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Wodgina Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Detailed Mineral List:
| Albite | ||
| Formula: | NaAlSi3O8 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457; Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| 'Allanite' | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Anglesite | ||
| Formula: | PbSO4 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| 'Apatite' | ||
| Reference: | Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| Autunite | ||
| Formula: | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 11H2O | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Beryl | ||
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457; Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| Beryl var: Emerald | ||
| Reference: | Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| Beryl var: Vorobyevite | ||
| Colour: | white | |
| Description: | significant ore mineral | |
| Reference: | Pegmatites of Western Australia; M.I. Jacobson, M.A. Calderwood, B.A. Grguric, 2007. | |
| 'Biotite' | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Bismuth | ||
| Formula: | Bi | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Bismutite | ||
| Formula: | (BiO)2CO3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Bobierrite |  | |
| Formula: | Mg3(PO4)2 · 8H2O | |
| 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 | |
| Photo: Bobierrite from Wodgina Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Calcite | ||
| Formula: | CaCO3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| 'Chlorite Group' | ||
| Reference: | Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| Chrysocolla | ||
| Formula: | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O (x < 1) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Clinobisvanite | ||
| Formula: | Bi(VO4) | |
| Reference: | Bridge, P. J. & Pryce, M. W. (1974): Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yiennietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 39: 847-9 | |
| Columbite-(Mn) | ||
| Formula: | (Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)2O6 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Corundum |  | |
| Formula: | Al2O3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Photo: © JSS. Corundum from Wodgina Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Epidote | ||
| Formula: | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Euxenite-(Y) | ||
| Formula: | (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Fluorapatite | ||
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Fluorite | ||
| Formula: | CaF2 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Gold | ||
| Formula: | Au | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Grossular | ||
| Formula: | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Helvine | ||
| Formula: | Mn2+4(Be3Si3O12)S | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Hematite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2O3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Hemimorphite | ||
| Formula: | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Hydrokenoelsmoreite | ||
| Formula: | ◻2W2O6(H2O) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Hydrokenoelsmoreite var: Ferritungstite | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Ixiolite | ||
| Formula: | (Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Lepidolite | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Lithiophilite |  | |
| Formula: | LiMn2+PO4 | |
| Description: | Large masses some weighing a half a ton. Often severely altered. | |
| 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.; Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265 | |
| Photo: Lithiophilite from Wodgina Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| 'Manganese Oxides' | ||
| Reference: | Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265 | |
| Microcline | ||
| Formula: | KAlSi3O8 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Microlite Group | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| 'Monazite' | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Muscovite | ||
| Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Nontronite | ||
| Formula: | Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Phlogopite | ||
| Formula: | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2 | |
| Reference: | Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| 'Prochlorite' | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Pucherite | ||
| Formula: | Bi(VO4) | |
| Reference: | Bridge, P. J. & Pryce, M. W. (1974): Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yinnietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 39: 847-9 | |
| Purpurite | ||
| Formula: | (Mn3+,Fe3+)PO4 | |
| Description: | in altered lithiophillite with sicklerite and Mn oxides | |
| 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.; Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265 | |
| Pyrrhotite | ||
| Formula: | Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| Quartz var: Jasper | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Scheelite | ||
| Formula: | Ca(WO4) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Schorl | ||
| Formula: | Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Sicklerite | ||
| Formula: | Li1-x(Mn3+xMn2+1-x)PO4 | |
| Description: | In altered lithiophilite with unaltered core mantled with brown sicklerite | |
| 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.; Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265 | |
| Smithsonite | ||
| Formula: | ZnCO3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Spessartine | ||
| Formula: | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| 'Tantalite' | ||
| Formula: | (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457; Emeralds of the World English extraLapis Vol. 2 2002 pp24-35 | |
| Tantalite-(Mn) |  | |
| Formula: | MnTa2O6 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Photo: © Judy Rowe. Tantalite-(Mn) from Wodgina Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| 'Tapiolite' | ||
| Formula: | (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Thorogummite |  | |
| Formula: | (Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x | |
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Photo: Thorogummite from Wodgina Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| 'Tourmaline var: Indicolite' | ||
| Reference: | AmMin 13:457 | |
| Wodginite (TL) | ||
| Formula: | Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta2O8 | |
| Type Locality: | Wodgina Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia | |
| Reference: | Can. Min. 1963, 390-402 | |
56 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
References
- Bridge, P. J. & Pryce, M. W. (1974): Clinobisvanite, monoclinic BiVO4, a new mineral from Yinnietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 39: 847-9
- Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265
Pegmatites of Western Australia; M.I. Jacobson, M.A. Calderwood, B.A. Grguric, 2007.
- Mason, B. & Dunn, P.J. (1974): An unusual occurrence of Bobierrite at Wodgina, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record 5 (6): 265
Pegmatites of Western Australia; M.I. Jacobson, M.A. Calderwood, B.A. Grguric, 2007.
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