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Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.5x4cm
Tiny prismatic crystals completly covering one side of the matrix. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Duran
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Ankerite on Quartz after Calcite
Silver Queen Mine, Maratoto, Paeroa New Zealand
8x7 cm
ex Arline Broad Collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Ankerite on Quartz after Calcite
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Ankerite on Quartz after Calcite
Silver Queen Mine, Maratoto Paeroa, New Zealand
6.5x5.5 cm
ex Arline Broad Collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Ankerite on Quartz after Calcite
S
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Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
6x5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Wa
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Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
6x4.5cm
On a quartz base. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Wa
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Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
8x5cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Wa
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Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
8x5cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine
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Barite
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco, Peru
7.5x5.5cm
I like this because it is stark white, hard to photograph. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Barite
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago d
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Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Russia
5.5x4.5cm
The main crystal is 3cm on edge, composed of stacked rhombahedra giving the termination a very rounded apperance. It is a soft pink colour with minor white calcite crystals surrounding it. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Russia
5.5x4.5
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Calcite
Daye County, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei, China
5.7x5.7cm
Striking striations on the termination of this crystal. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Daye County, Huangshi Pref
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Calcite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
12x9 cm
The Golden Cross Mine was re opened in 1991 for gold and silver production, closing in 1998. Mostly calcite specimens were preserved (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi,
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Calcite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
7x7cm
A single crystal, fairly coarse surface but a good luster. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi,
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Calcite
Hunan Province, China
8.3x6.3cm
Colourless and lusterous calcite crystal cluster. Sorry, no more accurate location. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Hunan Province, China
8.3x
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Calcite
Hunan Province, China
8.3x6.3cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Hunan Province, China
8.3x
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Calcite
North Vernon, Indiana, USA
5.5x4.5cm
Nicely balanced and great luster. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
North Vernon, Indiana, USA
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Calcite
Pachapaqui Dist, Bolognesi Prov, Ancash Dept, Peru
6x5.5cm
Another view. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Pachapaqui Dist, Bolognesi
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Calcite
Pachapaqui Dist, Bolognesi Prov, Ancash Dept, Peru
6x5.5cm
Highly flattened rhombahedral crystals to 3x0.4cm of a soft pink colour. Minor quartz in association. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Pachapaqui Dist, Bolognesi
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Calcite
Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia
5.2x2.7cm
Clear and lusterous on the top half with very defined striations on the termination faces. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Second Sovietskiy Mine, Da
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Calcite
Verkhnii Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
13x10.5x10.5 cm
A large light pink calcite, the prism faces are all complete but two of them are roughly formed. Collected 2012. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Verkhnii Mine, Dal’n
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Calcite
Zeehan Mine, Puhoi Valley, Thames, New Zealand
8x6 cm
ex John Collins Collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Zeehan Mine, Puhoi Valley,
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Calcite
Zeehan Mine, Puhoi Valley, Thames, New Zealand
8x6 cm
ex John Collins Collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite
Zeehan Mine, Puhoi Valley,
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Calcite on Sphalerite with Galena
Dalnegorsk, Russia
8.7x5.5cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite on Sphalerite with Galena
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Calcite with Stilbite
Lonavala, India
7x5cm
A complete calcite rhomb of a very soft yellow colour 4cm on edge, sprinkled with tiny apophyllite crystals. Stilbite crystals to 4.5cm and bright green apophyllite to 5mm on the back. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Calcite with Stilbite
Lonavala, In
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Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
5x5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Ar
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Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
6.5x4 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Ar
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Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
7x6 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Ar
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Cerussite on Dundasite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
4.5x3.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Cerussite on Dundasite
Level 2, Tu
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Cobaltoan Calcite
Agoudal MIne, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Morocco
8x6.3 cm
Brilliant purplish pink slightly prismatic crystals in a complete mound. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Cobaltoan Calcite
Agoudal MIne, Bo
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Entrance to Tinkers Gully. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Entrance to Tinkers Gully.
