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

Old, small copper mine/prospect 30 km to the west of Yunta.

Known for a highly unusual assemblage of secondary REE and Cu-REE carbonate minerals.



References:
- 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
Törnebohmite-(La)
Uraninite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zoisite


52 entries listed. 46 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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