Mineral of the Week…
A bit of colour this week at Mineral of the Week. Any blue mineral that begins with the letter “L”. […]
2020 Onwards and Upwards
A bit of colour this week at Mineral of the Week. Any blue mineral that begins with the letter “L”. […]
I watched an episode of Absolute History today focussed on farming, lace making and copper and tin mining in Devon […]
Bryan Swoboda (BlueCap Productions) has been making many of his videos available for free as a result of the pandemic. […]
I think I have made a good choice. The results are looking good! Axinite-(Fe), Actinolite, Glandon Pass, Maurienne valley, Savoie, […]
a couple of new flexible LED lamps today for photography purposes. The new super macro lens needs more light than […]
Yesterday was the shortest day of the year here in Australia. So today is a little bit longer. Although you […]
I thought I would share another mineral found the other day from the Prince Regent mines area, less than a […]
Spent a pleasant half day today collecting minerals with good friend, Toby Billing. And the best part, it was less […]
After a struggle with FedEx, I finally received my new super macro lens today. It will take a little while […]
Saw this specimen in Warrnambool the other day. If this was the average “going rate”, the west coast of Tasmania […]
Late afternoon/early evening just outside Ballarat. A meeting with the driver of a Road Train from South Australia. What could […]
The mineral collecting world has lost another nice guy, Keith Hayes. So this week, in his memory, any mineral that […]
Went out collecting today with good friend Toby Billing. We went up to Mount Cole just outside Raglan, about 66km […]
Three Zoom sessions in a 24 hour period. I went to bed earlier than usual and got up around 12.30am […]
This week’s Mineral of the Week is fluorite… Subscribe to Dad Dad Diary.
As some of you will know, I have been attending the weekly Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) Zoom sessions. […]
A great AIGS talk tonight by Dr Claudio Milisenda on tourmalines. And next week – Peter Lyckberg on pegmatites! Looking […]
I was right. My photo was used in the “Luminescence of Gems“, presented by Dr. Emmanuel Fritsch. To recap, as […]
I got to go out collecting today. A nice birthday present 😁 It was a lovely late Autumn day with […]
I found out today that Joan Lamond passed away in March, almost reaching 100. Joan was a keen mineral collector, […]
I attended a Zoom presentation tonight by Angus Miller of Geowalks. Angus has arranged a number of Lockdown Lecture sessions […]
Given the focus on pyrite over the last few days (The Micromount Club Zoom meeting) and the interest generated, pyrite […]
Last night, I joined a Zoom session organised by the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS), Thailand. These sessions have […]
It exists! Really! A package from Canada arrived today. Posted March 3rd! And yes, rocks. 😁 Subscribe to Dad Dad […]
I have created mineralcollective24x7.workplace.com as a new spot for mineral-related Facebook-like posts, forums, groups, etc. Looks like Facebook have created […]
From the Ballarat Courier Newspaper – “Fossickers, prospectors welcomed back into forests”… Under the new eased COVID-19 restrictions here in […]
Today, we went for a bit of a hike in accordance with the easing of restrictions in Victoria. One of […]
…is now published. This month, in this 50 page full-colour issue, we have the first in a short series of […]
This week’s Mineral of the Week is any mineral where the Type Locality is in Mexico. The posts don’t have […]
A package arrived from the US today. It had been sitting somewhere in a transit depot for weeks with no […]
A stunning South African rhodochrosite specimen… A few internal rainbows too. Subscribe to Dad Dad Diary.
I have put together a topic and author index for the Monthly Mineral Chronicles. This will be maintained and updated […]
This week’s Mineral of the Week is opal. Any opal can be added. Precious opal. Hyalite opal. Jelly opal. Opalised […]
This Chinese native copper specimen is starting to alter to crystals of dark red cuprite. Going over to the dark […]
Repair. Verb. Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition. Nature produces some fantastic mineral specimens. We usually […]
A neat specimen of pyrite after marcasite from Canada catalogued today… Subscribe to Dad Dad Diary.