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Corporation quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Three basalt flows exposed in the quarry. The upper flow contains no mineralisation, the middle and low flows contain the mineralisation.

Located in Clifton Hill, a local government ward of the Melbourne suburb Collingwood.

"Quarrying operations at Clifton Hill, alongside Merri Creek date back to 1846 and possibly earlier. Small quarry operations (of around half an acre) were made available for leasing to the public from 1846. Theses leases were subsequently resumed by the Melbourne City Council for suppling material for road and building construction. This area was approximately ten acres in size. Later approximately three and and a half acres of this property was granted to the Collingwood Council in 1884 for quarrying purposes. These two ajoining quarries have been referred to as "Corporation Quarries" and "Metropolitan Quarries"." (Birch, 1989)
Remediation of the quarry was completed in 1983 and it is no longer visible.



References:
- Birch, W. D., ed. (1989): Zeolites of Victoria. The Mineralogical Society of Victoria Inc., Special Publication No. 2, Melbourne, Australia, 110 pp.
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49





Mineral List:
  		•  Analcime
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Description: found in the vesicles of the middle flow
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  Calcite
    var: Ferroan Calcite
    (Ca,Fe)CO
     
    3
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  Chabazite-Ca
    (Ca,K
     
    2
    		,Na
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  'Clay'
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  Gonnardite
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  Huntite
    CaMg
     
    3
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Mesolite
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
  		•  'Phillipsite'
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]
    Site Photo
    Corporation quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  'Thomsonite'
    Reference: [Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.49]


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