Broken Hill Under the Scope
Broken Hill Under the Scope is a presentation held on Zoom today, and is now available on YouTube…
Australia
Mindat Photo of the Day!
I got a Mindat Photo of the Day (again) with this ilmenite specimen from Lethbridge Quarry, Victoria.
Mindat Photo of the Day!
I got a Mindat Photo of the Day with this aragonite specimen from Ben Lomond, New South Wales.
Aragonite from Gisborne, Victoria
Hard to capture jackstraw groups like this, particularly when it is a white or colourless mineral…
The Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
An excellent video on crocoite from the Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, produced by Blue Cap Productions…
Victorian Gold Estates No. 2 Mine, Majorca, Victoria
This is a conspicuous deep lead tailings dump on Rodborough Road, Majorca, but I have not been able (so far) to locate any information about it. There are other nearby mines listed by the Victorian Heritage Council, but this one doesn’t appear to be in there.
Google Maps Satellite View…
Google Maps Satellite View (or Google Earth) is a technology that can be very helpful in locating places of interest with a view to potentially visiting (subject, of course, to having the necessary permission). This image of an area in the Central Goldfields Region of Victoria clearly shows shafts dug...
New Victoria Mine, Waterloo
With the kids away, we went for a picnic Xmas lunch today. Came across this mine dump in our travels. The New Victoria Mine, Waterloo, Victoria. Sunk to access the Waterloo Lead, one of the deep leads in the area. Waterloo is a small locality about 9km north of Beaufort....
Regional Guide to Victorian Geology
Regional Guide to Victorian Geology, John McAndrew and Marcus Marsden. Quite a useful publication, and available on the Internet Wayback Machine (archive.org) here.
Micromount Club Zoom Meeting…
Video from this week’s presentation on the uranium minerals from Lake Boga, Victoria, to the Micromount Club Zoom meeting, is now available…
Mineral-Themed Face Masks
Given the current situation, and that face masks are becoming more the norm, I have decided to create a series of mineral-themed face masks via Redbubble. Six designs are currently available, all of which feature the Tasmanian mineral emblem, crocoite. Right now, Redbubble are also offering 20% off if you...
Central Goldfields Region, Victoria
Yesterday I was fortunate to be able to visit, and go underground in, a couple of gold mines in the Central Goldfields region of Victoria. One is predominantly slate and the other sandstone. Both have quartz veins rich in gold and sulphide minerals. I have identified pyrite, galena and sphalerite...