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Malachite from
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia


Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyromorphite197 photos of Malachite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality.
Cerussiteⓘ183 photos of Malachite associated with Cerussite at this locality.
Chrysocolla13 photos of Malachite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Azurite8 photos of Malachite associated with Azurite at this locality.
Wulfenite6 photos of Malachite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Reichenbachite3 photos of Malachite associated with Reichenbachite at this locality.
Libethenite3 photos of Malachite associated with Libethenite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Malachite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Limonite2 photos of Malachite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Tenorite1 photo of Malachite associated with Tenorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:196565
Long-form Identifier:1:3:196565:0
GUID (UUID V4):f21ffc44-d9f9-4e46-a29e-64872cc7c8be
Localities for Malachite in this Region
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Mount Burton, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
White's Mine, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian Museum; ex Albert...Top row from left: • 6 cm, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. •
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrocarbons in host rocks of the Rum Jungle Uranium Field, northern Australia Clinton B. Foster a, Eleanora...Limited, Petroleum Division, West Perth, W.A. 6005 (Australia) bU.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 22092 (U...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A. 5000 (Australia) (Received May 14, 1989; revised and accepted...hydrocarbons in host rocks of the Rum Jungle Uranium Field, northern Australia. In: E.I. Robbins (Editor),...Ore Deposits. Ore Geol. Rev., 5: 509-523. The Rum Jungle Uranium field consists of at least six early
Journal (issue)
MINERALISATION FROM BROWN'S D EPOSIT, NORTH ERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. by D . H . McColl Bureau of M i neral Resources...former Rum Jungle Uranium M i ne, which is 70 km sou t h of Darwin i n t h e Nonhern Territory o f A ustralia...graphitic slates and limestones belonging to t he Batchelor Group. These rocks are gently folded and domed...domed around a core formed by t he Archaean Rum Jungle granitic complex, and both groups are cut by t he...years to contain pyromorphite. and fragments of malachite and cerussite are plentiful i n topsoil gravels
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Browns Deposit, Rum Jungle Mineral Field, Northern Territory, Australia A. J. MCCREADY,†,* E. F...D. GEE, ** Northern Territory Geological Survey, GPO Box 2901, Darwin, NT 0801 Australia Abstract The...The Rum Jungle mineral field, Northern Territory, Australia, forms part of the Paleoproterozoic Pine Creek...in the Rum Jungle mineral field in the Paleoproterozoic Pine Creek orogen, Northern Territory, Australia...and Mining, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. 0361-0128/01/3409/257-21 $6.00 the present resource
Book
House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 DANUM HOUSE LIBRARY DARWIN CONFERENCE...1972 . Western Australia, 1973 . Southern and Central Queensland, 1974 . South Australia, 1975 . Illawarra...North Queensland, 1978 — WBND ON OAR . Western Australia, 1979 . New Zealand, 1980 . Sydney, 1981 . Melbourne...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE...printed in Australia by Brown Prior Anderson Pty Ltd 5 Evans Street Burwood Victoria Australia 3125 Con
Journal (issue)
article from our Australian foreign correspondent - Rum Jungle under the microscope by Malcolm Southwood - but...when I was corresponding with Malcolm about his "Rum Jungle under the microscope" that I had a chance to...making frequent trips into Derbyshire and the Northern Pennine Orefield and it was during this period...40. SYMES. R.F. & YOUNG. B. (2008). Minerals of Northern England. NMS Enterprises Ltd., Edinburgh, in association...Egypt. Nature, 397, 11 February, 483-484. 14 Rum Jungle under the Microscope Malcolm Southwood Many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
URANIUM-COPPER DEPOSITS, RUM JUNGLE, AUSTRALIA. C. J. SULLIVAN AND R. S. MATHESON. ABSTRACT. Uranium...discovered in association with copper minerals at Rum Jungle in September, 1949. Investigations carried out...the geologyand type of mineralization in the Rum Jungle area. SITUATION. Tr• RumJungleuranium-copper...Darwin, NorthernTerritory, Australia,and are 2• milesnortheastof the Rum JungleSiding,whichis 56 milesby...inclusive. HISTORY. Copperwasdiscovered in the Rum Junglearealate in the 19thcentury, andsmallparcelsof
Journal (issue)
7(1):15-17 Bismoclite from the Leinster area, Western Australia. Grguric, Ben A. and Madsen, Ian C. 8(2):83-8S...minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and Bevan, A.W.R. 8(2):47-S4...from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley, Robert and Brugger, Joel...Mendozavilite from the Fitzgerald River district, Western Australia. Birch, William D., Pring, Allan and Wallwork...7(2):63-72 Native zinc from Brunswick, Victoria, Australia: the case for and against a type locality. Birch
Catalog/List
ÂŁ75 7 NATIVE COPPER Tennant Creek, Northern Territory,Australia. RW Barstow green label. 2 5kg 125x110x78mm...Spam Octahedral crystals to 12mm 52x32><27mm 13 MALACHITE Shaba. Congo. 83x60x52mm ÂŁ42 14 FLUORITE & BARITE... ÂŁ32 19 MALACHITE & CERUSSITE, Browns Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia 109x93x42mm
Report (issue)
the La Viesca mine, La Collada area, Asturias, northern Spain, all collected at this famous locality between...Adelaide mine, Dundas mineral field, Tasmania, Australia (see the article in the November-December 2012...Adelaide mine, Dundas mineral field, Tasmania, Australia. Crystal Fraction specimen and photo. While you’re...Crystal Fraction site, go to Mineral Specimens → Australia and you will find several very attractive miniature...pyromorphite on malachite from Brown’s Open Pit, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. Excellent specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
major uranium depositin the calcretesof Western Australia confirms the economicimportanceof this type of...(caliche) the importanceof calcrete in Western Australia as a host for uranium. Brief mention of the occurrence...statemanysaltlakeshaveformedwhere Fla. 1. Locati,onm•p, Australia. river channelshavebeenblockedby alluvium (Fig...eventsthat producedthe presentlandscape of Western Australia, disagreementexists about details and timing of...laterizationocFro. 2. Drainage pattern in West Australia. Places from north to so.uth: H = Port Hedland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in this manner were Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territory, Canada; Joachimsthal, Czechoslovakia; and, probably...Musonoi mine (Zaire) where it is associated with malachite and rutherfordine. Sklodowskite is well-represented...crystals, many of which are atop bright greer malachite. I n addition to this occurrence, the mining area...specimens were found in a deposit in the Rum Jungle of Australia several years ago; crystals were large...is Figure 9 (left): Saleeite, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia. Photo by Lou Perloff. Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crust from Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia, found with pseudomalachitein...Carbonates azurite bismutite calcite cerussite malachite Sulfides chalcopyrite chalcocite covellite enargite...shapesand sizes. qvartz, bayldonite, mimetite, malachite, duftite, goethite, According to Baier and Venzlaff...open spaces.Thesecastsand also Brown's Prospect,Australia. remaining voids between former barite crystals...Pseudomalachitefrom Brown's Prospect,Rum Jungle, Northern Territory. Australian Mineralogist, 24, 115-116
Report (issue)
deposits. Association: Germany). Pseudomalachite, malachite, duftite, bayldonite, mimetite, quartz (Reichenbach...Brown’s Prospect, Rum Jungle, Alligator River district, Northern Territory, Australia. At Kipushi, 28 km
Journal (issue)
277 by W. E. Wilson Brown’s deposit, Northern Territory, Australia ......................287 by D. H. McColl...September-October, 1980 Brown’s Deposit Northern Territory, Australia by D. H. McColl Canberra College of...Canberra City, A .C .T. 2601 Australia ine specimens of cerussite, malachite and pyromorphite have been...Brown's deposit (also known as Rum Jungle) in Australia's Northern Territory. In addition to specimens, the...of the former Rum Jungle uran­ ium mine, which is 70 km south of Darwin in the Northern Terri­ tory of
Book (edition)
A GUIDE TO FOSSICKING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY...FOSSICKING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY This book was prepared by the staff of the Northern Territory Geological...updated by Dick Thompson. Darwin 1986 NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY MINISTER:...0965 8 Š Northern Territory Government Published by the Government Printing Office of the Northern Territory...L Duffietd. Government Printer of tne Nonhem Territory THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY I Head
Catalog/List
AZURITE. Mount Oxide Mine, Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia. A 45x40mm area of matrix showing a rich dark...5) AZURITE. Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. Nice group of about 30 lustrous dark blue platey...platey azurite xls to 7mm intergrown with a little malachite and gossan matrix. Old Butler, Brompton Road,...CERUSSITE, MALACHITE and PYROMORPHITE. Browns Claim, Rum Jungle, North Territory, Australia. A mass of...of dark green malachite with yellowish pyromorphite at the edges. On the malachite are several cerussite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
666 Museum Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Australia dhenry@museum.vic.gov.au B William “Bill” David...Victoria, around Australia, and overseas. Of particular note from Australia are fine malachite and pyromorphite...prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, world-class saleeite from Ranger mine at Jabiru, Northern Territory...suites of minerals from Baikal in Russia and from Northern Pakistan. In 1976, Birch became the founding president...(2003), published by the Geological Society of Australia. This project involved about one-hundred authors
Report (issue)
loose crystal groups between 3.5 and 9 cm, with malachite and white barite as minor accompaniments to the...pyromorphite on malachite: Brown’s deposit (or “Rum Jungle”), Northern Territory, Australia. In the 1970s...numbers of very good specimens of cerussite, malachite and pyromorphite (see the article in the September-October...again: rolling masses of deep green, botryoidal malachite spotted all over with yellow-green to olive-green...Pyromorphite on malachite, 14 cm, from Brown’s prospect, Northern Territory, Australia. Geokrazy specimen
Catalog/List
over quartzose matrix with a little light green Malachite in association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES....B: 1-!;x1t", £3.25p 27. CERUSSITE. Rum Jungle, N. Terr., Australia. Specimen A: Fine creamy coloured well...mass with much light green velvety botryoidal MALACHITE in association. 2x2x1~-1I, £16.50p. Specimen B:... HEI-'IMORFHITE. Roy 1 ,¡i'18, F tlcc: B,th, D12rb~shire. ,harp lus.r.:Ju_ tr'ln¡,: l:i.crt of crystals richly...area Of) ql,lartz veinstuff. 1x1", £3.25p 54. MALACHITE. ShFlba Province, Zaire. Choice cut and polished
Report (issue)
............................................ Australia.......................................... New...Europe, (5) southern Africa, (6) northern, eastern, and southern Australia, and (7) Ferghana-Kara Tau region...The caliche (or calcrete) deposits of Western Australia, North African phosphate areas, black shale deposits...Lake area and other areas in Canada; Greenland, Australia, Africa, India, Madagascar, Finland, U.S.S.R....River-Elliot Lake, Canada; Lake Frome, South Australia; Arlit area, Niger; and Colorado Plateau, U.S
Catalog/List
Girralambone Mine, Canbelego Co., New SouthWales, Australia. Quartz veinstone with a i40xl00nm1 area s11owi11g...of black manganese'? matrix with the odd micro malachite xJ here and there. Displays well. 150xl !0xl20nm1...CERUSSITE. Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia. A very nice "snow flake" cerussite group with...ÂŁ145, 19) CERUSSITE on MALACHITE. Browns Claim, Rum Jungle, N. Terr, Australia. Nice dark green "cauliflower"...New South Wales, Australia. Yellow masses and patches scattered over a pale malachite stained chalcocite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits, such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England; and even Leadville...cerussite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, anglesite, malachite, leadhillite, descloizite, mottramite, wulfenite...velvety malachite) and other prospects in the Rum Jungle, and the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory;...and at Coppin Pool and Ashburton Downs, Western Australia. For slightly more than a year, exceptional pyromorphite
Catalog/List
high. (Villamassargia Sardinia Italy) f25 2 MALACHITE attractive dark qreen, clean with the surface...Castleton, Derbyshire) flO (with VARISCITE pale Northern Territory, also straw ore (Tynagh Mine, f5 rich black...dealers label. (Hingsten Down fl5 qreen masses Australia) in f4 lxlins crystals cover1ng about 7mm high...6x5mm fibrous coating an lx2ins Queersland, Australia) crystals overall crystal Mexico) covering colour...differnt shaes af brown. 4x2 ins cut and palished.( Australia) :ElO 68 COBALTIAN CALCITE (Tyne Bottom Mine
Journal (issue)
Club Auction details on page 5 In this issue … Malachite Photo: Bob Cooke. Deadline for Submissions March...into a later newsletter. Mineral of the month: Malachite....................... p. 2 Club auction details...Month Malachite Happy St. Patrick’s Day! by Sue Marcus Malachite green: a color. Malachite jewelry...jewelry. Malachite as objets d’art, or a room of them, as in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. For those...us who treasure it as a collectible mineral, malachite is colorful and accessible, and it can be affordable
 
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