Australian Marshite!
And not from Broken Hill! Marshite is a rare copper iodide mineral, originally found at Broken Hill. There is one […]
It’s Not Easy Being Green…
Photographed and catalogued tonight… Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico, fluoresces a bright green colour. This is caused by the […]
A Doctor Used My Photo! Video Evidence…
I was right. My photo was used in the “Luminescence of Gems“, presented by Dr. Emmanuel Fritsch. To recap, as […]
A Doctor Used My Photo!
Last night, I joined a Zoom session organised by the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS), Thailand. These sessions have […]
A Good Thing or a Bad Thing…
Repair. Verb. Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition. Nature produces some fantastic mineral specimens. We usually […]
Saleeite, Lake Boga, Victoria
I will be spending more time from next week on The Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga publication, […]
Greenockite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
Greenockite is fairly common in Australian lead-zinc orebodies, but generally occurs as a bright yellow coating or crust. Woodlawn produced […]