Tom's Quarry

Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia

Tom’s Quarry is an active phosphate mine which has also produced a range of mineral specimens.

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Mindat lists 67 minerals from the site, including 5 for which it is the type locality.

It is the type locality for Ellioitite, Jahnsite-(CaFeMg), Kapundaite, Peisleyite, and Tomsquarryite.

The quarry may also be known as Old Toms Quarry or Tom’s Phosphate Quarry.

It may be confused with Sobeys Mine, but this is a seperate locale that works the same deposits.

 

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We may have specimens from various locales around South Australia including:

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