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Fluorite on Quartz
Burtree Pasture Mine, Cowshill, Weardale Co, UK
8.7x6.5cm
Slightly elongated crystals, the underside of the specimen is crystaline quartz. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Fluorite on Quartz
Burtree Pasture
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Fluorite on sphalerite with barite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
10.5x10cm
A fluorite cube with 2 transparent corners on sphalerite. Small barite cluster at the back. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Fluorite on sphalerite with barite
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Fluorite, Sphalerite and Dolomite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
8.5x5.7cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Fluorite, Sphalerite and Dolomite
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Gold in Quartz
Thames area, Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand
6.3x4.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Gold in Quartz
Thames area, Coroma
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Gypsum
Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand
5x4.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Gypsum
Bannockburn, Otago, New Zea
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Gypsum
Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand
5x4 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Gypsum
Bannockburn, Otago, New Zea
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Gypsum
South Australia
14x12 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Gypsum
South Australia
14x12 cm
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Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
7.5x2.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Z
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Linarite on Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
8.5x6.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Linarite on Cerussite
Level 2, Tui
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Opal (variety Hyalite)
Square Top Mt., Queensland, Australia
5.5x4.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Opal (variety Hyalite)
Square Top
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Pyrrhotite, Quartz and Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Russia
7.7x4.7cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Pyrrhotite, Quartz and Calcite
Dal
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Quartz
2nd Sovietskiy mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia
8.5x6cm
A complete floater cluster of colourless bipyramidal quartz crystals to approx 2cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
2nd Sovietskiy mine, Dalneg
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Quartz
309 Rd, Whitianga, New Zealand
18x12cm
A larger cluster of fat quartz crystals with a secondary quartz overgrowth, no matrix. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
309 Rd, Whitianga, New Zeal
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Quartz
309 Rd, Whitianga, New Zealand
7x6cm
Another shot of the same. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
309 Rd, Whitianga, New Zeal
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Quartz
309 Rd,Whitianga, New Zealand
7x6cm
A cluster of 3 fat quartz crystals witha secondary quartz overgrowth, no matrix. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
309 Rd,Whitianga, New Zeala
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Quartz
Brandberg, Namibia
8.5x7.5cm
Smokey Quartz with really well defined windows. I have tried to photograph this so many times, this is as good as I can get it! (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Brandberg, Namibia
8.5x7.5c
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Quartz
Jeffrey Quarry, Arkansas, USA
9x5cm
Complete floater cluster of solution quartz. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Jeffrey Quarry, Arkansas, U
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Quartz
Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
9x5cm
Solution Quartz. A better view I hope? (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pu
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Quartz
Kaimarama Stream, Whitianga, New Zealand
12.5x9cm
Another milky quartz cluster with crystals to 3cm. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Kaimarama Stream, Whitianga
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Quartz
Kaimarama Stream, Whitianga, New Zealand
9x7cm
Cluster of milky quartz crystals to approx 2cm. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Kaimarama Stream, Whitianga
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Quartz
Kulu Valley, North India
5.2x5.2cm
Quartz w Chlorite Phantoms (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Kulu Valley, North India
5.
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Quartz
Lechang Mine, Shaoguan Prefecture, Gandong Prov, China
7x5cm
This is very similar to the quartz known as Herkimer Diamonds, all double terminated on a small shard of matrix (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Lechang Mine, Shaoguan Pref
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Quartz
Level 7 United MIne, Maratoto, New Zealand
16x13x11cm
Quartz Vug (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United MIne, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
7.5x5cm
A close up. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
7.5x5cm
These are like a corroded epimorph after calcite. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
12x7.5cm
A close up. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
12x7.5cm
When I found this I could only feel the tops of the spikey crystals, a nice surprise when I washed it off. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
5.5x4cm
Another view (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
5.5x4cm
This is complete all around, the crystals are milky at the base and clear at the ends. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7 United Mine, Marato
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Quartz
Level 7, United Mine, Maratoto, Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand
11x7cm
The outside of this vug is composed of quartz pseudomorphs after calcite, the inside small but bright quartz crystals. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7, United Mine, Marat
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Quartz
Level 7, United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
8x7cm
A partial vug lined with tiny quartz crystals, the exterrior of the vug shows pseudomorphic quartz after calcite.
Ex Arline Broad collection. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7, United Mine, Marat
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Quartz
Level 7, United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
13.5x7cm
A mound of crystals milky at the base and clear at the points on a bed of smaller crystals. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 7, United Mine, Marat
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Quartz
Level 8, Komata Reefs Mine, Komata, New Zealand
10.5x5.5cm
A burr of quartz crystals, the top crystals lying flat are double terminated. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Level 8, Komata Reefs Mine,
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Quartz
Maratoto, Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand
2x7cm
A complete covering of tiny but very prismatic quartz crystals on a solid quartz matrix. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Maratoto, Coromandel Penins
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Quartz
Porretta Terme, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
10x7 cm
A complete floater cluster of nearly colourless fenster quartz, brilliant luster. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Porretta Terme, Bologna, Em
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
9x7cm
Again, quartz crystals with a heavy secondary overgrowth of quartz. Main crystal approx 7cm.
