Tamborine, Darlington Range, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond at Tamborine Mountain in 1990.
7316 JL3009 Hetaerolite, Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove, Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998.
7315 JL3457 Palygorskite, Orthoclase, Doubravice, Jičín District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group. Width of view 4mm.
7314 JL3984 Enstatite, Mount Tarawera, Okataina, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand
Labelled as ferrosilite, but Mindat says “erroneously reported” so likely enstatite. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Judy Rowe in 2003.
7313 JL3687 Metavauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7312 JL3750 Wightmanite, Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott at the 2000 Ballarat Gemboree for $5.00.
7309 JL3453 Romanèchite, Manganese deposit, Romanèche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Type Locality. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7308 JL3720 Paralaurionite, Pacha Limani Cove slag locality, Passa Limani area, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Andre Heyninck (Belgium) in 2001.
7307 JL3176 Calcite, Jenolan Caves, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales
Five single crystals. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria.
7305 JL3576 Normandite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Kevin Davy at the Waverley Show in 1995 for $10.00.
7304 JL3856 Annabergite, Km 3 open pit, Km 3 mines, Km 3, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
Variety cabrerite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2000.
7303 JL3973 Pharmacosiderite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jo Price in 2003.
7302 JL3890 Melilite, Graulei Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2000.
7301 JL2297 Nowackiite, Chabournéou, Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $3.00.
7300 JL3070 Cordierite, Mount Isa area, Queensland
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
7299 JL3779 Zektzerite, Dara-i-Pioz, Tien-Shan, Tajikistan
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
3951 Clinoatacamite, Wallace Gully, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark green crystals in a small vugh. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Obtained from Albert Schrander-Hettinga 2/2005.
4622 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Crystal fragment of green elbaite, capped by schorl, then more green elbaite growing on an angle (broken and healed?).
4621 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single crystal, etched termination, very pale pink and green.
4619 Tourmaline, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single unterminated brown crystal (dravite?).
4617 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated crystal, root-beer brown.
4616 Elbaite, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Watermelon tourmaline, pink core, green rim. Not terminated.
4615 Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Single terminated black crystal.
4613 Elbaite, Schorl, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Green elbaite rims over black schorl core.
ncat JP194 Stibnite, Quartz, Yarra Glen, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 90 images.
20071 Radium
Two watch hands coated with radium in phosphorescent paint. Luminous and highly fluorescent.
5729 Hoganite, Cerussite, Malachite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Sharp blue-green micro crystals of hoganite on cerussite and malachite. Colour is more green than shown in the photos. Width of view 3.5mm. Exact source of specimen is not known. The original occurrence was only...
5728 Strontiodresserite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. White crystal sprays.
5727 Lafossaite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Tiny yellow cubes of this rare thallium species. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images.
5726 Natisite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green grains. Ex Peter Hall Collection.
5725 Irhtemite, Ightem Mine (Irhtem Mine), Ightem, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Type Locality. Colourless to white prismatic crystals.
5724 Jacobsite, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Lustrous black octahedral crystals.
5723 Lansfordite, Tunnel #1, Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Type Locality. Parallel group of crystals. Ex Peter Hall Collection.
5722 Ruby Corundum, Mount Brady, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory
Single red crystal (17mm longest direction) with very minor matrix. Fluoresces bright red (right hand image).
5721 Steropesite, La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Type Locality. Pale yellow crust of this rare thallium species.
5719 Goethite replacing Pyrite, Stellerite, Calcite, Lake Cooper quarry, Corop, Campaspe Shire, Victoria
Interpenetrant slightly rounded pyrite cubes, some with truncated corners, altering to brown goethite with prismatic colourless striated prismatic stellerite crystals and minor white calcite crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
0248 Pyromorphite, Block 14 Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Green prismatic crystals. Width of specimen 11mm.
20070 Wulfenite, Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mexico
Butterscotch tabular crystals, largest 15mm across. Five views of the one specimen, each taken with iPhone 11 Pro Max plus Struman macro lens.
ncat WD113 Cassiterite, Hyalite, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo, Namibia
Nice sharp group of cassiterite crystals with a partial coating of fluorescent green hyalite opal. The hyalite fluoresces under longwave UV (Convoy) but is much brighter under shortwave. The green fluorescence is due to uranyl...
ncat AA6 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Highly fluorescent under longwave and shortwave. Size 45x30x25mm.
20031 Ruby, Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
Highly fluorescent. Sold as pink sapphires.
ncat JP2283 Anatase, Cwmorthin Quarry, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
A nice little group of anatase crystals on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
9164 JP2275 Anatase, Plan-du-Lac, Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
A single sharp zoned blue and yellow anatase crystal on matrix. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images.
ncat JP3161 Anatase, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria
A large number of mostly bluish anatase crystals from an alluvial deposit. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images.
