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Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Old copper mine 30 km to the west of Yunta.

Refs.:
- K. Wallwork, U. Kolitsch, A. Pring and L. Nasdala (2002): Decrespignyite-(Y), a new copper yttrium rare earth carbonate chloride hydrate from Paratoo, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 181-188.
- Pring, A., Wallwork, K., Brugger, J., Kolitsch, U. (2006): Paratooite-(La), a new lanthanum-dominant rare-earth copper carbonate from Paratoo, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 131-138.
- Brugger, J., Ogierman, J., Pring, A., Waldron, H., Kolitsch, U. (2006): Origin of the secondary REE-minerals at the Paratoo copper deposit near Yunta, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 70, 609-627.





Mineral List:
  • Actinolite
  • Albite
  • Analcime
  • Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Azurite
  • Baryte
  • Bastnäsite-(Ce)
  • Bastnäsite-(La)
  • Brannerite
  • Britholite-(Ce)
  • Calcioancylite-(Nd)
  • Calcite
  • Caysichite-(Y)
  • Celestine
  • Chabazite-Na
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chrysocolla
  • Coffinite
  • Connellite
  • Cuprite
  • Decrespignyite-(Y) (TL)
  • Digenite
  • Dolomite
  • Donnayite-(Y)
  • Epidote
  • Gypsum
  • Hematite
  • Ilmenite
  • Kamphaugite-(Y)
  • Kaolinite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Muscovite
  • Nontronite
  • Paratooite-(La) (TL)
  • Pseudomalachite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • 'Sericite'
  • Siderite
  • Synchysite-(Ce)
  • Tengerite-(Y)
  • Tenorite
  • Uraninite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Zoisite


    51 entries listed. 45 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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