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The Best from Down Under
Posted by Trevor Dart
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Re: The Best from Down Under December 17, 2011 10:01AM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under December 17, 2011 10:39AM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under December 17, 2011 10:41AM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under December 17, 2011 11:12AM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under December 18, 2011 07:06AM |
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A nice litte Victorian azurite...
...and Season's Greetings to my friends around the world...
Regards
Steve
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| Azurite, Malachite, Cooper's Creek, Victoria | © crocoite.com |
...and Season's Greetings to my friends around the world...
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under December 30, 2011 09:30AM |
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Been going through more specimens and came across this one. Gold, but from an unusual locality in terms of available specimens...
Regards
Steve
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| Gold, Gundagai, New South Wales | © crocoite.com |
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 02, 2012 10:28AM |
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Well I just had a look through my collection in search of something from Australia but found nothing. However, that may have something to do with the fact that I don't know where the majority of my minerals are from (shame on me, I know, I know).
After I graduate I'm planning to move to WA in search of a job though (any tips welcome!), so hopefully I'll get the chance to collect local minerals while I'm "Down Under".
After I graduate I'm planning to move to WA in search of a job though (any tips welcome!), so hopefully I'll get the chance to collect local minerals while I'm "Down Under".
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 06, 2012 01:25AM |
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Pyrargyrite from Browne's Shaft, Broken Hill.
Regards
Steve
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| Pyrargyrite, Junction Mine | © crocoite.com |
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 15, 2012 12:22PM |
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Here's a new photo of my "lighthouse", a sceptre calcite from Flinders, Victoria. This photo taken through my microscope. The previous one taken using extension tubes and close up rings combined.
Regards
Steve
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| Calcite, Flinders | © crocoite.com |
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 23, 2012 12:39PM |
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Pseudomalachite from the Yudnamutana Mine, Flinders Ranges, South Australia...
Regards
Steve
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| Pseudomalachite, Yudnamutana | © crocoite.com |
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 23, 2012 03:17PM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 23, 2012 08:58PM |
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Thanks Trev. I was a bit worried about the ID when I first looked on Mindat. More arsenates in the area than phosphates. But this specimen came from a reliable source, and then I found that Museum Victoria have a pseudomalachite from the Yudnamutana Mine too. So I am much more comfortable about it.
Regards
Steve
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 25, 2012 10:02AM |
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An unusual specimen from the Magnet Mine, Waratah, Tasmania. I haven't seen anything like this before and I have seen a lot of Magnet specimens. Possible polybasite? Unfortunately only the one crystal so it won't get tested.
Photo width is 11mm. Andrew Tuma specimen.
Regards
Steve
Photo width is 11mm. Andrew Tuma specimen.
Regards
Steve
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 25, 2012 11:55AM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 25, 2012 12:21PM |
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 25, 2012 01:07PM |
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Minyulite
Toms Phosphate Quarry
Kapunda Area
South Australia
Crystals of minyulite approximately 1.5mm in lenght
Photo taken using macro conversion lens on a Fuji camera
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2012 01:22PM by Jon Mommers.
Toms Phosphate Quarry
Kapunda Area
South Australia
Crystals of minyulite approximately 1.5mm in lenght
Photo taken using macro conversion lens on a Fuji camera
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2012 01:22PM by Jon Mommers.
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 25, 2012 01:21PM |
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Crocoite
Adelaide Mine
Dundas mining District. Tasmania
measures 2.7 x 1.3x 0.8cm
Specimen dates back to the early 1970's when commerical mineral collection first commenced at the Adelaide Mine
Adelaide Mine
Dundas mining District. Tasmania
measures 2.7 x 1.3x 0.8cm
Specimen dates back to the early 1970's when commerical mineral collection first commenced at the Adelaide Mine
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 25, 2012 01:35PM |
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Erythrite
Mount Cobalt
Mount Isa Mining District
Queensland
Measures 2.7 x2.5 x 1.9cm
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2012 01:36PM by Jon Mommers.
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 27, 2012 06:13AM |
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A 2cm X 0.6 cm emerald in mica schist from Poona Western Australia. Since the early 1900's emerald specimens from this site have been of variable quality however, some as this piece, show gem like clarity and colour saturation equivalent to Columbian specimens.
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Re: The Best from Down Under January 27, 2012 09:54AM |
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