20049 Vesuvianite, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Bi-coloured pink and green. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
20048 Hematite, Quartz, Muscovite, Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Group of platy hematite crystals. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
20047 Calcite, Quartz, Pachapaqui mining district, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
White spiky balls of calcite on quartz. Fluorescent pink.
20046 Sphalerite, Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru
Single twinned crystal on matrix. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
6106 Cassiterite, Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Czech Republic
Cluster of lustrous sharp crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30050 Ulrichite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
A rich specimen of apple-green micro crystals of ulrichite.
30049 Ferberite, Quartz, Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
A group of parallel oriented sharp black ferberite crystals on a cloudy quartz crystal with a clear tip.
30048 Azurite, Malachite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Superb azurite crystal altering from within to malachite.
0009 Denningite, Tellurite, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Yellow crystals of tellurite on platey brownish denningite with silver tellurium.
0008 Sonoraite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Greenish-yellow pearly hemispheres
0007 Schmitterite, Emmonsite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Schmitterite as tiny yellow to cream sprays, emmonsite green
0506 Malachite, Cuprite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blocky malachite crystals on cuprite and quartz.
0503 Dolomite, Cerussite, Unknown White, Kintore Open Cut, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Grey complex dolomite crystals with a single brownish cerussite crystal from the Kintore open cut, Broken Hill. In addition, there are tufts of an unknown white mineral. Candidates could be sepiolite (not recorded at Broken...
7406 JL0615 Gold, Ballarat, City of Ballarat, Victoria
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1990. Ex Museum Victoria.
5665 Mongolite, Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo Massif, Mongolia
Particles of HOLOTYPE material of Mongolite – extremely rare niobo-silicate known only in two localities worldwide. Sample comes from ex-collection of Dr. E.I. Semenov (Semenovite-(Ce)) obtained by him from the author of the mineral Dr....
5664 Stistaite, Senarmontite, Ejei (Edzhei), Kuraminskie Mtn, Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Micro-nugget ~0.83×0.52×0.20 mm of pure, analyticaly confirmed by microprobe Stistaite from placer of Edzhei river. Dark in BSE phase on the SEM image (which is megascopically white) is thin film of Senarmontite, covering surface of...
ncat VHD15, Galena, Siderite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Ex Ambros Kissling Collection
ncat VHD15 Natrolite, Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Ardglen, New South Wales
A single blocky hydroxyapophyllite-(K) crystal on a bed of prismatic colourless natrolite crystals. Width of view 10mm. Stack of 12 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15, Molybdenite, Kitchener Mine, Almaden, Mareeba Shire, Queensland
Ex Mick Hately Collection. Ex Margaret Brown Collection.
ncat VHD11, Carnelian, Durango, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
Pseudo after crinoid stem
ncat VHD10, Cassiterite, Goethite after Pyrite, Poldark Lode, Wheal Roots, Trevean, Wendron, Helston, Cornwall, England, UK
Very rare location. The site is only available to Chris Jewson. Very little in the literature about this very small mine.
ncat VHD10, Quartz, Wadnaminga, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Vivianite, Wannon Falls, Victoria
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Hematite, Quartz, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Duftite, Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Copper, Wallaroo, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals. LB Collection.
ncat VHD10, Pyromorphite, Society Girl Mine, Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD10, Grossular, Vesper Creek, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD10, Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD10, Azurite, 5200 foot level, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD7, Mirabilite, Camp Verde, Arizona, USA
Ex John Green Snr Collection.