Latitude: 30°57'S
Longitude: 121°9'E
At Londonderry, south of Coolgardie, a large microcline feldspar pegmatite dyke...is a potential source of the lithium minerals lepidolite and petalite". (Geol. Austral. Ore Deposits, 1953, p. 76).
Located near Nepean, Bouchers, and Miriam. A feldspar quarry located 19 km S of Coolgardie (Bridge & Pryce 1974).
Specimens previously listed as "Lepidolite" from this locality have all proved to be trilithionite. This was confirmed by EDS analysis.
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References
Bridge, P. J. & Pryce, M. W. (1974): Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yinnietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 39: 847-9.
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