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Christmas Island, Australia
Small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, about 2600 km NW of Perth and 500 km S of Jakarta (Indonesia).Phosphate mining since the 1890s, closed in 1987, but reopened in 1991.
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities| 'Apatite' 'Barrandite' Crandallite | Fluorapatite Hydroxylapatite var: Carbonate-fluorhydroxyapatite | 'Isoclasite' Millisite Montgomeryite | Wavellite |
12 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.
Localities in this Region
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References
Trueman, N. A. (1965): The phosphate, volcanic, and carbonate rocks of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. J. Geol. Soc. Australia 12, 261-283.
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Locality Updated: Tazkazgan Mine, UzbekistanFrom Debbie Woolf, 22nd May 2013 18:06:31