Vale Jo Price

Mineral Matters #377

Some sad news. I have just heard that Melbourne collector Jo Price has passed away.

Jo was a long-time member of the Mineralogical Society of Victoria micro-mineral group. She enjoyed collecting and swapping specimens, and her collection contained a large range of minerals from Australian and overseas localities.

A number of years ago, Jo got in touch with me. She was about to move into smaller accommodation, and wanted to pass on some of her micro mineral collection. I purchased a few thousand micros from her. The remainder of her collection was donated to the Mineralogical Society of Victoria in the last year, and is currently being dispersed.

A few of Jo’s micros are shown below, now in my collection.

RIP Jo Price.

Below Pyromorphite, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales. Width of view 4.5mm.   

Below: Crocoite and pyromorphite, Platt Prospect, Dundas, Tasmania. Width of view 3.25mm.

Below: Fluorite, goethite and quartz, Blue Hills, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland. Width of view 9mm.

Below: Phillipsite, Narre Warren, Victoria. Width of view 6.5mm.          

Below: Phosgenite, Thorikon Bay, Greece. Width of view 6.5mm.

Below: Biotite, Nickenicher Sattel, Germany. Width of view 2.77mm.    

Below: Azurite, harmotome and barite, Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK. Width of view 4.5mm.