Frome River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Frome River | River |
Moorina | Hamlet |
Dorset municipality | Municipality |
Tasmania | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 8' 16'' South , 147° 54' 6'' East
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A small river often worked by fossickers for sapphires. Previously it’s small alluvial deposits were worked for cassiterite.
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3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Reference: R Bottrill collection |
ⓘ Corundum Formula: Al2O3 Reference: R Bottrill collection |
ⓘ Corundum var. Sapphire Formula: Al2O3 Reference: R Bottrill collection |
ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 Reference: R Bottrill collection |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
ⓘ | Corundum | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
ⓘ | var. Sapphire | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Corundum var. Sapphire | Al2O3 |
O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | ⓘ Corundum | Al2O3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Corundum var. Sapphire | Al2O3 |
Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | ⓘ Corundum | Al2O3 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Bottrill, R. S. and Matthews, W. L. (2006) Occurrences of Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing). Mineral Resources Tasmania
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Frome River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia