20141 Cadmium Metal
Five pieces of cadmium metal. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 30 images.
Pendleton
2298 Aubertite, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Pale blue crystalline crust of aubertite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4562 Obradovicite Group, Gypsum, Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Yellow-green crust of one of the Obradovicite Group species with minor white gypsum. Ex Jim Daly. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2-24-2 A2105 Creedite, Hall Molybdenum Mine, San Antone District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Closeup of a single creedite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Height of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7386 JL1972 Connellite, Cuprite, Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
An acicular hemisphere of blue connellite needles. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996 from Brian Beyer for $6.00 at the New South Wales Mineralogical Societies Seminar. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5155 JL1463 Copper, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
A couple of dark cuprite crystals with iridescent dendritic copper. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Purchased by Joan from Brian Beyer for $1 at the Australasian Mineral Societies Seminar in Melbourne in 1990. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4699 Willemite, Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Colourless hexagonal prisms. Ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 25 images.
2948 Gold, Enterprise Mine, Edie Creek goldfield, Morobe goldfields, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Loose pieces of crystalline gold. Enterprise Mine not in Mindat. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5343 Luinaite-(OH), Fluorite, Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania
Luinaite is now considered a triclinc dimorph of schorl. Here as radiating groups of small grey to green acicular crystals with pale purple fluorite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1516 Ludwigite, Pyroaurite-2H (Sjögrenite), Tenth Legion mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Radiating black needles of ludwigite and pale yellow pyroaurite-2H (sjögrenite) frozen in matrix. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1014 Löllingite, Dry Creek, Eldorado, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria
Patches of Löllingite in granite. Ex Don Billinghurst Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2990 Löllingite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
A single crystal with minor tarnishing and no matrix. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1107 Löllingite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Silver crystal of Löllingite. Ex Albert Chapman. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.
7456 JL0793 Lithiophorite, Warburton, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria
Black botryoidal lithiophorite in sandstone. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1989. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD108 Plancheite, Shattuckite, Chrysocolla, Azurite Mine, Tortolita Mountains, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Blue puffballs of plancheite with bluish-green chrysocolla. Shattuckite present elsewhere on the specimen. Ex Steve Pullman (purchased by him at Tucson in 1991). Width of view 6mm. Stack of 69 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20140 Palladium metal
Two small pieces of palladium metal. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images.
ncat TRA1 Fluorite, Quartz, Pyrite, Les Rocs quarry, Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Purple fluorite cubes with tiny pyrite, some elongated, on white quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 89 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3264 Linarite, Cerussite, Dundasite, Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Tiny blue linarite crystals with grey reticulated cerussite and white sprays of dundasite. Ex Shane Dohnt. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2871 Linarite, Brochantite, Unknown Yellow-Green Sulphate, Tasman Crown Mine, Mt Lyell, Tasmania
Tiny blue crystals of linarite with a green crust of brochantite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2899 Linarite, Cerussite, Brochantite, Ktenasite, Hercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania
Tiny blue linarite crystals with green brochantite, white cerussite and possible ktenasite. Unidentified brown pseudomorph(?), perhaps originally a chlorite mineral? Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M3010 Likasite, Cuprite, Quartz, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Blue bladed crystals of likasite on cuprite (top left). Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU002 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Pink rhodochrosite balls and isolated rhombohedral crystals on quartz. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 90 images.
