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Australian mineral localities

Queensland mineral and locality photo gallery

Amethyst on diopside, Mount Elliott. Photo: © Australian Museum.
Azurite, Girofla mine. Photo: © Australian Museum.
Calcite (8 cm x 6 cm), Red Dome mine, Chillagoe, Queensland. Photo: © Australian Museum.
Calcite on Magnetite (10 cm x 8 cm), Mount Biggenden, Queensland. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Chrysocolla replacing azurite and malachite, Mungona. Photo: G Millen © Australian Museum.
Native copper, Mount Isa. Photo: G Millen © Australian Museum.
Epidote (3.5 cm x 3 cm), Mount Biggenden, Queensland. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Erythrite (9 cm x 7 cm), Mount Cobalt, Queensland. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Magnetite (5 cm x 3 cm), Mount Biggenden, Queensland. Photo: S Humphreys © Australian Museum.
Granite-skarn contact, with calcite veins in skarn, Mt Biggenden mine. Photo: © Australian Museum.
Pyromorphite, Mt Isa. Photo: G Millen © Australian Museum.