Trevor Dart's Photo Gallery

TKQ-KA4Ilmenite Fe²⁺TiO₃

The Pinnacles Pegmatites, Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station) , North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 70 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm

Cluster of Ilmenite crystals, from the eastern flank of the high hill directly behind the main Pinnacle (as viewed from the carpark). Large masses of crystalline ilmenite are scattered over this flank, shedding from quartz veins that cut through the schistose rock.

37N-X1GTitanite CaTi(SiO₄)O , Ilmenite Fe²⁺TiO₃ , Stilbite Subgroup M_6-7[Al_8-9Si_27-28O₇₂]·nH₂O

Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 60 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm

Olive green titanite crystal embedded in ilmenite with stilbite. From a small vein near the creek level, to the south of the Arkaroola Bore.

CVM-8Q8Stilbite Subgroup M_6-7[Al_8-9Si_27-28O₇₂]·nH₂O

Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 120 mm x 70 mm x 40 mm

A plate of Stilbite rosettes, from a vein found near the creek and to the south of the Arkaroola Bore.

MHK-LF1Stilbite Subgroup M_6-7[Al_8-9Si_27-28O₇₂]·nH₂O

Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 100 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm

Stilbite rosettes from a location high up the valley south of Arkaroola Bore.

X5H-Y4TStilbite Subgroup M_6-7[Al_8-9Si_27-28O₇₂]·nH₂O

Arkaroola Bore, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 90 mm x 70 mm x 40 mm

Stilbite rosettes from a calcite seam that was high up the valley above Arkaroola Bore.

M69-FV9Hornblende Root Name Group ◻Ca₂(Z²⁺₄Z³⁺)(AlSi₇O₂₂)(OH,F,Cl)₂

Radium Creek, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 120 mm x 100 mm x 60 mm

Large crystals of hornblende from the Sphene Dyke area in Radium Creek.

WU7-TK2Diopside CaMgSi₂O₆ , Titanite CaTi(SiO₄)O

Radium Creek, Mt Painter area, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 100 mm x 80 mm x 60 mm

Diopside crystal group with small titanite crystals and quartz topping, from the Sphene Dyke area in Radium Creek.

6G6-59EPyrolusite Mn⁴⁺O₂

Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 60 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm

Radial Pyrolusite cluster. Found where the bulldozer cut through a quartz blow along the Ridge Top Track, near the junction of the track and Sunshine Creek, within Sunshine Pound.

G44-H06Goethite α-Fe³⁺O(OH)

Kingsmill Creek, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 120 mm x 90 mm x 90 mm

Mammilary goethite from alongside Kingsmill Creek, east of Arkaroola Homestead, along the Paralana Hot Springs road.

QR2-UNYFluorite CaF₂ , Quartz SiO₂

Mt Gee, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Dimensions: 70 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm

Banded green and purple fluorite with small quartz crystals over the top. From the northeastern flank of Mount Gee.