Broken Hill Under the Scope
Broken Hill Under the Scope is a presentation held on Zoom today, and is now available on YouTube…
New South Wales
Mindat Photo of the Day!
I got a Mindat Photo of the Day with this aragonite specimen from Ben Lomond, New South Wales.
Greenockite, Woodlawn, New South Wales
Greenockite is fairly common in Australian lead-zinc orebodies, but generally occurs as a bright yellow coating or crust. Woodlawn produced some of the nicest crystals that have been found, if not a little small. Deep red crystals on orange coatings...
F-6 cutting at Mt Brown near Dapto, New South Wales
By Eric von Werstak Feature image: F-6 Freeway at Mount Brown looking north where the vughs appeared. Introduction Mount Brown is situated near Dapto in the Illawarra District of the South Coast of New South Wales. It comprises of sandstones of volcanic...
The Elura Orebody, New South Wales
The Elura mine (now known as the Endeavour Mine) near Cobar, New South Wales, was well-known in particular for its native silver and mimetite specimens. This 278 page thesis by Gernot Loidl, is a comprehensive work, looking the regional geology, the characteristics...
Broken Hill Region, New South Wales
Broken Hill based Trevor Dart has written a few articles on localities in his region. These include the following ones on Mindat: Rutile in the Broken Hill District, Trevor Dart The Huonville Sphene Pit, Trevor Dart The Often Overlooked Broken...
Some Relatively Uncommon Localities in New South Wales
The late Margaret and Keith Brown of Echuca had many trips through New South Wales and Queensland, collecting minerals themselves, or swapping/purchasing with other mineral collectors. This post highlights specimens from their collection from lesser known localities in New South...