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Happy Jack Mine (Lady Bee Mine), Comet Vale, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Famous in mainland Australia for its crocoite specimens.
Late known as Lady Bee mine.

Ref.:
Grguric, B. A., Pring, A., Bevan, A. W. R. and Downes, P. J. (2006): The minerals of Comet Vale, Western Australia. Austral. J. Mineral. 12, 9-23.

Comet Vale is an abandoned goldfields mining town, situated about 30 kilometres south of the town of Menzies. It is named after a comet, visible at the time gold was discovered in the area.





Mineral List:
Anglesite
'Chalcedony'
Crocoite
Galena
Gibbsite
Gold
Limonite
Mimetite
Prehnite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Prase

'Serpentine Group'
Talc
Tremolite
'Unnamed (Ca-analogue of Petterdite)'


15 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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