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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Field of view about 60mm. Kozulite cleavage faces up to 10mm across. |
| © 2008 M Goodwin | Photo ID: 229449 View Count: 63 |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia 7.8 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm. A very impressive specimen of the rare Na-Mn Silicate Kozulite. Normally, any crystals are in the mm size range, but these Kozulite crystals are up to 7mm. Most are as cleavage faces or embedded crystal portions. And it is not just one crystal - they are in two rich veins that that completely span the specimen. A small amount ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 244416 View Count: 22 |
Namansilite : NaMn3+[Si2O6], Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Purple coloured namansilite included within granular quartz. Colour is most apparent at the edges of the specimen. Specimen is 4.5cm wide. |
| © 2008 M Goodwin | Photo ID: 196207 View Count: 125 |
Nambulite : (Li,Na)Mn4Si5O14(OH), Rhodonite : MnSiO3, Tephroite : Mn2+2[SiO4] | |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Nambulite - purple coloured areas shown in top left corner of photograph. Rhdodonite - pink coloured areas on right. Tephroite - Dark green areas on right and bottom of photograph. In situ exposure in the Wood's Mine open cut 2005. Identification of nambulite based on personal communications from Yosuke Kawachi. |
| © 2005 M Goodwin | Photo ID: 229004 View Count: 106 |
Noelbensonite : BaMn3+2[(OH)2|Si2O7] · H2O | |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Brownish noelbensonite. Picture size 1.2 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke. |
| © Thomas Witzke | Photo ID: 11485 View Count: 614 |
Rhodonite : MnSiO3 | |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia 'Mine run' rhodonite specimen photographed 2005 during commercial mining operations by Alex and John Taggart for ornamental rhodonite at the Wood's Mine. Pen in photograph provides scale. |
| © 2005 M Goodwin | Photo ID: 228999 View Count: 100 |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Translucent saccharoidal textured rhodonite. Specimen is 55mm by 45mm. |
| © 2008 M Goodwin | Photo ID: 229446 View Count: 85 |
Rhodonite : MnSiO3 | |
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Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Massive gem Rhodonite, 120mm long. Ex K. Lancaster collection. Specimen and Photograph A. Tuma |
| © Andrew Tuma | Photo ID: 229254 View Count: 77 |
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