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Australasia Australia South Australia

3913 Metaschoepite, Mount Painter No. 2 workings, South Australia

3913 Metaschoepite, Mount Painter No. 2 workings, South Australia. FOV 20mm.

  • December 17, 2023
England United Kingdom

3912 Felsőbányaite, Chickerell brick pit, Chickerell, Dorset, England, UK

Chalky white Felsőbányaite with clear Gypsum. 45 mm x 35 mm x 33 mm.

  • December 17, 2023
Europe Italy

3911 Princivalleite (TL), Curiglia, Italy

Dark blue Princivalleite in Muscovite and Quartz from the type locality, Curiglia, Italy. FOV 22mm.

  • December 17, 2023
California North and Central Americas United States

3910 Boussingaultite from The Geysers, California, USA

Colourless/yellowish Boussingaultite from The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA. 45 x 25 x 17mm.

  • December 17, 2023
Australasia Australia South Australia

3909 Ishikawaite, Mount Painter No. 2 workings, South Australia

(black) Ishikawaite from the No. 2 Workings at Mount Painter, South Australia. Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Dimensions: 40 mm x 27...

  • December 17, 2023
Europe Sweden

3908 Ferrihollandite, Sörhårås, Sweden

Coarse black crystals of Ferrihollandite. 72 mm x 43 mm x 20 mm.

  • December 16, 2023
England United Kingdom

3907 Aluminite, Newhaven Cliffs, East Sussex, England, UK

3907 Aluminite, Newhaven Cliffs, East Sussex, England, UK. 45 mm x 38 mm x 30 mm.

  • December 16, 2023
Australasia Australia Victoria

3906 Ferro-kaersutite, Kennon Head, Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia

Lustrous black cleavage faces of ferro-kaersutite in a basaltic dyke matrix. 40x27x22mm.

  • December 16, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3813 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3812 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3810 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3809 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. 75x50x30mm.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3808 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3807 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3806 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3804 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3805 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3811 Brucite, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Victoria

3818 Cowlesite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia

3818 Cowlesite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3868 Hawleyite, Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Rich specimen covered by a yellow crust of Hawleyite from Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3905 Bannisterite, Rhodonite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

Gemmy (pink) Rhodonite on (black) Bannisterite from the Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. 21 mm x 12 mm x 11 mm.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3904 Bannisterite, Rhodonite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.

Gemmy (pink) Rhodonite crystals on (black) Bannisterite from the Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Africa Namibia

3719 Alamosite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Colourless Alamosite crystal, a very rare Tsumeb silicate.

  • December 15, 2023
England United Kingdom

ANKF42 Ferrokësterite (TL), Arsenopyrite, Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Cornwall, England, UK

Dark blue-violet tarnish ferrokësterite from the type locality associated with grey metallic arsenopyrite. Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Cornwall, England, UK.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Western Australia

3839 Tapiolite-(Fe), Greenbushes Sn placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Western Australia

Water-worn nugget of tapiolite-(Fe) from Greenbushes Sn placers, Greenbushes Tinfield, Western Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Asia China

3903 Helvine, Hedenbergite, Axinite-(Fe), Shijiangshan Mine, Inner Mongolia, China

(brownish-orange) Helvine on (green) Hedenbergite on (dark purple) Axinite-(Fe) from the Shijiangshan Mine, Inner Mongolia, China.

  • December 15, 2023
New Mexico North and Central Americas United States

ANKL51 Linarite, Galena, Anglesite, Quartz, Brochantite, Blanchard Mine, New Mexico, USA

Galena crystal overgrown by (royal blue) Linarite, colourless Anglesite and associated with Quartz and minor (green) Brochantite.

  • December 15, 2023
Mexico North and Central Americas

3735 Native Silver, Batopilas, Andrés del Rio mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico

Native Silver with Calcite from Batopilas, Andrés del Rio mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico. Dimensions: 20 mm x 16 mm x 15 mm

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0860 Clino-ferro-suenoite, North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Fibrous Clino-ferro-suenoite, originally labelled manganogrunnerite.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia South Australia

ANKA10 Atacamite, Mount Gunson, South Australia

A superb thumbnail Atacamite crystal from the classic Mount Gunson locality in Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANKG87 Goethite after Anglesite, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

