NAME OF SPECIES MUSEUM SIZED CABINET SIZED SMALL CABINET SIZED MINIATURE SIZED TN SIZED TOTALS
ACANTHITE 1 1
ADAMITE 5 2 1 8
AGARDITE 1 1
ALABANDITE 1 5 2 6 4 18
ANGLESITE (white crystals) 10 61

37 45 14 167
ANGLESITE (coloured crystals -green & yellow) 3 52 26 30 5 116
ANGLESITE (encrusting cerussite) 7 54 37 25 6 129
ANTLERITE 1 1
ARAGONITE 2 2
ARSENOPYRITE 4 3 7
ARSENTSUMEBITE 1 4 5
ATACAMITE 2 4 6
AURICHALCITE 4 1 5
AZURITE 3 42 44 43 11 143
BANNISTERITE 5 2 3 2 12
BARITE
(Brown) 5 12 2 3 22
BARITE
(white and green) 5 5 5 15
BAYLDONITE 2 2
BEUDANTITE 1 1
BIOTITE/ANNITE 2 2 4
BROMIUM CHLORARGYRITE 1 17 5 3 26
BUSTAMITE (pink crystals) 2 7 9
BUSTAMITE
(green and brown crystals) 2 11 10 2 25
BUSTAMITE
(hairy crystals) 8 12 5 1 26
BROCHANTITE 4 1 5
CALCITE 43 90 34 11 2 180
CALCITE
(the pink mangano variety) 29 52 63 63 227
CALCITE pseudomorphs after BARITE 1 1
CARMINITE 1 1 2
CERUSSITE
(reticulated) 11 118 80 88 16 313
CERUSSITE
(Straw/Needle Crystals) 12 25 1 3 41
CERUSSITE pseudomorphs after ANGLESITE 11 36 6 7 1 61
CHALCANTHITE 1 1
CHALCOPHANITE 2 2 4
CHALCOPYRITE 3 2 5
CHALCOSIDERITE 1 1
CHLORARGYRITE 3 3 1 7
CHRYSOCOLA 1 1 2
CLINOCHLORE 3 2 5
CONICAHALCITE 1 1 1 3
CONNELLITE 1 1
COPPER 28 11 21 3 63
CORKITE 1 1
CORONADITE 5 9 6 2 22
CORONADITE pseudomorphs after PYROMORPHITE 1 1
CUPRITE 2 2 4
DOLOMITE 2 17 8 2 29
DUFRENITE 4 4 8
DYSCRASITE 1 2 4 4 5 16
FAYALITE 2 2
FERROACTINOLITE 1 6 7
FLUORAPATITE 2 9 10 3 2 26
FLUORAPOPHYLLITE 3 22 5 11 41
FLUORITE
(Most are green octahedral crystals) 4 11 5 3 1 24
FORNACITE 1 1
GAHNITE 1 1 2
GALENA (primary) 1 8 4 2 8 23
GALENA (secondary) 1 5 2 1 9
GARTRELLITE 1 1
GOETHITE 2 6 2 10
GRAPHITE 1 1
GREENOCKITE 1 1
GROSSULAR 2 2 1 1 6
GYPSUM 2 9 7 5 23
HEDENBERGITE
(a number of these specimens are the gemmy green manganese rich crystals) 3 9 5 5 2 24
HEMIMORPHITE 3 10 8 4 25
HIDALGOITE 1 1
HINSDALITE 1 1 2
HORNBLENDE 1 1 2
HYDROZINCITE 5 3 8
HYDROZINCITE pseudomorphs after SMITHSONITE 2 2 4
ILVAITE 1 1 2
INESITE (includes both pink and brown types) 1 10 7 8 4 30
IODARGYRITE 1 23 5 3 1 33
“IODOEMBOLITE” 1 12 8 5 2 28
JAROSITE 1 1
JOHANNSENITE
(most of these specimens have gemmy green crystals) 1 6 5 7 1 20
KAOLINITE (containing the rare mercury silver minerals) 1 21 21
KAOLINITE (?-may in fact be shannonite formed by the great mine fire of 1895) pseudomorph after CERUSSITE 1 1 2
KINTOREITE 1 1
KTENASITE 1
KUTNOHORITE 2 2
LIBETHENITE 5 1 6
LINARITE 14 7 4 25
LOLLINGITE 2 1 3
