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.
Quartz
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.
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.
7391 JL2141 Quartz, Bellerberg volcano, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the Holland Micro Group.
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.
7336 JL3162 Saléeite, Quartz, Ranger Mine (Ranger Uranium Mine), Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Ex Museum Victoria.
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.
ncat JP194 Stibnite, Quartz, Yarra Glen, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 90 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.
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.
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.
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!
30106 Quartz, Meredith, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Colourless crystal, main one being 35mm long.
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.
8202 M354 Epidote, Laumontite, Pumpellyite, Quartz, Kapaa Quarries, Kailua, Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA
Green prismatic epidote with apparent paler tips, white prismatic flattened crystals of laumontite, and green platelets of pumpellyite. Small colourless quartz crystals. Width 9mm, stack of 78 images (epidote). Width 4.5mm, stack of 30 images...
5688 Sphalerite, Quartz, Dolomite, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, USA
Zoned yellow and brown sphalerite crystals with colourless rhombs of dolomite and colourless round groups of quartz crystals. A couple of very pale yellow sphalerite crystals exhibit an unusual pinkish fluorescence. Width 9mm. Stack of...
9049 JP2360 Phenakite, Quartz, Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal
Colourless crystals. Width 11mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9028 JP2267 Monazite-(Ce), Anatase, Fluorapatite, Quartz, La Léchère (Notre Dame de Briançon), Tarentaise valley, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Greyish-yellow monazite with yellow-orange anatase, colourless quartz and white apatite. The apatite fluoresces a pinkish white. Width 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9023 JP2375 Anatase, Quartz, La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sharp bluish crystals of anatase on quartz. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 52 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9022 JP2363 Synchisite-(Ce), Hematite, Quartz, Montecrestese, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Hexagonal pale-coloured prism of synchisite (label says Ce, but Mindat shows this as questionable), with silver hexagonal plates of hematite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 56 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9089 JP2810 Fluorite, Goethite, Quartz, Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
A single purple octahedral crystal of fluorite (fluorescent) with golden sprays of goethite on quartz. Width 9mm. Stack of 110 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9016 JP2307 Cookeite, Quartz, Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Purple cookeite, rare according to Tom Klinepeter. Width 9mm. Stack of 66 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9006 JP2295 Elbaite, Quartz, Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
Pale blue needles on quartz. Width 9mm. Stack of 62 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
30102 Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
A lot going on here. Orange phantoms in quartz crystals. These are coated in white drusy quartz. Then there are colourless quartz scepters. But not just at the tips. There are tiny little sceptres ALONG...
10074 Morganite, Albite, Quartz, Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field (Darra-i-Pech; Darra-e-Pech; Pech; Peech; Page), Chapa Dara District, Konar Province (Kunar Province; Konarh Province; Konarha Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan
Pale pink morganite beryl, labelled as Pakistan but identified as Pech by Rocksaholics. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $290.
2191 Beryl, Sellaite, Quartz, Fluorite, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Terminated crystals of blue beryl with colourless crystals of sellaite and quartz. Fluorite was picked up by fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet. A yellow-orange fluorescence may be non-crystalline sellaite. In the fluorescent photos, there are also...
30096 Quartz, Hematite, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA
Quartz and hematite pseudomorph after an epidote crystal coated with tiny quartz crystals. MinID RMK-561. Video best viewed full screen.
20054 Quartz, Goethite, Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Slender quartz crystal with goethite inclusions and unknown black rhombohedral species. Video best viewed full screen.
30091 Sphalerite, Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Complex black sphalerite with orange coated quartz crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30082 Amethsyt, Hematite, Keem, Achill Island, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland
Hematite inclusions in amethyst. Video best viewed full screen.
30078 Calcite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Tiny white calcite on yellowish calcite, chalcopyrite partially covered by sphalerite, and quartz and colourless fluorite. Video best viewed full screen.
30076 Cassiterite, Quartz, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Sharp cassiterite crystals. Video best viewed full screen.
30072 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Rhodochrosite epimorphs after ?? With tiny quartz crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30064 Fluorite, Quartz, Siderite, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England
Pale yellow fluorite cubes, blue under longwave UV, with siderite on and in. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30062 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kutnohorite, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pink rhodochrosite with small white crystals (kutnohorite?). These white crystals are also included in the quartz. 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.
