Aussieminerals for Cutting materials - page 1
Where you can purchase high quality Australian stones collected by ourselves.
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Ribbonstone, a banded Chert from Camooweal in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 145 x 112 x 61 mm and weighs 978 Grams. Perfect for Knapping.
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AU $17 #418
Ribbonstone suitable for ball making in particular, from Camooweal in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 150 x 100 x 96 mm and weighs 2.198 Kilograms. Perfect for Knapping.
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AU $35 #421
Malachite in Jasper from the Sunset mine East of Mount Isa in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 11.7 x 9.7 x 7 cm and weighs 838 grams. A very good Knapping stone.
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Strawberry Quartz from Chumvale Station West of Cloncurry in North West Queensland. This material is not treated in any way. It is real Strawberry Quartz.
Piece measures 3.094 without cracks and weighs 3.094 Kilograms. Polished item not included.
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Red and Yellow Mookaite Jasper from Dajara in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 255 x 115 x 90 mm and weighs 3.326 Kilograms. A good Knapping stone.
The name Mookaite is a local name for a material identical in formation to this one from Western Australia.
This one is called Mookaite also, as nobody has given it a local name. Mookaite is a Silicified Porcelanite. See "Mookaite" at mindat.org.
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$50
#498
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Bag of Mookaite pieces from Dajara, Queensland. The name Mookaite is a local name for a material identical in formation to this one from Western Australia.
This bag measures 180 mm long it weighs 1.026 Kilogram.
This one is called Mookaite also, as nobody has given it a local name. Mookaite is a Silicified Porcelanite. See "Mookaite" at mindat.org.
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$14
#651
Agatised Mudstone with Hyolithid Belemnites suitable for cutting and polishing from Beetle Creek formation just West of Mount Isa in North West Queensland.
Material is Grey or Brown. Largest piece is 6 cm long and the bag weighs 708 grams. Polished items not included.
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White common Opal with Red Fire Opal inclussions. There are numerous small pits throughout the cut surface but it still cuts beautiful stones.
Piece is from Mount Isa, Queensland. Measures 155 x 120 x 57 mm and weighs 1.06 Kg. A good Knapping stone.
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$16
#644
Silicified Serpentine. Is as hard and polishes as good as any Chalcedony. This is being tested for Jadeite. It is from Rosebud Station 50 Kilometres East of Mount Isa in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 11 x 10 x 5 cm and weighs 710 grams.
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Rose Quartz, a bag of pieces suitable for cutting from Barrow Creek in the Northern Territory.
Largest piece measures 7.1 cm long and the bag full weighs 1.026 Kilograms. It has very strong Rose colour. Polished item not included.
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Amethyst, Chevron Amethyst from Castle Mount South of Cloncurry in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 11 x 8.5 x 7.6 cm and weighs 1.164 Kilograms. Polished items not included.
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Aragonite, banded shades of Brown from Madura in Western Australia.
Piece weighs 1.346 Kilograms and measures 16 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm.
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Amethyst and Smoky Chevron Quartz from Quamby North of Cloncurry in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 12.6 x 9.6 x 8 cm and weighs 1.36 Kilograms.
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AU $19 #320 SOLD
Smoky Chevron Quartz from Quamby North of Cloncurry in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 110 x 80 x 75 mm and weighs 870 Grams.
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AU $10
#628
Smoky Quartz pieces, one is a phantom. From the Kingsgate mine in Northern N.S.W.
Long dark piece measures 8.2 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm and combined they weigh 282 grams.
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Moss Agate, a very good piece from North of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
Piece has a cut face, measures 180 118 x 32 mm and weighs 858 grams. A good Knapping stone.
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AU $19
#511
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Jasper with Quartz stringers from the Pilbara Region of Northern Western Australia.
Piece measures 22 x 14.7 x 12.5 cm and weighs 5.186 Kilograms. Can be Knapped.
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Unakite. This material can lack large amounts of Quartz but does cut nice with the Feldspar, Epidote and often the darker Green Actinolite. It is from a large area of the material around fifty
Kilometres East of Mount Isa in North West Queensland.
Piece measures 22.3 x 21.5 x 8.5 cm and weighs 5.228 Kilograms. Polished items not included.
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