Marble Bar Jasper Rock

The marble bar pool is located just a few minutes drive from the town of marble bar adjacent to chinamans pool three hours drive south of port hedland both the marble bar and chinamans pools are located in an a class remove and the removal of rock etc can attract a 10 000 fine.

Marble bar jasper rock.

These are now national trust buildings. In fact the town ought to be named jasper bar. Marble bar one of the most famous outback towns in australia is a fine example of a pioneering town dating the gold rush days at the end of the nineteenth century. Jasper rock outside of marble bar.

Founded in 1893 marble bar has earned a reputation as australia s hottest town owing to the consistently high temperatures experienced during the summer months when the mercury climbs over 38 degrees for days on end. Purchase this image download twitter facebook. Massive rock of jasper in marble bar. Named after what was originally thought to be a colourful marble bar which crosses the coongan river the bar is actually made of jasper.

Can you provide any additional information about this item. Originally the rock formation was thought to be marble hence the name but was later proven to be jasper. One has to look at the big picture the overall cycle. In 1891 the town boasted a population in excess of 5 000 as it experienced a rush on the goldfields.

In 1891 the town boasted a. Jasper can be found at the jasper deposit. By 1895 the town had its government offices built. The jasper rock formation which marble bar is named for ca.

When you first look at the rock bar it looks similar but different to other rock forms but when you splash water over it the brilliant colour of the jasper comes to life. Today marble bar is synonymous with heat. The name marble bar was derived from a nearby jasper bar mistaken for marble and now known as marble bar which runs across the bed of the coongan river. The marble bar is really jasper or more correctly very fine grained silica sio2 the different colours in the rock come from trace amounts of mineral impurities including iron hematite making the red layers and pyrites and carbonaceous material that makes the blue black layers the white layers are pure silica.

The rock bar was originally thought to be marble hence the town s name marble bar but the rock turned out be jasper. This video is unavailable. While the search for gold still brings many to the town. Slwa b3345111 1 slwa b3345111 3 view all items view on our catalogue order a copy.

A striking rock formation for which the town is named was mistaken for marble.