ncat BDMAR01 M3786 Turquoise, Fluorapatite, Libethenite, Albite, Orthoclase, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria
A green spray of libethenite crystals with pale blue turquoise on albite, orthoclase and smoky quartz, with very pale pink fluorapatite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 150 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0251 Libethenite, Lake Boga, Victoria0251 Libethenite, Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria0251 Libethenite, Lake Boga, Victoria
Two genereations of spiky balls of green libethenite in a quartz cavity. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 72 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL3769 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Wheal Hancock, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station) , South Australia
Green pseudo-octahedral crystals with bluish-green pseudomalachite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP0502 Libethenite, Goethite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Dark green pseudo-octahedral crystals on dark brown goethite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0230 Libethenite, Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia
Dark green, almost black, libethenite crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1746 Libethenite, Great Boulder Mine, Arkaroola Region, South Australia
Green libethenite crystals that have grown in a restricted width fracture resulting in some with a bladed habit. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat YU Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Inkerman Mine, Cattle Creek area, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Acquired by Margaret 6/1985 from Brian Beyer for $3. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0294 Libethenite, Turquoise, Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland
Green pseudo-octahedral libethenite on crystalline turquoise, some of which has formed as epimorphs after an unknown mineral. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2716 Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Quartz, Bluebell Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland
Light green sprays of prismatic libethenite with blue-green pseudomalachite on quartz crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0229 Libethenite, Umbarwaroa Gorge, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory
Olive green prismatic crystals in gossan. Ex John Carey. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1234 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Quartz, West Bogan Mine, Collorina, New South Wales
Pale green opaque sprays of libethenite with globular pseudomalachite, and quartz crystals. Ex Ian Graham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
9098 JP2809 Libethenite, Girilambone Copper Mine (Murrawombie open pit; West Bogan Mine; West Bogan No.5 block), Girilambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales
Dark green pseudo-octahedral libethenite crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 115 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3555 Pseudomalachite, Libethenite, Sampleite, Quartz, Endeavour 26 Open Cut, North Parkes Mine, Parkes, New South Wales
Platy blue sampleite, light green libethenite sprays, and darker green pseudomalachite. Libethenite photo: Width of view 6mm, stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5045 Liandratite, Columbite-(Fe), Kempton Brothers Beryl Mine, Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia
Yellow coating on black columbite. Ex Gunnar Färber. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3812 Hematite, Prehnite, Albite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Specular iridescent hematite with botryoidal prehnite and minor white albite. Some massive calcite present, some of which fluoresces red under longwave UV. Width of view 3mm, stack of 50 images (hematite). Width of view 6mm, stack of 95 images (prehnite). Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
7232 JL1390 Grossular, Hematite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Brown grossular garnet crystals in vughs with trigonal hematite crystals. Acquired by Joan in 1994 from Geoff Randall at the Ballarat Gemboree. Width 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Second photo 6mm and 130 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2943 M2032 Epidote, Albite, Thomsonite(?), Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Green epidote, white albite and colourless thomsonite? Light green balls may be chlorite or pumpellyite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2941 M1244 Garnet Group, Hematite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Two generations of garnet, the first being darker orange-brown, the second being smaller very pale orange. Hematite in an adjacent vugh. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1649 Calcite, Prehnite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Colourless calcite crystals with a ball of prehnite (not in photo) and a pinwheel prehnite (bottom right of photo). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2939 Anthophyllite, Chlorite, Calcite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Pale bluish-green fibrous anthophyllite on green chlorite. Calcite crystals in some vughs. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 70 images. Chlorite alone image 3mm and 80. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
2938 Analcime, Garnet Group, Thomsonite-Ca, Hematite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
A white analcime crystal 20mm across, with orange to pink garnets on a green garnet matrix, colourless prismatic thomsonite(?) and black hematite.
2928 Albite, Epidote, Thomsonite-Ca, Chlorite, Calcite, Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
White albite, green epidote, and colourless thomsonite, with tiny grey-green chlorite crystals. A vugh on the “bottom” of the specimen contains some nice calcite crystals that fluoresce red under shortwave UV. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Fluorescent photo width of view 3mm. Click on the images below...
4526 Libethenite, Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker Hill District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Green acicular sprays of libethenite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP702 Libethenite, Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Green pseudo-octahedral crystals on quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RG Libethenite, Castle Dome Mine, Castle Dome area, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Isolated green libethenite crystals. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4093 Cornetite, Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Blue Mine, (Blue Springbok Mine), Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Green libethenite with dark blue cornetite and botryoidal green pseudomalachite (not in photo). Width of view 3mm. Stack of 65 images. Ex Diederik Visser 6/2005. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2097 Wavellite, Libethenite, Miguel Vacas Mine, Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
White sprays of wavellite on dark green, almost black, blocky libethenite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1661 Libethenite, Estremoz, Évora, Portugal
Sharp green pseudo-octahedral crystals on quartz. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 120 images. Labelled as “Estremoz, Évora, Portugal”. Other such specimens on Mindat are tagged with “Uncertain locality”. The locality Miguel Vacas Mine, Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal, is considered more likely. Click...
