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Australasia Australia Tasmania

1349 Pyromorphite, Zeehan Queen Mine

Pyromorphite from the Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [190x160x75mm]

  • July 14, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1362 Cassiterite on Quartz, Oakleigh Creek Mine

Cassiterite and Muscovite on Quartz with Wolframite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia. [200x125x120mm]

  • July 13, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1367 Schorl, Trial Harbour

Schorl from the Trial Harbour area on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. [220x120x100mm]

  • July 12, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1411 Spessartine, Broken Hill Mines

Spessartine from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [110x75x70mm]

  • July 11, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1615 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine

Crocoite on Goethite from the Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. [90x70x50mm]

  • July 8, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0799 Stellerite, Tambar Springs

Stellerite from Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia. [70x60x15mm]

  • July 6, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0831 Rhodonite, Broken Hill Mines

Rhodonite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia.

  • July 5, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1524 Secondary Galena and Sphalerite, Broken Hill Mines

Small secondary Galena crystals with secondary cauliflower like structures of cream to light green Sphalerite. From the watercourse area, Browne’s shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x55x30mm]

  • July 3, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1464 Baryte, Rosebery Mine

Another large group 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. [150x80x50mm]

  • June 30, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0689 Gypsum, Broken Hill Mines

Gypsum from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x70x55mm]

  • June 29, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1410 Rhodochrosite on Pyrite on Calcite, Broken Hill Mines

Rhodochrosite on Pyrite on Calcite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [80x60x30mm]

  • June 29, 2020
Australasia Australia South Australia

1610 Malachite after Azurite, Sir Dominick Mine

Malachite after Azurite from the Sir Dominick Mine, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia. [45x40x30mm]

  • June 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1620 Siderite, Bridgewater

Siderite on basalt from the Boral Quarry, Bridgewater, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

  • June 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1609 Calcite (Var: Manganoan), Kara Mine

Calcite (Var: Manganoan) on Quartz and Actinolite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [75x45x25mm]

  • June 23, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1429 Witherite, Rosebery Mine

Witherite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x35x25mm]

  • May 28, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1345 Pyrargyrite, Broken Hill Mines

Pyrargyrite, Siderite and Galena from Brownes Shaft, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [55x30x10mm]

  • May 27, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0827 Marshite, Smithsonite, Aurichalcite and Cuprite, Broken Hill Mines

Marshite (TL) , Smithsonite, Aurichalchite and Cuprite, with minor Malachite, Cerussite, Anglesite and Linarite from the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [28x15x12mm]

  • May 26, 2020
Australasia Australia Western Australia

1481 Millerite, Perseverance Ni Mine

Millerite from the Perseverance Ni Mine, Leinster, Western Australia, Australia. [65x50x40mm]

  • May 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Queensland

1482 Cuprite, Red Dome Mine

Cuprite from the Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia.[12x11x10mm] First photo shows the crystal backlit, and the second without backlighting.

  • May 24, 2020
Australasia Australia Queensland

1472 Quartz, Biggenden Mine

Quartz w/ minor Magnetite in matrix from the Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [45x40x30mm]

  • May 22, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1592 Epidote in Quartz, Renison Bell Mine

Epidote in Quartz from the S38 Pump Sump Drive, North Bassett Decline, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [90x60x20mm]

  • May 20, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1589 Vittinkiite, Rhodonite, Spessartine, Rosebery Mine

From 57 Level N Lens of the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia – granular greyish Vittinkiite – pinkish Rhodonite, with red-brown Spessartine, and some minor sulphides including Galena, Pyrite and Sphalerite, a previously unrecorded association...

  • May 17, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1158 Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz, Colebrook Hill

Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x50x45mm]

  • May 13, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0946 Heazlewoodite, Lord Brassey Mine

From the type locality, Heazlewoodite in serpentine matrix from the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. A relatively rich example of ore material from this old abandoned nickel mine. This specimen has been cut to...

  • May 12, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0667 Harmotome w/ Tennantite, Rosebery Mine

Harmotome with Tennantite, these were found in small quantities with the second big Witherite find around mid 2018 in 37Y, Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [80x55x45mm]

  • May 11, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0138 Takanelite on Calcite, Kara Mine

Takanelite on dog tooth Calcite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. The latest on this occurrence as documented on MinDat says that further work on this material suggests some may be Ranciéite, but it...

  • May 10, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1460 Gibbsite after Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Tasmania

Gibbsite encrusting and largely replacing hollow Crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. This particular specimen is ex Frank Mihajlowits and was acquired from the Zeehan School of Mines by another collector in 1987....