MALACHITE 24 20 14 58
MALACHITE pseudomorphs after AZURITE 6 3 5 2 16
MALACHITE pseudomorphs after CUPRITE 1 1 2
MANGANAXINITE 1 1
MANGANOGRUNERITE 7 1 1 9
MANGANPYROSMALITE 1 2 2 2 7
MARCASITE 1 1
MARSHITE 1 1 1 3
MAWBYITE 2 1 3
MICROCLINE 2 2 2 6
MIERSITE 3 5 2 10
MIMETITE 2 16 12 3 33
MINIUM 3 1 1 5
MUSCOVITE 4 4
OLIVENITE 1 1 1 3
ORTHOCLASE (the rich lead bearing green crystals) 1 2 1 1 5
OTAVITE (may be a zincizn DOLOMITE as no analysis is available) 1 1
PHARMACOSIDERITE 4 4
PHILLIPSBORNITE 1 1
PSEUDOMALACHITE 2 1 2 5
PYRARGYRITE 1
1 2
PYRITE (most of these specimens consist of pyrite crystals encrusting calcite) 3 41 24 8 1 77
PYROXMANGITE 6 3 9
PYROMORPHITE
(brown) 10 37 17 16 1 81
PYROMORPHITE
(yellow 10 28 21 15 6 60
PYROMORPHITE
(green) 5 10 4 2 21
PYROMORPHITE
pseudomorphs after CERUSSITE 1 3 4
PYROSTILPNITE 1 1
PYRRHOTITE 5 1 6
QUARTZ (clear crystals) 16 7 6 29
QUARTZ (amethyst) 11 4 4 19
QUARTZ (citrine) 3 3 3 9
QUARTZ (smoky) 2 2
QUARTZ pseudomorphs after CERUSSITE 2 2
RASPITE (with crystals up to 1 cm in length) 2 4 2 8
RHODOCHROSITE (these specimens include specimens from both the primary and oxidized zones as well as the calcium rich type) 22 54 30 22 1 129
RHODONITE(the bladed crystals) 5 1 3 1 10
RHODONITE (the blocky crystals in sulfides) 1 9 13 7 3 33
ROSASITE 2 4 6 12
SAFFLORITE 4 2 6
SCHULENBERGITE 1 1
SCORODITE 3 3
SEGNETITE 1 1
SERPIERITE 1 1
SIDERITE 1 1
SILVER 14 6 19 39
SMITHSONITE (including both cuprium and mangano types) 25 104 41 25 14 209
SMITHSONITE (on CERUSSITE) 6 45 10 8 2 71
SPESSARTINE 2 21 8 6 3 40
SPHALERITE (primary) 1 1 2
SPHALERITE (secondary) 2 3 5
STIBNITE 1 1 2
STILBITE 2 1 3
STOLZITE (the largest crystal is a single 1.3 cm crystal on matrix) 2 1 9 10 22
STRENGITE 2 2 4
“STURTITE” 1 1
TEPHROITE 4 1 5
TETRAHEDRITE 1 1
TSUMEBITE 5 5
WULFENITE 1 1 2
ALMANDINE (the large crystals from Irelands Quarry, Thackaringa) 11 1 4 1 17
QUARTZ (various colours from the Corona Station deposit) 4 15 1 20
SILVER (from the Elura Mine, Cobar) 10 5 25 50 90
TITANITE (from the Thorndale Station deposit) 1 1 5 7
MINING LAMPS (these are old types used by the early broken Hill miners) 15 15
OLD BROKEN HILL BOTTLES
(all of these have “Broken Hill” embossed on them) 300+
TABLE 1
The Alphabetical Listing of all catalogued and registered mineral specimens in the Milton Lavers mineral collection as of December 1999. All specimens listed are from the main Broken Hill lode unless otherwise indicated.