James Melville's Photo Gallery

8H3-H7GNifontovite Ca₃B₆O₆(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂

Shijiangshan mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China

Field of View: 22 mm

Colorless crystals of Nifontovite on matrix from the Shijiangshan Mine, Inner Mongolia, China.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

J51-UX8Nontronite Na_0.3Fe₂((Si,Al)₄O₁₀)(OH)₂·nH₂O

Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 55 mm

Bright green-yellow Nontronite from the Kara Mine, Hampshire, Tasmania.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

D2V-W25Pyrite FeS₂ , Natrolite Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O , Calcite CaCO₃

Avebury Nickel Deposit, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 30 mm

Spherical Pyrite on fibrous Natrolite with Calcite.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

MPU-7QXBrucite Mg(OH)₂

Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Deposit, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 90 mm

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

70P-X62Brucite Mg(OH)₂

Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Deposit, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 80 mm

Brucite from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

7KX-TT7Tochilinite Fe²⁺_5-6(Mg,Fe²⁺)₅S₆(OH)₁₀ , Brucite Mg(OH)₂ , Scheelite Ca(WO₄)

Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Deposit, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dimensions: 75 mm x 51 mm x 30 mm
Field of View: 95.3 mm

Charcoal black-grey Tochilinite associated with yellow Brucite and small white Scheelite crystals from 1925m RL of the Viking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. This material was recently analysed by Ralph Bottrill. Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

A9Y-2A2Brownmillerite Ca₂(Al,Fe³⁺)₂O₅

Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Field of View: 5 mm

Reddish-brown crystals of Brownmillerite from the TL.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

KXW-E0UMagnesio-lucchesiite CaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O

San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Field of View: 5 mm

Magnesio-lucchesiite from the TL, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

VKU-QPLGiacovazzoite K₅Fe³⁺₃O(SO₄)₆·10H₂O , Scordariite K₈(Fe³⁺_0.67◻_0.33)[Fe³⁺₃O(SO₄)₆]₂·14H₂O

Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Field of View: 6 mm

Orange transparent prismatic giacovazzoite from the type locality Monte Arsiccio Mine, Tuscany, Italy. Associated with yellow scordariite.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)

57T-3EYMoolooite Cu(C₂O₄)·nH₂O

Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

Field of View: 5 mm

Bluish-green Moolooite with Copper from the Sarbai Deposit, Kazakhstan.
Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)