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Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Benambra, Victoria, Australia

The Wombat Hole prospect worked on a small copper deposit hosted by a coarse-grained grossular-vesuvianite skarn formed in a megaclast of Lower Silurian limestone.



References:
- Birch, W. D., Henry, D. A. and Pring, A. (1995): A new occurrence of mrazekite from Benambra, Victoria, Australia. Mineral. Rec. 26, 107-113.
- D.A. Henry : "Copper, bismuth, tellurium and gold mineralisation in the Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek, Victoria, Australia", 5th International Conference "Mineralogy & Museums", Paris, Sept. 5-8th 2004, Bull. de Liaison de la Soc. Franç. de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, 2004, Vol 16, N°2.





Mineral List:
Azurite
Bismite
Bismutite
Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Eulytine
Gold
Gold
var: Electrum

Grossular
Hedleyite
Malachite
Mrázekite
Namibite
Pucherite
Rucklidgeite
Schumacherite
Sulphotsumoite
Tsumoite
Vesuvianite
Wittichenite
Wulfenite


22 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.

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