Self collected 2006 (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
8.5x8.5cm
A slender crystal approx 5cm long with heavy secondary growth of quartz over the prism faces. This sitting on a bed of smaller quartz crystals.
ex George Judge collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
9x8cm
The same piece from the back. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
9x8cm
Two large crystals, frosty but lusterous with a heavy overgrowth of secondary crystals. This is far above average for NZ quartz.
ex George Judge collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
11x6cm
A cluster of clear prismatic quartz crystals with a secondary quart overgrowth along the prism faces. This growing paralell to the main crystals.
ex George Judge collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
8.5x6.5cm
A mound of stubby terminations (typical for this area) with crystals to 3cm which are coated in tiny sugary quartz crystals.
Self collected 2003 (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
12x8cm
A cluster of quartz crystals, the crystals standing up at the back quite flattened.
Collected by George Judge ex Arline Broad collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu Creek, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu River, Thames, New Zealand
7x5cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu River, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Tararu River, Thames, New Zealand
10x9.5cm
Self collected from a large pocket we broke into. Small crystals but very bright (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tararu River, Thames, New Z
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Quartz
Te Puru River, Thames, New Zealand
10.5x9cm
Colourless crystals with overgrowth of white quartz. Collected by George Judge ex collection of Arline Broad (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Te Puru River, Thames, New
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Quartz
Telluride Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
17x13cm
Quartz Vug. The outside of this piece shows the cast of previous calcite crystals. This is typical of material from this area. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Telluride Mine, Maratoto, N
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Quartz
Tinkers Gully, Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
9.5x7.5 cm
And another, virtually no prism faces (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tinkers Gully, Tararu Creek
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Quartz
Tinkers Gully, Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
10.5x7.5 cm
Another example (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tinkers Gully, Tararu Creek
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Quartz
Tinkers Gully, Tararu Creek, Thames, New Zealand
12x8.5 cm
Fairly typical of the material from this find/location, small slightly prismatic crystals in fairly large clusters (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Tinkers Gully, Tararu Creek
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Quartz
Waziristan, Pakistan
10x3.7cm
Quartz Faden (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Waziristan, Pakistan
10x3.7
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Quartz
Whangapoa Area, Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand
7x5cm
Another view of the above specimen. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Whangapoa Area, Coromandel
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Quartz
Whangapoa Area, Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand
7x5cm
Large quartz crystals on a bed of tiny quartz crystals.
Ex George Judge Collection (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Whangapoa Area, Coromandel
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Quartz with Actinolite Inclusions on Garnet
Sinerechenskoe Dept, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
8.5x6cm
Prismatic crystals flaring out towards the terminations on a garnet matrix. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz with Actinolite Inclusions
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Quartz, Calcite
Level 7 United MIne, Maratoto, New Zealand
19x15cm
Quartz on small blades after Calcite. The back of this piece is composed of coarse casts of quartz after calcite (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz, Calcite
Level 7 United MIn
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Quartz, Calcite
Level 7, United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
12x7.5cm
Quartz on Quartz after Calcite (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz, Calcite
Level 7, United Mi
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Quartz, Calcite
Level 7, United Mine, Maratoto, New Zealand
Area shown 3x3cm
Quartz on Quartz after Calcite (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz, Calcite
Level 7, United Mi
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Quartz
United Mine (United Gold Mine), Maratoto, North Island, New Zealand
5.5cm tall (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
United Mine (United Gol
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Quartz
Waiomu Valley, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
20x16x6cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Quartz
Waiomu Valley, Thames,
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Rhodochrosite with fluorite, pyrite & apatite
Nates Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, USA
4.5x3.3cm
This is my honeymoon rock, our honeymoon just happened to coincide with the Australian Gemboree :) (Author: Greg Lilly)
Rhodochrosite with fluorite, pyrit
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Rhodochrosite with fluorite, pyrite & fluorapatite
Nates Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
4.5x3.3cm
Re post, you can now see the fluorite! (Author: Greg Lilly)
Rhodochrosite with fluorite, pyrit
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Road along side Tararu River. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Road along side Tararu River.
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Siderite, Sphalerite
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Prov, South Africa
9.8x6cm
Siderite and Sphalerite after Calcite (Author: Greg Lilly)
Siderite, Sphalerite
Aggeneys, Nor
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Smithsonite
Broken Hill, NSW Australia
8x5.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Smithsonite
Broken Hill, NSW Austr
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Stilbite with Quartz
Coonabarabran, NSW Australia
9x6.5 cm (Author: Greg Lilly)
Stilbite with Quartz
Coonabarabran
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Tinkers Gully. (Author: Greg Lilly)
Tinkers Gully.