1307 Rhodochrosite, NW Tasmania
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Rhodochrosite on Goethite from XXX, North West Tasmania, Australia.
Dundasite on Crocoite from the Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. 45mm.
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. 70x60x40mm. Ex Frank Mihajlowits.
Calcite on Hisingerite from Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia.
Danalite in Magnetite from Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 40mm.
Crocoite with Quartz from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Luinaite-(OH) and Fluorite from Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
Witherite, Harmotome, Galena from Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Grimaldite with minor Cerussite on Galena from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen around 35mm across.
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...
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...
Pyrite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite on Pyromorphite with Quartz from Platt Prospect, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
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.
Orcelite collected from the dumps at Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Massive silver Tennantite with minor Quartz and Chalcopyrite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, 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...
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.
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.
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.
Hematite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. 70x50x25mm.
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. 45x40x35mm.
Pyrite and Galena from the Comstock Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Cassiterite with Quartz from the Aberfoyle Tin Mine, Rossarden, Tasmania, Australia. 70x50x40mm.
Beryl with Sellaite, Magnesite and rare Ferroaluminoceladonite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. [40x38x35mm]
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.
An old ore sample containing Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Arsenopyrite and Bismuthinite – probably from the Curtin-Davis mine, Ringville, 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.