8186 M3762 Anatase, Chlorite, Cassiterite, Albite, Quartz, Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England
A single blue anatase crystal on a specimen containing dark green chlorite, orange-brown cassiterite, white albite and colourless quartz. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. The label on the base of the box is in...
9050 JP2372 Anatase, Rutile, Quartz, Albite, Estaing, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
Blue anatase crystals with orange rutile needles on albite and quartz. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
5718 Goethite replacing Pyrite, North Moonlight Mine, Berringa, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
A single cube of pyrite altering to goethite in a sandstone matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 100 images.
2142 Antimony, Inglewood, Loddon Shire, Victoria
Tin white antimony on matrix. Specimen width 25mm.
5717 Sampleite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Intense blue thin bladed crystals, including one that has a distinct bend. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 100 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection.
30112 Smithsonite, Mimetite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Grey rhombohedral smithsonite crystals with yellow mimetite. Specimen measures 49x28x20mm.
ncat WD102 Phillipsite, Calcite, Sunbury, Victoria
An unusual specimen. I am unaware of other zeolite specimens from Sunbury, although the basalt quarries do produce calcite and aragonite. This specimen also has what looks like calcite-coated prismatic augite crystals, unlike any other...
10027 Fluorite, Wulfenite, Barite, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless cubes of fluorite with thin purple edges, colourless fluorite with hematite inclusions/staining, purple cubes, yellow tabular wulfenite, minor white barite. Specimen is 50x36x30mm. Second image is under shortwave ultraviolet light.
0436 Smithsonite, Coronadite, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
One of my favourite Broken Hill smithsonite specimens. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100 images.
0589 Datolite, Chlorite, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania
Chlorite “worms” included in colourless datolite crystals. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 120 images.
4589 Silver, Waihi, North Island, New Zealand
A very fine and rare group of native silver crystals from Waihi, an area known for its gold. It measures 20mm across.
30111 Kutnohorite, Rhodochrosite, Calcite, N’Chwaning II Mine, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Pink drusy crystals of rhodochrosite coating acicular kutnohorite and white calcite that fluoresces red. 40x36x33mm.
3875 Sampleite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Unusually narrow-bladed sampleite crystals. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 45 images.
30110 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Calcite, Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Green hexagonal prisms of pyromorphite with off-white cerussite (orange fluorescence) and white calcite (white fluorescence). Specimen measures 60x50x32mm.
20069 Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Stalactite of tabular orange wulfenite crystals 25mm in longest direction.
20068 Azurite, Boomerang Mine (Matlock Mine; Mount Maggie Mine), Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland
Group of stacked azurite crystals. Ex George Reimherr Collection. 21mm wide.
20067 Barite, Hematite, Magma Mine (Magma Superior Mine; Magma Copper Mine), Superior, Pioneer Mining District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Dark tabular barite crystals on a fragment of hematite matrix. Ex George Reimherr Collection. 15mm wide.
ncat MB Axinite-(Fe), Actinolite, Andradite, Tremolite, Dookie Mineralogical Reserve quarry, Dookie, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Lilac group of axinite crystals with green actinolite, orange andradite and white fibrous tremolite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 180 images. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Ex Gerry Morvell. Click on the image below for...
ncat JP1756 Fluorite, Marcasite, Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK
Purple cubes with small modified edges with tiny brassy marcasite crystals. Some of the matrix is vein calcite that fluoresces bright red. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 130 images.
0174 Boulangerite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Chlorite, Rosebery Mine, Tasmania
Rings and curved crystals of boulangerite on pink rhodochrosite. Header image width of view is 5mm. Stack of 110 images. Second image is an old one, width of view 2.5mm and stack of 12.
30108 Topaz, Bischoff Extended (West Bischoff; Wheal Bischoff), Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania
Slightly iron-stained topaz crystals in vugh in a vein. Width 50mm. Closeup photo width of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images.
ncat AA3 Stilbite, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA
Larger stilbite crystals with multiple terminations (parallel growth?) on smaller crystals with single terminations. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Exact species unknown.
5716 Epidote, Maltatal, Malta, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia (Kärnten), Austria
Sharp prismatic green crystals with quartz, dark green chlorite, and unknown pink balls. Height of view 5mm. Stack of 60 images. Locality not specifically in Mindat. Maltatal is a river north of Malta.
5715 Gold, Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Vatukoula Gold Field, Viti Levu, Fiji
Stacked crystals of gold that twist and bend giving an almost curved wire gold look. In one image, the red circled areas show a change to the tips of these “wires”. One in particular is...
3966 Quartz, Hematite, Iron Blow, Gormanston, Tasmania
Collected… Also ended up having minor surgery after this collecting trip. A piece of chisel ended up embedded in my wrist!
ncat M3018 Saléeite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Thin elongated saléeite crystals, extremely responsive to ultraviolet. Ex Bernie Day collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images (white light) and 14 images (UV image).
