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Hi there. I am a mineral enthusiast, artist, photographer and publisher. I believe in the importance of sharing information about minerals and related subjects. Mineral Matters is one way of doing this.

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Every Picture Tells a Story 23

Day 23…

Broken Hill is a favourite, not just of mine, but of many collectors in Australia and around the world. And one of the species that is “up there” is marshite. This specimen is unusual in that it is more yellow than normal, with man...

10 days ago
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Every Picture Tells a Story 22

Day 22…

I like things that are a little bit unusual. The chrysocolla after the chalcotrichite form of cuprite from Villecun in France, is one of those things. In nearby cavities just a few millimetres away, there is unaltered chalcotrichit...

11 days ago
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Every Picture Tells a Story 21

Day 21…

Aranga Quarry in New Zealand is one of only a small number of localities in the world where cavansite occurs. This specimen, originally in Jo Price’s micro collection, hosts nine cavansites, all of them an unusual flattened disc of...

12 days ago
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Every Picture Tells a Story 20

Day 20…

Many mineral collectors have a soft spot for Tsumeb specimens. I have a few in my collection, but this would be one of my favourites. Sharp wulfenite crystals perched on native copper. I haven’t seen anything similar.

Below: Wulfe...

13 days ago
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Every Picture Tells a Story 19

Day 19…

This rare zeolite, gobbinsite, doesn’t usually occur as sharp crystals, except for a couple of localities. The best-known is the Poudrette Quarry in Canada.

In the late 2000s, a few specimens were found in material from the Bundo...

14 days ago
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    I am a mineral enthusiast, artist, photographer and publisher in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. I am also interested in many aspects of science and nature, and am currently learning Japanese.

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