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New South Wales
Hillgrove antimony and gold field
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: stibnite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Gorge-edge mining town east of Armidale that led the world in antimony in the 1890s
Documented in New England mining histories and mineral collecting literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
cliffs, open shafts, stibnite dust
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