ncat VHD3 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
Pink rhodochrosite rosettes on quartz with minor sulphides. 38mm wide.
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0136 Goethite, Quartz, Mooralla, Victoria
Brown globular goethite completely covering quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Calcite, Agate Creek, Queensland
Golden goethite with calcite on quartz. Calcite fluoresces bright red. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Goethite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Goethite inclusions in quartz. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4537 Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Agate Creek, Queensland
Orange acicular goethite sprays coming from a base of hematite on palest amethyst quartz. The quartz sits on an agate base. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on...
2290 Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. The scheelite fluoresces bluish-white under shortwave UV. Minor sulphides also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images (white light), and 31 images (Shortwave UV). Click on the...
ncat JP1547, Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine (Montana Mine; Ophir Coalition Mine), Ophir, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3361 OS007 Hemimorphite, Quartz, Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Tiny colourless hemimorphite crystals on quartz. Collected underground in the Emmanuel Level that dates back to 1573. Specimen measures 39x34x25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD214 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland
Pale green fluorite with a darker core, preferentially coated with drusy quartz crystals. The pale green fluorite fluoresces more strongly than the darker core. Specimen measures 46x30x14mm. Click on the image below for a higher...
4466 Quartz, Chlorite, West Caradon Mine, Crow’s Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
A single long thin quartz crystal in a vugh with dark blackish-green chlorite crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 95 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW307 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Corner Pocket, Watercourse Rise, Watercourse Extension Drift, Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Collected September 1994. Pink rhombs of rhodochrosite with a couple of quartz crystals and a group of small pyrite crystals, all on a cluster of tetrahedrite crystals. Width of the specimen 18mm. Stack of 65...
ncat JP365 Quartz, Chaillac Mines, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Colourless quartz crystals that appear to have formed on another mineral that has since gone. There is a partial gap between the bottom of the quartz plate and the rest of the matrix. Width of...
1829 Atacamite, Malachite, Fluorite, Dickite, Goethite, Quartz, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
A bit of layering here. The bottom layer is quartz crystals, and they are completely covered in goethite. Next is white dickite. On top of the dickite are colourless-grey fluorite cubes (not fluorescent). These in...
ncat OW309 Fluorite, Quartz, Mount Gee, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Dark purple over green fluorite octahedral crystals to 8mm with quartz. The green fluorite exhibits blue fluorescence under longwave ultraviolet, but not the purple fluorite. Specimen measures 53mm wide. Click on the image below for...
7050 JL2663 Fluorite, Goethite, Quartz, Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland
A small crystal lined agate geode with purple fluorite octahedra with a pale blue-grey surface on amethystine quartz. The fluorite does not fluoresce. Also present, golden sprays of goethite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by...
ncat OS003 Amethyst, Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andranotokana Massif, Andilamena, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
Japan Law Twin 19x15x8mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW106 M3681 Quartz, Apophyllite, Goethite, Albion Park Quarry, Croom, Camden Co., New South Wales
Small sharp apophyllite crystals and balls of goethite on parallel-grown quartz crystals. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1382 Cassiterite, Luinaite, Quartz, Siderite, Actinolite, Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Lustrous cassiterite crystals and luinaite on and in quartz. Tiny rosettes of tan siderite on the cassiterite. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for...
1436 Ferrimolybdite, Jarosite, Quartz, Mount Moliagul, Moliagul, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria
Yellow-green ferrimolybdite with probable orange jarosite on quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0259 Quartz, Calcite, Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
From the Moeraki Point quarry. Small colourless quartz on white calcite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5809 Berthierite, Quartz, Nakase mine (Nakaze mine), Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Long thin prismatic metallic crystals with quartz crystals. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5808 A2985 6666m Fluorite, Quartz, Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Blue fluorescent purple octahedral crystals on quartz. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex Carl Stazak. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5803 A2967 8843m Fluorite, Quartz, South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
A single colourless fluorite (fluoresces) on quartz, with a quartz crystal on one face. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex N. Peters. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 65 images (white light) and 11 (UV). Click...
ncat JL0571 Lazulite, Whiteite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Dark blue lazulite crystals with tan whiteite and colourless quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
ncat TM-327 Pyrite, Quartz, Tenjyouzawa Mine, Shioya, Shioya District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Location in Japanese 栃木県塩谷郡塩谷町天上沢鉱山
ncat JP3057 Epidote, Quartz, Walsh Point, Port Warrender, Mitchell Plateau Deposit, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia
Lustrous wheatsheaf sprays of green epidote topped with a few colourless quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. 15mm wide. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA2 Epidote, Quartz, Old Mount Riddock Homestead Mine, Mt Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
Prismatic green epidote on quartz. Ex John and Betty Weir. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1492 Epidote, Quartz, Kalumburu Station, Kimberley, Western Australia
Labelled as Kalumburu Station, but would be the well-known Mitchell Plateau. A sheaf-shaped aggregate of epidote crystals with minor drusy quartz. 18mm tall. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat SA9 1424 Emplectite, Kaolinite, Sphalerite, Quartz, Mount Gunson, Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia
Parallel aggregates of grey, partly tarnished crystals with white kaolinite. Ex Mal Annells Collection #1424. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 99 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4002 Ferrimolybdite, Quartz, Dravite, Bischoff Extended (West Bischoff; Wheal Bischoff), Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Collected 2/2005. Brown prismatic tourmaline crystals, visually identified by Ralph Bottrill as dravite at the time of collecting, but not analysed to my knowledge. Probably better described as dravite-schorl series. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
1178 Stolzite, Quartz, Alunite Supergroup, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Brown aggregate of prismatic stolzite crystals with yellow plumbogummite(?), transparent crystals and opaque aggregates, in quartz in a cavity left by galena(?). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below...
