Geert Buters' Photo Gallery
VE1-89WPollucite (Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O , Lepidolite
Sinclair Caesium Deposit, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaDimensions: 115 mm x 70 mm
Sample is mostly pollucite; darker wave-like patches at the bottom are lepidolite. There is also an unidentified pinkish mineral along cracks at top left and on the right. The sample is a polished slab.
SG=2.85; grains isotropic under XPL; RI approx. 1.52
T2T-G8DBeryl Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Mount Farmer Mine, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaDimensions: 65 mm x 65 mm
This specimen measures 65mm across the termination.
24T-F62Fluorite CaF2
Mount Farmer Mine, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaField of View: 500 mm
Just a few fluorite specimens from the dump of the Main Mount Farmer pegmatite. Disregard dimensions, see Estwing for size.
tailings Wittenoom Gorge mine
Wittenoom Gorge Mine, Wittenoom Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaAsbestos tailings extending from the rim of Wittenoom Gorge down to the creek at the bottom.
ECM-Q09Tiger's Eye
Wittenoom Gorge Mine, Wittenoom Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaDimensions: 38 mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
Weight: 20 g
This is a chip off a largish block of jaspillite with layers of tiger eye running though it, found in Wittenoom Gorge.
TYL-5UVCassiterite SnO2
Barbara Gold Mine, Hampton group, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, AustraliaField of View: 400 μm
cassiterite on quartz
Image by Peter Downes (Museum of Western Australia) taken at CSIRO (Perth)from a specimen in the Geert Buters collection.