This specimen previously belonged to the late Judy Rowe who collected often in New Zealand.
Maunganui Bluff, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Maunganui Bluff is about 160km northwest of Auckland, New Zealand’s capital. Collecting is among the rocks on the beach, best at low tide. There are a range of zeolites that…
Laumontite, Mordenite, Calcite, Waitekauri, New Zealand
Tiny rhombs of colourless calcite with opaque white laumontite on fibrous mordenite. Laumontite, Mordenite, Calcite, Waitekauri, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand. Width of view 11mm.
Waitekauri, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Tucked away in a quiet valley in the Coromandel Peninsula, the area around Waitekauri is now a peaceful landscape of regenerating bush, but its ghostly remnants of mining machinery tell…
Gold, Hokitika, New Zealand
Hokitika was founded during the West Coast gold rushes in 1864. Examples of gold from the local rivers can be purchased at tourist shops. Below: Gold, Hokitika, Westland District, West…
Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand
Hokitika, on the west coast of the South Island, is a town whose entire identity, from its deep Māori history to its explosive European settlement, is inextricably linked to its…
Gold, Hokitika, New Zealand
Hokitika was founded during the West Coast gold rushes in 1864. Examples of gold from the local rivers can be purchased at tourist shops. Below: Gold, Hokitika, Westland District, West…
Siderite, Chabazite-Na, Apatite, Chlorite, Bickers Quarry, New Zealand
Siderite is a very common mineral, in lustrous or iridescent deep brown forms, rarely in paler brown translucent balls. Generally it is in sheaf-like bundles, occasionally in ‘bow-ties’. It does…
Siderite, Orthoclase, Bickers Quarry, New Zealand
Siderite is a very common mineral, in lustrous or iridescent deep brown forms, rarely in paler brown translucent balls. Generally it is in sheaf-like bundles, occasionally in ‘bow-ties’. It does…
Phillipsite, Bickers Quarry, New Zealand
Phillipsite has been found as crystals in the classic phillipsite form as larger (1mm) crackled clear crystals, associated with barite and clear barrel-shaped chabazite. It also occurs as minute creamy…
Magnetite, Siderite, Apatite, Chlorite, Chabazite-Na, Orthoclase, Bickers Quarry, New Zealand
Black magnetite octahedra, some with traces of chlorite on their faces, some of which are stepped. Some magnetite crystals are completely encased in chlorite. Blocky orthoclase crystals form part of…
Gypsum, Chabazite-Na, Bickers Quarry, New Zealand
Gypsum tends to usually occur alone or with barite, chabazite-Na and analcime in the more weathered rock. It forms sprays of clear needles, or larger flat crystals. Below: Gypsum, chabazite-Na,…