(Photo) Leucite as grey-white material in groundmass (“leucitite”). Elsewhere on specimen: Green prismatic diopside. Brown-black prismatic clinopyroxene. Nepheline as hexagonal prisms. Nepheline with hollow cores have been altered to analcime. Colourless needles of fluorapatite. Grey...
A small specimen of manganoan vesuvianite crystals with transparent diopsides. The perfectly terminated vesuvianites have varying colour from intense purple to very pleasing apple yellow-green and some gemmy areas. With exemplary lustre and good light...
Colourless, pale blue and pale green fluorapatite. Dark brownish-red andradite. Dark green diopside. Brownish black allanite-(Ce), variety bagrationite. Ex Costas Constantinides. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
One of three loose crystals of green diopside, this is the smallest at 6mm tall. The largest is 16mm tall. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show for $1.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Jack Leach at the Nunawading Show in 1998 for $1.00. Ex Jack Nelson Collection.
Brassy crystal of pyrrhotite, with tiny bright green andradite-uvarovite series garnet crystals, pale diopside, and flattened calcite.
Ferrian diopside, originally labelled as augite, Helmut Braith
Single crystal 42x25x15mm. Ex Carl R. Bently collection (#1069), ex Oren Root (1803-1885) collection (#1647).
Good prismatic crystals of colourless prehnite with green diopside. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
