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Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Field of view: 7.5mm. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From Carapooee, pinkish crystal fragments of andalusite, hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Moderately abraded but retaining crystal outlines. There is some yellowish colouration due to iron staining. Field of view: 22mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A group of water-worn zircons previously in the J. Lamond micro collection. Many of these fluoresce a bright orange under shortwave UV. FOV 25mm.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From Carapooee, selected hexagonal cleavage fragments of corundum, showing a range of colours. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Selected dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the uncommon tabular habit. These show some abrasion and iron-staining. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 9mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of the slightly smaller grains among the frosted and strongly abraded zircons from Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 27mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of sapphires from the alluvial gold mine at Carapooee, hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Selected rutile crystals from the alluvial gold mine at Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 4.6mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Black spinels hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. These are some of the smaller spinels from Carapooee. Some appear brightly polished, pitted and quite black. Others are duller, slightly brownish and with no pitting. Some of the smallest crystals are obviously octahedral. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From the Carapooee gravels, selected blackish schorl crystals showing slight abrasion. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates from the gold mining operations. Field of view: 27mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of rutile crystals showing complex twinning and some abrasion, hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of the slightly larger grains among the frosted and strongly abraded zircons from Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 27mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Black spinels hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. These are some of the larger grains and show abrasion and considerable pitting. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A sample of abraded crystals and fragments of zircon from which the iron-staining has been removed. Previously honey-browns, the colours are now mostly pale greyish, whitish or almost colourless. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 25mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Abraded fragments of rutile from the alluvial gold mine at Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 11mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the common dipyramidal forms. There is some abrasion and iron-staining. Field of view: 10mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Pseudorutile hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Maghemite grains sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. For this purpose a magnet could be used as the mineral is magnetic.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of quartz crystals sorted from heavy mineral concentrates from the alluvial gold mining. The crystals are water-worn and showing some iron staining. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Tiny balls of magnetite hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of some of a lot of 29 micrometeorites hand sorted by the late Judy Rowe from alluvial concentrates. Judy hand sorted anatase, zircon, maghemite, and other minerals. One of the micrometeorites (just above centre) looks like a Death Star! Also, in this small selection, there is a tiny transparent yellow mineral (top). I'd like to ...
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Fragments of pale-orange-yellow baryte hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Pseudorutile from the heavy mineral concentrates found in the gravel deposits of the Alluvial gold mine at Carapooee, Victoria, Australia. Largest crystal 3mm. Average crystal size 1-2mm. Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the common dipyramidal forms. There is some abrasion and iron-staining. Stack of 48 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Yellow through to blue anatase crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images.
© crocoite.com
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Spheres of magnetite hand-sorted by Judy Rowe from alluvial material. Some have quartz embedded, and some are hollow (perhaps where quartz was?). Some have interesting features (micro-meteorites perhaps?). Stack of 55 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Highly magnetic rounded brown pebbles from alluvial deposit. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Stack of 45 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Single crystal sorted by Judy Rowe from heavy mineral concentrates. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Stack of 30 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Some dumps of overburden among the eucalypts near the edge of the mine site.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From the base of the Tertiary gravel deposits, the heavy mineral concentrates were recovered and processed to obtain the gold. This photo was taken in 2000, about four years after production ceased.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A view of part of the alluvial gravels mined for gold at Carapooee. When this photo was taken in 2000, frogs could be heard calling from the water in the hollow. None could have survived later drought conditions.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A group of water-worn zircons previously in the J. Lamond micro collection. Many of these fluoresce a bright orange under shortwave UV. FOV 25mm.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Field of view: 7.5mm. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From Carapooee, pinkish crystal fragments of andalusite, hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Moderately abraded but retaining crystal outlines. There is some yellowish colouration due to iron staining. Field of view: 22mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of the slightly smaller grains among the frosted and strongly abraded zircons from Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 27mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From Carapooee, selected hexagonal cleavage fragments of corundum, showing a range of colours. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Selected dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the uncommon tabular habit. These show some abrasion and iron-staining. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 9mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of sapphires from the alluvial gold mine at Carapooee, hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Selected rutile crystals from the alluvial gold mine at Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 4.6mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Black spinels hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. These are some of the smaller spinels from Carapooee. Some appear brightly polished, pitted and quite black. Others are duller, slightly brownish and with no pitting. Some of the smallest crystals are obviously octahedral. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of the slightly larger grains among the frosted and strongly abraded zircons from Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 27mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From the Carapooee gravels, selected blackish schorl crystals showing slight abrasion. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates from the gold mining operations. Field of view: 27mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of rutile crystals showing complex twinning and some abrasion, hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Black spinels hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. These are some of the larger grains and show abrasion and considerable pitting. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A sample of abraded crystals and fragments of zircon from which the iron-staining has been removed. Previously honey-browns, the colours are now mostly pale greyish, whitish or almost colourless. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 25mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Abraded fragments of rutile from the alluvial gold mine at Carapooee. Hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. Field of view: 11mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Maghemite grains sorted from heavy mineral concentrates. For this purpose a magnet could be used as the mineral is magnetic.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the common dipyramidal forms. There is some abrasion and iron-staining. Field of view: 10mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Pseudorutile hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of quartz crystals sorted from heavy mineral concentrates from the alluvial gold mining. The crystals are water-worn and showing some iron staining. Field of view: 12mm.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Tiny balls of magnetite hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of some of a lot of 29 micrometeorites hand sorted by the late Judy Rowe from alluvial concentrates. Judy hand sorted anatase, zircon, maghemite, and other minerals. One of the micrometeorites (just above centre) looks like a Death Star! Also, in this small selection, there is a tiny transparent yellow mineral (top). I'd like to ...
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Fragments of pale-orange-yellow baryte hand-sorted from heavy mineral concentrates.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Pseudorutile from the heavy mineral concentrates found in the gravel deposits of the Alluvial gold mine at Carapooee, Victoria, Australia. Largest crystal 3mm. Average crystal size 1-2mm. Specimen and Photograph - James Melville (2023)
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A selection of dull greyish-blue anatase crystals from Carapooee, showing the common dipyramidal forms. There is some abrasion and iron-staining. Stack of 48 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Yellow through to blue anatase crystals. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 75 images.
© crocoite.com
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Spheres of magnetite hand-sorted by Judy Rowe from alluvial material. Some have quartz embedded, and some are hollow (perhaps where quartz was?). Some have interesting features (micro-meteorites perhaps?). Stack of 55 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Highly magnetic rounded brown pebbles from alluvial deposit. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Stack of 45 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Single crystal sorted by Judy Rowe from heavy mineral concentrates. Ex Judy Rowe Collection. Stack of 30 images.
© Steve Sorrell
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Some dumps of overburden among the eucalypts near the edge of the mine site.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
From the base of the Tertiary gravel deposits, the heavy mineral concentrates were recovered and processed to obtain the gold. This photo was taken in 2000, about four years after production ceased.
© Judy Rowe
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
A view of part of the alluvial gravels mined for gold at Carapooee. When this photo was taken in 2000, frogs could be heard calling from the water in the hollow. None could have survived later drought conditions.
© Judy Rowe
