…is now available here. https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/09/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-9/ This month, in this 64 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: 2022 Ballarat Gem and Mineral Show Gold on Copper from the Carmen de Andacollo Mine, Chile. Rolf tells us about some interesting copper specimens from Chile. An Indian Mud Map. Noel gets...
…is on this coming weekend. I will be there demonstrating my mineral artwork.
…is now available here. This month, in this 88 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: In case you missed it… Locality Snippet – Ma’ale Adumim, Palestine, a locality with some interesting and unique minerals and geology. Mineral Snippet – Narsarsukite. Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 1, Part 18...
…is now available here. This month, in this 93 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Mineral Snippet – Henmilite. Hardness and the Hardness of Minerals. Do you know the difference between indentation hardness, rebound hardness, and scratch hardness? I didn’t. Noel Kennon explains. Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume...
This video is focussed on the Platt Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, best known for its specimens of crocoite and pyromorphite. It takes me back. I collected underground here at the Platt Mine many many years ago. I was in the pyromorphite zone with my daughter and then leaseholder, Bruce Stark, when...
…is now available here. This month, in this 63 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Locality Snippet – French Guiana. Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 16 – Clausthalite to Cobaltaustinite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/05/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-5/ This month, in this 67 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Minerals and Elements: Boron – The next in the series on elements and minerals. Boron occurs mainly in borates and borosilicates. Locality Snippet – Marie Mine, Carbon Co., Montana, USA Micros of...
Micromount Club Zoom Session 22 07 – Introduction to WordPress is now available here. I walked through the basics of WordPress and explained how I set up and use my site, pebblecollection.com, for cataloguing minerals. Check out previous videos here.
Last weekend, I headed over to South Australia to visit the Tea Tree Gully Gem and Mineral Club Show. Here is a short video report…
…is now available here. This month, in this 70 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Locality Snippet – Bieber, Germany. The Bieber area is the Type Locality for bieberite and rösslerite. Mineral Snippet – Newberyite. James tells us about James Cosmo Newbery and this rare cave mineral named...
This Collector’s Guide is now available as either an electronic issue or as a printed book. The Lake Boga quarry in northwest Victoria has been known to produce a range of interesting minerals. More than 70 species have been identified, including copper and uranium phosphates amongst others. Three minerals have...
…is now available here sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/03/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-3 This month, in this 91 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Editorial Sample Mineral Collection – Rolf tells us about the different types of collections he used to make. Minerals and Elements: Lithium – The next in the series on elements and minerals....
Gold, n.:“A soft malleable metal relatively scarce in distribution. It is mined deep in the earth by poor men who then give it to rich men who immediately bury it back in the earth in great prisons, although gold hasn’t done anything to them.“ Mike Harding, “The Armchair Anarchist’s Almanac”...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/02/13/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-2/ This month, in this 81 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Minerals and Elements: Helium. – The next in the series on elements and minerals. A Location Named China Camp near Wickenburg Arizona – Rolf tells us about a find of minerals left...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/01/14/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-1/ This month, in this 85 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Minerals and Elements: Hydrogen – The first of a series on elements and minerals. Washington Camp – Duquesne, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona – Rolf tells us about the mines and minerals in...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2021/12/16/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-4-issue-12. This month, in this 121 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Editorial The Graulai Quarry in the Volcanic Eifel in Germany. Henk describes recent finds from this prolific micromineral-producing locality in Germany. Mineral Snippet – Stichtite. James tells us everything we need to...
…is now available here sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2021/11/12/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-4-issue-11. This month, in this 79 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Mineral Snippet – Genthelvite. James tells us everything we need to know about this rare beryllium mineral. Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 1, Part 9 – Botallackite to Buttgenbachite. The next installment...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 10 is now available here. This month, in this 80 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Editorial Scottish Mineral Show. Been missing mineral shows? Dagmara reports on the recently-held Scottish Mineral Show. Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 1, Part 8 – Bianchite...
Went out for a drive today to see the Byaduk Caves on the western slope of Mount Napier, western Victoria. Mount Napier is thought to have erupted around 40,000 years ago, so geologically is still young. The volcano is mainly a lava shield with a breached scoria cone. Lava flowed...
Broken Hill Under the Scope is a presentation held on Zoom today, and is now available on YouTube…
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 9 is now available here. This month, in this 73 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: A short note on the occurrence of Molybdenite at Mount Stronach, Tasmania. Having visited and collected at this Tasmanian molybdenite spot described by James, I can...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 8 is now available here.This month, in this 82 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 6 – Babingtonite to bayldonite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded...
I got a Mindat Photo of the Day (again) with this ilmenite specimen from Lethbridge Quarry, Victoria.
