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Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry (Wipperaminga Hill), Kalabity homestead area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

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A feldspar/beryl (+ potash) and phosphate (triplite) mine located ESE of Kalabity homestead.
Not to be confused with Wiperaminga Hill (McMahon's Pegmatite; McMahon Quarry).

The area is now part of a Nature reserve and collecting is prohibited!
The Mineralogical Society of South Australia is helping the Australian Bush Heritage Fund to clean up, protect and make safe, this and other sites on the property.

Ref.:
- Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Petrogenesis of rare-element pegmatites in the Olary Block, South Australia, part 1. Mineralogy and chemical evolution. Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.





Mineral List:
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: []
  		•  Barbosalite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Bermanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    4
    		[Mn
    3+
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: []
  		•  Cacoxenite
    Fe
    3+
    24
    		Al[(OH)
     
    12
    		|O
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    17
    		] · 17H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Childrenite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)Al[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Cyrilovite
    NaFe
    3+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]
  		•  Diaspore
    AlO(OH)
    Reference: []
  		•  Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
    {KNa}{Mn
    2+
     
    		[ ]}{Ca}{Na
     
    3
    		}{Mn
    2+
    13
    		}{Al}[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    12
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Hureaulite
    (Mn,Fe)
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    3
    		OH)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Description: Not analysed; may be natrojarosite.
    Reference: [Uwe Kolitsch collection ]
  		•  Laueite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Lipscombite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]
  		•  Mitridatite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    3
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Montgomeryite ?
    Ca
     
    4
    		MgAl
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    		(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]
  		•  Phosphosiderite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]
  		•  Triplite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Triploidite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Vivianite
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Xanthoxenite
    Ca
     
    4
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Zwieselite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[F|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.]


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