30107 Heulandite-Ca, Mordenite, Rat’s Nest claim (Rat’s Nest mine), Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
Pink heulandite with white mordenite from John Cornish’s Rat’s Nest Claim. Acquired from John in Tucson 2007. Measures 46mm wide.
5713 Mcguinnessite, Copper, Dolomite, DeGrussa Copper Mine (DeGrussa Gold-Copper Mine; DeGrussa Mine), Doolgunna Station, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Genie of the lamp. Colourless bladed dolomite crystals over pale blue mcguinnessite on native copper. Height of view 11mm. Stack of 160 images.
0596 Zircon, Ridge Road quarry, Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria
Single zircon crystal occurs as a xenolith in basalt. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 150 images.
30106 Quartz, Meredith, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Colourless crystal, main one being 35mm long.
30105 Boracite, Hilgardite, Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, England, UK
Blue-green boracite crystals with orange hilgardite. Ex Lindsay and Patricia Greenbank Collection. Ex Joseph Funke Collection.
5712 Atacamite, Gypsum, Volborthite, Sweet Nell (Ironstone Lagoon), Ironstone Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Colourless gypsum over dark green to almost black atacamite. Yellowish green volborthite on specimen but not in photos. Ex John and Betty Weir.
20066 Lavoisierite, Punta Gensane, Col San Giovanni, Viù, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. Orange fibrous laths frozen in matrix. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 120 images.
5711 Goethite, Quartz, Robert Mine (Roberts Mine; Kennedy Mine), Cuyuna Range, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, USA
Reddish brown goethite botryoidal matrix hosting colourless quartz crystals. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 240 images. Ex Lundgren Collection.
20065 Ferrierite-Mg, Burra Burra Copper Mine (Burra Mine; Monster Mine), Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
White sprays on quartz matrix. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 220 images. Ex Vince Peisley.
5313 Caledonite, Blue Bell Claims (A2″), Baker, San Bernadino Co.,California
Thin vein of light blue caledonite crystals. Width of view 7.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
5710 Copper in Gypsum, Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Arborescent copper included in gypsum. Width of view 7.5mm. Stack of 150 images. Ex Charles Willett Collection.
ncat BJ Box RL Smithsonite, Malachite, Akjoujt Mine (Guelb Moghrein Mine), Akjoujt (Akjout; Fort Repoux), Inchiri Region, Mauritania
White smithsonite, green malachite.
4910 Torbernite, Pseudomalachite, Mottramite, Libethenite, Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Green platy torbernite, bluish green hemispheres of pseudomalachite, tiny green crystals of libethenite and tiny yellow-green crystals of mottramite. Width of view 7.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Ex Barry Schubert Collection.
1277 Barite, Chabazite-Na (Herschelite), Apatite, Siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Small cavities containing white bladed barite, colourless pseudo-hexagonal chabazite, colourless prismatic apatite and brown siderite. Width of view 3.75mm. Stack of 80 images.
1447 Fluorite, Natrolite, Rhodochrosite, Aegirine?, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Wedge-shaped reddish-brown rhodochrosite on and with natrolite, colourless tiny cubes of fluorite with small octahedral corners on thin acicular aegirine(?) (see first crop). Unidentified white platy crystals (see second crop). Width of view 7.5mm. Stack...
1388 Rhodochrosite, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Pale pink crystals. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 160 images. Acquired from Ian Graham in 1993.
1389 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Pale pink section of a stalactite. Interesting that there is pyrite on the outer edges. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 130 images. Acquired from Roger Webb at the Salamanca Market, Hobart, in 1993.
1288 Pharmacosiderite, Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England
Olive green cubes of pharmacosiderite with pale blue platelets of chalcophyllite. Width 3.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Old photograph (2005) is a single shot taken with a Sony DSC P150 hand held on microscope eyepiece....
5709 Pyrite, Ammonite Tragophylloceras sp, Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Ammonite fossil replaced by pyrite.
5708 Pyrite, Ammonite Androgynoceras sp, Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Ammonite fossil replaced by pyrite.
5707 Pyrite, Ammonite Gleviceras sp, Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Ammonite fossil replaced by pyrite.
5706 Pyrite, Ammonite Tropidoceras sp, Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Ammonite fossil replaced by pyrite.
5705 Pyrite, Ammonite Polymorphite sp, Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Ammonite fossil replaced by pyrite.
5704 Pyrite, Ammonite Crucilobiceras sp, Charmouth Beach, Charmouth, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Ammonite fossil replaced by pyrite.
ncat JL376 Linarite, Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Featured on the cover of the Australian Journal of Mineralogy Volume 21 Number 1, 2020. If you were to ask my granddaughter Gracie what my favourite colour is, she would tell you blue! And what...
0298 Ulrichite, Turquoise, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
Green transparent sprays of ulrichite with a couple of turquoise balls. Height 7.5mm. Stack of 200 images. Type Locality.