ANKQ62 Japan Law Twin Quartz, Shepherdlys Fluorite Mine, The Gulf, New South Wales, Australia
ANKQ62 Japan Law Twin Quartz from Shepherdlys Fluorite Mine, The Gulf, New South Wales, Australia. 15x10x6mm.
ANKQ62 Japan Law Twin Quartz from Shepherdlys Fluorite Mine, The Gulf, New South Wales, Australia. 15x10x6mm.
ANKR42 Rhodochrosite on Quartz | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. FOV 15mm.
(pink) Wupatkiite on a (pale green) brecciated Quartz matrix from the Lorena Gold Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia. [30x25x10mm]
3262 Spessartine on Quartz, Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China. 35x12x11mm.
Hematite included Quartz with Dolomite from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania. 15x13x10mm.
Datolite with minor Calcite, Quartz and Andradite | Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | 100x50x45mm |
Crocoite on Quartz – Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas, Tasmania. Collected in the 1980’s. 90x75x35mm.
Prehnite, Calcite, Quartz – Zoetwater Farm, Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa. 130x110x80mm.
Colusite (TL) with Quartz, East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District, Montana, USA. 50x40x35mm.
Hemispheres of bright vibrant red Mimetite, orange Wulfenite on a Quartz coated matrix. Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. FOV 25mm.
Clinochlore with Quartz | Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob, South Australia | FOV 5mm | No. 2402
Seeligerite (yellow) with blue Christelite (TL) green Paratacamite, not readily visible in the photo is a micro crystal of orange-red Phoenicochroite, and some minor Herbertsmithite, Hemimorphite & Quartz. 50x35x25mm. From the San Francisco Mine (Beatrix...
Theisite, Hemimorphite and Veszelyite on Quartz | Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China | 60x35x30mm & FOV 20MM | No. 2941
Cuprodongchuanite (TL) with Veszelyite and Quartz. Light green possible Tyrolite or Theisite | Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China | FOV 20mm | No. 2644
Copper in/on Calcite with Epidote | Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA | 45x40x30mm | No. 2634
Hematite included Quartz with Hematite phantoms | Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia | FOV 40mm | No. 1449 |
Hematite included Quartz with Hematite phantoms and minor Chalcopyrite | Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia | 30x30x25mm | No. 0772 |
Hematite included Quartz with Hematite phantoms and minor Chalcopyrite inclusions | Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia | 25x18x10mm | No. 0771 |
Chalcopyrite crystals on Hematite included Quartz | Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. | 35x30x30mm | No. 0758 |
Hematite included Quartz with Hematite phantoms | Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia | FOV 35mm | No. 0756 |
Hematite included Quartz with Hematite phantoms and minor Chalcopyrite | Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia | 25x20x15mm | No. 0734 |
Spessartine on Quartz | Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China | 75x70x20mm | No. 1606 |
Quartz on Chrysocolla on Chalcedony? | Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia | 70x60x40mm | No. 2089
Bournonite, Tetrahedrite & Quartz | Julcani Mine, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru | 55x45x25mm | No. 2508 |
Ilvaite with Calcite & Quartz from the 2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia. 50x40x40mm.
Cerussite and Cerussite (Var: Chrome) with Crocoite from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 50mm.
Pyrrhotite with Calcite, Sphalerite & Quartz. The specimen was acquired direct from miners in 2004 and said to be from “2nd Sovetskii Mine” but appears to be consistent with specimens from the Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk,...
Double terminated quartz crystal associated with Schorl and included with blue Riebeckite from a 2019 find in the Mohmad district | Mula Ghani Baba, Mohmad Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. FOV 40mm. No. 2316.
Lazulite, Quartz | Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada | 80x40x20mm | No. 2638 |
Brochantite on Quartz, Pinnacles Mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. FOV 15mm.
Fluornatrocoulsellite (Type Locality) with Morinite, Albite and Siderite on Quartz and Fluorite from the the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 28x23x19mm. No. 2572.
Emerald in Quartz from the Torrington mining district, Torrington, New South Wales, Australia. Longest Beryl crystal is 65mm long.
Creedite on Quartz with a scattering of small Fluorite cubes | Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China. 40x30x20mm
Olmiite on Quartz | N’Chwaning #2 Mine, Kuruman, South Africa. 20x20x15mm.
Boulangerite on Rhodochrosite, Quartz | Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 50mm.
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.
Fine silver-grey needle-like crystals of Stibnite in milky-white Quartz | Costerfield Reef (Main Reef), Costerfield, Victoria, Australia. FOV is 20mm.
Azurite on Quartz | Wheal Barton Mine, North Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia. FOV 40mm. (No. 2082)
Purple Fluorite on Quartz from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania. 40x30x15mm.
Arsenopyrite on Quartz | Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 40x35x25mm.
Brochantite on Hematite included Quartz from Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. 60x23x15mm.
Historic specimen of blue-green Liroconite on Quartz from Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England. Many of the crystals are bright green, suggesting they are transitioning into kernowite, the iron-end member, which forms a series with...
Babingtonite on Quartz from Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), India. FOV 20mm.
Old time specimen of Quartz on Fluorite from Mt Gee, Arkaroola, South Australia. [50x40x20mm]
Old time specimen of Quartz on Fluorite from Mt Gee, Arkaroola, South Australia. [50x40x20mm]
Old time specimen of Quartz after Fluorite from Mt Gee, Arkaroola, South Australia. [50x40x20mm]
Micro crystals of Anatase on Quartz from Mount Read, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia. Field of view is approximately 40x20mm.
