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A short video highlighting some of the minerals included in the first volume of the Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Much gratitude goes to all of the people that have provided specimens and/or photos!
…is now available here. This month, in this 120(!) page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
Now available here. There are more than 1,500 species recorded in Australia, and this publication aims to illustrate more than half of those. Australia also has 186 Type Locality minerals (and counting). There are 715 full-colour pages in this first volume and it includes the minerals from acanthite through to cyrilovite....
Crocoite and pyromorphite from the Platt Mine, Dundas, Tasmania revealed in all its glory.
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 5 is now available here. This month, in this 71 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: See here for other issues.
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 4 is now available here. This month, in this 79 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: See here for other issues.
Mimetite is a popular mineral among collectors, and is a lead arsenate mineral. It is usually found in the oxidised zone of lead ore deposits, and occurs a variety of habits including flat tabular hexagonal crystals, long prismatic hexagonal crystals, rounded crystals, and even some that look fibrous! However, not...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 3 is now available here. This month, in this 78 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: See here for other issues.
If you’re a mineral collector, then you have likely encountered the zeolite mineral analcime. So in this post, we’ll discuss what this is, where it is found, its chemical and physical properties, and its uses. Analcime is a sodium aluminum silicate that is a zeolite group mineral, and that can...
There are many localities where you can find cerussite in Australia, and it is common in many other parts of the world. Cerussite is a lead carbonate mineral which is by and large found in the oxidized zone of lead-zinc ore deposits. Typically colourless to white in colour, cerussite may...
…is now available here.This month, in this 77 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 2, Part 5 – Erionite to Evansite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia. Density and Density of Minerals....
