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Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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Large opencut with (at least in 2000) outcrops of rhodonite in galena.

NOTE: Material from this opencut (and the Kintore Opencut) which was very rich in secondary minerals could be collected in the 1990s on designated dumps on the mine site of the Pinnacles mine http://www.mindat.org/loc-5752.html).



References:
- Birch, W. D. (1990): Minerals from the Kintore and Block 14 opencuts, Broken Hill, N.S.W.; review of recent discoveries, including tsumebite, kipushite and otavite. Austral. Mineral. 5, 125-141.
- Birch, W. D. and van der Heyden, A. (1997): Minerals of the Kintore and Block 14 open cuts at Broken Hill, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy 3, 23-71.





Mineral List:
  		•  Adamite
    Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Agardite-(Y)
    (Y,Ca)Cu
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		,HAsO
     
    4
    		)|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Neil A Richards
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Arsentsumebite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Cu[OH|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Atacamite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|Cl]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Aurichalcite
    (Zn,Cu)
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Richard Bayerl
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Stephan Wolfsried
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Bayldonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Pb[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Beraunite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Vic Cloete
  		•  Chalcanthite
    CuSO
     
    4
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Chalcophanite
    (Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn
     
    3
    		O
     
    7
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Chlorargyrite
    AgCl
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Connellite
    Cu
     
    19
    		[(OH)
     
    32
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl
     
    4
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Corkite
    PbFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Coronadite
    Pb(Mn
    4+
     
    		,Mn
    3+
     
    		)
     
    8
    		O
     
    16
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Richard Bayerl
  		•  Dufrénite
    Ca
     
    0.5
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Dyscrasite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Greg Murray
  		•  Gordaite
    NaZn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Birch, W.D. (1999) Block 14 Open Cut, Broken Hill. ]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Hinsdalite
    PbAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  IMA2008-048 (TL)
    Zn
     
    6
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    Reference: [IMA website - Approvals Dec. 2008]
  		•  IMA2009-048 (TL)
    Cu
     
    3
    		Cd
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    Reference: [IMA Approvals - Sept. 2009]
  		•  Iodargyrite
    AgI
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Kintoreite (TL)
    PbFe
    3+
    3
    		[(OH,H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Type Locality: Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    Reference: [MinRec 27:302]
  		•  Kipushite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    5
    		Zn[(OH)
     
    3
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Kröhnkite ?
    Na
     
    2
    		Cu(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Ktenasite
    Zn(Cu,Zn)
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Libethenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Richard Bayerl
  		•  Libethenite
    var: Zincian Libethenite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Natrojarosite
    NaFe
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Nyholmite (TL)
    Cd
     
    3
    		Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    3
    		OH)
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    Reference: [Elliott, P., Turner, P., Jensen, P., Kolitsch, U., Pring, A. (2009): Description and crystal structure of nyholmite, a new mineral related to hureaulite, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 73, 723-735.]
  		•  Olivenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Olivenite
    var: Zincian Olivenite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Otavite
    CdCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Plimerite (TL)
    ZnFe
    3+
    4
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		(OH)
     
    5
    Type Locality: Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    Reference: [Min. Mag. 73,131-148(2009)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © crocoite.com
  		•  Pseudomalachite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Greg Murray
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Rockbridgeite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Rosasite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Richard Bayerl
  		•  Sampleite
    NaCaCu
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Scholzite
    CaZn
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Scorodite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		AsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Serpierite
    Ca(Cu,Zn)
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Greg Murray
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Strengite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Tarbuttite
    Zn
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: cuprian
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Torbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
  		•  Tsumebite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Cu[OH|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Australian Min. 3:1 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Richard Bayerl
  		•  Valleriite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Cu)
     
    4
    		(Mg,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH,O)
     
    6
    		|S
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Zincolibethenite
    CuZnPO
     
    4
    		OH
    Reference: [P. A. Williams, P. Leverett, W. D. Birch, D. E. Hibbs, U. Kolitsch and T. Mihajlović (2006): Zinc-rich zincolibethenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales. Austral. J. Mineral. 12, 3-7.]


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