Evan Chugg's Photo Gallery
View from the 'base' level Oct 2007
Taken during the 2007 N.Z. Micro-mineral Symposium field trip, 21 October. Osumilite was found about 40 metres to the right of the cars visible parked on an upper level. Some good specimens of other minerals have been recovered from the crushed metal piles on occasion, but most collecting is done on the higher levels.
Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 13th Dec 2021
C33-ETDEdenite NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 , Titanite CaTi(SiO4)O , Tridymite SiO2
Titanite on an Edenite needle, on tridymite. Width of view about 5mm. Collected during the 2005 NZ MicroMineral Symposium field trip.
0UA-E5TPhlogopite KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 , Tridymite SiO2
Phlogopite on tridymite. Width of photo approximately 4mm. Collection and photo Evan Chugg
9G8-QVKCalcite CaCO3 , Thomsonite-Ca NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O , Chabazite-Ca (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O
Calcite and pale green thomsonite on chabazite - a very common association at this site. Width of view approximately 10mm. Evan Chugg photo and collection.
Motukorea (Browns Island)
Jan 2007. Motukorea (Browns Island) from North Head; the island is one of the Auckland Field volcanoes, and shows several features - tuff ring, scoria cone, and lava flows. The Type Locality for motukoreaite, which occurs as a cement between blocks of basalt.
FXK-MX8Mordenite (Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O
Spray of fine acicular mordenite, crystals to 5mm. Collected by and in the collection of Evan Chugg.
