Vic's Favourites

This page lists Vic's favourite minerals, localities, mindat.org members and photos. All lists in alphabetical order.

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Vic Cloete's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Vic's photo gallery. Mineral, locality and other photos are shown together unless you specify the type of photo. The default order is to show the most recent photos first, but again you can change this.	What Photos to Show All Minerals - in my collection - that I collected Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia 25 South No. 2 pipe (No. 2 pipe; Pipe No. 38), Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleó), Boleó District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia Avondale Mine, Lyndhurst, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Beltana deposit; Beltana-Aroona deposit; Puttapa mine), Puttapa, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Biggenden Mine (Mount Biggenden Mine; Biggenden Gold And Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Magnetite Mine; Biggenden Quarry), Biggenden Shire, Queensland, Australia Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA Blackhead Quarry, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand Blockade mine, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Bou Azzer, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Cactus Rat Mine, Cisco, Yellow Cat District (W. part of Thompsons District), Grand Co., Utah, USA Cinnabar rail station area, Kilkiven District, Queensland, Australia Crystal Grove Diamond Mine, St Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York, USA Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Elsmore Tin lodes, Anderson, Elsmore Hill, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Emmaville, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Endeavour 26 (E26 ore body), Northparkes Mine, Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia Gila River, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Great South Comet mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre peninsula, South Australia, Australia Jammu and Kashmir, India Jeffrey Mine (Jeffrey Quarry), Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada Kagara Zinc Mines, Mount Garnet, Queensland, Australia Kilkivan, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Laidley Creek, Gatton Valley, Queensland, Australia Lorena Gold Mine, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Magpie Mine, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Majuba Hill Mine (Mylar Mine), Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA Mascot Mine (Gorham Lead mine; Galena King mine), Gorham, Coos Co., New Hampshire, USA Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Middle pit, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA Monakoff Mine, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA Mooralla, Victoria, Australia Mount Cobalt Mine, Starra (Selwyn), Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia O’Briens Creek Fossicking Area, Mt Surprise, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Okaihau quarry, Okaihau, Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia Parwan lava caves, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Platt Prospect, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Powell property, Upper Beechmont, Numinbah Valley, Queensland, Australia Red Bank Mine, Wollogorang Station, Gulf of Carpenteria, Northern Territory, Australia Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Round Mountain District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia Sapphire designated fossicking land, Anakie, Queensland, Australia Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan Squaretop Mountain, Dalby (Kiamkillenbun ?), Queensland, Australia Stevenson-Bennett Mine (Stephenson-Bennett Mine), Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA Teviot Brook, Boonah Shire, Queensland, Australia Tin deposit, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Vieja Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Wallangra, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales, Australia Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
	Which Order Most Recent First Oldest Photos First By Mineral Name/Photo Title By Locality Name By Region Name Most Viewed First Least Viewed First Most Recently Viewed Least Recently Viewed	Which Mineral All Actinolite Adamite Aegirine Agardite Analcime Anatase Annabergite-Erythrite Series Antlerite Apatite Apophyllite Apophyllite-(KF) Apophyllite-(KF) - Apophyllite-(KOH) Series Arthurite Atacamite Azurite Bayldonite Beryl Bismuth Bismuthinite Boleite Brochantite Brookite Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF) Carminite Cassiterite Cerussite Chabazite Chalcedony Chalcocite Chalcosiderite-Turquoise Series Chalcotrichite Chenevixite Chrysocolla Cinnabar Clinoclase Cloncurryite Cobaltian Mansfieldite Cobaltoan Calcite Conichalcite Connellite Copper Coquimbite Crocoite Cuprian Adamite Cuprite Cyrilovite Decrespignyite-(Y) Diamond Duftite Dundasite Erythrite Ferrimolybdite Ferroan Calcite Fluorite Galena Gartrellite Gillardite Goethite Gold Grossular Hematite Hentschelite Heterogenite Hinsdalite Koechlinite Korobitsynite Leucophosphite Lévyne Libethenite Litharge Malachite Manganoneptunite Manganvesuvianite Metahewettite Mimetite Minium Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite Natrolite Nenadkevichite Olivine Opal-AN Paratacamite Parnauite Parwanite Posnjakite Pyrite Pyromorphite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Roselite Ruby Sampleite Sazhinite-(Ce) Sazhinite-(La) Sceptre Quartz Schorl Segnitite Siderite Smithsonite Smoky Quartz Spertiniite Sphalerite Tangeite Thomsonite Topaz Torbernite Tourmaline Tuperssuatsiaite Turquoise Villiaumite Wavellite Wulfenite Wupatkiite Wurtzite	Keyword(s)

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