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Stolzite
Stolzite, 7.6 cm, from the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The Broken Hill orebody was discovered in 1883 by a boundary rider named Charles Rasp, within the fenced paddock of a sheep station in the Australian outback. Broken Hill soon became a boom town. Stolzite was first found at Broken Hill in 1895; the finest specimens came from vugs in the upper levels of the Proprietary mine, in the siliceous limonitic gossan. Collectors and mineral dealers heard about the bonanza of mineral specimens and began asking for samples. The manager of the Duke of Cornwall Hotel in Broken Hill began offering miners beer in exchange for specimens brought out in their lunch buckets.
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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.6 cm
Locality
Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Publications
- Mineralogical Record Mineral Collection University Of Delaware page 43
Added on02/13/2026
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