Keith Compton's Photo Gallery
WVD-F35Newberyite Mg(PO3OH)·3H2O
Skipton Caves, Mount Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, AustraliaDimensions: 56 mm x 33 mm x 25 mm
Newberyite.
A floater cluster of rosettes of tabular, translucent grey-brown Newberyite xls. No Matrix.
Under both short wave and long wave UV light there are numerous flecks of yellow-green fluorescence (cause unknown).
0AR-WRNHematite Fe2O3
Iron Hill Mining District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 73 mm x 66 mm x 40 mm
Hematite
Dark chocolate brown botryoidal Hematite on earthy brown Hematite matrix.
XRT-4DJFluorite CaF2 , Galena PbS
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 103 mm x 81 mm x 91 mm
Fluorite.
A large cubic purple Fluorite xl with minor Fluorite xls including several small penetration twins.. Several small dull grey Galena xls on the side on a Quartz / Fluorite matrix.
My former No. 110 affixed.
CWY-26AFluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Royal Flush Mine, Garden Spring Canyon, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 164 mm x 75 mm x 42 mm
Fluorite.
Pale blue cubic Fluorite xls on a pale cream sugary quartz matrix.
My former label No. 196 attached.
TFL-409Fluorite CaF2
Ruyuan fluorite mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaDimensions: 114 mm x 81 mm x 65 mm
Fluorite.
Sea-green translucent cubic Fluorite xls on massive Fluorite.
No other matrix.
YA7-KGLFluorite CaF2
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKDimensions: 150 mm x 80 mm x 60 mm
Fluorite.
Emerald green, cubic Fluorite xls on Fluorite.
Sawn base.
54A-9NUMolybdenite MoS2 , Quartz SiO2
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDimensions: 54 mm x 36 mm x 19 mm
Molybdenite.
Distorted grey Molybdenite xls group.
Some small micro milky Quartz associated.
QWK-K4TMolybdenite MoS2 , Quartz SiO2
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDimensions: 58 mm x 38 mm x 18 mm
Molybdenite.
Distorted grey Molybdenite xls group.
Some small micro milky Quartz associated.
EFP-6C5Molybdenite MoS2 , Quartz SiO2
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDimensions: 55 mm x 42 mm x 20 mm
Molybdenite.
Silvery grey Molybdenite xls with milky Quartz.
4RM-TCFCopper Cu
Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, AustraliaDimensions: 38 mm x 50 mm x 25 mm
Copper
A small cluster of branching Copper xls.
No matrix.