2023 Hellyerite, Lord Brassey Mine
Freshly exposed crystals of Hellyerite from the type locality – Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen self-collected in 2020. Specimen measures 50x40x25mm. FoV of macro images is 10mm.
Freshly exposed crystals of Hellyerite from the type locality – Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen self-collected in 2020. Specimen measures 50x40x25mm. FoV of macro images is 10mm.
Cassiterite crystal fragment from the Cream Creek mine at Frome River, Branxholm, Tasmania, Australia. The original hand written labels record that the specimen dates to 1907 and that it was apparently one of the largest...
Green Anglesite, a Broken Hill classic from the MMM Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen measures approximately 62x25x10mm with green Anglesite crystals measuring 1-4 mm scattered on a red-brown-black Goethite matrix.
Large opaque and blocky crystal (70mm) of dark brown-black Bustamite in massive Pyrrhotite from the NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [120x75x60mm]
Long crystals of Bustamite in Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x55x30mm]
Pinkish Bustamite with Sphalerite and Galena from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [35x25x22mm]
Pinkish, off white ‘Hairy’ Bustamite from 29 Level of the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [45x30x20mm]
Pyrite crystals to 8mm on Quartz from the Wilmot Hydro Power Scheme Tunnel, near Lake Cethana, Moina. Specimen was collected in the late 1960’s. L: 145mm.
Calcite , Aragonite and a small group of Baryte on basalt from the Bundoora Quarry, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. [110x70x50mm]
Rare Na/Mn Silicate. Mangano-Ferri Eckermannite from the Woods Mine, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. [130x85x60mm]
Manganoan bearing Smithsonite – Zincian Rhodochrosite from Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [110x50x35mm] MinSoc Field Trip – 1996.
Huntite from the Boral Deer Park Quarry, Brimbank, Victoria, Australia. [80x85x70mm]
Apatite on Diopside from the Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. [100x55x50mm]
Hedenbergite (Var: Manganoan Hedenbergite) crystals to 10mm from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [FOV: 80mm]
Bustamite in Calcite from the 18 Level of the ZC/NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 50mm terminated crystal. Overall dimensions 105x50x48mm.
Azurite from the Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Miniature.
Elbaite (Var: Indicolite) from the Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. [16x12x4mm]
Tabular Albite (Var: Andesine) with Ilmenite, Augite and Calcite on matrix from Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant (Portland), Victoria, Australia. [50 x35x24mm]
Rhodonite in Galena from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [120x80x75mm]
Azurite on a kaolinite/sandstone matrix from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [100x70x50mm]
Diamond from the Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle AK1 pipe), Lake Argyle Area, Western Australia. 5mm.
Witherite on Harmotome from the Rosebery Mine, Tasmania, Australia. [45x25x15mm]
Wulfenite with Cerussite on Galena from the Avondale Mine, Mt Lyndhurst, South Australia. Crystal is 2mm.
Ktenasite from Block 14 Open Cut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Smithsonite from Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Phillipsbornite from the Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Iodargyrite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Brown Pyromorphite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
‘Manganogrunerite’ from Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Ferro-actinolite from the Junction North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, Thumbnail.
Smithsonite from Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Large plate of dog tooth Calcite crystals from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature. Small Cabinet.
Smithsonite on Coronadite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature. Small Cabinet.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature. Miniature.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature. Cabinet.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature. Small Cabinet.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Rhodochrosite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Azurite from Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia. Small Cabinet.
Silver from the Endeavour Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Kyanite crystals from the Entia Valley, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz from the Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania, Australia. Cabinet.
Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Small Cabinet.
Stibnite on Quartz from Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
Kornerupine from Riddock Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. Miniature.
Bismutite (white) and Koechlinite (yellow) on Bismuthinite and Quartz. XRD Confirmed. Obtained from exploration work carried out a few years ago. Not seen from Kingsgate since early 20th century. Bladed Molybdenite replaced in some parts....
Ferrimolybdite on Quartz, a rare secondary mineral occuring in the oxdised zones of hydrothermal veins, it forms from the alteration of Molybdenite. From Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, New South Wales, Australia.
Yellow beryl crystals in white feldspar matrix from the Triple Chance Mine, Thackaringa Station, New South Wales, Australia.
