Alabandite on Calcite - image 1
specimen video

Alabandite on Calcite

Help improve this record

No owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

Sign in to contribute
Alabandite is a rare manganese sulphide and is one of the iconic minerals from the Zinc Corporation mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The Alabandite forms a pencil-like rod measuring approximately 5.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm of bundled, sooty-black acicular crystals. These contrast nicely against the bubbly, flesh-pink botryoidal Calcite on which they rest, this in turn covering a light grey fine granular matrix. A terrific example of Alabandite and of unusual habit from Broken Hill.

Product details

SpeciesAlabandite, Calcite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.5 x 10.0 x 4.6 cm
Added on10/24/2024
LocalityAustralia, New South Wales, Zinc Corporation Mine
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired 07/2026·Paid $2,500.00
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

Learn more

Alabandite
Mineral guide
Learn about Alabandite
Sign in to contribute
Alabandite
Regional guide
Alabandite from Zinc Corporation Mine
Sign in to contribute
Locality guide
Zinc Corporation Mine
Zinc Corporation Mine, Australia — a renowned Broken Hill locality yielding red rhodonite, alabandite on calcite, and rare bannisterite, prized by collectors.