Bald hill osmiridium field, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

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A site where locally abundant "osmiridium" was mined in the early 1900's, mostly from shallow alluvial and eluvial deposits associated with serpentinites. It is now very scarce and the source rocks are poorly tested.

Mineral List:

Chromite
Corundum
Iridium

Iridium
var: Osmiridium
Magnesiochromite
Osmium

Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Rutheniridosmine
'Serpentine Group'

9 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

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