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Tourmaline from
Comet Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comet Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1027114
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1027114:8
GUID (UUID V4):cb4e7ffe-b226-420a-9c7d-83a737b99f12
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘWodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication
Report (edition)
Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black...black dravite tourmaline crystals from Yinnetharra. Set in a black phlogopite schist, these crystals... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 12 THE TIN DEPOSITS OF ~ E S T E...Minister for Mines 77793-1 i National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 7617 2 11 PREFACE...Although small by Australian and World standards, Western Australia’s tin deposits have yielded concentrates...interested in searching for tin deposits in Western Australia. J H Lord 19th June 1978. DIRECTOR iii................. ... ... . . Tin mining in Western Australia .........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metal Pegmatites in the North Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MARCUS T. SWEETAPPLE† AND PETER L. F. COLLINS...of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Abstract The Pilbara pegmatite province in the...pegmatite groups and fields, including the giant Mount Cassiterite tantalum orebody in the Wodgina pegmatite...boundaries. All of the major tantalum deposits (Wodgina, Mount Cassiterite, Tabba Tabba, Strelley, Pilgangoora)...ARCHEAN North Pilbara Craton in northwestern Australia (Fig. 1) is one of the world’s major tantalum
Journal (issue)
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...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...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
Report (issue)
22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:...Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalum–tin mine. Brought from Port Hedland by camel train about 1905, this vintage...SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston...Limerick DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Tim Griffin REFERENCE The recommended reference...FETHERSTON, J. M., 2004, Tantalum in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
Book
Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data Perry, Nance Australian...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....wish to learn about the minerals and gems of Australia. PREFACE gemmologists, mineralogists in a specialised... It will travel throughout the backblocks of Australia and through the museums of our capital cities...in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. The study of gemstones has gained many adherents
Report (issue)
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...p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these
Corporate Document (Series)
gov.au www.mrt.tas.gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department...publisher in writing. in National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Bottrill, R...Adelaide mine, Dundas {Photo: A Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine {Photo:...Fluorite on ferroan magnesite, Mount Bischoff {Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine {Photo:]. Leeming] While...in Tasmania ... ... ... ... ... ... Geology and mine locations, Dundas mineral field Geology and major
Journal (volume)
what is a fixed article of economic faith in Western society. The purchase of gold bullion calls for...which I personally have great confidence is the tourmaline family. It is true that in theory many areas...of perfect pseudo-hexagonal ·'sixling" form, from mine on Takowaja Riuer in UralMts,, U.S.S.R. Matrix is...alexandrite type, from the Takowaja, Urals, emerald mine locality. These were found embedded in black mica...When this material was discovered in the emerald mine, it was a source of wonder. It was even more of
Book (edition)
Adelaide. PERRY, N.; PERRY, R. 1979. Gemstones in Australia. Reed Books : Sydney. SUTHERLAND, F. L. 1992....Other areas are Bell Mount (pale green), Mt Bischoff (deep blue), Great Republic mine (Ben Lomond) (mottled...the mines at Dundas, particularly the Comet, Kapi, West Comet, Dundas Extended and Adelaide mines. Specimens...Heazlewood silver-lead mines; and from the Magnet mine. Most of these mines produced spectacular specimens...Dundas Extended, Kapi and West Comet mines at Dundas; and the Silver Queen mine at Zeehan. It is usually opaque
Book
revise) © 1976, 1985, 1992 Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited © 1992 Reader’s Digest (New Zealand)...& Geophysics. Published by Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited 26-32 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills...identification Prospecting for gold Gemstone areas of Australia The collector's gear Polishing and cutting Fossicking...minerals are widely distributed over the surface of Australia, but some areas, because of different geological...water-soluble chlorides, nitrates or phosphates. In Australia sedimentary sandstones, in certain areas and under
Report (issue)
OOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 TALC, PYROPHYLLITE AND MAGNESITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:...powder flanked by Mount Seabrook talc (left) and Three Springs talc (right) The talc mine at Three Springs...Talc Asia Pacific GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 16 by P. B. Abeysinghe...R. Perry DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: J. F. Johnston The...Talc, pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
