Vic Cloete's Photo Gallery
L1J-5EMAlunite KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, AustraliaAlunite specimen collected about 2002, recently identified, fov 3mm
938-3U7Calcite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite) (Ca,Co)CO3
Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australiaanother 35mm specimen with malachite to enhance
JQ6-FJ0Calcite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite) (Ca,Co)CO3
Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia35mm specimen with malachite to enhance same
UD4-T7RCalcite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite) (Ca,Co)CO3
Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia35mm specimen, brilliant color
DY2-LX4Topaz Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USAinteresting scalloped formation in adjacent crystal surfaces near the terminaton FOV 2mm
7VW-N21Topaz Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USAinteresting reflective view showing typical surface castellation FOV 2mm
G1G-EPDPseudobrookite Fe2TiO5 , Bixbyite-(Mn) Mn3+2O3
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USALargest Crystal Size: 1 mm
unusual to see both species in one 1mm cluster?
8FX-VRVTopaz Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USAtransparent topaz with most attractive quartz inclusion FOV 2mm
8T5-VT0Molybdenite MoS2
Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australiathe tidiest 1.5mm "book' of molybdenite I have found
9H7-7JDBismuthinite Bi2S3
Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia1mm quadrant displaying a most unusual circular alignment of Bismuthinite needles, which are usually randomly scattered ...