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Mimetite
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia
Ralph Bottrill's Mindat page
Registered member joined prior to 15th Oct 2005 (unrecorded)
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Ralph Bottrill has uploaded:
243 Mineral Photos
19 Locality Photos
Ralph is a geologist, mineralogist, petrologist and mineral collector, living in Tasmania. Specialising in Tasmanian minerals, also minerals from Broken Hill and South Australia; also phosphates and arsenates. A species collector - just passed 1000 species with the help of good friend Steve Sorrell. Micro to large - if its too big for my collection I can take it to work for study or display.
President of the Mineralogical Society of Tasmania, and the Specialist group for Geochemistry, Mineralogy and petrology. An associate editor for the Australian Journal of Mineralogy.
I work for Mineral Resources Tasmania (Mines Dept of Tas) where I run the mineralogy/petrology labs and rock collection; study various mineral deposits; analyse and describe samples (from gems to soils) for the Dept, general public, etc.
I am a registered valuer of minerals under the Australian cultural heritage act.
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Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia
Adamsfield, Tasmania, Australia
Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
Arkaroola area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola area, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Arthur River district, Tasmania, Australia
Ashburton Downs, Ashburton Shire, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
Ashton Quarry, Ashton, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Australasian Slate Quarry, Back Creek, George Town district, Tasmania, Australia
Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Bashan Quarry, Waddamana, Central Plateau, Tasmania, Australia
Beltana Mine (E.Z. Mine; Beltana deposit; Beltana-Aroona deposit; Puttapa mine), Puttapa, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Black Rock lode (Black Rock Open cut), Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
Blue Tier tinfield, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia
Boral Quarry, Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia
Branxholm, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia
Britannia Mine, Zeehan, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Burra Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Cape Grim district, Tasmania, Australia
Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Tasmania, Australia
Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Corinna goldfield, Corinna-Savage River district, Tasmania, Australia
Corona station, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Curtin-Davis Mine, Ringville, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Cygnet district, Huon district, Tasmania, Australia
Dome Rock Copper Mine, Kalabity homestead area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Duckmaloi river, Oberon, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia
Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Ethiudna Mine, Plumbago homestead, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Giblin Street Quarry, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Gladstone district, Tasmania, Australia
Goulds Country, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia
Granville mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Gulnare, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Hampshire district, Tasmania, Australia
Harts Ranges (Hartz Ranges), Northern Territory, Australia
Heazlewood Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia
Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia
Henty Mine, Tyndall Valley, Tasmania, Australia
Hercules Mine, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
Huonville Stn, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Jukes Proprietary mine, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia
Kanmantoo Mine, Kanmantoo, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire district, Tasmania, Australia
Killiecrankie Bay, Flinders Island, Furneaux Gp Islands, Tasmania, Australia
King Island, Tasmania, Australia
Kings Bluff mine, Olary, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Lake Bumbunga, Lochiel, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Little Plains Quarry, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia
Londonderry Li deposit, Nepean, Western Australia, Australia
Long Plains goldfield, Corinna-Savage River district, Tasmania, Australia
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia
Madame Howard barite mine, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia
Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia
Melba Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Micaschist outcrop, Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Millendella, Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Montana Mine, Zeehan, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Moonta mines, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Mount Gunson Mine, Mt Gunson, Stuart Shelf area, Andamooka Ranges - Lake Torrens area, South Australia, Australia
Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia
Mt Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia
Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia
Mt Cleveland Sn Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia
Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
Oakleigh Creek mine, Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia
Orieco mine, Scamander district, Tasmania, Australia
Penneshaw, Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia
Philosophers Ridge, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia
Platt Prospect, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
Prince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia
Princess Mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia
Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine ("Sylvester-Queen"), Zeehan, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Rex Hill mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia
Ridgley Quarry, Ridgley, Burnie district, Tasmania, Australia
Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
Savage River Mine, Corinna-Savage River district, Tasmania, Australia
Sayers mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia
Shepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia
Sir Dominic Mine (Sir Dominick Mine; Sir Domonic Mine), Yudnamutana district, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Sister's Creek, Boat Harbour, Tasmania, Australia
Slaughteryard face, Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia
Storeys Creek Mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia
Table Cape, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmania Reef, Beaconsfield Mine, Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield District, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmania, Australia
Tennant Creek, Tennant Inlier, Northern Territory, Australia
Trial Harbour district, Tasmania, Australia
Triple Chance Mine, Thackaringa district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Tunnel Hill Quarry, Serpentine Hill, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Viking, Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Wave Hill, Victoria-Birrindudu Basin, Northern Territory, Australia
Weld River, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia
West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
Wheal Barton, Truro, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
White Rock Quarry, Horsnell Gully, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Whyte River mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia
Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Yinnietharra Station, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
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Albite
Amethyst
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Antlerite
Apatite-(CaF)
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Aragonite
Atacamite
Austinite
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Baryte
Bavenite
Beryl
Bindheimite
Bismuth
Brochantite
Brucite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcoalumite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcotrichite
Chenevixite
Chlorite Group
Chrome-Cerussite
Citrine
Clinoclase
Conichalcite
Cornwallite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Cuprotungstite
Danalite
Datolite
Diamond
Diopside
Dolomite
Dundasite
Elbaite
Ferroan Magnesite
Fluorite
Glauberite
Gmelinite
Gmelinite-Ca
Goethite
Gold
Grimaldiite
Gypsum
Harmotome
Hellyerite
Hemimorphite
Hinsdalite
Ilmenite
Inesite
Iridium
Libethenite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganoan Hedenbergite
Melanite
Metazeunerite
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Natrolite
Olivenite
Osmiridium
Osmium
Parahopeite
Philipsbornite
Phosgenite
Plumbogummite
Prehnite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyroxmangite
Quartz
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rutile
Sanidine
Sapphire
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Silver
Smithsonite
Smoky Quartz
Sphalerite
Spinel
Staurolite
Stichtite
Stilbite
Symplesite
Talc
Topaz
Turquoise
Valentinite
Vivianite
Wavellite
Wickmanite
Wolframite
Zircon
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