Beryl (Var: Heliodor) with minor Quartz and Mica from the Disputed Mine, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. Miniature.
Gonnardite & Natrolite on basalt from Bundoora Quarry, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. Small Cabinet.
Columbite-(Fe) crystal from the Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Western Australia. [30mm]
‘golden’ Baryte crystals found in the late 1970’s from 5 North, G Lens, 15 Level of the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. Some damage to this specimen but included as it shows the mixed sulphide...
‘golden’ Baryte crystals found in the late 1970’s from 5 North, G Lens, 15 Level of the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania.
Molybdenite with Quartz, Kingsgate, New South Wales, Australia. [125x105x100mm]
Cerussite and Pyromorphite on Malachite from Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. [65x65x60mm]
Gold in Quartz from Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia.
Yellow ‘Chrome’ Cerussite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [14mm]
Yellow ‘Chrome’ Cerussite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [13mm]
Mimetite on Duftite from the Mount Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. FOV 40mm.
Erythrite with probable Mansfieldite and Heterogenite from the Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Queensland, Australia. [35x30x25mm].
blue Linarite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia – with an unknown spikey pseudomorph. [FOV: 40mm]
Axinite-(Fe), Arsenopyrite and some small globular dark green-black Chlorite crystals from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. [55x45x30mm]
Copper from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Copper from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Copper from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Wavellite on botryoidal Variscite on slate from the Den Range, North-East Tasmania, Australia. [50x40x10mm]
Large specimen with greenish Datolite crystals to 45mm with Quartz on a matrix mostly consisting of Axinite-(Fe), Actinolite and some minor sulphides from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [280x210x120mm]
Cabinet sized sample of Plumbian Orthoclase in Galena from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Smithsonite from the Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Rhodochrosite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Stolzite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [75x40x30mm]
A miniature specimen of Native Silver wires on and included within Gypsum from the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
A nice miniature specimen of linked clay included Analcime crystals from Cape Grim in NW Tasmania.
Two interesting thumbnail specimens of greyish-black Acanthite after Dyscrastite or Argentite from Brownes Shaft Junction, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Circa 1966-68.
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) with Axinite-(Mn)?, specimen measures 40x35x15mm and is from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
From a small once off find in 2017 near Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Mimetite from the Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, New South Wales, Australia. [45x25x20mm]
Wulfenite on a Limonite matrix from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia. [FOV: 90mm]
Shannonite? on Minium from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [10mm]
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [80x60x50mm]
Dolomite on Titanite from 8km N of Spriggs Creek Bore, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. TN. Collected July 1994.
Thumbnail sized Cerussite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Thumbnail sized specimen of Saléeite from the Ranger Uranium Mine, Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia.
Rutile from Carver’s Claim, Olary Province, South Australia. FOV 30mm.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. These were found in the early 1980’s, mostly in the B lens orebody from the upper levels of the mine. [115x70x55mm]
Erythrite from the Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Queensland Australia. [155x110x70mm]
Yellow to green wafer thin crystal group of Autunite, a Uranium ore mineral from the Mount Painter No. 6 workings, Mt Painter, Arkaroola, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Bright yellow-green under UV. [30x24x21mm] ☢️
Allanite-(Ce), one of four minerals in the Allanite group, this specimen with the rare earth Cerium being dominate. This piece dates back to the early 1970’s as far as I can tell and comes from...
Corundum (Var: Ruby) from the Mistral Mine, Spriggs Creek Bore, Northern Territory, Australia. [75x71x38mm]
A specimen of botryoidal Malachite; old classic Australian material, from the early days of the Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. There is also some minor Azurite on the reverse of...
Rhodochrosite on Calcite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [100x30x15mm]
Crocoite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [120x80x90mm]
Azurite from the Mount Hope Copper Mine, Mount Hope, New South Wales, Australia. 60mm tall.
Anhydrite from the Savage River Mine, Savage River, Tasmania, Australia. From the first large occurrence of this species in Tasmania.[80x65x60mm]
Quartz from the White Rock Quarry, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [140x130x80mm]
Chrysocolla, Conichalcite, Opal (Var: Opal-AN) and Aragonite from the Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. [110x80x18mm]
Pink Calcite (Var: Cobaltoan) from O’Donoghue Castle Mine, 10km W of Wooltana Homestead, South Australia, Australia. [90x60x15mm]
Tourmaline (Var: Dravite) (black variant) in Biotite Schist from the Tomkap Tourmaline Mine (North Pit), Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia. [225mm]
Decrespignyite-(Y) from the Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, South Australia, Australia. [120x100x8mm]
Pyromorphite from the Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [190x160x75mm]
Cassiterite and Muscovite on Quartz with Wolframite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia. [200x125x120mm]
Schorl from the Trial Harbour area on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. [220x120x100mm]
Spessartine from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [110x75x70mm]
A large nodule combining Azurite and Malachite from the old Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [90x80x70mm]
Yellow Pyromorphite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [110x90x35mm]
Crocoite on Goethite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [90x70x50mm]
A large specimen of Calcite (Var: Manganoan) from a find in 2010 at the Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The specimen measures 200x90x90mm, the dogtooth crystals range in size from 5...
Stellerite from Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia. [70x60x15mm]
Rhodonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Small secondary Galena crystals with secondary cauliflower like structures of cream to light green Sphalerite. From the watercourse area, Browne’s shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x55x30mm]
Gmelinite-Na, Natrolite & Analcime from Cairns Bay, Flinders Area, Victoria, Australia. [60mm]
Chlorargyrite from the South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. I assume one side has been more exposed to light than the other. Photos show front and reverse. [45x45x20mm]
Another large group of ‘golden’ Baryte crystals found in the late 1970’s from 5 North, G Lens, 15 Level of the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. [150x80x50mm]
Gypsum from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x70x55mm]
Rhodochrosite on Pyrite on Calcite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x60x30mm]
Malachite after Azurite from the Sir Dominick Mine, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia. [45x40x30mm]
Siderite on basalt from the Boral Quarry, Bridgewater, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite (Var: Manganoan) on Quartz and Actinolite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [75x45x25mm]
Witherite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x35x25mm]
Pyragyrite, Siderite and Galena from Brownes Shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [55x30x10mm]
Marshite (a rare copper halide), Smithsonite, Aurichalcite and Cuprite from the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [28x15x12mm]
Millerite from the Perseverance Ni Mine, Leinster, Western Australia, Australia. [65x50x40mm]
Cuprite from the Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia.[12x11x10mm] First photo shows the crystal backlit, and the second without backlighting.
Quartz w/ minor Magnetite in matrix from the Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [45x40x30mm]
Gemmy orange/red Sphalerite crystals with tan coloured Dolomite on massive Galena from underground operations in the 1980’s at the Que River Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. Field of view in the photograph below is approximately 75mm.
Epidote in Quartz from the S38 Pump Sump Drive, North Bassett Decline, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [90x60x20mm]
Tremolite from the S38 Pump Sump Drive, North Bassett Decline, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [90x70x55mm]
From the Slaughteryard face of the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia – blue Beryl crystals in a vein of white to brown Magnesite-Siderite. FOV in the photograph is 90mm.
From 57 Level N Lens of the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia – granular greyish Vittinkiite – pinkish Rhodonite, with red-brown Spessartine, and some minor sulphides including Galena, Pyrite and Sphalerite, a previously unrecorded association...
Emerald in Quartz from the Torrington mining district, Torrington, New South Wales, Australia.
Rhodonite in Galena from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [87x72x58mm]
Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x50x45mm]
From the type locality, Heazlewoodite in serpentine matrix from the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. A relatively rich example of ore material from this old abandoned nickel mine. This specimen has been cut to...
Harmotome with Tennantite, these were found in small quantities with the second big Witherite find around mid 2018 in 37Y, Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [80x55x45mm]
Takanelite on dog tooth Calcite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. The latest on this occurrence as documented on MinDat says that further work on this material suggests some may be Ranciéite, but it...
Scheelite in Magnetite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [90x75x60mm]
Azurite and Malachite on Kaolinite from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [180x85x50mm]
Gibbsite encrusting and largely replacing hollow Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. This particular specimen is ex Frank Mihajlowits and was acquired from the Zeehan School of Mines by another collector in 1987....
Actinolite w/ Axinite-(Fe), Calcite and Quartz with minor Chalcopyrite present in matrix. FOV 50mm. From the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz (Var: Agate) from Little Swanport, near Coles bay, Tasmania, Australia. [125x55x35mm]
Goethite coating Cerussite after Anglesite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Ex Milton Lavers. [110x90x35mm]
Wulfenite on a Limonite matrix from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia. [110x65x60mm]
Chrysocolla on iridescent Goethite, with a few small examples of the double pseudomorph that this location is well known for – Chrysocolla pseudomorphing Malachite after Azurite – from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek,...
Rhodonite with Bannisterite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Main crystal measures 70mm in length.
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) and Calcite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [18x16x10mm]
Gypsum from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x65x15mm]
Linarite on Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Galena from the Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania, Australia. Macro FOV is 5mm and 80mm in closeups, full specimen measures 20x14x8cm.
Hyalite Opal (Var: Opal-AN) from Squaretop Mountain, Kaimkillenbun, Queensland, Australia. Difficult to do these justice with a photograph (well I find that anyway). [110x80x65mm]
Green Hidalgoite with minor Rosasite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [45x40x20mm]
Hedyphane, Willlemite from the E.Z Mine (Beltana Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [35x32x10mm]
Cu Austinite and Willemite from the E.Z Mine (Beltana Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [45x35x25mm]
Blue Cyanotrichite and green Malachite from the Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland, Australia. [41x28x17mm]
Calcite (Var: Ferroan) [27mm] on basalt from the Boral Limited Quarry, Bundoora Quarry, Victoria, Australia.
Baryte from Linke’s Lode (Dunbar Mine; Dunbar Barite Deposit; Appealinna Barite), Oraparinna homestead (Oraparinna National Park), Bunkers Range, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [40x30x18mm]
Red Carminite with yellow-green Segnitite (TL) collected during a field trip in the 1990’s to Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [95x55x30mm]
Dull olive-green patches of crude Cobalt Austinite crystals (Type Locality), with flat laying Erythrite crystals, from the Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. [75x35x15mm]
A partial crystal of Andalusite (Var: Chiastolite), cut and polished to reveal a cross section. From the Mount Howden Mine, Kalabity Homestead Area, South Australia, Australia and dates back to the 1920’s. Chiastolite are crystals...
Exceptional Cornwallite crystals from Daly Gorge, South Australia, Australia. [FOV 25mm]
Pyrite on Calcite from a small find at Beams Quarry, Flowery Gully, Tasmania, Australia.
A water clear Quartz crystal backed by steel-grey hair like crystals of Boulangerite on a matrix consisting of mostly Quartz and Rhodochrosite from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. These were found in the early 1980’s,...
Cerussite (Var: Chrome) w/ minor Crocoite and Dundasite from the Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrite from the King Island Scheelite Mine, King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
Muscovite, Quartz and minor Molybdenite from Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia.
Double terminated Quartz with minor Muscovite from the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 70mm in length.
Crocoite with minor Dundasite from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite on Goethite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Dundasite w/ Crocoite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Chalcophanite on Crocoite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
One of my personal favourites when it comes to ‘Tassie Classics’. Ankerite on drusy Quartz including an epimorph or pseudomorph after Calcite (top – centre). These were found in 1995 in a pillar adjacent to...
A rare locality specimen of Vesuvianite and Grossular from the Renison Bell mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Waxy pink-lilac Stichtite on serpentine with Chromite from the Tunnel Hill Quarry, North Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Stichtite was first discovered in 1910 in Tasmania and recognised as a new species by A.S. Wesley a former...
Variscite and Crandallite from Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia.
Kingite with minor Variscite from Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia.
Piemontite from Near Cathedral Rock, Bimbowrie Station, South Australia, Australia.
