Black Mica – Harts Range – Northern Territory | Voyager Rare Books Maps & Prints

Black Mica – Harts Range – Northern Territory

Short Description

A lovely example of multilayered shiny black mica from the Harts Range in Northern Territory.

Hydrous aluminosilcate formed in slow cooling igneous rocks. The Harts Range is about 200km north of Alice. Mica was mined there as early as the 1880’s but fell into decline and stopped in the 1960’s.

Incidentally the mines had interesting names and included the Spotted Dog, Caruso and Disputed. We think our example may have come from the Spotted Dog but that could be Disputed [joke].

A good nicely layered example 10.0cm by 7.0cm, 1.0cm deep but obviously uneven because of the multi layering, weighing 110.0gm

Shiny Black Mica from the Northern Territory.

SO SORRY SOLD

Updating...

Product Categories

Black Mica – Harts Range – Northern Territory

Short Description