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New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia



Detailed Mineral List:
Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Agardite-(Nd)
Formula: NdCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Agardite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)2(AsO4,HAsO4)(OH)6 · 3H2O
Reference: Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005) Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Atacamite
Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Azurite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Bayldonite
Formula: PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: © . Bayldonite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Berzelianite
Formula: Cu2Se
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Bismutite
Formula: (BiO)2CO3
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Reference: Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005) Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.
Photo: Cerussite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Chalcanthite
Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O
Reference: Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005) Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Chenevixite
Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Chenevixite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
Formula: Ag(Cl,Br)
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O (x < 1)
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Duftite
Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Duftite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Gartrellite
Formula: Pb(Cu,Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4,SO4)2 · 2(H2O,OH)
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Gartrellite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Iodargyrite
Formula: AgI
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Malachite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Mandarinoite
Formula: Fe3+2(SeO3)3 · 4H2O
Description: Not listed by: Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005): Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82. Dr. A.R. McKinnon (2012), personal communication to Mindat.
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Mimetite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Olivenite
Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: © Fritz Schreiber. Olivenite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Philipsbornite ?
Formula: PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Description: Not listed by Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005): Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Plumbogummite
Formula: PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Segnitite
Formula: PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Segnitite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ungemachite
Formula: K3Na8Fe(SO4)6(NO3)2 · 6H2O
Description: Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005): Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82. Dr A.R. McKinnon (2012) personal communication to Mindat.
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Reference: http://leme.anu.edu.au/Pubs/Advancesinregolith/Leverett_et_al.pdf
Photo: Wulfenite from New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia


32 entries listed. 31 valid minerals.

References

Andrews 1913

Gray 1920

Rayney 1969

Ryan 1993

Gilligan and Byrnes 1995.

Leverett, P., McKinnon, A. R., Sharpe, J. L. and Williams, P. A. (2005): Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 75-82.

Dr. A.R. McKinnon (2012), personal communication to Mindat.

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