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Limonite p/s Pyrite

Chambers Gorge, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

Two joined together pyrite crystal cubes were completely replaced with dark brown limonite; this type of specimens is also known locally as “Devils Dice”.

5.5 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm

Rhodonite

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

Two translucent bright red rounded rhodonite crystal some 10 mm across embedded in lustrous galena from Terry Enright collection.

5.6 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm

Goethite

Koonamore, South Australia, Australia.

From a little known and remote location in South Australia comes this attractive sculpture of slightly iridescent goethite from Ian Strachan collection.

5.0 x 7.0 x 4.1 cm

Smoky Quartz

Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia.

Pristine cluster of sharp, transparent well terminate smoky quartz crystals, gently grading from very light to darker shades of smoky colour perched on carpet of white micro quartz crystals on whitish matrix and free of damage.

5.5 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm

Smoky Quartz

Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia.

A fine cluster of sharp, transparent well terminate smoky quartz crystals, gently grading from very light to darker shades of smoky colour perched on minor whitish matrix free of damage.

4.8 x 4.7 x 2.4 cm

Dolomite

Teutonic Bore Mine, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia.

Small very lustrous white dolomite crystals forming spherical aggregates on goethite matrix, from Brian Shelton collection.

3.3 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm

Calcite

Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

Three large translucent calcite crystals from this well known locality in North Queensland, the largest crystal is some 62 mm across and all the crystals are powdered with mustardy colour. The mine is now flooded and has been closed for many years.  

8.3 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm

Arsenopyrite

Wolfram camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia

Well defined crystals of arsenopyrite with metallic lustre in tight parallel growth with massive arsenopyrite and quartz base.

4.4 x 2.3 x 3.0 cm

Smithsonite

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

Translucent frosted blobs of light green-gray pearly crystals of smithsonite to 4 mm in size scattered on the dark coronadite matrix.

8.3 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm

Azurite

Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Ganbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia.

Dark brown gossan matrix is covered on one side with lustrous deep blue azurite crystals, no damage and an excelent specimen.    

4.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Calcite

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

Large manganoan calcite crystal sprinkled all over with sparkling micro crystals of pyrite, no matrix and under UV light fluoresces a deep reddish-pink colour.

8.7 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm

Andesine

Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Victoria, Australia.

Andesine belongs to plagioclase feldspar group and this cluster is very good example of Andesine from Portland Harbour Trust Quarry in Victoria from Stuart Smith collection

10.7 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm