Lady Don Mine, Euriowie, Farnell Co., New South Wales, Australia
Disseminated Cassiterite (dark) in Damourite and Quartz - November of 2006.
© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra
Cassiterite crystals with Muscovite on quartz matrix - November of 2006.
Small black crystal clusters of cassiterite in damourite. Rick Dalrymple specimen & photo.
© Rockpick Legend Co. & Rick Dalrymple
Purpurite is mauve coloured, identified for me by Lindsay Dansen (Miner at this area). Albite is white and shows cleavage,. Quartz is glassy. Lithiophyllite (scarce) is faintly yellowish.
Euriowie, Farnell Co., New South Wales, Australia
A pegmatite with a disproportionately large quartz core, intruding andalusite-grade metapelites some kilometres east of the Allendale mine. Du Nguyen for scale. May 2009.
© Ryan Eagle