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Coronadite   SOLD

Boken Hill Proprietay Mine, Broken Hill, Yanowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

An impressive specimen of stalactitical coronadite growth forming this nature’s creation.

7.0 x 7.5 x 5.0 cm

Prehnite   SOLD

Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia.

Delicate light green botryoidal prehnite on minor base rock.

6.5 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm

Chabazite   SOLD

Simmons Bay, Flinders Area, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.

A nice pink coloured mass of Chabazite crystals on grey basalt from this well known Victorian locality.

6.0 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm

Amethyst   SOLD

Kuridala, Queensland, Astralia.

Cluster of light purple well formed lustrous and terminated amethyst crystals to 30 mm on minor matrix.

6.5 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm

Smoky Quartz   SOLD

Anderson's Gully, Black Range Area, Mooralla, Victoria, Australia.

A perfect cluster of five, very lustrous, doubly terminated transparent to translucent Smoky Quartz crystals sitting on a carpet of sparkling tiny quartz crystals and on base rock. Localy also known as Black Range Herkimers.

Smithsonite   SOLD

Broken Hill Mines, Broken Hill, Yancowinn Co., New South Wales, Australia.

Small globular, frosted light gray translucent smithsonite crystals scattered on dark gray coronadite matrix. Cy Fortanier collection.

4.5 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm

Atacamite   

Mt Gunson, Stuart Shelf Area, Andamooka Ranges - Lake Torrens Area, South Australia, Australia.

Great thumbnail, nodule of botryoidal atacamite with a nice deep green colour and a small cavity on the other side fully lined with sparkling micro crystal of atacamite.

2.8 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Muscovite   

Mica Creek Pegmatite, Mt Isa Area, Queensland, Australia.

A new find earlier this year with a number of pieces being collected from the pocket. Large muscovite part crystals sitting and contrasting with white feldspar and. minor black tourmaline.

12.0 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm

Gypsum   SOLD

Mt Gunson Area, Stuart Shelf Area, Andamooka Ranges-Lake Torres Area, South Ausrlia.

A great cluster of light grass green transparent and/or translucent Gypsum crystals to 20 mm long, forming round sprays on one side of the specimen, while on the other side, there is a change of colour to a light-whitish sandy colour.

15.0 x 8.0 x 8.0 cm

Conichalcite   SOLD

Lorena Gld Mine, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry Aea, Queensland, Australia.

Over the last couple of years some interesting finds have been made in Mt Isa-Cloncurry copper belt in North Queensland and this piece is a good example of white calcite with colourful yellow-green Conichalcite covering sections of chocolate brown matrix.

9.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm

Chiastolite   SOLD

Alconie Hill, Bimbowrie Station, Olary Province, South Australia.

Cigar shaped crude crystals of Chiastolite a variety of Andalusite weathered out of schist from the classic locality at Bimbawrie station in South Australia.

9.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm

Spessartine   

North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

A cluster of about a dozen reddish-brown Spessartine, variety garnet crystals to 20 mm across sitting on top of  massive chalcopyrite and garnet host rock.

6.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm