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Australia's Mines and Miners   

Carroll, Brian

Publisher: Macmillan, Melbourne, 1977. HC with dust jacket, oblong quarto, 112pp. Very fine copy. B/W photographs throughout. From the dust jacket, '... a series of self-contained segments, illustrated with historic engravings and photographs, on the highlights of Australia's mining history - from the first convict coal miners of Newcastle ... Size 32 x 26.5 cm.

Minerals of Broken Hill   

Worner, Dr H.K. & Mitchell, R.W. (eds)

Publisher: Australian Mining and Smelting Ltd, Melbourne, 1982 HC, 257pp. Colour photographs throughout. Excellent condition. First published in 1982. This is a special, leather bound edition No. 247, signed by two of the editors: Dr H.K. Warner CE, and Dr. E.R Segnit. Size 27 x 27 cm.

Tsumeb   SOLD

Gebhard, Georg

Publisher: GG Publishing, Grossenseifen, 1999. HC in dust jacket, 328pp. An excellent copy in as-new condition. Size 23.5 x 30 cm.

Crossite   

Dallas Gem Mine, New Idra District, Sn Benito Co., California, USA

Dark blue needles to 20 mm long throughout the base rock.

3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm

Pyrosmalitr-(Mn)   

Zinc Corporationine, Broken Hill, Yuncowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

Sparkling lustrous small maroon coloured crystals of this exceptionally rare mineral from Broken Hill sitting on top of typical base rock from this classic Australian location.

5.0 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm

Iodargyrite   SOLD

Proprietar Mine, Broken Hill, Yancownna Co., New South Wales, Austraia.

An old timer, light yellow-greenish iodargyrite crystals covering the dark gray surface of chocolate brown matrix. Unfortunately there is bruising on some of the crystals, but still a good specimen of this very rare silver chloride. Richard Wright collection.

7.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm

Minyulite   ON OFFER

Tom's Phosphate Qarry, Kapunda, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia.

An excellent specimen of brown limonitic matrix; a cavity on top side of the specimen is completely covered with tiny sprays of acicular Minyulite crystals from this well know phosphate quarry in South Australia.

 

5.0 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm

Bismuthinite   SOLD

Biggenden Mine Biggenden Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Lustrous, metallic grey-white bismuthinite needles, on top of the base rock. Richard Wright specimen.

8.0 x 4.5 x 6.0 cm

Agardite-(Y)   SOLD

Kintore Open Cut, Broke Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia.

Tiny green specks of agardite-(y) and some beudantite, which is probably pepseudomorph after a type locality mineral segnitite. Richard Wright specimen.

3.5 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm

Althausite   SOLD

Overntjern Quarry, Sarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway.

A colourful association of light grey althausite and yellow lizardite. Type locality specimen.

4.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm

Bismuth   SOLD

Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Angular piece of solid bismuth detached from masses of quartz, wolfram, and molybdenite mineralization, with traces of some of these minerals.

4.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

Mordenite   

Old Broken Hill Road, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames Valley, North island, New Zealand.

Spray of fine acicular mordenite crystals to 5mm filling the cavity in base rock. Cavity size is aproximetly 25 x 20 mm.

6.0 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm