2246 Vivianite | Arthur River
Vivianite on Tertiary wood from the Arthur River Area, NW Tasmania, Australia. 160x30x25mm.
James Melville
2245 Vivianite | Arthur River
Vivianite on Tertiary mudstone from the Arthur River Area, NW Tasmania, Australia. Blue area measures 200mm in length.
2244 Vivianite | Arthur River
Vivianite on Tertiary mudstone from the Arthur River Area, NW Tasmania, Australia. Blue area measures 80mm in length.
2169 Vivianite | Mount Bischoff Mine
Blue-green Vivianite on magnesite-siderite matrix from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania. Main crystal is approximately 40x12mm.
2034 Brochantite on Hematite included Quartz | Mount Lyell Mines
Brochantite on Hematite included Quartz from Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. 60x23x15mm.
2251 Molybdenite | Mount Stronach
Molybdenite from Mount Stronach, Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia. 25x15x10mm.
1897 Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Rosasite | San Antonio Mine, Mexico
Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Rosasite from Level 8 of the San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 50x38x27mm.
1896 Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Rosasite | San Antonio Mine, Mexico
Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Rosasite from Level 8 of the San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 45x25x15mm.
2139 Sieleckiite, Libethenite, Turquoise | Mount Oxide Mine
A small sample with an area hosting extremely rare bright blue spheres of sieleckiite in association with libethenite and turquoise. From the type locality for sieleckiite – Mount Oxide Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland. Measures 40x30x10mm.
1669 Azurite | Mineral Hill
Azurite from Mineral Hill, Condobolin district, New South Wales, Australia. [40x29x12mm]
1923 Legrandite | Ojuela Mine, Mexico
Legrandite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. [38x25x23mm]
1912 Descloizite | Berg Aukas, Namibia
Descloizite from the Berg Aukas Mine (Berg Aukus Mine), Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. [55x50x45mm]
1922 Liroconite (TL), Kernowite (TL) | Wheal Gorland, England
Historic specimen of blue-green Liroconite on Quartz from Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England. Many of the crystals are bright green, suggesting they are transitioning into kernowite, the iron-end member, which forms a series with...
2205 Sturmanite | N’Chwaning Mines, South Africa
Sturmanite from the N’Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa. 19mm.
1731 Babingtonite | Malad Quarry, India
Babingtonite on Quartz from Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), India. FOV 20mm.
1927 Peisleyite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry
Peisleyite from Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda South Australia. Type Locality. [11x10x4mm]
2059 Aragonite, Don Hill Cutting
Water clear Aragonite crystals collected in 1986 from the Don Hill Cutting near Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. The larger crystal on left is 24mm.
1710 Turquoise, Alice Springs
Turquoise from NE of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. 110x60x30mm
1832 Marshite | Broken Hill Mines
Marshite from the type locality, Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The photograph on the right is a bit crude but shows the same specimen under longwave ultraviolet. [15x12x12mm]
2075 Cerussite (Var: Chrome) | Magnet Mine
Yellow ‘Chrome’ Cerussite from the Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. 37mm.
2074 Cerussite (Var: Chrome) | Magnet Mine
Yellow ‘Chrome’ Cerussite from the Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 20mm.
2073 Cerussite (Var: Chrome) | Magnet Mine
Yellow ‘Chrome’ Cerussite from the Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 20mm.
2069 Beryl | Mount Bischoff
Beryl with minor Sellaite, Magnesite and rare Ferroaluminoceladonite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. [FOV 30mm]
2068 Corundum (Var: Ruby) | Mistral Mine
Corundum (Var: Ruby) from the Mistral Mine, Spriggs Creek Bore, Northern Territory, Australia. [18x18x2mm]
1868 Adamite | Ojuela Mine, Mexico
Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. [90x55x40mm]
1966 Epistilbite, Chabazite | Nashik, India
Epistilbite and Chabazite from Nashik, Maharashtra, India. [70x65x40mm]
1869 Goosecreekite | Nashik quarry, India
Lustrous, crystallised and glassy snow-white aggregate of Goosecreekite. Nashik quarry, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India. [45x45x40mm]
1939 Orpiment | Twin Creeks Mine
Orpiment from Cut 62, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. FOV 40mm.
1634 Hausmannite | N’Chwaning #2 Mine
Hausmannite with Andradite from the N’Chwaning #2 Mine, Kuruman, South Africa. [40x37x35mm]
1584 Väyrynenite | Rondu Mine
Terminated crystals of Väyrynenite from a find in 2019 at the Rondu Mine, Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dis., Pakistan. [14x13x5mm]
0703 Mpororoite, Anthoinite | Kara Mine
Capsule containing a powdery mineral sample of Mpororoite and Anthoinite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. Capsule measures approximately 12mm in length.
1761 Anatase on Quartz, Mt Read
Micro crystals of Anatase on Quartz from Mount Read, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia. Field of view is approximately 40x20mm.
1827 Hematite – Iron Monarch Open Cut
Hematite, Quartz – Iron Monarch Open Cut , Iron Knob , South Australia. [40x35x25mm]
1996 Almandine, Mt. Riddock Station
Almandine garnet from Mt. Riddock Station, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [FOV 150mm]
0460 Analcime on Natrolite, Cape Grim
Water clear Analcime crystal on Natrolite from near Cape Grim in NW Tasmania, Australia. [55x50x45mm]
0461 Ankerite, Henty Gold Mine
Ankerite on drusy Quartz – these were found in 1995 in a pillar adjacent to the Henty Shaft collar, Henty Gold Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. [30x25x2mm]
1787 Andradite, Mt Garnet
Andradite from Mt. Garnet, Queensland, Australia. [50x40x35mm]
2048 Andradite, Kara Mine
Andradite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [FOV 35mm]
1456 Andradite, Kara Mine
Andradite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [44x35x30mm]
1272 Andradite, Kara Mine
Andradite with minor Calcite and Pyrite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [50x38x30mm]
0140 Andradite, Kara Mine
Andradite with minor Epidote mostly on the other side of the specimen from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [70x50x45mm]
1459 Andradite, Kara Mine
Andradite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [24x23x23mm]
0099 Andradite, Kara Mine
Andradite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [32x30x25]
1211 Arsenopyrite – Colebrook Hill Mine
Arsenopyrite from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [90x70x45mm]
0106 Arsenopyrite, Actinolite – Colebrook Hill Mine
Arsenopyrite, Actinolite from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [35x22x15mm]
1914 Neptunite, Joaquinite-(Ce) – California State Gem Mine
Na2KLiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24 Neptunite is a silicate mineral named for Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. It was first described in 1893 for an occurrence at the type locality for the species – Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk...
1348 Epidote – Anthony Headrace Tunnel
Green crystals of Epidote associated with altered Cambrian “Murchison Granite” (red granite is visible in the first image). These were discovered in 1991 during hydro tunnelling work on the Anthony Headrace Tunnel near Tullah on...
1889 Albite (Var: Andesine), Ilmenite, Augite & Calcite, Portland Harbour Trust Quarry
Tabular Albite (Var: Andesine) with Ilmenite, Augite and Calcite on matrix from Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant (Portland), Victoria, Australia. [50x35x24mm]
0344 Acanthite, Broken Hill Mines
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.