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SIDERITE SPECIMEN
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SIDERITE SPECIMEN
A lovely little Siderite Specimen from Tasmania. Interesting, with well formed Siderite crystals on both sides of the piece. Features one little Fluorite crystal and also some Quartz. A great Aussie piece for the collection. Mt Cleveland Mine is a former underground Sn-Cu-Bi mine in north western Tasmania, closed in 1986.
Location:
Mt Cleveland Mine, Heazelwood, Tasmania.
Dimensions:
4.5cm x 4.5cm x 2cm, 51g.
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SIDERITE SPECIMEN
SIDERITE SPECIMENA lovely little Siderite Specimen from Tasmania. Interesting, with well formed Siderite crystals on both sides of the piece. Features one little Fluorite crystal and also some Quartz. A great Aussie piece for the collection. Mt Cleveland Mine is a former underground Sn-Cu-Bi mine in north western Tasmania, closed in 1986. This is the ugliest specimen we have online.
Location:
Mt Cleveland Mine, Heazelwood, Tasmania.
Dimensions:
4.5cm x 4.5cm x 2cm, 51g.
Siderite: FeCO3. From the Calcite Group. Crystals typically found as brown to tan rhombohedrons in clusters, faces often curved or composites; more often found as medium to dark brown massive fine grained material or as massive crystalline material with exposed curved cleavage surfaces.
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A lot of Good Bad and Ugly Chrysoprase Rough Aussie stone for sale. An amazing colour for a rough stone of apple green, once polished it will be quite striking. Usually reserved for jewellers, lots like this are hard to come by and attract high prices. A great Aussie Gemstone. Worthy for a scoop and selling some that you don’t use to your friends at the local lapidary club for making into jewellery. Some of the photos shown are backlit with a torch to show the depth of colour and quality. There is some of the best quality colour rough available for sale at a bargain price along with some real ugly stuff in this lot. A bunch of Chrysoprase Tumblestones are there too along with a few slabs, this just clears out our remaining stock.
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Marlborough, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
Tumblestones 1129g.
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SKU: B0xxxx - Australian Minerals, Minerals of the World
CERUSSITE MALACHITE
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A very aesthetic specimen of Cerussite Malachite from the Top End. Well formed Cerussite crystals on a velvet Malachite base. A super piece from a great Aussie location. Amazing to look at under magnification. One for the collector.
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6cm x 4.5cm x 2cm, 40.3gLocation:
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CERUSSITE BROKEN HILL
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A solid specimen of Jackstraw Cerussite Broken Hill from. Rare to find treasure from old collections. Sprinkled in sparkling crystals. This is a classic for any collection. The specimen is mounted on a perspex pad for enhanced display. This is a heavy fragile specimen and very rare.
Location:
Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.Dimensions:
14.2cm x 9cm x 16cm, 2200g.PbCO3, Lead Carbonate.
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CUPRITE RED DOME MINE
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A great little cluster of Cuprite Red Dome Mine from. Many crystals grouped together with a little Malachite. Botryoidal Psilomelane? covers one side. Rare and full of character, this is a great Aussie classic for your collection. From a renowned and now closed location – some of the best specimens in the world came from this mine.
Location:
Red Dome Mine, Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
4cm x 3cm x 1cm, 27.5g.Cuprite: Cu2O.
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A great Aussie Prehnite Rose Specimen for your collection. Its color is a pleasant green and is at times quite unique to Prehnite. Typical formations are rather thick crusts with a rough or crystaline texture. This particular specimen has the wonderful sort after green colour and prominent rose formations. The colour of this specimen is slightly darker than the pics show.
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Mullaly, NSW, Australia.Dimensions:
17cm x 4.5cm x 9.5cm, 729g.Prehnite: Ca2 Al2 Si3 O10(OH)2
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