AlmandineIreland's Garnet Mine, Thackaringa District, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Photo: Greg Murray Located 25 km west-southwest of Broken Hill, 1km south of the Barrier Highway and 2.4 km from the intersection of the Barrier Highway and the Triple Chance access road.
There was a small pit 10 metres wide by 20 metres long and 5 metres deep with garnets up to 15cm across found embedded in a chloritic schist. The pit was first opened up by Alan Ireland in the 1960's and many good specimens were obtained including very large matrix pieces, over the next 40 years. The lease was passed onto his daughter when Alan died in the 1980's. In 2010, Alan's daughter sold the mining lease to Tom Kapitani of Crystals World (Melbourne) who has, after retrieving more quality specimens, pushed the dump material back into and covered the original pit. Along with the large well-formed garnets, small sharp octahedral magnetite crystals up to 6mm are found within the chloritic schists.
References
- T. Dart (2007): Thackaringa Garnets. The Australian and New Zealand Mineral Collector Magazine. Issue Number 2 (June 2007), 3-8.
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