Sand from the red dunes in the plains to the west of Wilpena Pound, predominately hematite stained silica. Magnification 20x.
Sand: Yudnamutana
The hematite and magnetite rich magnetic sand of Yudnamutana.
Magnification 20x.
Sand: Strzelecki Track
20x magnification.
Immature lithic sand from silcrete deposit containing clear rounded quartz, jagged clear quartz, orange gypsum, calcium rich siltstone, chips of purple quartzite, goethite. Notable absence of silcrete as it highly resistant to weathering.
Sand: West of Copley
Lithic sand collected on a field trip to the hills west of Copley containing a small amount of clear quartz with fragments of assorted parent rocks – claystone, iron oxides, and coloured siltstones and sandstones.
Sands: Sliding Rock Area
Sliding Rock is the site of an old copper mine on the west side of Warraweena Conservation Park. The following 5 sand samples were taken in the area.
Old Copper Track
Lithic sand primarily composed from surrounding sedimentary rocks with some quartz crystals with hematite inclusions.
