Keith Compton's Photo Gallery

WVD-F35Newberyite Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O

Skipton Caves, Mount Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia

Dimensions: 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, USA

Dimensions: 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, UK

Dimensions: 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, USA

Dimensions: 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, China

Dimensions: 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, UK

Dimensions: 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, Australia

Dimensions: 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, Australia

Dimensions: 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, Australia

Dimensions: 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, Australia

Dimensions: 38 mm x 50 mm x 25 mm

Copper

A small cluster of branching Copper xls.
No matrix.