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...
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.
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.
Blackish lead-grey crystals of Aikinite with Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite and Andradite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 20mm.
Alabandite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. [40mm]
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...
Epidote on Albite crystals from the Entia Valley, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [60x50x45mm]
Albite overgrowth on Microcline crystal from Mount Cameron, Gladstone area, Tasmania, Australia. [45x35x35mm]
Aldermanite from Klemm’s Quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. [80x55x40mm]
Aldermanite, Fluellite, Minyulite from Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. [70x45x40mm]
Aldermanite with Fluellite from Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. [50x35x30mm]
Azurite after Malachite nodule from the Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Nodule is 40mm wide.
Raspite crystals, many double terminated from the type locality, Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. [24×20x20mm]
Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite and minor Linarite and Hydrozincite from the Evelyn Mine, Pine Creek, Norther Territory, Australia. FOV 30mm.
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]
Mimetite & Duftite from Sabine’s Shaft, Mount Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory, Australia. [140x100x90mm]
Galena crystals with Quartz and minor Siderite from 1447m R.L Waratah Orebody, Renison Bell Tin Mine, Tasmania. These were discovered in 1999. [75x90x60mm]
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]
Fluorophlogopite and Cummingtonite from a long abandoned tin prospect near Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. [100x90x50mm]
A solid slug of fine grained Heazlewoodite from the type locality, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. [50x45x35mm]
Heazlewoodite and reddish Pyroaurite-2H in serpentine from the Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. [40x30x25mm]
Kapundaite from the type locality, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. FOV 10mm.
Orange-yellow Paulscherrerite (Type Locality) from the Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [Thumbnail]
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]
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]
Huntite from the Boral Deer Park Quarry, Brimbank, Victoria, Australia. [80x85x70mm]
Apatite on Diopside from the Mount Elliott Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. [100x55x50mm]
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]
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.
Philipsbornite from the Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
‘Manganogrunerite’ from Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature.
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. 35x10x8mm.
Smithsonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Miniature. Cabinet.