Scholzite, green Plimerite, and micro crystals of Zn Collinsite and Hillite (TL), from Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Ex Chris Johnson (Miner). [50x35x25mm]
A 30mm spray of Scholzite front and centre with cloudy white crystals of Hemimorphite pseudomorphing Smithsonite in the background. From Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Ex Chris Johnson (Miner). [70x60x50mm]
A large plate of ‘golden’ Baryte crystals found in the late 1970’s from 5 North, G Lens, 15 Level of the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. [145x120x27mm]
Quartz, Calcite, Fluorite and minor Pyrite on Pyrrhotite from 1880 level, Envelope Orebody, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Western Tasmania. Collected in the early 1980’s. [160x120x100mm]
An 8cm tall example of Tektite (Var: Darwin Glass) from the Darwin Impact Crater south of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. Formed ~800,000 years ago by a meteorite impact.
Malachite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia.
Large cabinet sized specimen of yellowish-green Pyromorphite on greyish-white ‘straw’ Cerussite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Pyrite on Calcite, collected circa 1984 by Ray Keating and others in K54 Stope, Melba Lode, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania. Cyril Kovac sold this specimen at the Wagga Wagga Gemboree in 2001. There were...
Iridescent Goethite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [95x60x35mm]
Hedenbergite (Var: Manganoan Hedenbergite) with Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [60x45x35mm]
Muscovite on Wolframite and Sphalerite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
A nice specimen of Inesite and Apophylite from North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [70x45x25mm]
Witherite with Harmotome and Galena from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [160x90x75mm]
Classic ‘straw’ Cerussite from the Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas, Western Tasmania, Australia. [70mm]
Chalcedony (Var: Agate) – Quartz – from the Calder Gravel Pits, NW Tasmania, Australia. [80x75x30mm]
Small blebs of Stichtite in Serpentine with minor Chromite, Chrysotile and Magnetite from an uncommon location – BHP Prospect, Noddy Creek, Macquarie Harbour, West Coast, Tasmania. This piece was collected by Tony Joyce in 2013...
Coronadite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x75x60mm]
Honey coloured Calcite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [70mm]
‘Straw’ Cerussite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [135x90x70mm]
Wulfenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [55x40x20mm]
Pyromorphite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [50x50x7mm]
Clinozoisite (Var. Thulite) and Diopside from Andersons Creek, Beaconsfield, Tasmania. 100x 60x20mm.
Diopside in Calc-silicate hornfels from near Trial Harbour, West Coast, Tasmania. 170x100x35mm.
A stonker of a Crocoite crystal from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania. Collected in the Summer of 1987. It measures 120x15x15mm.
A waterworn Quartz (Var: Smokey) crystal from the Gladstone area in NE Tasmania, Australia. From an old collection. 24cm in length, second photo shows the crystal backlit.
Waxy pink-lilac Stichtite on serpentine with Chromite from the Tunnel Hill Quarry, North Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Stichtite was first discovered in 1910 in Tasmania and recognised as a new species by A.S. Wesley a former...
A rather nice example of Natrolite on matrix from near Cape Grim in North West Tasmania. Specimen is approximately 140 x 90 x 75mm.
Datolite from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. Approximate dimensions are 140x60x60mm. This piece dates back to when the location was mined for specimens in the 1980’s.
A rather nice example of Natrolite from near Cape Grim in North West Tasmania. Specimen is approximately 55mm x 35mm.
Granular pale blue Retgersite, with green Zaratite and minor Heazlewoodite from the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia.
Vivianite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Approximate dimensions are 45x40x30mm.
This specimen won’t be winning any awards for aesthetics, but it’s an interesting locality piece. Ilvaite from a small tungsten-magnetite mine (Kara Mine) near Hampshire in north-western Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz (Var: Amethyst) from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite from the Don Hill road cutting, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. Produced during road works in 1986.
Iridescent Pyrite on Calcite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Lots going on with this specimen of water clear Fluorapophyllite-(K), Sphalerite, Aragonite, Diopside, Andradite-Uvarovite and Calcite from 1950m R.L, North Avebury Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. Approximate dimensions are 90x75x70 mm.
Melanterite and Ferricopiapite(?) from the Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk, Tasmania, Australia.
Melanterite and Ferricopiapite(?) from the Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk, Tasmania, Australia.
Melanterite from the Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk, Tasmania, Australia.
Melanterite from the Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Mt Heemskirk, Tasmania, Australia.
Gemmy orange crystals of Monazite-Ce on Quartz from the All Nations Mine, Moina, Tasmania, Australia. FOV in each image is ~5mm.
