Greenish-grey zircons with black inclusions and tiny colourless crystals (sanidine?) sprinkled on terminations, and as most of the matrix. The sanidine fluoresces pink under shortwave UV. Associated with black “biotite” and orange fluorescing sodalite under...
Rounded zircons, mostly orange, but also pale pink, with black ilmenite, and a few colourless quartz crystals, from sands at Byron Bay. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Collected by Joan in 1968. Width of view 6mm....
A selection of some of a lot of 29 micrometeorites hand sorted by the late Judy Rowe from alluvial concentrates. Judy hand sorted anatase, zircon, maghemite, and other minerals. One of the micrometeorites (just above...
Franconite (white spheres), actinolite (green sprays) and brown crystals of zircon(?) that fluoresce orange. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 59 images. Click on the...
A sample of alluvial heavy concentrate in a vial from the Ringarooma River, Derby, containing mostly brown to black cassiterite, with minor orange zircons, and occasional sapphires and black spinel. Width of view 14.25mm. Stack...
Specimen measures 38x37x30mm and is shown under white light, longwave UV, medium wave UV and shortwave UV.
A single orange zircon crystal mounted on a bristle(?). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1983 from Hamish Pearson.
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1991 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
Collected by Joan Lamond in 1982 on a Mineralogical Society of Victoria field trip.
Single zircon crystal occurs as a xenolith in basalt. Width of view 11mm. Stack of 150 images.
Sharp and very thin crystals of biotite with white concertina zircon crystal (indicated by red arrow). Width 5.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
Although not that uncommon, zircon xenocrysts that have come up as part of the molten material are usually hard to spot. This zircon has only been affected a little. It also exhibits a nice rainbow...
Dull brown (metamict?) zircon crystal. Video best viewed full screen.
Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Joe George (Sceptreguy), Matt Gibbs
Washington Pass is the Type Locality for Zektzerite. Collected by Bruce Kelley, 2014,
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
Sharp brown crystals. Strong fluorescence under SWUV. Ex A M Munger.
Joan Lamond Micro Collection 2006
Single terminated crystal, green with a black cap.
Waterworn zircons half-filling a micro box. Colours range from pale yellow to dark reddish brown. Many fluoresce bright yellow under shortwave UV. Collected by Ron and Betty Wallace.
Zircon inclusion in dravite.
An unusual dark purple zircon on colourless albite from Schellgaden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria.