Book
CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sĂ© ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resources—Soviet Union
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980). Combinations of the two depositional...British Columbia, Canada; and Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Barr, 1980)). These deposits are primarily worked...of deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...Junner (1921) made the same mines in Victoria, Australia, and Malcom (1912) in Nova Scotia. Arsenopyrite
Journal (issue)
Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 i\\l MINELAB Visit our website www.mlnelab...45unda'f, Ma'( t'fth 1-001- at 'Pa\mer, 45outh Australia. 6.arrett Meta\ Detet.tors and Other 'Priz.es...responses from the small targets. An acquaintance of mine who works full time as a prospector, describes his...prove a catalyst for the region and the embryonic port of Cooktovvn soon became inundated with hopeful...:l Ip) Ot.‱pt ;\line- (~t. 20pl Dt·pt Mine~ tM. 27111 D,·pt Mine.... t)l. -IOp1 Culdfidtl.:- of ~ \
Journal (issue)
visiting the roadside dealers and the dealers in the Mount Ida Quartz Festival. Inexpensive lapidary and fossil...not be reliable, for information about from which mine they came. Most will have forgotten but often will...erroneous detailed location data. The Sweet Surrender mine near Story is located near the northwest end of...collecting area and picked up many small crystals for to mount on cards and label to sell to the kids at the Houston...Show. We might have done better buying a bucket of mine run quartz and cleaned it at home. These run from
Book
" Ajax, Line and 8 7 ' ' 10 For "Coronet Mine'" Coronet Hill. For ' ' " three miles " after...Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of : South Australia, by Thomas Burr, Esq., at one time Deputy SurveyorGeneral...the transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia for 1882-3, with the kind permission of the author...Yudanamutana Mine, Daly Mine, Winninnie, Flinders Heights. AGATE. All over Central Australia from Hergott...South-east district in Miocene rocks. ALMANDITE. Mount Babbage, Woodside, Macdonnell Ranges, Hart Ranges
Book
We hope that it will serve the mineralogical community well for many decades to come. Wendell E. Wilson...ARIZONA-V] 265-352 257-320 353-400 321-384 TOURMALINE ] 327--438 439-508 225-288 289-352 353-416...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Greece 22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)
Journal (issue)
Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03) 9723 5041...Societies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December...Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ...........................M11se11111 ofVic10ria Associate Editors The Daydream Mine, Silverton, N.S.W. John D. Leach .................associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser, K.M. Scott ...
Report (issue)
shear zone ___ _ Lee Mountain mine ____________ .____ _ Valley Forge mine _________________ _ Little Lilly...Lilly group __________________ _ Mines on the western slope of Red Mountain ________________________________...Free Speech mine __________________ _ Eureka mine ______________________ _ Mammoth mine ___________________... Bassett mine ________________ _ Lexington mine ____________________ _ Daniel Stanton mine _______________...Bunker Hill mine __________________ _ Teal Lake mine ____________________ _ Evergreen mine ____________________
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SURVEY CIRCULAR 277 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COMET AREA JEFFERSON COUNTY MONTANA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT...SURVEY CIRCULAR 277 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COMET AREA JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA By George E. Becraft...Washington 25, D. C. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COMET AREA JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA By George E. Becraft........ Comet mine ....................... Gray Eagle mine ................... Silver Hill mine..........Boulder Chief mine................. Younger deposits........................ Free Enterprise mine.........
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visitor was that Aged persons remember Biela's comet-a telescopic of Mr. Charles L. Hatch, of Brooklyn...clouded surfaces; last time it ever appeared as a comet. It was due in a large henlandite, and some laumontite...handsome tourmaline, from New Hamp­ Artillery in 1834, where his eminent talents soon at- shire, and the...investi­ for defending roadsteads anchorages and mine fields , , ïżœ'I SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN S UPPLEMENT and...an end with the year. Responding Barcoo River, Australia. I ; W. G. Rothe fur­ at the mining establishment
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individuality of its own, so will authors in Australia and Kew Zealand surely leave the impress of their...968 analysed rocks, by states and areas within Australia, and in Antarctica, New Guinea and the New Hebrides...Hebrides Islands, the only areas outside of Australia represent.ed. The rock-name index, adhering strictly... 342 Data of rock analyses--\* PERIODICAL AUSTRALIA AXD SERIAL LITERATURE (General) Aerial, Geological...Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Report (Sorthern Territ,or?-) (1936-). __ Report
 
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