ncat BDUK M3750 Libethenite, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
Doubly-terminated green libethenite crystals. Ex Chris Jewson. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3608 Brochantite, Libethenite, Pseudomalachite, Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, Cornwall, England, UK
Bluish-green pseudomalachite and brochantite with green libethenite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1849 Libethenite, Chrysocolla, L’Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Labelled simply as Shaba, Zaire, based on photos in Mindat, L’Etoile du Congo Mine looks the most likely source. But you can never be sure! Platy crystals of libethenite with pale blue chrysocolla, lighter on the surface. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click...
ncat GLEE Libethenite, La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Mid green tufts of prismatic crystals. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Libethenite, Brochantite, Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Prismatic libethenite crystals with the smaller ones being a transparent light “epidote” green, and the larger ones being a very dark blackish-green. Greenish blue brochantite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 130 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR12 Levyne-Ca, Erionite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Thin plates of levyne with silky overgrowth of erionite. Ex Judy Rowe. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0617 Chabazite, Levyne-Na, ‘Pyrolusite’, Erionite, Sunderland Bluff, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria
Orange rhombohedral chabazite on hexagonal crystals of levyne. Black “pyrolusite” balls are sprinkled around. Erionite is evident as a very thin coating of levyne, obvious when you look at the broken crystals. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 120 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP892 Levyne, Erionite-Na, Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria
Silky fibrous erionite growing epitaxially on thin levyne crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR12 Levyne, Chabazite, Road metal quarry, Howitt Plains, Wellington Shire, Victoria
Unusually blocky levyne crystals with lustrous chabazite perched on them. Ex Roger Colling. Ex Judy Rowe. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD107 Levyne, Phillipsite, Chabazite, Upper May Plain, near Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
Thin hexagonal plates of levyne. Nearby cavities have phillipsite or chabazite. Ex Mat Latham. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0697 Levyne-Ca, Thomsonite-Ca, Erionite, Basalt quarry, Jindivick, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria
Thin blades of levyne with a silky overgrowth of erionite. Thomsonite in nearby cavity. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD202 Levyne, Erionite, Thomsonite-Ca, Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland
White hexagonal levyne crystals with overgrowth of erionite. Broken surfaces show the silky nature. White balls of thomsonite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP2551 Leucophosphite, Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Aggregates of pink and green bladed crystals of leucophosphite. The colours are probably being transmitted from the underlying material. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RD Diopside, Fluorapatite, Nepheline, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Leucite, Sanidine, Biotite, Clinopyroxene, Cosgrove quarry, Cosgrove, City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria
(Photo) Leucite as grey-white material in groundmass (“leucitite”). Elsewhere on specimen: Green prismatic diopside. Brown-black prismatic clinopyroxene. Nepheline as hexagonal prisms. Nepheline with hollow cores have been altered to analcime. Colourless needles of fluorapatite. Grey ilmenite as flat crystals. Magnetite as tetrahedrons. Colourless tiny tabular sanidine crystals. Brown pseudohexagonal biotite....
9075 JP2812 Lepidocrocite, Wolfram Mine, Pittong, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria
Bladed crystals with a reddish tinge. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0986 Lepidocrocite, Anglesite, Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania
Reddish brown lepidocrocite on grey anglesite crystals. Ex Mark Hallam Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW103 Lepidocrocite, Goethite, Tom’s Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia
Blocky reddish lepidocrocite crystals on a goethite matrix. Ex Vince Peisley. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat BDAU M3073 Lepidocrocite, Rosasite, Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Lustrous black bladed crystals with blue rosasite. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6038 Asbecasite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung (Monte Cervandone) area, Kriegalp Valley, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Type locality. Partial orange crystal 9mm wide, no matrix.
