I first created geology themed cartoons back in the late 1990s in a series called The Fault Line, published in the Mineralogical Society of Tasmania newsletters. Time to bring them into the 21st Century! Intro and exit created through Viddyoze, artwork created with Procreate, video editing Animotica, and music and...
A nice little spiky calcite specimen from the Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria. There are two generations of calcite as can be seen on some of the terminations where the outer calcite “coat” is missing. The specimen measures 20mm across and is a...
Shifting into my monochrome phase. A photo of magnetite crystals from the Biggenden Mine, Queensland. Photo width is 5mm. A stack of 158 images processed through Zerene Stacker.
Issue 5 of the Monthly Mineral Chronicles is now available on Sorrell Publications.
Issue 4 of the Monthly Mineral Chronicles is now available on Sorrell Publications.
Zeolites of Tasmania, Steve Sorrell, 2003 I need to update this! 15 years ago, my photography skills were not that great, nor was the technology, and there have been many more finds since. Photo: Natrolite, Stanley, Tasmania
Flinders is a well-known collecting locality in southern Victoria, Australia, most notable for its zeolite minerals, particularly gmelinite.This publication explores the minerals that have been found here. You can access here.
Issue 2 and Issue 3 of the Monthly Mineral Chronicles are now available on Sorrell Publications.
Issue 1 of the Monthly Mineral Chronicles is now available on Sorrell Publications.
Each year, Dehne and Maureen McLaughlin head up to the Northern Territory from Tasmania, to mine for azurite sun specimens. And each year, Dehne writes about the progress and finds on theses ventures. He sends that information through to me to upload to Jordi Fabre’s Friends of Minerals Forum. You...
Main Lead is an area north of Beaufort, Victoria. It was the subject of an early gold rush (Fiery Creek) in the mid 1850s. I was fortunate to be able to visit the area today, with the Ballarat Field Naturalists. Old workings from the original gold rush, through to the...
This is the download page for issues of the Australia and New Zealand Micromineral News, a publication for those interested in micromounting or microminerals, and particularly in minerals from this region. In April 2011, a meeting of people interested in microminerals at the Bathurst Gemboree, with representatives from the Australian...