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.
0506 Malachite, Cuprite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blocky malachite crystals on cuprite and quartz.
ncat VHD10, Quartz, Wadnaminga, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
ncat VHD10, Hematite, Quartz, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, 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.
20045 Realgar, Orpiment, Quartz, Pyrite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Red realgar crystal altering to yellow orpiment on a nest of quartz crystals with a dusting of pyrite.
20034 Sceptre Quartz, Mexico
Unknown Mexican locality. Suggestions welcomed!
20027 Quartz, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Cluster of colourless quartz crystals.
3313 Anatase, Philosophers Ridge, Mt Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania
Tiny anatase crystals (arrowed) on quartz with hematite inclusions.
20003 Quartz, Huanggang (Huanggangliang) Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Two greenish opaque quartz crystals joined together. Not smooth faces.
20022 Siderite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Brown ball on quartz matrix. Minor pyrite present. Ex Elena van Schriver.
10063 Calcite, Quartz, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Cream flattened calcite crystals on tapering quartz crystals.
10060 Quartz, Road to Oulles (off the D526), Bourg d’Oisans, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Cluster of colorless-white quartz crystals. Collected by Tim Greenland in Spring, 1968.
10058 Quartz, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Herkimer-like quartz crystals on matrix. Ex Milton Lavers Collection No. C38.
10081 Grape Agate, Calcite, Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lustrous purple “Grape Agate” with colourless-white calcite crystals, 60mm wide. From Joe George, aka The Scepter Guy, cascadescepters.com.
10044 Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Stalactite of black crystals of sphalerite with a quartz crystal and minor pyrite on a few sphalerite crystal terminations, 58mm wide.
ncat M3850 Cassiterite, Summit Face, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Tasmania
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
ncat RW237 Barlowite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee.
ncat RW006 Malachite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Monochrome photo.
ncat M58 Quartz, Ashton Quarry, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Ex Bernie Day specimen.
5648 Anatase, Quartz, Adularia, Valldalen (Valldalsvatnet), Roldal, Odda, Hordaland, Norway
Collected by Bjorn Skar, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
4897 Clinoatacamite, Quartz, Goethite, Rhuba a’Mhill, Isle of Islay, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Labelled as Paratacamite, Richard Bell
5531 Quartz, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Ex John Lewis collection.
5567 Quartz, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Drusy colourless crystals, Jim Daly, Sauktown Sales, Indiana
5530 Quartz, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Ex John Lewis collection.
5558 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kara Mine, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Mn-calcite/Ca-rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, Self-collected
5559 Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Andradite, Kara Mine, Hampshire district, Burnie City, Tasmania
Mn-calcite/Ca-rhodochrosite pseudomorphing kutnohorite, Self-collected
4932 Siderite, Quartz, Galena, Miltalie Silver Mine (Miltalie Mine), Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Labelled as limonite after sphalerite, Barry Schubert
5532 Schorl, Quartz, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales
Ex John Lewis collection.,
4946 Fluorite, Barite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Fall Hill Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
30018 Raspite, Chamosite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pinkish raspite (single crystal), cream chamosite balls, prismatic arsenopyrite, including some partial trillings, colourless fluorite, well-formed chalcopyrite crystals and colourless quartz crystals. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
7169 Linnaeite, Quartz, Musen, Hilchenbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria.
30036 Quartz, Chlorite, Albite, Anatase, Rutile, Ganesh Himal (Mt Ganesh), Dhading District, Nepal
Chlorite and anatase inclusions in thin needle-like quartz. Minor white albite on quartz. Tiny brown rutile(?) on one quartz crystal.
30041 Quartz, Calcite, Permafrost Pocket 2015, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
A few white calcite crystals on drusy quartz.
30034 Quartz, Stilbite-Ca, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Hemispheres of quartz (described as chalcedony, but not) with grey stilbite.
30023 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30033 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Stilbite-Ca, Quartz, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
A stunning colourless fluorapophyllite with a pink stilbite crystal all sitting on drusy quartz. The apophyllite measures 45mm across. Not my photo.
30021 Quartz, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
White quartz overgrown smoky quartz.
