Quartz, Iron Prince Quarry, Iron Baron, SA
Size 10cm x5cm
Small clear sparkling quartz crystals are grown over the top of goethite. It appears that the quartz crystals vary in colour, but this is due to the goethite under the clear quartz being different colours.
This material was mined many years ago before anyone was collecting minerals at the mine, as a result all specimans of this material were collected from old waste dumps, which are now covered and rehabilitated with current mining operations. No one will ever really know when this material was mined in the pit, but it was a long time ago. A showy speciman from this long defunct locality.