Ben Grguric's Photo Gallery
Tabora Sovereign
Dimensions: 23 mm x 23 mm x 1.5 mm
Example of a somewhat worn 'Tabora sovereign' made from gold extracted from the Sekenke mine by German forces during WW1. From a private collection in Australia.
WGW-88UBeryl Be3Al2(Si6O18) , Lepidolite, Quartz SiO2 , Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Dimensions: 12 cm x 12 cm x 9 cm
Crystalline pink beryl (var. morganite) associated with platy lepidolite, white albite and smoky quartz from the Mt Day pegmatite field.
10N-KCECassiterite SnO2 , Albite Na(AlSi3O8) , Lepidolite, Quartz SiO2
Dimensions: 90 mm x 70 mm x 30 mm
Black cassiterite grains in a lepidolite-rich pegmatite matrix.
9ML-X26Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Dimensions: 50 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
Earthy azurite and malachite from the oxide zone, Stage 2 Pit South.
K9K-8QYCuprite Cu2O , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Dimensions: 90 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
Earthy cuprite associated with some malachite from the oxide zone, Central Stage 1 Pit.
UXH-LFQCopper Cu
Dimensions: 130 mm x 75 mm x 30 mm
Specimen of sheet copper in a pelite matrix from the oxide zone in the Stage 4 pit, collected in 1998.
0NK-3N0Aragonite CaCO3
Dimensions: 12 cm x 11 cm x 9 cm
Aragonite-lined geode from the dam excavation on Bungunnia Station. Specimen donated by the late Bill Aird of Adelaide.
SA Mines Department map of the Glen Osmond mine workings 1986
SA Mines Department map of the Glen Osmond mine workings drafted in 1986.
JN3-CU9Woodallite Mg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O
Field of View: 12 cm
Platy woodallite in a matrix of black lizardite with some brassy blebs of pentlandite. Specimen is 11 cm across.
Collected from Shot D304-28, Stage D Pit, Mount Keith Nickel mine in October 2000.
YFY-51QBaryte BaSO4
Dimensions: 20 mm x 20 mm x 12 mm
Single golden baryte crystal which has been backlit to show internal zonation defined by dark inclusions.