1mm crystal of Anatase on Hematite included Quartz from Philosophers Ridge, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Purple crystals of Fluorite on Magnesite-Siderite and some Pyrite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. 160x110x50mm.
A gem quality Zircon crystal measuring 8x8x8mm from Boat Harbour, Tasmania, Australia.
Atacamite from the Cattle Grid deposit, Mount Gunson Copper Mines, South Australia, Australia.
Variscite from the Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia.
Topaz crystal from Mount Cameron area, NE Tasmania, Australia.
Enstatite ranging in size from 5 – 18mm, self-collected from a river in Northern Tasmania. Black in appearance, colour varies from amber brown to emerald green when backlit.
A small vug in gossan containing the rare species Petterdite from the type locality – Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Minor Crocoite can also be seen.
Two (3-4mm) nuggets of “Osmiridium”, from alluvial workings at Adamsfield, Tasmania, Australia. They contain mostly osmium, with lesser iridium and rutheniridosmine, plus minor ruthenium. Collected in the 1920’s.
Hinsdalite or Plumbogummite pseudomorphing Pyromorphite from the Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Hinsdalite or Plumbogummite pseudomorphing Pyromorphite from the Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Pyromorphite on Gossan from the Black Star Open Cut, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Tsumebite, Libethanite and Pyromorphite from Block 14, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Fluorapatite on Calcite and Fluorite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [61x48x38mm]
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Azurite, Malachite and a “V” Twin Cerussite from Block 14, South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 25mm.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Epidote from Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Dundasite on Crocoite from the Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Sampleite from the Endeavour 26 (E26 ore body), Goonumbla, New South Wales, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
(green) Zaratite, (white) Dypingite, (yellow) Reevesite with minor (blue) Retgersite and Heazlewoodite (not readily visible in the image) from the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia – accompanied by an original Frank Mihajlowits label and stand.
Fluorite on Magnesite-Siderite from Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite on Hisingerite from Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite, Muscovite (Var: Fuchsite) from Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrite, Galena and Quartz from Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite on Siderite from Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Natrolite from Little Plains Quarry, Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia.
Danalite in Magnetite from Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite with Quartz from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite and Pyrite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Tabular Quartz from West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Luinaite-(OH) and Fluorite from Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Witherite, Harmotome, Galena from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Fluorite on Dolomite w/ minor Pyrite and Siderite from Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Witherite and Galena from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Grimaldite with minor Cerussite on Galena from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen around 35mm across.
Putnisite, Quartz from Armstrong NI Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia.
Natrolite from Northern Tasmania, Australia.
This is an old specimen, labelled as “Massicot” from the Comet Mine, Dundas, Tasmania. According to the Catalogue (GSB 73), none of the reported occurrences of Massicot in Tasmania have been verified and it’s status...
Kutnohorite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Calcite on Aragonite from Liena, Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia. These were collected in the 1970’s and are often mislabelled as coming from the Wilmot Hydro Tunnel – this was to protect their true source which...
Cerussite & Anglesite on Coronadite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Calcite on Pyrite from Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Alabandite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Quartz w/ minor sulphides from North Mount Farrell Mine, Tullah, Tasmania, Australia.
Baryte on Apophyllite with Inesite inclusions from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Azurite, Smithsonite, Malachite from Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Crocoite on Pyromorphite with Quartz from Platt Prospect, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrite on Slate from Arthur River, NW Tasmania, Australia.
Pale green tinted Smithsonite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Pale green-blue octahedral Fluorite crystals with Calcite on a matrix consisting of mostly Calcite, some Sphalerite and minor Pyrite – from North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 19.6 x 13.3 x 3.8cm.
Filliform crystals of Coronadite from Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Cupriantarbutite / Zincianolivenite – mid range from the Pinnacles dumps, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Lavendulan from the Preamimma Mine, Callington, South Australia, Australia.
Turquoise from Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Labelled Adamite (Var: Cuprian Adamite) but probably Olivenite (Var: Zincian Olivenite) from Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Serpierite with Smithsonite & Cerussite from the Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Old Peter McLeod Collection c.1908
Muscovite balls, grey/white fibrous Luinaite-(OH), Tourmaline and Dolomite from the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. Fluorite and Quartz are also present on this specimen, but are not captured in the images below.
