Mineral of the Week – Alunite Group
This week’s Mineral of the Week (MotW) is any mineral from the Alunite Group. So any of the species below […]
2020 Onwards and Upwards
This week’s Mineral of the Week (MotW) is any mineral from the Alunite Group. So any of the species below […]
One of the opportunities during this lockdown period is to go through drawers and boxes of specimens that haven’t been […]
This week’s Mineral of the Week, something a bit more mundane. Wolframite specimens. Ferberite or hubnerite. Interestingly, I found out […]
This week will be a bit more open to interpretation, and may require some imagination!!! This week’s Mineral of the […]
More rain tonight. And thunder and lightning. There has even been a few alerts come through for flooding. Just got […]
One of my inside activities is photographing specimens in my collection. Also cataloguing. Although I haven’t (re)started the latter one […]
I will be spending more time from next week on The Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga publication, […]
A photo taken last night. Today I have been busy painting our laundry (not finished yet!) as our new cabinet […]
Wulfenite, a lead molybdate, is not that common in Australia with the main localities being Whim Creek, Western Australia, and […]
Current restrictions due to the Corona Virus still allow us to go out, but we are restricting that to just […]
Did a bit of social distancing today (not too many people out bush). A short trip to Bendigo and Heathcote. […]
This iridescent goethite specimen from Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, hides a secret for those that have a bit of imagination. […]
Kicking off the new week a day early… Specially for Kay Macy! A phyllosilicate! This week’s Mineral of the Week […]
This week’s Mineral of the Week (MotW) is sceptred crystals… This one is a Mexican amethyst sceptre. Subscribe to Dad […]
I came across this really unusual habit of pseudomalachite. It has formed a ring. The white line is a reflection […]
A pretty one tonight. Green cubes of bariopharmacosiderite on mauve fluorite and white barite from the Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, […]
This week’s Mineral of the Week is torbernite, a copper uranium phosphate. The topic for my next Collector’s Guide will […]
A few years ago, when I was a kid, like many others, I had a few Matchbox toy cars. I […]
Mineral inclusions can be fun. The included mineral is often pristine, but can be difficult to photograph. This fluorite in […]
I picked one drawer at random and selected a specimen. This is what came out. An ilvaite specimen from the […]
A nice sharp calcite with a hint of purple from Joplin, Missouri. It is a Tasmanian Museum specimen on display […]
For this week’s Mineral of the Week, I have chosen iridescent mineral specimens… This photo has iridescent ilmenite with cream […]
Gypsum crystals in slag from Broken Hill. I will be including an article on Broken Hill slag minerals in the […]
Greenockite is fairly common in Australian lead-zinc orebodies, but generally occurs as a bright yellow coating or crust. Woodlawn produced […]
Another one into the mix. The Woodlawn mine has been closed for a long time. I was fortunate to acquire […]
I have been asked to put together a photo essay for the next issue of the Australian Journal of Mineralogy […]