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Wodgina, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia

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Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  'Allanite'
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 ]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·11H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Emerald
    Reference: [Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 ]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Vorobyevite
    Reference: []
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Bismutite
    (BiO)
     
    2
    		CO
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Bobierrite
    Mg
     
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Lath-like crystals, in rosettes
    Description: Found as coating fractures in one football sized block of altered lithiopilite. Resembles gypsum
    Reference: [Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 ]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Clinobisvanite
    BiVO
     
    4
    Reference: [Bridge, P. J. & Pryce, M. W. (1974): Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yiennietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 39: 847-9]
  		•  Columbite-(Fe) (TL)
    FeNb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Type Locality: Green's Well pegmatite, Wodgina, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
    Reference: [AM 1928, 466]
  		•  Columbite-(Mn)
    (Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Euxenite-(Y)
    (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Ferritungstite
    (W,Fe
    3+
     
    		)(O,OH)
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Helvite
    Mn
    2+
    4
    		Be
     
    3
    		[S|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Ixiolite
    (Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)
     
    4
    		O
     
    8
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Lepidolite
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Lithiophilite
    LiMn
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1928): 13: 457; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 667.]
  		•  'Manganese Oxides'
    Reference: [Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Microlite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(O,OH,F)
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  'Monazite'
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 ]
  		•  'Prochlorite'
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Pucherite
    BiVO
     
    4
    Reference: [Bridge, P. J. & Pryce, M. W. (1974): Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yiennietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 39: 847-9]
  		•  Purpurite
    (Mn
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1928): 13: 457; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 676.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 ]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Jasper
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Sicklerite
    (LiMn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 673.]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Tantalite
    (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Tantalite-(Mn)
    MnTa
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  'Tapiolite'
    (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Thorogummite
    (Th,U)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Indicolite'
    Reference: [AmMin 13:457]
  		•  Wodginite (TL)
    Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    Type Locality: Wodgina pegmatite, Wodgina, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
    Reference: [Can. Min. 1963, 390-402]


    56 entries listed. 41 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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    • Western Australia
      • Pilbara Region
        • Wodgina

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