Australian Minerals
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Australian Minerals, Crystals
AUSSIE BLUE KYANITE CLUSTER
A cool mountain-like Aussie Blue Kyanite cluster! Lovely pale blue Kyanite crystals on a quartz and mica base. An uncommon find for Aussie specimens, Kyanite is a super popular mineral, one usually more associated with Nepal and Brazil. We always try to have lots of stock of this awesome stone! A great addition to your crystal or mineral collection.
Dimensions:
6.8cm x 5cm x 8.3cm, 410g.Location:
Kakoschkes Kyanite Prospect, South Australia.Aluminum Silicate
Kyanite Al2 SiO5.SKU: AM23C01 -
Australian Minerals, Fluorescent Specimens
MANGANO CALCITE CRYSTALS BH
A large quality Aussie Mangano Calcite Crystals BH specimen. Featuring beautiful crystals that are fluorescent under long wave UV and short wave UV light. What a stunner, this specimen is white in daylight and pink fluorescing under UV light. If you only need one piece of this mineral, this would be an excellent choice. Step your collection up a level with this super Aussie crystal. This specimen shows BIP Brief Intense Phosphorescence with a UVA laser, pic with luminescent circle shows this. There are some fine Pyrite Crystals on the surface of this specimen from one direction – characteristic of other specimens from this local. Good fine dog-tooth crystals on botryoidal mounds.
This is a rare quality calcite crystal specimen. Super collectable for your crystal, mineral, calcite or fluorescent specimen collection. This beautiful small cluster would make a knockout gift. The very pink photos were taken under UVA and UVC light.
Dimensions:
27cm x 20.5cm x 5cm, 3106g.Location:
Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.Mangano Calcite:
(Ca,Mn)CO3.SKU: AM23MC01 -
Australian Minerals, Chrysoprase, Polished Stones, Rock 'n Slabs
CHRYSOPRASE CHUNK SPECIMEN
Large Chrysoprase Chunk Specimen with great green colour. It is translucent showing the grain, colour banding and slightly porous. Great for carving or as a brightly apple coloured mineral specimen. This is from very old stock. Stunning. Two flat cut faces really shows the interior of this Chrysoprase.
Location:
Marlborough, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
12cm x 7.3cm x 4.3cm, 422g.CHRYSOPRASE
Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony a cryptocrystalline form of silica that contains small quantities of nickel. The best colour is apple green which imitates Imperial Jade from Asia, but varies from deep green, blue grey to lemon. The darker varieties are called prase.
SKU: CH2301 -
Australian Minerals
VELVET MALACHITE
A great little Specimen of Velvet Malachite. This piece looks way better in person than my photos, it’s a very aesthetic and sparkling specimen and comes from a renowned Aussie location for these minerals. It is mounted on perspex to go straight into your cabinet.
Location:
Browns Deposit, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia.Dimensions:
5.5cm x 3.7cm x 3.6cm, 61g.Malachite, Copper Carbonate Hydroxide
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2.
SKU: AM23M01 -
Australian Minerals, Fluorescent Specimens, Minerals of the World, Opals
FLUORESCENT HYALITE OPAL 35
A Fluorescent Hyalite Opal. This is a superb Aussie specimen to grace your collection. Rare to come by at this quality. Fluorescent Green under UVC light.
Location:
Squaretop Mountain, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
3.8cm x 3.5cm x 1.9cm, 19g.Hyalite
SiO2 · nH2O.A colourless variety of Opal. Hyalite is opal, an amorphous silica glass containing about 3-8% water. Hyalite occurs as globular and botryoidal masses and irregular crusts. Found in volcanic and pegmatite environments where the silica deposits from the gas phase. It often shows a strong green fluorescence in UV light.
Check out more Fluorescent Specimens here.
SKU: B2735 -
Australian Minerals, Fluorescent Specimens, Gem Crystals, Minerals of the World
FLUORESCENT ZIRCON CRYSTAL 47
Australian Minerals, Fluorescent Specimens, Gem Crystals, Minerals of the WorldFLUORESCENT ZIRCON CRYSTAL 47
Fluorescent Zircon Crystal 47. Also known as a Zircon Bomb. Deep red brown colour in the sunlight and fluorescent yellow under UVA and UVC. It is rare to get yellow fluorescent minerals let alone in Crystal form. A super collectors specimen and rare. Classic location too.