4108 Aragonite, Malachite, Barite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
White acicular-fibrous crystals of aragonite that fluoresce bright white, then fade to a greenish glow, with malachite on barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4110 Aragonite, Barite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
White acicular-fibrous crystals of aragonite that fluoresce bright white, then fade to a greenish glow, on barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4106 Smithsonite, Barite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
White dumbbell-shaped smithsonite on white bladed barite in massive pink barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4117 Phosgenite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Square cross section brown crystals of phosgenite. Strong fluorescence under longwave UV. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4118 Fluorite, Covellite, Cerussite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK 3mm 60 2k
Two purple cubes of fluorite (not fluorescent) associated with covellite and cerussite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4111 Dolomite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Tan coloured rhombohedral dolomite with minor copper mineralisation. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4115 Chalcopyrite, Barite, Malachite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Twinned chalcopyrite crystal on pink bladed barite. Malachite sprays also present. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4105 Beudantite, Cerussite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Tiny olive green beudantite crystals in gossan. White cerussite crystals that fluoresce yellow under longwave and mediumwave UV. Width of view 6mm (beudantite), stack of 60 images. Width of view 3mm (fluorescent cerussite), stack of 16 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
4109 Barite, Malachite, Calcite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
White prismatic calcite and bladed barite in one vugh, dark green malachite balls and bladed barite in another. The calcite fluoresces strongly bluish-white. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50/80 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
4126 Malachite, Barite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
A malachite “pipe” on bladed barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4129 Cerussite, Covellite, Malachite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Bladed and prismatic white cerussite crystals in gossanous cavities, some coated in iron oxide/hydroxide, in a barite matrix. Elsewhere covellite and malachite present. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 100 specimens. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4123 Azurite, Malachite, Barite, Copper, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Blue bowties of azurite with a malachite (or possibly rosasite) ball on pink to tan to white bladed barite. Native copper crystals towards the top left of the image. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4125 Malachite, Galena, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Cubic galena frozen in a barite matrix. Some alteration evident in some of the galena crystals (possibly to anglesite). One vugh in the barite contains some malachite (not in photo). Width of view 6mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4124 Aurichalcite, Rosasite, Barite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Pale blue aurichalcite with darker blue rosasite on pink barite. White smithsonite(?) on rosasite. Greenish phosgenite(?) sprays. Unidentified sulphides. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80/90 images. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
4121 Aurichalcite, Rosasite, Barite, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Pale blue aurichalcite with darker blue rosasite(?) on pink barite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR9 Analcime, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Pale yellow clay(?) coating on analcime. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JR9 Analcime, Calcite, Middlehurst Station, Marlborough Region, New Zealand
Ragged white calcite on red-white analcime crystals. The calcite fluoresces bright white. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 90 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat EUR3 Analcime, Phillipsite, Thomsonite, La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Labelled La Palma (Insel), Puerto de Tazacorte, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Kanarische Inseln, Spain. Ex Manfred Früchtl. Analcime trapezohedron modified by a cube (hard to capture in the photo) with white phillipsite and stubby white bladed thomsonite(?). Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below...
ncat EUR3 Analcime, Croft Quarry, Croft, Blaby, Leicestershire, England, UK
Labelled as Croft and Huncote Quarry. Distorted elongated analcime crystal. Ex Münchener Mikromounter. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
3593 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Analcime, Cambokeels Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Colourless blocky fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, with some rainbows, on colourless, hard to see, almost invisible, trapezohedrons of analcime. Ex Richard Bell. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH25 Analcime, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Green inclusions of chlorite(?) in analcime. Ex Ann and Noel Kennon Collection. Ex Francoise Duranleau, Montreal, 09/06. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 photos. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1208 Perovskite, Oka, Quebec, Canada
Two small crystals without matrix. One a cube (2.5mm) and the other an octahedron (4.5mm). Ex Mark Hallam Collection.
ncat JP2541 Agardite, Cu-Adamite, Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
Very pale-blue fibrous agardite with green Cu-adamite (or zincolivenite). Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1811 Leadhillite, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales
Colourless hexagonal plates in slag. Ex Jo Price Collection. White light photo: Width of view 3mm. Stack of 40 images. Longwave UV photo: Width of view 3mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4595 Gold, Bear Mountain Gold Mine, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
A gold crystal that is almost a sphere. The flat crystal faces are pretty small. Ex Ray Hill. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ER6 Zircon, Lazulite, Scorzalite, Unnamed phosphate occurrence, Mount Perry, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Blue veins of lazulite/scorzalite with small zircons. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.