2324 Sanbornite, Gillespite, Celsian, Trumbull Peak, USA
White Sanbornite (Type Locality), Gillespite (red) with Celsian (whitish/translucent) from Trumbull Peak, Incline, Mariposa Co, California, USA. [53x25x5mm] No. 2324.
Type Locality
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.
1252 Mawbyite (TL) | Broken Hill Mines
Mawbyite (TL) | Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill Mines, New South Wales, Australia. 10mm.
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...
2139 Sieleckiite, Libethenite, Turquoise | Mount Oxide Mine
A small sample with an area hosting extremely rare bright blue spheres of sieleckiite in association with libethenite and turquoise. From the type locality for sieleckiite – Mount Oxide Mine, Mount Gordon, Queensland. Measures 40x30x10mm.
1922 Liroconite (TL), Kernowite (TL) | Wheal Gorland, England
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...
1927 Peisleyite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry
Peisleyite from Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda South Australia. Type Locality. [11x10x4mm]
1914 Neptunite, Joaquinite-(Ce) – California State Gem Mine
Na2KLiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24 Neptunite is a silicate mineral named for Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. It was first described in 1893 for an occurrence at the type locality for the species – Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk...
2054 Davidite-(La) (TL) with Roscoelite, Radium Hill Mine
Black glassy Davidite-(La) with Roscoelite (a rare Vanadium rich member of the Mica group) from the Radium Hill Mine, Olary Province, South Australia. This is also the type locality for Davidite-(La). [15x11x9mm]
1814 Kapundaite (TL), Tom’s Quarry
Kapundaite from the type locality, Tom’s Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. FOV 10mm.
1885 Paulscherrerite (TL), Mt Painter
Orange-yellow Paulscherrerite (Type Locality) from the Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. [Thumbnail]
2023 Hellyerite, Lord Brassey Mine
Freshly exposed crystals of Hellyerite from the type locality – Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen self-collected in 2020. Specimen measures 50x40x25mm. FoV of macro images is 10mm.
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]
1523 Carminite, Segnitite (TL), Broken Hill Mines
Red Carminite with yellow-green Segnitite (TL) collected during a field trip in the 1990’s to Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. [95x55x30mm]
1503 Cobalt Austinite (TL), Erythrite, Dome Rock Copper Mine
Dull olive-green patches of crude Cobalt Austinite crystals (Type Locality), with flat laying Erythrite crystals, from the Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia. [75x35x15mm]
1519 Scholzite, Plimerite, Hillite (TL), Zn Collinsite, Reaphook Hill
Scholzite, green Plimerite, and micro crystals of Zn Collinsite and Hillite (TL), from Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia. Ex Chris Johnson (Miner). [50x35x25mm]