Rhodonite   SOLD

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

Colourful specimen with a number of transparent to translucent reddish rhodonite crystals embedded in metallic and lustrous galena. Rhodonite is one of the most sought specimens from this classic Australian location; these days the only source of specimens is from old collections.

6.0 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm

Atacamite   SOLD

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

A very aesthetic atacamite; bubbly formation and completely covered on all sides with thousands of tiny sparkling crystal, a great specimen. Cy Fortanier collection.

6.0 x 5.0 x 1.0 cm

Calcite on Coronadite   SOLD

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

Dark gray-black thin plates of coronadite generously covered all over with white calcite crystals.

4.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm

Malachite   SOLD

Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Australia.

Dark green malachite with lots of character, a good locality specimen. Cy Fortanier specimen.

4.5 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm

Limonite   SOLD

Nilinghoo Goldfields, Olary Province, South Austalia, Australia

Nice cluster of intergrown chocolate brown cubic crystals of limonite pseudomorph after pyrite.

2.3 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Andradite var. Garnet   SOLD

Mary Kathleen Mine, Mt Isa-Cloncurry Area, Queenland, Australia.

Lustrous dark chocolate brown crystals of Andradite to 6 mm, a variety of garnet, fully covering one surface of the base rock.

5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm

Microcline   SOLD

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

Lustrous transparent deep green microcline mixed with quartz and minor sphalerite. Looks great under UV light. Richard Wright collection.

10.0 x 4.0 x 4.5 cm

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

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

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

Quartz   SOLD

White Rock Quarry, Horsnell Gully, Teringie, South Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia.

What a gem, 8 cm long, water clear, lustrous quartz crystal with great terminations at both ends, actually there are not just one but three terminated hexagonal pyramids all part of the single crystal with a number of small quartz crystals attached to the side of the big one. Cy Fortanier collection.

8.0 x 0.8 x 1.5 cm