Covellite, Quartz
Newee Creek Silver Mine, Macksville, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australia
Covellite identified by cleavage, flexibility of fragments, colour, hexagonal structure.
Quartz identified by hardness and fracture.
This specimen is from the Wards Silver Mine. There are three separate but relatively close mines: Wards to the south, Silver Bell (large adit, converted to open-cut), and Newee Creek Silver mine at the north of ...
© Photograper: Alan L. Melbourne