1122 Gartrellite, Carminite, Bariopharmacosiderite, Alunite Supergroup, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green crystals of gartrellite on carminite in one small vugh, and by itself in another (photo). Orange-brown cube of pharmacosiderite with an Alunite Supergroup mineral in another. Width of view 2.88mm. Stack of 24 images....
1141 Bariopharmacosiderite, Goethite, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Green cubes of bariopharmacosiderite in a vugh in quartz that is lined with brown goethite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD106 Pyrite, Quartz, Dolomite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Colourless quartz with yellow dolomite and minor pyrite. Specimen measures 28x33x10mm.
4357 JL0105 Djurleite, Quartz, Mt. Gunson, South Australia
Ex Joan Lamond Micro Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1983 at the Adelaide Mineralogical Seminar. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 48 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3016 Dickite, Quartz, Siderite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
White dickite (analysed) with tan siderite and colourless quartz. Specimen is 56mm wide. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2017 Anatase, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
Tiny sharp dark anatase crystals with colourless quartz crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2979 Fluorite in Quartz, Amborompotsy, Amborompotsy Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron’i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Purple octahedral fluorite inclusions in quartz. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 photos. Ex Jo Price Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2704 Quartz, Crocoite, Happy Jack Mine, Comet Vale, Western Australia
Small crystals and partial crystals of crocoite on quartz crystals, Width of view 11mm. Stack of 6 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5786 Molybdofornacite, Quartz, Comfort claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny green crystal aggregate on quartz. Ex Mike Reinke, Jerry Cone. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2046 Connellite, Malachite, Brochantite, Quartz, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland
Blue spray with green malachite and brochantite, and unidentified pale green material in massive cuprite with quartz. Ex Brian Beyer. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a...
0372 Conichalcite, Quartz, Dome Rock Copper Mine, South Australia
Small clusters of colourless quartz on a bed of conichalcite. Quartz crystals are uncommon. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0758 Chrysocolla, Hemimorphite, Quartz, Shangri La Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia
Blue chrysocolla with white hemimorphite. The matrix and the hemimorphite are coated with drusy quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 29 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1578 Chlorite in Quartz, Philosopher’s Ridge, Gormanston, Tasmania
Vermicular chlorite (probably chamosite) in quartz. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1855 Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania
A cluster of iridescent chalcopyrite crystals on ankerite/dolomite with quartz. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1354 Cassiterite, Quartz, Chlorite, Actinolite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Lustrous black cassiterite crystals with chlorite-coated quartz and dark olive-green prismatic actinolite. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 85 images. (Top image). Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1256 Cassiterite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Actinolite, Dolomite, Actinolite, Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Sharp cassiterite crystals on one edge of a specimen containing well-formed arsenopyrite crystals, quartz crystals, and botryoidal orange dolomite. Width of view 14.25, Stack of 80 images (cassiterite photo). Second photo width of view 8mm....
1157 Cassiterite, Mount Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with white quartz crystals, from the edge of a porphyry dyke. Width of view 9.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0121 Cassiterite, Quartz,The Gulf, Gough Co., New South Wales
Lustrous dark cassiterite crystals with quartz. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BAA Bismite, Cannonite, Koechlinite, Bismutite, Quartz, Old 25 Pipe (Pipe No. 14), Kingsgate, New South Wales
Colourless cannonite and pale yellow bismutite after bismuthinite on quartz. Orange bismite and yellow-green koechlinite. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
0456 Brazilianite, Quartz, G. E. Smith Mine (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
Pale yellow brazilianite with colourless quartz collected in 1969, mounted Feb. 5, 1984, and from the renowned collection of J.W. Grandy. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100. Click on the mineral image below for...
0413 Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Nicely protected yellow sprays in a quartz vugh. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
ncat VHD3, Volborthite on Chrysocolla after Atacamite, all on Quartz, Breaden Hill, Marree, South Australia
Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images.
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 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...
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.
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.
Deaccessioned 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.
Deaccessioned 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 M1324 Azurite, Quartz, Malachite, Second Copper Workings, Mt Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Queensland
Drusy quartz over azurite. Width of view 2mm. Stack of 52 images. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RW237 Barlowite, Quartz, Great Australia Mine, Queensland
Ex Ron Wallace, ex Graham Lee. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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.,
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.
30034 Quartz, Stilbite-Ca, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Hemispheres of quartz (described as chalcedony, but not) with grey stilbite.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.