Dieter Mylius' Photo Gallery
4AT-NGKSmithsonite ZnCO3
Field of View: 12 mm
Smithsonite (confirmed by XRD) in quartz boxwork with a little pyrite from the dumps of Dartmoor East Mine.
C7W-VTAUvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Field of View: 12 mm
Tiny crystals of uvarovite from an un-named chromium deposit ( there are several) near Upper Bingara.
LVV-7H3Uvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 , Lizardite Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Dimensions: 60 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
Bright green, slickensided uvarovite on lizardite from one of the several small chromium deposits about 20km NNE of Barraba. Actual deposit name not known. The XRD also showed presence of small amounts of magnesiochromite.
WHT-K6VDolomite CaMg(CO3)2
Dimensions: 100 mm x 80 mm x 40 mm
Originally believed to be ankerite, these crystals are dolomite (confirmed by XRD). Collected on a field trip of the Mineralogical Society of NSW in Nov 1998.
H0R-WFFCerussite PbCO3
Field of View: 17 mm
Tiny crystals of cerussite on limonitic gossan
29N-KVKSmithsonite ZnCO3
Field of View: 40 mm
Masses of tiny smithsonite crystals (confirmed by XRD) on gossan
AXL-XKCSmithsonite ZnCO3
Field of View: 12 mm
Sharp crystals of smithsonite (confirmed by XRD) in rather dirty gossan
LKK-994Chalcophanite ZnMn4+3O7·3H2O
Dimensions: 32 mm x 20 mm x 18 mm
Tiny chalcophanite crystals in gossan
W7H-LYWPyrite FeS2
Dimensions: 68 mm x 50 mm x 35 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 30 mm
This is a survivor from the Mt Stewart Mine which produced lovely large crystal groups of pyrite in the past. Many or perhaps most from here have succumbed to the dreaded "pyrite disease". Largest crystal face is 30mm.
3Q2-45ASchorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Dimensions: 75 mm x 60 mm x 37 mm
Mass of parallel schorl crystals, common at the site
