Mt Gee, Arkaroola, is 60m thick slab of crystalline quartz, resulting from hydrothermal activity. The prolific quartz cavities present a great variety of crystal form, colour and growth stages, including nail-hole quartz, only found at Arkaroola.


Mt Gee, Arkaroola, is 60m thick slab of crystalline quartz, resulting from hydrothermal activity. The prolific quartz cavities present a great variety of crystal form, colour and growth stages, including nail-hole quartz, only found at Arkaroola.



Quartz outcropping amongst colourful siltstones and claystones in the Lyndhurst area.

Hematite stained Quartz seam seen in shale. Magnification 20x.

Scalenohedral Calcite. Magnification 20x.


20x magnification: Hematite stained drusy quartz on Jasper and Goethite.
