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Australia, Tasmania

Dundas, Tasmania

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Crocoite, cerussite, dundasite, pyromorphite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: crocoite-bearing oxidized ore

Type region for spectacular crocoite (Tasmania's mineral emblem) at the Adelaide and Red Lead mines, extensively documented.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old shafts, lead minerals

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