30022 Quartz, Elbaite, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Weird ribcage growth of quartz.
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.
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.
10045 Quartz, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de MapimÃ, Durango, Mexico
Cluster of doubly-terminated quartz crystals with unknown black minerals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $12.
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).
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.”
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.
4381 Quartz, Actinolite, Walangra, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection
4373 Quartz, Calcite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection
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)
4169 Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Beaconsfield Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Single unterminated brown crystal (dravite?).
4090 Siderite, Quartz, Aberfoyle Mine Dumps, Rossarden, Tasmania
Self Collected 2005
3986 Anatase, Quartz, Orthoclase (Adularia), Ankogel area, Tauern, Austria
Diederik Visser 3/2005
3957 Quartz (Japan Law Twin), Slaughteryard Face, Mt Bischoff, Tasmania
Collected by Ray Grant 2001
3904 Strengite, Quartz, Les Montmins Mine, Echassieres, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France
Cederick Gineste 2/2005
2937 Quartz, Andersons Creek, Warrandyte, Victoria
One of the very first mineral specimens that I collected.
2889 Quartz, Naru island (Narushima), Gotoh archipelago, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
Nice Japan Law twin. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/1471. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection.
2880 Gold, Quartz, Turkey Track Mine, Union Hills, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Small bright gold nestled amongst quartz crystals.
2774 Caledonite, Quartz, Dos Adriana Mine, Zapallar district, Copiap¢ Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Typical blue crystals with cerussite(?) on quartz.
6069 Barite, Quartz, Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Bright large translucent yellow barite crystals growing on very sparkly quartz crystal matrix. Barite is uncommon at this locality. Ex Mike Knew Collection. Mike Knew is the owner of Top Gem Minerals in Tucson, Arizona.
6042 Sphalerite, Quartz, Siderite, Gypsum, Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Tasmania
Collected. Gypsum post-mining?
6014 Fluorite, Hematite, Quartz, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Intense blue fluorite cubes on massive brown hematite with tiny colourless quartz crystals in cavities in the hematite
6004 Asisite, Hausmannite, Quartz, Kombat Mine, Namibia
Bright red crystals in hausmannite and quartz matrix
5285 Scheelite, Quartz, Yao Gan Xian Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Province, China
Minsoc Xmas Auction
5047 Azurite, Malachite, Calcite, Quartz, Cobar, New South Wales
K & M Brown Collection
7024 JL1290, Riebeckite, Quartz, Alamo, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA
ex Joan Lamond Collection
ncat JP2518 Quartz, Epidote, Chlorite, Rifle Range, Toodyay, Toodyay Shire, Western Australia
Epidote and chlorite as inclusions
ncat JP1382 Gold, Calaverite, Coloradoite, Quartz, Hematite, Oroya Brownhill Gold Mine (Brownhill lease; Oroya Block North; Oroya Block South), Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia
Yellowish silvery white calaverite with black coloradoite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP463 Quartz, Heulandite, Garrawilla, New South Wales
Two quartz crystals fluoresce