Greenockite on Sphalerite with Dolomite from the Great South Comet Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Sprays of Calcite pseudomorphing Aragonite from a large vugh found in 1999 on the 1530m R.L, Bruny Orebody, Renison Bell Tin Mine, Renison Bell, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Linarite and Smithsonite from Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Orcelite collected from the dumps at Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
A translucent yellow 1mm crystal of Sulphur on Anglesite and Galena from the Pinnacle Dumps (Blackwood open cut ore), Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Conichalcite and Chrysocolla from the Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia.
Calcite (Var: Ferroan Calcite) from the Bundoora Quarry, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.
Lithiophorite from Putty Beach Headland, Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia.
Decrespignyite-(Y) from the Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, South Australia, Australia.
Wardite from the Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia.
Davidite-(La) from the Billeroo Davidite Prospect, Plumbago, South Australia, Australia.
Brannerite from Crocker Well, Plumbago, South Australia, Australia.
Azurite, Malachite and Baryte from the Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Australia, Australia.
Smolyaninovite and Cobaltite from the Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Queensland, Australia.
Gillardite, Gaspeite and Gypsum from the 132 North NI Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia.
Ardealite from Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Western Australia, Australia.
Herbertsmithite from the Nangaroo Mine, Murrin Murrin, Western Australia, Australia.
Duftite & Mimetite from Sabine Shaft, Mt Bonny, Northern Territory, Australia.
Calcite (Var: Ferroan Calcite) from the Bundoora Quarry, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.
Rare Na/Mn Silicate. Crystals up to 4mm. Mangano-Ferri Eckermannite from the Woods Mine, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
Massive silver Tennantite with minor Quartz and Chalcopyrite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyromorphite on Malachite from the famous Pizza Pocket, Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia.
An old specimen containing granulous chunks of Anglesite psm. after Cerussite with Galena from the Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. The specimen is ex Dr Krantz of Germany and came with the old label shown...
Fluorite & Quartz from the Rex Hill Mine, Rossarden, Tasmania, Australia.
Axinite-(Fe) from the Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Aragonite from Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz (Var: Agate) from Lune River, Huon Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
Chabazite and Stilbite on Calcite from Giblin Street Quarry, Lenah Valley, Tasmania, Australia. Circa 1980.
Hematite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite from the Arve Valley, Tasmania, Australia. Dug in 2010.
Talc from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Phillipsite with minor Thompsonite from Gads Hill, Mersey Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
Vughy piece of Dolomite with disseminated brown/black Sphalerite, with scattered gemmy crystals – mined in late 1980’s when the mine was operational, reworking of old stopes. Great South Comet Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Datolite and Calcite from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Twinned Chalcopyrite crystal from Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, Australia.
Twinned Chalcopyrite crystal from Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, Australia.
Chalcopyrite on Hematite and Chlorite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Cerussite (Var: Chrome) and Crocoite from the Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Chlorite, Dolomite on Quartz from Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Witherite on Harmotome from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. 21cm wide.
Crocoite from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrite and Galena from the Comstock Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) from the early 1960’s find in Browne’s Section on the 13 level of the Junction Mine. This find is described in Birch ed (1999) Minerals of Broken Hill as probably the largest mass of...
Chalcophanite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Baryte on Manganoan Calcite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Rhodonite with Galena from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Bustamite in Galena from the Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [55x40x30mm]
Pyromorphite from the Blackwood Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Bustamite in Apophyllite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.[45x35x30mm]
Kutnohorite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Native Lead and Laumonite from the South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Large ‘V’ twinned Cerussite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Smithsonite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Cassiterite with Quartz from the Aberfoyle Tin Mine, Rossarden, Tasmania, Australia.
Cassiterite on Quartz with Muscovite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
Rhodochrosite (Var: Zincorhodochrosite) from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Bustamite and Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.[50x40x35mm]
Baryte from the Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. These were sometimes refereed to as corn flake Barytes by the locals.
Beryl with Sellaite, Magnesite and rare Ferroaluminoceladonite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
A small purple Fluorite crystal with Quartz on Sphalerite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz and Rhodochrosite from the B lens orebody in the upper levels of the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. These were found in the early 1980’s.
