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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 577489" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Bass Point is an old basalt quarry - near there? You also have Port Kembla and lots of slag nearby, but I am inclined to think your samples are natural. Possibly the spheres are chalcedony, or an iron-rich carbonate mineral.Sydney was supplied by basalt from Kiama-Bombo (fantastic lava colums there) and Bass Point. You might find this interesting....</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1601967363_lava_columns.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.studocu.com/en-au/document/university-of-wollongong/geology-for-engineers-i/other/field-trips/316532/view" target="_blank">https://www.studocu.com/en-au/document/university-of-wollongong/geology-for-engineers-i/other/field-trips/316532/view</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/255800738/Field-Geology-of-the-Shoalhaven-District-John-Paix-1970" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/document/255800738/Field-Geology-of-the-Shoalhaven-District-John-Paix-1970</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1601967803_bombo2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1601967803_bombo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 577489, member: 4386"] Bass Point is an old basalt quarry - near there? You also have Port Kembla and lots of slag nearby, but I am inclined to think your samples are natural. Possibly the spheres are chalcedony, or an iron-rich carbonate mineral.Sydney was supplied by basalt from Kiama-Bombo (fantastic lava colums there) and Bass Point. You might find this interesting.... [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1601967363_lava_columns.jpg[/img] [url]https://www.studocu.com/en-au/document/university-of-wollongong/geology-for-engineers-i/other/field-trips/316532/view[/url] [url]https://www.scribd.com/document/255800738/Field-Geology-of-the-Shoalhaven-District-John-Paix-1970[/url] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1601967803_bombo2.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1601967803_bombo.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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