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Australasia Australia New South Wales

3517 Wulfenite, Junction Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

3517 Wulfenite, Junction Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. From the well known 1924 find. FOV 30mm.

  • August 9, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

0272 Galena, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia

Galena from South Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. FOV 50mm.

  • August 9, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1326 Galena, Quartz, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

1326 From the “lead hole” 1447m R.L Waratah Orebody, Renison Bell Mine, Tasmania, Australia – found in 1999. FOV 30mm.

  • August 9, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1402 Galena, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia

1402 Galena, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. 55x53x50mm.

  • August 9, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

2010 Galena, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales

2010 Labelled “Argentiferous” Galena (stressed?) from an old collection., Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. 60x55x50mm.

  • August 9, 2023
Australasia Australia Western Australia

3407 Georgeite (TL), Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine, Western Australia

3407 Georgeite (TL) (blue) with Malachite (green), Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine, Western Australia. FOV 5mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANKG108 Galenobismutite, Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, New South Wales, Australia

ANKG108 Galenobismutite, Bismuthinite, Quartz, Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, New South Wales, Australia. 35mm. ID by University of Western Sydney.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANKG76 Gahnite, Nine Mile Mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales

ANKG113 Gahnite, Nine Mile Mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. FoV 20mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANKG113 Gahnite, Nine Mile Mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales

ANKG113 Gahnite, Nine Mile Mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. FoV 35mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3006 Gibbsite ps Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Tasmania

Gibbsite replacing Crocoite, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 55mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANK-KG21 Gelosaite, Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia

ANK-KG21 Gelosaite, Quartz – Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia. FoV 5mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANK-KG61 Gelosaite, Ferrimolybdite, Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia

ANK-KG61 Gelosaite (blue-green), Ferrimolybdite (yellow), Quartz – Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia. FoV 5mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANK-KG56 Gelosaite, Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia

ANK-KG56 Gelosaite, Quartz – Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia. FoV 5mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANK-KG3 Gelosaite, Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia

ANK-KG3 Gelosaite, Quartz – Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia. FoV 5mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

ANK-KG53 Gelosaite, Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia

ANK-KG53 Gelosaite, Quartz – Old 25 Pipe, Kingsgate, News South Wales, Australia. FoV 5mm.

  • August 3, 2023
Asia Pakistan

3661 Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) in Muscovite, Nagar District, Pakistan

3661 Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) in Muscovite, Nagar District, Pakistan. 50x35x30mm.

  • July 29, 2023
England United Kingdom

3715 Hematite (Var: Kidney Ore), Goose Green Mine, Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

Hematite (Var: Kidney Ore) – Goose Green Mine, Frizington, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK. 45x42x23mm.

  • July 29, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3718 Marcasite, Rosebery Mine, Tasmania, Australia.

Marcasite – Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. 22x20x15mm.

  • July 29, 2023
Africa Morocco

3717 Vanadinite, Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Morocco

Vanadinite – Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Morocco. 43x31x22mm.

  • July 29, 2023
Africa Namibia

3516 Azurite, Malachite, Duftite, Gartrellite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

The whole specimen is azurite with crystals in “cavities”. Most less than 1cm but a couple bigger. The largest is about 15mm. Minor malachite replacing azurite, and a fair amount of duftite and some minor...

  • July 29, 2023
Peru South America

3716 Pyrite, Huanzala Mine, Ancash, Peru

Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Ancash, Peru. 70x65x35mm. #3716.

  • July 29, 2023
Afghanistan Asia

3660 Celestine on Calcite, Lagman Celestine Deposit, Afghanistan

Celestine on Calcite from Lagman Celestine Deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis, Afghanistan. 50x48x45mm. #3660.

  • July 29, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3649 Baryte, Calcite, Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia

Calcite on Baryte on Calcite – Boral Quarry, Bridgewater, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 20mm.

  • July 28, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3727 Quartz on Rhodochrosite, Rosebery Mine, Tasmania, Australia

Quartz on Rhodochrosite – found in the late 1970’s from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. 10x10x12mm.

