Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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Alabandite : Mn²⁺S
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia 4.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm. An incredibly beautiful and aesthetic specimen of interconnected plumose sprays of alabandite from the Broken Hill deposit of Australia. Alabandite is a rare manganese sulfide from this locale, and was not discovered until 1965 and described until 1971. This elegant, wing-like specimen is from Level 17 of the NBHC Mine.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 207508 View Count: 108
Alabandite : Mn²⁺S, Calcite : CaCO₃
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Alabandite with calcite & sulfur. From the collection of D. Pohl 1973. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 216968 View Count: 95
Alabandite : Mn²⁺S
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Alabandite. From the collection of Ed Swaboda 1976. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 216970 View Count: 91
Alabandite : Mn²⁺S
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Alabandite on calcite from the 18 level of the Zinc Corp. Mine. Specimen from the collection of the Australian Museum in Sidney, Australia. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
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Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe_0.90Co_0.10)AsS, Rhodonite : MnSiO₃
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia this group is 7cm, 7cm, 5cm. the largest Arsenopyrite is about 3cm long by 5mm wide.(collection of greg Murray)
© Greg Murray	Photo ID: 47609 View Count: 510
Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe_0.90Co_0.10)AsS, Rhodonite : MnSiO₃
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Large crude steel-grey crystal of Arsenopyrite embedded in sugary reddish-pink Rhodonite matrix (overall 7.5 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm – 338 g). Initially labelled as "Löllingite" but unambiguously XRD-probed as Arsenopyrite. JF collection specimen (#00828) and photograph.
© JF Carpentier 2008	Photo ID: 157896 View Count: 184
Bannisterite : Ca_0.5(K,Na)_0.5(Mn,Fe,Zn)₁₀(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈(OH)₈·5.5H₂O, Rhodonite : MnSiO₃, Calcite : CaCO₃
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Bannisterite with calcite and rhodonite. Specimen is from the collection of Albert Chapman (1973). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
	Photo ID: 223383 View Count: 40
Bannisterite : Ca_0.5(K,Na)_0.5(Mn,Fe,Zn)₁₀(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈(OH)₈·5.5H₂O
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia This is an outstanding well crystallized example of this rare phyllosilicate. The specimen consists of a complex black lustrous crystal grouping of bannisterite measuring 5.1 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm in size overall. Complete all around and very clean of damage - superb for the species! Ref.: Minerals of Broken Hill, Australian Mining & Smelting Ltd, 1982.
© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals	Photo ID: 265457 View Count: 13
Bustamite : (Mn²⁺,Ca)[SiO₃]
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia An exceptionally gemmy 1,3 cm crystal of Bustamite embedded in Galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
© Knut Eldjarn	Photo ID: 91673 View Count: 469
Bustamite : (Mn²⁺,Ca)[SiO₃]
	Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia A 1.8 by 1.6 cms specimen with a nicely terminated crystal. JSS specimen and photograph.
© JSS	Photo ID: 84409 View Count: 112