Mimetite from Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Pyrite on slate from Trowutta, Arthur River, Tasmania, Australia.
Gold and some Quartz from XXX, North-East Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite from the Don Hill road cutting, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia – produced during road works in 1986.
White Tacharanite with pinkish brown Gyrolite and clear Apophyllite on Phillipsite from Coates Pit, Oonah, Tasmania, Australia.
Dark red inclusions of Metacinnabar in Baryte from the Rudges Mine, Tasmania, Australia. FOV is ~5mm.
An old ore sample containing Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Arsenopyrite and Bismuthinite – probably from the Curtin-Davis mine, Ringville, Tasmania, Australia.
Fluorite on Dolomite from the Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Gold (3.15grams) from XXX, North West, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite on Limonite from the West Comet Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Certainly not the finest Crocoite specimen you’ll ever encounter but an interesting locality piece.
Petterdite (TL), Philipsbornite (TL), Grimaldiite, Crocoite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Two intersecting sprays of Calcite pseudomorphing Aragonite from a large vugh found in 1999 on the 1530m R.L, Bruny Orebody, Renison Bell Tin Mine, Renison Bell, Tasmania, Australia.
Stitchtite from Stitchtite Hill, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Witherite and Harmotome from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Biotite from Killiecrankie, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
Vivianite crystals to 40mm from the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. Most of these were salvaged in the late 1970’s from a small pocket in the face of a development drive.
Boulangerite on Rhodochrosite from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. These were found in the early 1980’s, mostly in the B lens orebody from the upper levels of the mine. Specimen is 25mm wide.
Baryte crystals found in the late 1970’s, 5 North, G Lens, 15 Level of the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
10mm Baryte crystal with minor Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Dolomite from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
A mesh of Jamesonite crystals filling a small vug on massive Sphalerite from Mt Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. Field of View is ~4mm.
White crusts and small globules of Dypingite with some light green Zaratite on Serpentine from the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia.
Dundasite on Crocoite from the Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite from the Don Hill road cutting, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. This piece measures 19x8x4 cm and was recovered during road works in 1986.
Witherite crystals from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
14mm Siderite on Calcite with black Hisingerite from Bridgewater, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Chabazite (Var: Phacolite) crystals, a lens-shaped variety due to twinning/multiple twinning of rhombohedrons. This piece is from Gads Hill, Mersey Valley, Tasmania, Australia.
Small crystals of Chalcopyrite and a dusting of Hematite on Siderite with Chlorite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite (Var: Iceland Spar) from Beams Quarry, Flowery Gully, Tasmania, Australia.
Siderite on Fluorite from Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz with dark to silvery, hair-like, Boulangerite needles on a Quartz and Rhodochrosite rich matrix – these were found in the early 1980’s, mostly in the B lens orebody from the upper levels of the...
Calcite from Liena, Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia. These were collected in the 1970’s and are often mislabelled as coming from the Wilmot Hydro Tunnel – this was to protect their true source which were caves...
“Straw” Cerussite from the Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. ~70mm in length.
Serpentine Subgroup (Var: Picrolite) from Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Fluorite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Franckeite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Brochantite, Woodwardite, Posnjakite on Covellite, Chalcopyrite and Digenite from Murrays Reward Mine, Balfour, Tasmania, Australia.
Epidote crystals from the Anthony Headrace Tunnel, Tullah, Tasmania, Australia. Found in veins associated with the Cambrian Murchison Granites. Sourced in the 1990’s during the tunnel’s construction.
Marcasite from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Axinite-(Fe) from Colebrook Hill, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. Largest crystal is 30mm. Largest crystal is 30mm.
Botryoidal Dundasite with minor Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [45x25x20mm]
Crocoite on Pyromorphite from the Platt Prospect, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Azurite from the Murray’s Reward Mine, Balfour, Tasmania, Australia.
Calcite (uncommon from this location) on Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Fluorite from Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
An uncommon specimen, collected in the late 1990s, of Native Copper in sandstone from the historic Lyell Blocks, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz with Hematite inclusions from Mount Read, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Aragonite from the Don Hill road cutting, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. This was recovered during road works in 1986.