SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 

OTHER MINERALS:

Variscite

  
 
  
Ex. DeVito Collection
origin: Iron Monarch mine, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm (top), 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
© Tom Loomis
 
  
  
Ferroan variscite; drusy, intense magenta crystals with largest size about 0.5 mm scattered through vugs in hematite
Origin: Iron Monarch Mine, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 3.2 x3 .2 x 1.9 cm
© John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co
 
  
Ferroan variscite
Origin: Iron Monarch Quarry, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 10.9 x 7.6 x 4.7 cm
© Rob Lavinsky
 
  
Origin: Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Ranges, Eyre peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 23 x 19 x 29 mm
© Dan Weinrich
 
        
Origin: Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Marcus Origlieri collection
Sample size: 3.7 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
© Rob Lavinsky
 
  
Red glassy microcrystals of ferrian variscite in sperical aggregates to approximately 1-2 mm in diameter.
Origin: Iron Monarch Open Cut, Iron Knob,, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
© Tom Loomis
 
        
Red (ferroan) variscite
Origin: Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 7.1 x 6.6 x 3.0 cm
© Rob Lavinsky
 
Wardite
 
Origin: Iron Monarch, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
© Steve Sorrell

Wavellite

Origin: Tom's quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
© Lou Perloff/Photo-Atlas of Minerals
 
  
Origin: Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 3 cm
© Tom Loomis
 
Origin: Moculta, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
© Steve Sorrell
 
  
Origin: Flinders Range, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Polak collection
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2 cm
© Tom Loomis

Willemite

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