2355 Vivianite, Wannon Falls
Vivianite from Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria, Australia. [70x62x48mm] No. 2355.
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2322 Vivianite, Wannon Falls
Long slender green translucent Vivianite crystal from Wannon Falls, Wannon River, Wannon, Victoria, Australia. [97x11x7mm]. No. 2322.
2214 Beryl (Var: Emerald) | Torrington mining district
Beryl (Var: Emerald) | Torrington mining district, Torrington, NSW, Australia. 17x5x5mm.
0404 Cyrilovite, Kidwellite, Strengite | Iron Monarch Open Cut
Cyrilovite, Kidwellite, StrengiteIron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.[35x30x15mm]
1504 Libethenite | Spring Creek Mine
Libethenite | Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Australia, Australia. FOV 40mm.
0814 Iodargyrite | Broken Hill Mines
Iodargyrite | Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Cabinet.
2103 Staurolite | Thackaringa
Staurolite | Thackaringa, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. Cabinet.
2234 Native Copper | Rocklands Group Copper Project
Copper from Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. 30x19x12mm.
2105 Rhodochrosite, Calcite (Var: Manganese-bearing Calcite) after Kutnohorite | Kara Mine
One last post for the evening. A mixture of manganoan Calcite and calcic Rhodochrosite pseudomorphing Kutnohorite on Quartz and Magnetite | from Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire district, Tasmania. FOV is 40mm.
1525 Paratooite-(La) (TL) | Paratoo Copper Mine
Pale blue bladed Paratooite-(La) (TL) with white balls of Kamphaugite-(Y) | Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, South Australia. FOV ~5mm.
2102 Nullaginite | 132 North NI Mine
Specimen with many intense green crystalline aggregates/balls of nullaginite on matrix from the 132 North NI Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia. FOV 15mm.
0114 Kimuraite-(Y) | Kara Mine
White hemispheres of Kimuraite-(Y) on soft actinolite skarn from the upper oxidized zone in the Kara No.1 Pit, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 17mm.
2365 Barbosalite | Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry
Barbosalite (black) and minor Pyrite Columbite | Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry, Boolcoomatta Reserve (Boolcoomata Station), South Australia, Australia. 50x35x25mm.
2249 Copper, Cuprite | Burra Burra Copper Mine
Bright iridescent (native) Copper in massive silvery-red Cuprite, with traces of Malachite. Copper specimens collected during the last mining period of this mine, were like this one, included within massive Cuprite. Burra Burra Mine, Burra,...
2364 Goslarite | Tasmanian Smelting Company (Slag Heap)
Goslarite | Tasmanian Smelting Company (Slag Heap), Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. 37x30x12mm.
1786 Szmikite | Womobi Mine
Szmikite | Womobi Mine, Thologolong, Victoria, Australia. 47x23x12mm.
2109 Chalcocite | Mammoth Mine
Chalcocite | Mammoth Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland, Australia. 21x20x15mm.
2038 Epidote | Kara Mine
Epidote with Magnetite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania. 24x17x12mm.
2108 Cuprite | Moonta Mines
Cuprite from the Moonta Mines, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Collected in 1913. Ex South Australian Museum, ex Paul Melville collection. [13x12x10mm].
2250 Stibnite | Costerfield Reef (Main Reef)
Fine silver-grey needle-like crystals of Stibnite in milky-white Quartz | Costerfield Reef (Main Reef), Costerfield, Victoria, Australia. FOV is 20mm.
2313 Azurite on Beaverite-(Cu) | Mineral Hill
Azurite on Beaverite-(Cu) | Mineral Hill, Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia. FOV is 60mm.
2101 Beaverite-(Cu) & Wulfenite | Whim Creek Copper Mine
Specimen with white crystalline aggregates of Beaverite-(Cu) and some associated yellow-orange tabular crystals of Wulfenite on matrix | Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia. 22×17×16 mm.
1908 Diaphorite, Pyrargyrite, Arsenopyrite | Rockvale Arsenic Mine
Diaphorite, Pyargyrite, Arsenopyrite | Rockvale Arsenic Mine, Rockvale, NSW, Australia. Ex Proff. Laurie Lawrence (Aus) specimen. Dark grey areas amid pyargyrite and arsenopyrite. Determined by XRD. See: Lawrence, L.J.; Chand, F., (1962). Ore minerals of...
