1121 Ferro-actinolite, Broken Hill Mines
Ferro-actinolite from the Junction North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [25x11x10mm]
James Melville
0094 Actinolite w/ Axinite-(Fe), Colebrook Hill
Actinolite w/ Axinite-(Fe), Calcite and Quartz with minor Chalcopyrite present in matrix. FOV 50mm. From the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
0223 Actinolite, Ferro-Actinolite or Hastingsite – Stormont Mine
Amphibole, possibly Actinolite – Ferro-Actinolite or hastingsite, green fibres on Andradite from the Stormont Mine, Moina, Tasmania, Australia. [40x25x20mm]
0321 Hematite ps. Actinolite – Stanley River Tinfield
A brown Hematite pseudomorph after a radiating Amphibole mineral; possibly Actinolite from Section 4958m of the Stanley River Tinfield, Tasmania, Australia. From an old collection – this material is pictured in the Stanely River Tinfield...
1008 Hematite ps. Actinolite – Stanley River Tinfield
A brown Hematite pseudomorph after a radiating Amphibole mineral; possibly Actinolite from Section 4958m of the Stanley River Tinfield, Tasmania, Australia. From an old collection – this material is pictured in the Stanely River Tinfield...
1507 Adamite and Cu Austinite on Willemite – Beltana Mine
Adamite and Cu Austinite on Willemite from the Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine), Puttapa, South Australia, Australia. Collected in the mid 80’s. FOV 33mm.
1077 Phillipsite coating Aegirine – The Sideling
Phillipsite coated green Aegirine-Augite crystals with minor white Thompsonite on Olivine Basalt from the Eagle Road quarry, The Sideling, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 38mm.
1844 Aikinite – Kara Mine
Blackish lead-grey crystals of Aikinite with Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite and Andradite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 20mm.
1122 Alabandite – Broken Hill Mines
Alabandite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [40mm]
1702 Allanite-(Ce) – Mary Kathleen Mine
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...
1218 Epidote on Albite, Harts Range
Epidote on Albite crystals from the Entia Valley, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [60x50x45mm]
0254 Albite on Microcline – Mount Cameron
Albite overgrowth on Microcline crystal from Mount Cameron, Gladstone area, Tasmania, Australia. [45x35x35mm]
0895 Aldermanite – Klemm’s Quarry
Aldermanite from Klemm’s Quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. [80x55x40mm]
0436 Aldermanite, Fluellite, Minyulite – Tom’s Quarry
Aldermanite, Fluellite, Minyulite from Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. [70x45x40mm]
0434 Aldermanite, Fluellite – Tom’s Quarry
Aldermanite with Fluellite from Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. [50x35x30mm]
1663 Azurite after Malachite nodule, Burra Burra Copper Mine
Azurite after Malachite nodule from the Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Nodule is 40mm wide.
2055 Raspite, Broken Hill Mines
Raspite crystals, many double terminated from the type locality, Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. [24×20x20mm]
1992 Aurichalcite – Evelyn Mine
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite and minor Linarite and Hydrozincite from the Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, Norther Territory, Australia. FOV 30mm.
1709 Quartz (Var: Amethyst) – Victoria River
A large violet coloured Amethyst cluster from the Victoria River Downs Station, Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia. Ex Dick Johnston collection. Ex Bernie Whyte collection. [215x118x108mm]
1900 Mimetite & Duftite – Mount Bonnie Mine
Mimetite & Duftite from Sabine’s Shaft, Mount Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. [140x100x90mm]
1892 Galena, Quartz, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania
Galena crystals with Quartz and minor Siderite from 1447m R.L Waratah Orebody, Renison Bell Tin Mine, Tasmania. These were discovered in 1999. [75x90x60mm]
2054 Davidite-(La) (TL) with Roscoelite, Radium Hill Mine
Black glassy Davidite-(La) with Roscoelite (a rare Vanadium rich member of the Mica group) from the Radium Hill Mine, Olary Province, South Australia. This is also the type locality for Davidite-(La). [15x11x9mm]
1443 Fluorophlogopite, Trial Harbour
Fluorophlogopite and Cummingtonite from a long abandoned tin prospect near Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. [100x90x50mm]
2024 Heazlewoodite, Lord Brassey Mine
A solid slug of fine grained Heazlewoodite from the type locality, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. [50x45x35mm]
0234 Heazlewoodite, Pyroaurite-2H, Nickel Reward Mine
Heazlewoodite and reddish Pyroaurite-2H in serpentine from the Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. [40x30x25mm]
1814 Kapundaite (TL), Tom’s Quarry
Kapundaite from the type locality, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. FOV 10mm.
1885 Paulscherrerite (TL), Mt Painter
Orange-yellow Paulscherrerite (Type Locality) from the Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [Thumbnail]
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.
1865 Cassiterite, Cream Creek
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...
1866 Anglesite, Broken Hill Mines
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.
1910 Bustamite, Broken Hill Mines
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]
0486 Bustamite, Broken Hill Mines
Pinkish Bustamite with Sphalerite and Galena from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [35x25x22mm]
1130 Bustamite, Broken Hill Mines
Pinkish, off white ‘Hairy’ Bustamite from 29 Level of the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [45x30x20mm]
1423 Pyrite on Quartz, Wilmot Hydro Power Scheme Tunnel
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.
1991 Calcite , Aragonite, Baryte, Bundoora Quarry
Calcite , Aragonite and a small group of Baryte on basalt from the Bundoora Quarry, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. [110x70x50mm]
1971 Mangano-Ferri Eckermannite, Tamworth
Rare Na/Mn Silicate. Mangano-Ferri Eckermannite from the Woods Mine, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. [130x85x60mm]
1973 Huntite, Boral Deer Park Quarry
Huntite from the Boral Deer Park Quarry, Brimbank, Victoria, Australia. [80x85x70mm]
1920 Apatite on Diopside, Mount Elliott Mine
Apatite on Diopside from the Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. [100x55x50mm]
1909 Bustamite in Calcite, Broken Hill Mines
Bustamite in Calcite from the 18 Level of the ZC/NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 50mm terminated crystal. Overall dimensions 105x50x48mm.
1651 Azurite, Burra Burra Copper Mine
Azurite from the Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Miniature.
1855 Elbaite (Var: Indicolite), Kangaroo Island
Elbaite (Var: Indicolite) from the Dudley pegmatite, Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. [16x12x4mm]
1691 Azurite on Kaolinite, Malbunka Copper Mine
Azurite on a kaolinite/sandstone matrix from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [100x70x50mm]
1738 Diamond, Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle AK1 pipe)
Diamond from the Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle AK1 pipe), Lake Argyle Area, Western Australia. 5mm.
0196 Witherite, Harmotome, Rosebery Mine
Witherite on Harmotome from the Rosebery Mine, Tasmania, Australia. [45x25x15mm]
0411 Wulfenite, Avondale Mine
Wulfenite with Cerussite on Galena from the Avondale Mine, Mt Lyndhurst, South Australia. Crystal is 2mm.
1486 Ktenasite, Broken Hill Mines
Ktenasite from Block 14 Open Cut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.
0291 Smithsonite, Broken Hill Mines
Smithsonite from Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
1511 Philipsbornite, Broken Hill Mines
Philipsbornite from the Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
1469 ‘Manganogrunerite’, Broken Hill Mines
‘Manganogrunerite’ from Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
0489 Smithsonite, Broken Hill Mines
Smithsonite from Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.