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Olivine Bomb   SOLD

Mt Shadwell Quarry, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia.

Formed more than a million years ago deep down under earth's crust and brought to the surface by volcanic eruptions this "Olivine Bomb", also known as "Volcanic Bomb", has a very thin crust, but when cut or broken, as shown on the picture, it comes to life exhibiting thousands of sugar like sparkling green crystals of olivine.

8.0 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm

Lechatelierite var. Fulgurite   

Mulgabbie Hill, Pinjin Staton, Western Australia.

This is a glassy tube of fused sand produced at the impact site of a lightning strike during a thunderstorm. The quartz grains are changed by the intense heat into shiny quartz glass, which is known as Lechatelierite, and which may be seen lining the central tubular cavity through the length of the specimen.

3.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm

Smithsonite   SOLD

Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

Great thumbnail; transparent drops to 3 mm of whitish-light green Smithsonite sitting on top of contrasting dark gray-black coronadite.

2.5 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm

Gypsum   

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

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.

7.5 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm

Conichalcite   

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

Stellerite   SOLD

Tambar Springs, Garrawilla Volcanics, Warrumbungle Ranges, New South Wales, Australia.

A fine cluster of large well formed lustrous and terminated crystals of deep salmon colour.

4.5 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm

Gypsum   SOLD

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

A very nice, light grass green cluster of translucent and terminated Gypsum crystals to 20 mm long, forming round sprays on top side of the piece.

10.0 x 10.0 x 5.0 cm

Calcite var. Manganoan   SOLD

Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yincowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

A fan of partly translucent light pink Calcite crystals to 55 mm long with one, not recent but very old cleavage reducing one crystal by about a third. Will fluoresce nicely in reddish-pink colour under UV light.

Chiastolite   

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

Opal   

Andamooka Opal Fields, Andamooka, South Astralia.

A small specimen with  a dash of opal jelly on typical quartzsite base rock from South Australian opal fields at Andamooka.

4.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm

Conichalcite and Calcite   

Lorena Gold Mine, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa-Cloncurry Area, Queenslams, 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 nice example of white calcite with colourful grass green Conichalcite covering sections of chocolate brown base rock.

9.0 x 11.0 x 4.0 cm