1653 Libethenite, Chrysocolla | Burra Burra Copper Mine
Libethenite, Chrysocolla | Burra Burra Mine, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia. 45x40x35mm (No. 1653)
1857 Bassanite after Gypsum | Eyre Peninsula
Bassanite after Gypsum | Kimba, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. 35x18x15mm
1252 Mawbyite (TL) | Broken Hill Mines
Mawbyite (TL) | Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. 10mm.
1569 Pyromorphite on Vauquelinite | Broken Hill Mines
Brown pyromorphite on bed of lustrous dark green-black vauquelinite crystals from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. 23x15x12mm
2331 Stolzite | Kara Mine
Stolzite on green Vesuvianite rock with Manganese dendrites from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. Collected by a member of the North West Mineral Club Trip on 20th April 2007. Specimen measures 48x30x20mm.
2353 Hematite, Natrolite | Little Plains Quarry
Hematite stained spray of Natrolite crystals on druzy grey Analcime in vesicular basalt from the Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tiers, Tasmania, Australia. FOV is 15mm.
2336 Hematite, Calcite, Natrolite | Little Plains Quarry
Small (red) hematite included/coated calcite crystals, and a small spray of natrolite on druzy analcime in vesicular basalt from the Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tiers, Tasmania, Australia. FOV is 20mm. The blue mineral on the...
0372 Bayldonite ps. Mimetite | Broken Hill Mines
(green) Bayldonite pseudomorphing Mimetite with (yellow-green) Beudantite-Segnitite (series) from the Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. FOV 30mm. Collected in the 1970’s.
1886 Stolzite | Broken Hill Mines
Ex Chris Parkinson. Ex George Smith. In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries George Smith was an ore-buyer, manager of the ABH Consols mine and from 1904 the NSW Inspector of Mines for many...
2319 Petterdite (TL) | Red Lead Mine
Pale purple crusts of petterdite (this is a rather large example for the species) surrounded by minor crocoite and philipsbornite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania. The Red Lead mine is the type locality...
2049 Bavenite on Calcite | Kara Mine
Bavenite on Calcite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. 35x25x22mm.
2052 Bavenite on Calcite | Kara Mine
Bavenite on Calcite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. 40x30x12mm.
2053 Bavenite on Calcite | Kara Mine
Bavenite on Calcite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. 65x45x35mm.
0019 Bavenite on Calcite | Kara Mine
Bladed Calcite crystals with intergrown white/brown tufts of Bavenite, a rare Baryllium Calcium Silicate mineral from a vugh found circa 2005. from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. 40x35x25mm.
0682 Baryte (Septarian Nodule) | North Western Australia
These were supposedly sourced from a station in Northern Western Australia – they were grading a road cutting through a hill, and an old guy found them and apparently saved about 30 but kept the...
0282 Baryte | Broken Hill Mines
Pyrite dusting Baryte on Calcite from the Zinc / NBHC Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 35x30x10mm.
1689 Olivenite | Sir Dominick Mine
Olivenite from the Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana, South Australia. FOV ~90mm.
2025 Barytocalcite | Rosebery Mine
Barytocalcite crystals on granular galena, from a vugh found in 1830 stope, W lens, 46 Level at the Rosebery Lead/Zinc Mine, Tasmania. 120x60x45mm.
0295 Volborthite | Mt Coffin Mines
Volborthite | Mt Coffin Mines, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. 17x15x15 mm.
2337 Fluorite on Quartz | Kara Mine
Purple Fluorite on Quartz from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania. 40x30x15mm.
1802 Bastnäsite-(La) | Paratoo Copper Mine
Pale blue (due to copper content) globules of very rare bastnäsite-la on matrix from the Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, South Australia. FOV 5mm.Ex P.G.Prandoni systematic collection.
1687 Azurite | Blockade Mine
Azurite with minor Malachite from the Blockade Mine, Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia. 45x43x17mm.
1679 Azurite | Boomerang Mine
Azurite from the Boomerang Mine, Queensland, Australia. 55x30x25mm.
1692 Azurite on Kaolinite, Malbunka Copper Mine
Azurite on a kaolinite/sandstone matrix from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [180x130x75mm]
1693 Azurite | Malbunka Copper Mine
Azurite on a kaolinite/sandstone matrix from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [75x70x15mm]
1699 Atacamite | Mount Gunson
Atacamite | Cattle Grid deposit (Cattlegrid; ML5599), Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia. 130x80x35mm.
1690 Azurite on Kaolinite, Malbunka Copper Mine
Azurite on a kaolinite/sandstone matrix from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia. [120x80x40mm]