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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Crandallite from Tom’s Quarry, Australia
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Goethite from Tom’s Quarry, Australia
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Wavellite from Tom’s Quarry, Australia
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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.
Further reading
If you are interested in other classic Australian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Australian locales
- Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine, Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
- Marillana Station mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
- Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
- Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia
- Toms Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
- Woods Mine, Inglis Co, New South Wales, Australia
For the rest of our Australian stock, see below.
Australia
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