Dimensions:
3.7cm x 2.5cm x 3.3cm, 61g.Location:
Mud Tank, Northern Territory, Australia.Zirconium Silicate:
ZrSiO4.SKU: FL23ZI01 -
Australian Minerals, Crystals, Minerals of the World
AUSSIE CALCITE ROSETTE
This is a rare quality calcite crystal specimen, Aussie Calcite Rosette. A really lovely piece of calcite, quite a stunning formation with excellent crystal shape. Super collectable for your crystal, mineral, calcite or Aussie specimen collection. This Rosette with bladed crystals is translucent pale ivory with three semi spherical crystal forms. Australian Calcite specimens from Tyndal Quarry like this aesthetically pleasing show piece rarely become available. One pic is back lit to show translucent colour and another show close up with a bit of interesting quarry dust between the crevasses.
Location:
Tyndal Quarry, New South Wales, Australia.Dimensions:
9cm x 6.4cm x 4.4cm, 289g.Calcium Carbonate: CaCO3.
SKU: AM23CA01 -
Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World
CHALCEDONY COPPER
CHALCEDONY COPPER
Aussie Chalcedony Copper Specimen with Malachite for your mineral collection. An interesting Copper metal specimen with many associated minerals from the Kapunda Copper Mine. Check out the pics to see details of tiny Quartz crystals on botryoidal Chalcedony. I can also see Cuprite and some other unidentified minerals in this specimen.
Location:
Kapunda Copper Mine, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
8.5cm x 1.6cm x 5.5cm, 284g.SKU: AM23CC01 -
Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World
CHALCEDONY MANGANESE
Aussie Chalcedony Manganese specimen for sale. An interesting botryoidal grey blue Chalcedony on black Manganese to add to your Aussie collection. Rarely offered for sale and not often collected as it’s not the prettiest looking rock on the ground. From the famous fossicking area of Mount Isa.
Location:
Hardway Mine, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
7cm x 7.4cm x 6cm, 210g.CHALCEDONY
Chalcedony is a variety of Quartz. A general term for all varieties of quartz that are made of microcrystalline varieties of quartz. Examples are the different types of agate, jasper, chert, chrysoprase, onyx, pietersite, etc.
Mentioned by Agricola (1546) of a stone named for the town of Chalcedon, and is a district within the city of Istanbul, Turkey.[mas_static_content id=”51408″]
SKU: AM23CM01 -
Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World, Rock 'n Slabs, Rocks
ATLANTISITE SERPENTINE STICHTITE ROCK
Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World, Rock 'n Slabs, RocksATLANTISITE SERPENTINE STICHTITE ROCK
An Atalantisite Serpentine Stichtite Rock to add to your collection or for jewel. We reckon this beautiful Aussie stone is under appreciated! It features an unusual combination of bright green and deep purple colouring throughout. This rock has a good amount of deep purple stichtite to green serpentine. When cut and polished it will look absolutely stunning. A solid specimen with good colour ready for Lapidary work. Pics taken outside in natural sunlight, some wet some dry.
Location:
Dundas, Tasmania.Dimensions:
9.4cm x 6.5cm x 3.1cm, 184g.Serpentine:
(Mg,Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4.Stichtite:
Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16 · 4H2O.SKU: AM23ASS01 -
Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World
MUSCOVITE MICA AUSSIE 2
Muscovite Mica Aussie Specimen. Featuring many slim sheets of Mica together. This lovely silvery Mineral possesses special properties like electrical, thermal and electromagnetic insulation and shielding. We have personally measured these properties with a Trifield meter for shielding and Mica is one of the best natural radiation shields. It has been used scientifically for these purposes for well over a hundred years. Mica can be flaky and comes apart in thin sheets much like flexible plastic. It is a popular and unusual mineral that appeals to people of all ages. Muscovite is just one variety of Mica, named for the Russian province of Muscovy, known for its sheet mica. This specimen comes with the small dispay stand shown in one of the pics.
Location:
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
9cm x 7.5cm x 0.6cm, 56g.SKU: AM22MM0-2 -
Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World
MUSCOVITE MICA AUSSIE 1
Muscovite Mica Aussie 1 Specimen. Featuring many slim sheets of Mica together. This lovely silvery Mineral possesses special properties like electrical, thermal and electromagnetic insulation and shielding. We have personally measured these properties with a Trifield meter for shielding and Mica is one of the best natural radiation shields. It has been used scientifically for these purposes for well over a hundred years. Mica can be flaky and comes apart in thin sheets much like flexible plastic. It is a popular and unusual mineral that appeals to people of all ages. Muscovite is just one variety of Mica, named for the Russian province of Muscovy, known for its sheet mica. This specimen comes with the small dispay stand shown in one of the pics.
Location:
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
19cm x 16cm x 0.9cm, 347g.SKU: AM22MM01
