Mooralla

Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia

Mooralla is a locale in Beear State Forest famous for quality smoky Quartz geodes and crystals.

It is a designated gem collecting site but has been dug since the 1960s, so it is certainly possible the material is becoming more scarce.

The smoky Quartz from this locale is a very dark brown to black colour and typically very transparent and lustrous – gemmy might be a word you’d use.

Mindat lists five mineral species from the site, but most attention is paid to the smoky Quartz.

 

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We may have specimens from various locales around Victoria including:

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