30022 Quartz, Elbaite, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Weird ribcage growth of quartz.
20013 Hematite, Quartz, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Beta style quartz crystals with a smoky tint, with hematite as inclusions, and larger hematite blades alongside. Ex Roger Colling Collection #58.
20019 Quartz, Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines group (Duquesne-Washington group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Multiple Japan-Law twins. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/3973
20010 Quartz, Wadnaminga, Olary Province, South Australia
Cluster of gemmy colourless quartz crystals. Ex Roger Colling Collection #375. Probably collected down hill east of the Victoria Tower mine in the 1980s (Murray Thompson personal communication).
10056 Wurtzite, Quartz, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Perfectly-formed wurtzite crystals, doubly-terminated quartz, plus other sulphides? Purchased at Keystone, priced at $500.
10055 Quartz, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Lovely cluster of colourless quartz crystals. Previous label – Dave Bunk Minerals with a $40 price tag – 5/05 Costa Mesa. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $50.
10045 Quartz, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Cluster of doubly-terminated quartz crystals with unknown black minerals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $12.
10046 Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
The Rocket. Group of beta-quartz like crystals that looks like a rocket ready for lift-off.
10051 Quartz, Jebel Imalo, Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Lovely cluster of colourless quartz crystals in parallel growth. Labelled as Jebel Imalo, Imilchil, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
10034 Quartz, Chlorite, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Attractive cluster of chlorite-included quartz. 73x47x47mm.
10035 Quartz, Whroo State Forest, Rushwoth, Victoria
Matrix of quartz with individual colourless crystals to 13mm (largest doubly terminated). Specimen 53x40x20mm.
10026 Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite, Cerussite, Quartz, Mt Fitch, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory
From Greg Dainty: This piece was collected, and labeled, by Norman Robinson, from an old exploration trench. Its hard to figure out exactly whats going on here, there is what appears to be chrysocolla replacing...
10059 Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Sharp crystals of sphalerite and galena. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $24.
10065 Fluorapatite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Panasqueira Mine – Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Purple hexagonal apatite crystals on a pale smoky quartz with tourmaline inclusions and minor pyrite.
20017 Gold, Stannite, Quartz, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Many patches of gold in crystaline quartz with a few stannite crystals.
30039 Cinnabar, Quartz, Red Hill claim, Mayacmas Mts, Sonoma Co., California, USA
Old Foote specimen with Foote label on the back. Labelled as Sonoma Co.” but based on the crystal habit (divergent sprays of red crystals) and the matrix
10012 Quartz, Barite, Hungary
Quartz pseudomorph after barite. Ex Brother Juan Salvador, FMS, a volunteer at the AMNH in the 1880s. His card apparently read One of the great treasures of my collection, 16/7/1884. Ex American Museum of Natural...
10041 Fluorite, Quartz, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
10042 Topaz, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
4648 Quartz, Petroleum, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Small doubly-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions, many with bubbles (enhydros).
4629 Quartz, Ceres, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Clear quartz crystal with inclusions collected by Pierre Joubert on a friend’s farm near Ceres.
4630 Rutile, Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4631 Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4381 Quartz, Actinolite, Walangra, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection
4373 Quartz, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection
4362 Rosasite, Aurichalcite, Quartz, Muldiva near Chillagoe, Queensland
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4357 Djurleite, Quartz, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4341 Hemimorphite, Quartz, Calcite Quarry, near Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
4317 Quartz after Fluorite, Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania
Collected by Andrew Tuma 2006
4239 Quartz, Crystal Grove, St Johnsville, New York, USA
Herkimer – Larry Rush 12/05
4237 Quartz, Crystal Grove, St Johnsville, New York, USA
Herkimer – Larry Rush 12/05
4238 Quartz, Crystal Grove, St Johnsville, New York, USA
Herkimer – Larry Rush 12/05
4234 Quartz after Gypsum, Crawford, Dawes Co., Nebraska, USA
Dan Weinrich (ex Don Belcher coll’n)
4164 Quartz, Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Flattened pale smoky quartz.
4090 Siderite, Quartz, Aberfoyle Mine Dumps, Rossarden, Tasmania
Self Collected 2005
3986 Anatase, Quartz, Orthoclase (Adularia), Ankogel area, Tauern, Austria
Diederik Visser 3/2005