  • May 8, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1500 Quartz (Var: Agate), Little Swanport

Quartz (Var: Agate) from Little Swanport, near Coles bay, Tasmania, Australia. [125x55x35mm]

  • May 7, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1493 Goethite coating Cerussite after Anglesite, Broken Hill Mines

Goethite coating Cerussite after Anglesite from the Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. Ex Milton Lavers. [110x90x35mm]

  • May 7, 2020
Australasia Australia Western Australia

1091 Wulfenite on Limonite, Whim Creek Copper Mine

Wulfenite on a Limonite matrix from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia. [110x65x60mm]

  • May 6, 2020
Australasia Australia Western Australia

1528 Chrysocolla, Whim Creek Copper Mine

Chrysocolla on iridescent Goethite, with a few small examples of the double pseudomorph that this location is well known for – Chrysocolla pseudomorphing Malachite after Azurite – from the Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek,...

  • May 6, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1479 Rhodonite with Bannisterite, Broken Hill Mines

Rhodonite with Bannisterite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Main crystal measures 70mm in length.

  • May 5, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1565 Pyrosmalite-(Mn) & Calcite, Broken Hill Mines

Pyrosmalite-(Mn) and Calcite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [18x16x10mm]

  • May 4, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1069 Gypsum, Broken Hill Mines

Gypsum from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [90x65x15mm]

  • May 3, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1437 Linarite on Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Galena, Hercules Mine

Linarite on Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Galena from the Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania, Australia. Macro FOV is 5mm and 80mm in closeups, full specimen measures 20x14x8cm.

  • May 2, 2020
Australasia Australia Queensland

0679 Opal (Var: Opal-AN), Squaretop Mountain

Hyalite Opal (Var: Opal-AN) from Squaretop Mountain, Kaimkillenbun, Queensland, Australia. Difficult to do these justice with a photograph (well I find that anyway). [110x80x65mm]

  • May 2, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1547 Hidalgoite, Broken Hill Mines

Green Hidalgoite with minor Rosasite from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [45x40x20mm]

  • May 1, 2020
Australasia Australia South Australia

1510 Hedyphane, Willemite, E.Z Mine

Hedyphane, Willemite from the E.Z Mine (Beltana Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [35x32x10mm]

  • April 30, 2020
Australasia Australia South Australia

1521 Austinite, Willemite, E.Z Mine

Cu Austinite and Willemite from the E.Z Mine (Beltana Mine), Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [45x35x25mm]

  • April 30, 2020
Australasia Australia Victoria

1463 Calcite (Var: Ferroan), Bundoora Quarry

Calcite (Var: Ferroan) [27mm] on basalt from the Boral Limited Quarry, Bundoora Quarry, Victoria, Australia.

  • April 30, 2020
Australasia Australia South Australia

1522 Baryte, Linke’s Lode

Baryte from Linke’s Lode (Dunbar Mine; Dunbar Barite Deposit; Appealinna Barite), Oraparinna homestead (Oraparinna National Park), Bunkers Range, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [40x30x18mm]

  • April 29, 2020
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1523 Carminite, Beudantite-Segnitite, Broken Hill Mines

Red Carminite with yellow-green beudantite-segnitite collected during a field trip in the 1990’s to Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [95x55x30mm]

  • April 29, 2020
Australasia Australia Australian Capital Territory South Australia

1503 Cobaltaustinite (TL), Erythrite, Dome Rock Copper Mine

Dull olive-green patches of crude Cobaltaustinite crystals (Type Locality), with flat laying Erythrite crystals, from the Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. [75x35x15mm]

  • April 27, 2020
Australasia Australia South Australia

1515 Andalusite (Var: Chiastolite), Mount Howden Mine

A partial crystal of Andalusite (Var: Chiastolite), cut and polished to reveal a cross section. From the Mount Howden Mine, Kalabity Homestead Area, South Australia, Australia and dates back to the 1920’s. Chiastolite are crystals...

  • April 27, 2020
Australasia Australia South Australia

1346 Cornwallite, Daly Gorge, South Australia

Cornwallite crystals from Daly Gorge, South Australia, Australia. [FOV 15mm]

  • April 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1530 Pyrite on Calcite, Flowery Gully

Pyrite on Calcite from a small find at Beams Quarry, Flowery Gully, Tasmania, Australia.

  • April 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0255 Pyrite, King Island Scheelite Mine

Pyrite from the King Island Scheelite Mine, King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

  • April 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0604 Muscovite, Quartz, Molybdenite, Mt Cleveland

Muscovite, Quartz and minor Molybdenite from Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia.

  • April 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0241 Quartz, Mt Cleveland

Double terminated Quartz with minor Muscovite from the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 70mm in length.

  • April 25, 2020
Australasia Australia Tasmania

0574 Crocoite, Red Lead Mine

Crocoite with minor Dundasite from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. 30x30x20mm.

  • April 25, 2020
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