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 7 is now available. This month, in this 104 page full-colour issue, there is lots of blue! And we have the following articles: Mineral Snippet – Goosecreekite Turquoise in Massive and Crystal Forms – Rolf tells us about turquoise specimens from around the world....
I got a Mindat Photo of the Day with this aragonite specimen from Ben Lomond, New South Wales.
Hard to capture jackstraw groups like this, particularly when it is a white or colourless mineral…
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 6 is now available. This month, in this 68 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Bob Rothenberg Mineral Snippet – Babingtonite Collecting at the Old Yuma Mine, Arizona. Rolf takes us to the Old Yuma Mine, Arizona, when it was accessible to...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 5 is now available. This month, in this 78 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Prehnite Occurrence in the Chaillol Massif, France. On the hunt for prehnite and other minerals with Stephane in the French Alps. The El Tigre Mine in the...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 4 Issue 4 is now available. This month, in this 59 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Mineral Snippet – Hausmannite Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 2 – Allargentum to Angastonite. The second installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1500 or...
An excellent video on crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, produced by Blue Cap Productions…
Monthly Mineral Chronicles volume 4 issue 3 is now available. This month, in this 90 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Shows and Stuff… Slowly moving to a “Covid Normal”. One Show at a time. Illustrated Minerals of Australia – Volume 1, Part 1 – Acanthite to Allanite....
Monthly Mineral Chronicles volume 4 issue 2 is now available. This month, in this 75 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: The Show Must Go On [Line] – a Virtual Tucson show! Story of an Old Mineral Collection – Rolf introduces us to an old collection with links...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 4 issue 1 is now available. For the start of a new year, one full of hope(!), we have a new look. This month, in this 58 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Cutting Cabochon Days, Rolf Luetcke. Rolf takes us back to the...
This is a conspicuous deep lead tailings dump on Rodborough Road, Majorca, but I have not been able (so far) to locate any information about it. There are other nearby mines listed by the Victorian Heritage Council, but this one doesn’t appear to be in there.
Google Maps Satellite View (or Google Earth) is a technology that can be very helpful in locating places of interest with a view to potentially visiting (subject, of course, to having the necessary permission). This image of an area in the Central Goldfields Region of Victoria clearly shows shafts dug...
With the kids away, we went for a picnic Xmas lunch today. Came across this mine dump in our travels. The New Victoria Mine, Waterloo, Victoria. Sunk to access the Waterloo Lead, one of the deep leads in the area. Waterloo is a small locality about 9km north of Beaufort....
Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 12 is now available. This month, in this 77 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles:* Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 5* Preserving Provenance – every specimen has a story… until it doesn’t* Tres Alamos Wash Prospect, north of...
Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 3 issue 11 is now available. This month, in this 71 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: Show News Franklin Gem & Mineral Show NY-NJ Gem Show Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 4 Mineral Snippet – Luinaite-(OH) Gallagher and Manila...
Regional Guide to Victorian Geology, John McAndrew and Marcus Marsden. Quite a useful publication, and available on the Internet Wayback Machine (archive.org) here.
Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 3 issue 10 is now available. This month, in this 53 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles: 2020 – the year that keeps on giving! Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 3 The Destiny of a Collection The Denver Show 2020...
Video from this week’s presentation on the uranium minerals from Lake Boga, Victoria, to the Micromount Club Zoom meeting, is now available…
I have created another six mineral-themed face masks via Redbubble. These are of a variety of minerals from around the world. So far, there are masks containing crocoite (some with other species) from the Adelaide Mine (2), Red Lead Mine, Magnet Mine, Dundas Extended Mine and Kapi Mine, and the...
…is now available on Sorrell Publications.
…is now available on Sorrell Publications.
Given the current situation, and that face masks are becoming more the norm, I have decided to create a series of mineral-themed face masks via Redbubble. Six designs are currently available, all of which feature the Tasmanian mineral emblem, crocoite. Right now, Redbubble are also offering 20% off if you...
Yesterday I was fortunate to be able to visit, and go underground in, a couple of gold mines in the Central Goldfields region of Victoria. One is predominantly slate and the other sandstone. Both have quartz veins rich in gold and sulphide minerals. I have identified pyrite, galena and sphalerite...
Planning a trip to the Land of the Long White Cloud? Want to know where to go to see geological features, museums, etc.? The Geoscience Society of New Zealand has a website with information about GeoTrips that you can make while in New Zealand. A few are virtual trips only...
A Sway created sometime back from a presentation that I gave. See also…
Greenockite is fairly common in Australian lead-zinc orebodies, but generally occurs as a bright yellow coating or crust. Woodlawn produced some of the nicest crystals that have been found, if not a little small. Deep red crystals on orange coatings over an even earlier spherical generation in cavities in sulphide...
