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.
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]
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]
A Tasmanian classic, ‘straw’ Cerussite from the Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas, Western Tasmania, Australia. [50x55x45mm] | No. 1360.
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]
Pyromorphite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [50x50x7mm]
Clinozoisite (Var. Thulite) and Diopside from Andersons Creek, Beaconsfield, Tasmania. 100x 60x20mm.
A stonker of a Crocoite crystal from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania. Collected in the Summer of 1987. It measures 120x15x15mm.
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. ~22mm.
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.
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.
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. FOV is 30mm.
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 with minor Crocoite from the type locality – Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. The area covered by lilac Petterdite is approximately 30mm in width....
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.
