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On
the way to the field area,
where the geology is still labeled.
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Nooldoonooldoona
waterhole
"asymmetric segregations seams" (hare for scale)
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Some
geology is also labelled in
Arkaroola.
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Paul
Bons demonstrates the use
of a 4WD bonnet as a computer desk
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Large
tourmaline crystals in
phlogopite schists
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Corundum
and spinel in the same
phlogopite schist, East Painter Gorge location.
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Rare
euhedral corundum in the
phlogopite schists
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Rhythmic
layering
(quartz/feldspar) in one of "The Pinnacles" (Mawson Valley)
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Quartz
with distinct crystal
faces in same Pinnacle
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Tremolite
in Mawson Valley
breccia ("diatreme")
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Tremolite
and magnetite in the
skarned parts of Mawson Valley
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Something
new: an
ankerite-quartz vein near the Pinnacles
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Ankerite
being veined by
secondary calcite
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Large
feldspar crystal in one of
The Pinnacles
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A
yellow footed rock wallaby
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Balcanoona
wattle (perhaps not
impressive, but rare).
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The
only good goat...
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But
not only goats die....
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Mudcracks,
approximately 600 Ma
old.
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Joel
Brugger and colleagues
prepare for sampling Wortupa mine
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Euhedral
scapolite at Wortupa
gold deposit
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Spinifex
"flowers", after which
the spinifex texture was named
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Driving
into Hidden Valley
(steeper than it looks!)
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Odd
pegmatite in Hidden Valley,
sheared in places.
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Euhedral
corundum in the
(strongly) altered granites on NE of Hidden Valley
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Large
euhedral (but
unfortunately not gem quality) corundum
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Uranium
exploration near Mt Gee
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Spinel
replacing corundum in
phlogopite schists near #6 workings
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Torbernite-autunite
series (U
phosphate), #6 workings
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Marlina
Elburg in typical
fieldwork pose
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