A Broken Hill classic, Goethite pseudomorphing Anglesite. Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANKI2 Inesite, Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Inesite with minor (grey white) Fluorapophyllite near the terminations. Ex Milton Lavers. Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 12 mm x 35 mm x 10 mm.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Queensland

ANKC20 Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite, Mount Elliot Mine, Clonclurry, Queensland, Australia

Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite, collected at this locality in May 2000.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Western Australia

3830 Arcanite var. Taylorite (of Dana), Dingo Donga Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Western Australia

3830 Arcanite var. Taylorite (of Dana), Dingo Donga Cave, Madura Roadhouse, Western Australia. Sample of white to light yellowish Arcanite var. Taylorite (of Dana) crystal-aggregates on guano matrix.

  • December 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Queensland

ANKC177 Conichalcite, Lorena Gold Mine, Clonclurry, Queensland, Australia

ANC177 Conichalcite, Lorena Gold Mine, Clonclurry, Queensland, Australia.

  • December 15, 2023
Asia China

3833 Shinichengite (TL), Shijiangshan Mine, Inner Mongolia, China

Pale pink Shinichengite crystals from the type locality for this recently named species. Dimensions: 11 mm x 10 mm x 7 mm

  • December 15, 2023
Idaho North and Central Americas United States

3902 Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA

Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA. Dimensions: 55 mm x 30 mm x 18 mm.

  • December 14, 2023
England United Kingdom

3901 Galena on Fluorite, Heights Quarry, Westgate, England, UK

Galena crystals on Fluorite from the Heights Quarry, Westgate, England, UK. Dimensions: 73 mm x 64 mm x 32 mm.

  • December 14, 2023
Africa Namibia

3900 Descloizite, Berg Aukas Mine, Namibia

Descloizite crystals, translucent, with good luster, and partially covered by small rhombohedral Calcite crystals from the Berg Aukas Mine in Namibia. Dimensions: 63 mm x 42 mm x 54 mm

  • December 14, 2023
Africa Namibia

3899 Malachite after Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Malachite after Azurite from the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. Dimensions: 60 mm x 40 mm x 38 mm

  • December 14, 2023
Mexico North and Central Americas

3898 Hemimorphite, Potosí Mine, Mexico

An aesthetic miniature specimen of Hemimorphite from the Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. These finds dat to the 1980s. 48 mm x 35 mm x...

  • December 14, 2023
New Mexico North and Central Americas United States

3819 Trinitite, Trinity site, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA

Not strictly a mineral but a rare man-made glass known as trinitite from the Trinity Site on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, USA which was the site of the first atomic bomb blast...

  • December 14, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3827 Azurite with Stromeyerite, McKinstryite, Plumbogummite, & Balkanite, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia

An old Azurite crystal from Broken Hill, ex South Australia Museum and more recently Ex John Rankin. Analysis conducted at the Australia Museum revealed the mineral on this portion of the crystal consists of Balkanite,...

  • December 14, 2023
Europe Switzerland

3897 Fluorite, Winterstock,Switzerland

Pink fluorite octahedrons on matrix. Winterstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Göschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland. FOV 35mm.

  • December 14, 2023
Asia China

3721 Hewettite on Creedite and Fluorite, Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), China

Hewettite (red) on Creedite from the Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China. FOV 20mm.

  • December 11, 2023
England United Kingdom

3893 Boracite, Boulby Mine, Cleveland, England, UK

Boracite from the Boulby Mine, Loftus, Cleveland, England. From the finds made in the 1990’s. 30x25x20mm.

  • November 11, 2023
Asia China

3720 Tyuyamunite with Fluorite, Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, China

Tyuyamunite (yellow) with Fluorite (dark purple) from the Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China. FOV 25mm.

  • October 11, 2023
Australasia Australia South Australia

3824 Alicewilsonite-(YLa) (TL), Paratoo Copper Mine, South Australia

Analysed specimen of pale pink Alicewilsonite-(YLa), from the type and only locality for the species. Associated with blue Decrespignyite-(Y). FOV 5mm.

  • September 11, 2023
Australasia Australia South Australia

2407 Gatehouseite (TL), Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, South Australia

2407 Gatehouseite (TL), Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, South Australia. FOV 5mm.

  • August 9, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2196 Crocoite on Gibbsite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia

2196 Crocoite on Gibbsite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 40mm.

  • August 9, 2023
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