  • July 28, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1066 Galena, Sphalerite, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia

Cream secondary sphalerite and secondary galena from the “watercourse”, Browne’s shaft, Broken Hill New South Wales, Australia. The specimen shows colloform internal structure. Collected in the mid- 1970’s. These are often mis-labelled “Wurtzite”, though it’s...

  • July 28, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

1172 Galena, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia

1172 Galena, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. FOV 60mm.

  • July 28, 2023
Europe Russia

3089 Galena with Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Russia

Galena with Quartz from the Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Russia. 65x55x40mm. #3089.

  • July 28, 2023
Australasia Australia Western Australia

3524 Chalcocite, Telfer Mine, Western Australia

Chalcocite from the Telfer Mine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia. 25x22x18mm. #3524.

  • July 28, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3472 Smithsonite on Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Smithsonite on V-Twin Cerussite from Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Ex Milton Lavers. 30x34x24mm. #3472.

  • July 28, 2023
Europe Italy

3582 Brizziite (TL), Sulphur, Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Italy

3582 Colourless and pink-white Brizziite (TL), yellow Sulphur from the Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy. FOV 15mm.

  • July 9, 2023
Australasia Australia Western Australia

3580 Formanite-(Y) (TL), Cooglegong pegmatite field, Western Australia

3580 Formanite-(Y) (TL), Cooglegong pegmatite field, Western Australia. FOV 10mm.

  • July 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Victoria

2137 Fluor-schorl, Lake Boga Granite Quarry, Victoria, Australia

2137 Fluor-schorl, Lake Boga Granite Quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. 45×20×20 mm.

  • July 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3519 Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia

3519 Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 45mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1365 Fluorite, Arsenopyrite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia

1365 Fluorite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz from the Mt. Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2262 Fluorite, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia

2262 Fluorite, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. 140x120x40mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1925 Fluorite, Quartz, Siderite, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia

1925 Fluorite (purple) on Magensite-Siderite with Quartz  from Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 45mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1196 Fluorite, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia

1196 (colourless/clear) Fluorite from Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 35mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

1864 Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia

1864 Fluorite from the Mt. Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 85x55x50mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2383 Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania

2383 Fluorite from the Mt. Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 100x85x40mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2378 Fluorite, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

2378 Fluorite, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. 65x50x40mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3105 Fluorite, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania

3105 Fluorite from the Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. 125x110x50mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

2380 Fluorite, Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania

2380 Fluorite from the Mt. Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 100x80x40mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Asia Japan

3501 Strontio-orthojoaquinite (TL), Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan

3501 Strontio-orthojoaquinite (TL) | Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. FOV 5 mm.

  • June 8, 2023
Asia Japan

3521 Ningyoite (Type Locality), Ningyo-toge mine, Japan

3521 Ningyoite (Type Locality), Ningyo-toge mine, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. 30mm.

  • April 11, 2023
Australasia Australia New South Wales

3021 Ferrorhodonite, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

3021 Ferrorhodonite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Analysed specimen. 75x55x35mm.

  • April 11, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3103 Fluorapatite, Cassiterite, Muscovite, Aberfoyle Tin Mine, Rossarden, Tasmania, Australia

3103 Fluorapatite, Cassiterite, Muscovite, Aberfoyle Tin Mine, Rossarden, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 40mm.

  • April 11, 2023
North and Central Americas United States Utah

3148 Topaz, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Utah, USA

3148 Topaz | Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA | 28x15x13mm.

  • March 15, 2023
Europe Russia

3125 Tourmaline (Var: Rubellite) | Sosedka pegmatite vein, Malkhan pegmatite field, Russia

3125 Tourmaline (Var: Rubellite) | Sosedka pegmatite vein, Malkhan pegmatite field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Krasnochikoysky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | 22x5x5mm.

  • March 15, 2023
Asia China

2958 Bultfonteinite, Plombierite, Shijiangshan mine, Inner Mongolia, China

2958 Bultfonteinite on a pink tobermorite group mineral believed to be Plombierite | Shijiangshan mine (Dashishan mine), Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China | FOV 50mm.

  • March 15, 2023
Australasia Australia Tasmania

3143 Hematite included Quartz, Mount Read, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia

3143 Hematite included Quartz | Mount Read, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia | 35x25x15mm.

  • March 15, 2023
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