Hematite, Quartz – Iron Monarch Open Cut , Iron Knob , South Australia. [40x35x25mm]
Ankerite on drusy Quartz – these were found in 1995 in a pillar adjacent to the Henty Shaft collar, Henty Gold Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania. [30x25x2mm]
Actinolite w/ Axinite-(Fe), Calcite and Quartz with minor Chalcopyrite present in matrix. FOV 50mm. From the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Actinolite in Quartz from the North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. FOV 30mm.
A large violet coloured Amethyst cluster from the Victoria River Downs Station, Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia. Ex Dick Johnston collection. Ex Bernie Whyte collection. [215x118x108mm]
Light purple Fluorite cubes with Quartz on Magnesite-Siderite from the Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. Older material and some excellent Magnesite-Siderite crystals for the location. [150x100x45mm]
Galena crystals with Quartz and minor Siderite from 1447m R.L Waratah Orebody, Renison Bell Tin Mine, Tasmania. These were discovered in 1999. [75x90x60mm]
Pyrite crystals to 8mm on Quartz from the Wilmot Hydro Power Scheme Tunnel, near Lake Cethana, Moina. Specimen was collected in the late 1960’s. L: 145mm.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz from the Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Tasmania, Australia. Cabinet.
Bismutite (white) and Koechlinite (yellow) on Bismuthinite and Quartz. XRD Confirmed. Obtained from exploration work carried out a few years ago. Not seen from Kingsgate since early 20th century. Bladed Molybdenite replaced in some parts....
Ferrimolybdite on Quartz, a rare secondary mineral occuring in the oxdised zones of hydrothermal veins, it forms from the alteration of Molybdenite. From Old 25 Mine, Kingsgate, New South Wales, Australia.
Beryl (Var: Heliodor) with minor Quartz and Mica from the Disputed Mine, Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia. Miniature.
Molybdenite with Quartz, Kingsgate, New South Wales, Australia. [125x105x100mm]
Gold in Quartz from Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia.
Large specimen with greenish Datolite crystals to 45mm with Quartz on a matrix mostly consisting of Axinite-(Fe), Actinolite and some minor sulphides from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [280x210x120mm]
Rhodochrosite with Quartz from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. These were found in the early 1980’s, mostly in the B lens orebody from the upper levels of the mine. [115x70x55mm]
Corundum (Var: Ruby) from the Mistral Mine, Spriggs Creek Bore, Northern Territory, Australia. [75x71x38mm]
Quartz from the White Rock Quarry, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [140x130x80mm]
Cassiterite and Muscovite on Quartz with Wolframite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia. [200x125x120mm]
Calcite (Var: Manganoan) on Quartz and Actinolite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania, Australia. [75x45x25mm]
Quartz w/ minor Magnetite in matrix from the Biggenden Mine, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. [45x40x30mm]
Epidote in Quartz from the S38 Pump Sump Drive, North Bassett Decline, Renison Bell Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. [90x60x20mm]
Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz from the Colebrook Hill Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia. [55x50x45mm]
Quartz (Var: Agate) from Little Swanport, near Coles bay, Tasmania, Australia. [125x55x35mm]
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.
Muscovite, Quartz and minor Molybdenite from Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia.
Double terminated Quartz with minor Muscovite from the Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania, Australia. 70mm in length.
One of my personal favourites when it comes to ‘Tassie Classics’. Ankerite on drusy Quartz including an epimorph or pseudomorph after Calcite (top – centre). These were found in 1995 in a pillar adjacent to...
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]
Chalcedony (Var: Agate) – Quartz – from the Calder Gravel Pits, NW Tasmania, Australia. [80x75x30mm]
A waterworn Quartz (Var: Smokey) crystal from the Gladstone area in NE Tasmania, Australia. From an old collection. 24cm in length, second photo shows the crystal backlit.
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.
Crocoite with Quartz from the Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite and Pyrite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Tabular Quartz from West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Putnisite, Quartz from Armstrong NI Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia.
Pyrite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz w/ minor sulphides from North Mount Farrell Mine, Tullah, Tasmania, Australia.
Crocoite on Pyromorphite with Quartz from Platt Prospect, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
Massive silver Tennantite with minor Quartz and Chalcopyrite from the Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Fluorite & Quartz from the Rex Hill Mine, Rossarden, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite included Quartz from Mount Heemskirk, West Coast, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. 70x50x25mm.
Chlorite, Dolomite on Quartz from Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, 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.
Cassiterite on Quartz with Muscovite from the Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia. FOV 70mm.
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.
Gold and some Quartz from XXX, North-East Tasmania, Australia.
10mm Baryte crystal with minor Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Dolomite from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Small crystals of Chalcopyrite and a dusting of Hematite on Siderite with Chlorite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz with dark to silvery, hair-like, Boulangerite needles on a Quartz and Rhodochrosite rich matrix – these were found in the early 1980’s, mostly in the B lens orebody from the upper levels of the...
Calcite (uncommon from this location) on Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Quartz with Hematite inclusions from Mount Read, Rosebery, Tasmania, Australia.
Hematite included Quartz with Hematite coating the reverse side of the specimen entirely (not visible in photo). From 1540 level, Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Tasmania, Australia. 110mm tall.
Fluorite, Calcite and Quartz w/ minor Chalcopyrite and Hematite from the Prince Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. FOV is ~ 40mm.
Chalcopyrite on Hematite and Chlorite included Quartz from the Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Dolomite and Quartz with Hematite coating and inclusions. From a pocket that was found in 1540 level, Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell, Tasmania. Measures 85 x 60 x 45 mm.
Rhodochrosite on Quartz from the Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.