WESTERN AUSTRALIA

TYPE MINERALS:

Pale to sky blue acicular micro crystals to 0.75 mm with dark blue, platy crystals of diaboleite associated with a few unidentified minerals possibly gartrellite and atacamite. Ex. Fred DeVito

Ex. Kidwell collection

Origin: Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)

Sample size: about 4 cm (top), 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm (bottom)

Origin: Mineral Claim 84, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)

Sample size: 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm (top/2nd row), 8.6 x 6.1 x 3.7 cm (3rd/4th/bottom row)

Biphosphammite

Brown powdery with other phosphates

Origin: Murra-El-Elevyn cave, Cocklebiddy, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: micromount

Carrboydite

Origin: Carr-Boyd Nickel Mine, Carr-Boyd Rocks, near Kalgoorly, W.A, Australia

Sample size: 9 x 7 x 0.5 mm

Sample owner: Ray Frost

Cassidyite

Clinobisvanite

Yellow crust in 1 cm area.

Yellow crust in 1 cm area, Ex. Kidwell collection

Ex. Polak collection

Origin: Londonderry quarry, Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 2 cm (top), 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm (bottom)

Danielsite

Ernienickelite

Very small reddish-black tabular crystals of ernienickelite on quartz

Origin: Siberia complex, Western Australia, Australia

Ferrocolumbite

Formanite-(Y)

Gartrellite

Yellow to greenish-yellow fine-grained coatings with chenevixite

Origin: Ashburton downs, Western Australia (type locality)

Sample size: 1.5 x 2.5 cm

Origin: Bali Hi, Western Australia, Australia (co-type locality)

Sample size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1 cm

Ex. Kidwell collection

Origin: Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 2 x 1 cm x 6 mm (top), 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm (bottom)

Origin: Anticline prospect, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)

Sample size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm

Georgeite

Glaukosphaerite

Origin: Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Goongarrie, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 4.6 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm

Holtite

Hydrohonessite

Origin: Widgiemooltha, WA, Australia

Sample size: 2.5x1.5x1cm with light yellow powdery of earthy hydrohonessite and green gaspeite

Origin: Widgiemooltha, WA, Australia

Sample size: 3 x 6 cm

Hydrohonnesite with light green gaspeite

Origin: Otter Shoot, Kambalda, W.A., Australia

Sample size: 5 x 3.3 x 3.5 cm

Sample owner: Ray Frost

Jeppeite

Black prismatic crystals with priderite

Origin: Walgidee Hills pegmatite, Kimberley, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)

Sample size: 1 x 1.8 cm

Dark grains in lamproite matrix associated with priderite and wardite. Sawed slab.

Origin: Smoke Creek lamproite pipe, Kimberly, Western Australia, Australia (Assumed locality)

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 6.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm

Kambaldaite

Light green kambaldaite

Origin: Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australia

Picture size: 3 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

Green crystals on gaspeite

Origin: Kambalda, WA, Australia

Sample size: 1 x 3.5 cm

Bright apple green acicular crystals in radial sprays to about 0.3 mm and crusts on waxy gaspeite.

Origin: Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm

Small clusters of tiny (20 microns) black metallic acicular crystals in/on phlogopite

Origin: Jimberlana Dyke, Norseman, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm

Origin: Mount Keith nickel deposit, Western Australia, Australia

Picture size: 2 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

Rose pink soft, platy aggregates as grains to 1mm as an alterations in nickel rich serpentinized matrix associated with excellent micro crystals of magnetite.

Origin: Mt. Keith, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm

Mundrabillaite

Nickelblödite

Nullaginite