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Crocoite

Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia.

6.2 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm

Calcite

Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

Delicate light pink semi translucent calcite crystals, variety manganoan closely growing together with minor matrix attached; under UV light they will show a deep reddish-pink colour.

4.8 x 2.3 x 2.9 cm

Australite

Finke Station, Northern Territory, Australia.

Australites are tektites found in Australia. They are mostly dark or black, and have shapes including discs and bowls that are not seen in other tektites. NASA used the shape of "flanged button" australites in designing re-entry modules for Apollo program in 1960s.

12.7 x 11.4 x 7.3 mm - 1.8 grams

Australite

Finke Station, Northern Territory, Australia.

Australites are tektites found in Australia. They are mostly dark or black, and have shapes including discs and bowls that are not seen in other tektites. NASA used the shape of "flanged button" australites in designing re-entry modules for Apollo program in 1960s

11.9 x 10.2 x 7.2 mm - 1.7 grams

Australite

Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia.

Perfect boat shaped core with a thin flange all around.

Australites are tektites found in Australia. They are mostly dark or black, and have shapes including discs and bowls that are not seen in other tektites. NASA used the shape of "flanged button" australites in designing re-entry modules for Apollo program in 1960s

The Book of Gold

Breitling, Devo et. al.

First English edition, Reed Publications, Frenchs Forest, 1981. HC, Quarto, 287pp with dust jacket. Slight rubbing to gold-embossed text on dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition. This book was first published in German by Verlag G.C. Bucher, 1975. A study of gold and its history - from laboratory, mining and refining to magic, myth, rituals and medieval alchemical studies. Includes Australia.

Mineral Museums of Europe

Burchard, U.

Publisher: Walnut Hill Publishing Co., 1986. HC, 289pp. Colour & B/W photographs throughout. Slight wear to edges of dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition. English edition of this excellent guide for those wishing to add a bit of extra sparkle to their European tour.

The Gold Seekers

Bartlett, Norman

Publisher: Jarrolds, London, 1965. HC, 240pp, Slight scuffing and wear to edges of dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. The story of the Australian gold rush. Size 14.5 x 21.5 cm.

The History of Gold Discovery in Victoria

Flett, James

Publisher: The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1970. HC, tall octavo, 495pp. Dust jacket worn and has slight tear on dj spine, otherwise a VG copy of this classic reference. B/W plates and illustrations throughout, maps on endpapers. Size 15.5 x 24.5 cm.

Moldavite

Chlum, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Moldavites are rare, glassy, translucent, dark green types of tektite found in Czech Republic and are sometimes used as gemstones in jewellery. Moldavite is a silica-based tektite, a mineral formed when a meteorite struck the Earth's surface and melted and fused the surrounding rocks.

2.7 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm

Moldavite

Chlum, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Moldavites are rare, glassy, translucent, dark green types of tektite found in Czech Republic and are sometimes used as gemstones in jewellery. Moldavite is a silica-based tektite, a mineral formed when a meteorite struck the Earth's surface and melted and fused the surrounding rocks.

2.9 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm - 5.2 g

Moldavites

Chlum, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Moldavites are rare, glassy, translucent, dark green types of tektite found in Czech Republic and are sometimes used as gemstones in jewellery. Moldavite is a silica-based tektite, a mineral formed when a meteorite struck the Earth's surface and melted and fused the surrounding rocks.

2.3 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm