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Calcite from
Comet mine, Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comet mine, Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1211320
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1211320:0
GUID (UUID V4):94729dbf-5fc1-4d12-9093-035a510b4ee0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘHenty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘColebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘBismark, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘAvebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘViking Orebody, Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘMurchison Gorge, Tullah, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘSt Dizier mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
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Corporate Document (Series)
Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker Mineral Resources...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt.tas.gov.au www.mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ŠCopyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Report (issue)
E. Carne, F.G.S., Government Geologist. MINERAL RESOURCES. No. 22. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF Australian... will form a most valuable addition to the “ Mineral Resources ” series. I have the honor to be....Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index
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# ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...Lancaster — panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS...National Museum of Victoria. Chromiferous cerussite — (Dundas). Courtesy. National Museum of Victoria. First...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries
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Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...Record, September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia
Book (edition)
Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania Department of State Growth Mineral Resources Tasmania Occurrences of Gemstone...Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing) Compiled by R. S. Bottrill and W. L. Matthews...2nd Print November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au...As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly...sources. These include: Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania by W. F. Petterd, 1910 (a revised edition was
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l WITHDRAWN CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS...UAE a hte “ CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook...Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Scalisi, Philip. Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes
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Street, Sydney Sydney NSW NSW 2010, 2010, Australia Australia MINERALOGICAL NOTES: No. XI. BY C. ANDERsoN...fig. 1.) An interestingdiamolld crystal from this field was lent by Mr. D. A. Porter for measurement and...xxxix., figs. 2-6.) At the Dundas mines anglesite is a characteristic mineral occurring in well developed...from the old Maestries Mine was described and figured, and the occurrence of the mineral has been referred...from what mine the specimen came, but, as it carries crystals of a habit unusual for the Dundas anglesite
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................. 365 by R. G. Middleton The mineral collection of the Australian Museum .............F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................Minerals of the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ....................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ................................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ......................................
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Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona...Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...eralogies! Record, Inc. All rights reserved. Famous Mineral Localities—Prince of Wales Island, Alaska................... 28 by Peter B. Leavens The Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada.............
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92521, USA c Mineral Resources Tasmania, PO Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018, Australia d Hawai‘i Institute...Stichtite is a magnesium-chromium hydroxycarbonate mineral found in association with early Phanerozoic chromite-rich...chromite-rich serpentinite rocks of Tasmania, Australia and Tehuitzingo, Mexico. Elemental analysis of...completion textures, isotopic values, and qualitative mineral thermobarometric indicators indicate that stichtite...relatively rare magnesium-chromium hydroxycarbonate mineral of the rhombohedral hydrotalcite group. End members
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Report (Issue volume)
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Book
authoritative published archives of data for the mineral collector and specimen-oriented mineralogist that...fl. Fluorescent, or fluoresces H History of Mineral Collecting (vol. 25, no. 6) All dimensional notations...Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History of Mineral Collecting) are paginated independently, but following...GREENLAND] HMC0 ] 1-264 •MINERAL MUSEUMS OF EASTERN EUROPE 0 HISTORY OF MINERAL COLLECTING Tlir M/11,ru/1111/ml...spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON
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(Jniversityof New South |l'ales Kensington,N. S.W. 2033, Australia Abstract No upper limit on the sizeof crystalsis...studentto studentis the for a list including every mineral species, have would compile, story of a mysterious...the undocumented produce. Accordingly, this the mineral report of such an orthoclasecrystal can be traced...minerals are Presented. For each of the twenty-four mineral categories, like many giant crystalsit was not...(E1 9 2 3 , p . 3 6 2 ) . 5 PerticaE Italy. 2. Mine, Urbino, SULPIiIDES € SULPHOSALTS (i)SULTHIDES
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D U N D E R T H E D I R E C T I O N O F T H E MINERAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE O F T H E I M P E R I A L I...the Imperial Institute with the advice of the Mineral Resources Committee, show the chief British Countries...D U N D E R T H E D I R E C T I O N O F T H E MINERAL RESOURCES C O M M I T T E E O F T H E I M P E R...192I ALLRIGHTS RESERVED IMPERIAL INSTITUTE MINERAL SECTION THE Imperial Institute is a centre f o...the Public Exhibition Galleries, and also in the Mineral Reference Collections of the Institute. A special
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France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London...A notable rhodonite crystal from Broken Hill, Australia ............469 by A. H. Chapman Palladium and...Cassedanne & J. N. Alves Minerals of the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana .........................Columns Guest editorial: What is the future of mineral exhibits in museums? ........................................................ 499 by T. Moore Mineral Stories ......................................
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MINERAL RESOURCES BllLLETII 16 m.OrAYLLlTE m TALC, tl by I?B. Abeysinghe OOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA... TALC, PYROPHYLLITE AND MAGNESITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE: COVER: Talc powder flanked by...(left) and Three Springs talc (right) The talc mine at Three Springs sits comfortably amongst recently...Asia Pacific GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 16 by P. B. Abeysinghe...Perry DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: J. F. Johnston The recommended
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Mineral News Vol. 24 No. 12 December 2008 The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 Munich 2008 Dark...Mineralientage Mlinchen special exhibits was minerals from Australia. This was interesting, particularly as this was...length of arsenolamprite in matrix from Alacaran Mine (Pampa Larga, Copiapo, Chile). All the specimens...Heighway (Part I) The Cincinnati Giant, Doctor and Mining Engineer Mark Ivan Jacobson Chuandongbei Gas Project...Himalaya Mine was brought into notice in 1898 by Mr. Charles Russell Orcutt, [the famous west coast naturalist]
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................................^......... 30 Calcite..................................................38 Ivanhoe mine.......................................................... 38 Horrible mine..............39 Bear mine. ............................................................ 39 Kensington mine........... 40 Eureka mine. .............................................. ^.......... 42 Comet mine.................................................. 42 Johnson mine............................................... 1
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L ,, ' • • ,. ,, • ' •• ' IMPERIAL MINERAL RESOUROES ...... B'.UREAU. ' ,. • • • ' '... • • - ' • • " • •- • ' • " . THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF . "' THE BRITISH EMPIRE . ' • •...~ . • ' ' . • IMPERIA11 MINERAL RESOURCES BUREAU. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE. BRl TISH EMPIRE...will form a part of the volume or volumes on the Mineral Resources. of the British Empire and Foreign Co11ntries...due to the war in the publications relating to mining and metallurgical statistics . Labour, health and
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1963, 1969, 1978, 1993 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Blainey, Geoffrey...6. 1. Mines and mineral resources—Australia—History. 2. Mineral industries—Australia—History. I. Title...later; but within a few years the boom in Australian mining made the final chapters seem antiquated. Accordingly...in 1969, a long chapter was written on the new mining fields. At the same time some dates and statistics...original book was almost entirely concerned with metal mining, the discoveries of the 1960s—including oil and
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Dimensions in the captions refer to the entire gem or mineral; however, in some cases only a portion is shown...Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x... living organisms rocks such as granite. The mineral grains in these rocks are actually crystals, but...are yet these crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed... Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals encompass
 
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