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Azurite from
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Habit:prismatic, nodular
Colour:blue
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite91 photos of Azurite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Chrysocolla21 photos of Azurite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Dolomite15 photos of Azurite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Kaolinite8 photos of Azurite associated with Kaolinite at this locality.
Quartz8 photos of Azurite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite5 photos of Azurite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Libethenite3 photos of Azurite associated with Libethenite at this locality.
Cuprite3 photos of Azurite associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Manganese Oxides1 photo of Azurite associated with Manganese Oxides at this locality.
Pseudomalachite1 photo of Azurite associated with Pseudomalachite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (46 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1438
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1438:0
GUID (UUID V4):a7bbce2f-6ae0-470b-9d57-41d8ac78887a
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
5.8km (3.6 miles) West Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
12.7km (7.9 miles) Princess Royal Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
13.2km (8.2 miles) Utica Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
15.1km (9.4 miles) Apoinga Copper Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
18.6km (11.5 miles) Edelweiss Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
22.4km (13.9 miles) Saint Elmo Mine, Robertstown, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
39.0km (24.2 miles) Stanley Mine, Clare, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
43.4km (27.0 miles) Bundaleer area, Spalding, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
44.6km (27.7 miles) Wheal Sarah, Spalding, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
53.3km (33.1 miles) Belvidere, Riverton, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 Ausytralia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
produce a somewhat complete listing o f crystallized azurite localities. How­ ever, as work progressed it became...city or village, mine, specific level). O c ­ ALGERIA Gouraya AUSTRALIA New South Wales Broken Hill...Hill Proprietary mine Block 14 mine Robinson Candobolin (2 mi. NE of) Molong, Gunible mine NMNH N M N H...Girofla mine South Mt. Isa district, Boomerang mine Mt. Isa, Mt. Isa mine, Black Rock open cut South Australia...Australia Burra Burra, Burra copper mine Flinders Range Spring Creek mine Wirrabarra (2 km NW of), Charlton
Journal (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...complex base-metal assemblage from the Sterling mine, New Jersey ......................................Misiur Famous mineral localities: The French Creek mine, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania.........Famous mineral localities: The Burra Burra mine, Burra, South Australia ................................Saddle-shaped rhodochrosite crystals from the Foote mine, North Carolina ...................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the type locality at the Edelweiss Mine, near Burra, South Australia. The vanadate alteration product of...of sulvanite at the Edelweiss Mine is vesignieite. Sulvanite elements for both deposits are probably...below the water table. Migration of vanadium and copper ions occurred when faulting released confining...confining pressure in the shale beds. fntroduction Copper and vanadium alteration minerals impart a green to...vanadium-copper sulfide, was originally identified and described from the Edelweiss Mine near Burra in South
Journal (issue)
Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia ......................................ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo courtesy of)...break to collect minerals at the famous Red Cloud mine. Everyone had fun on the trip, and Graham found...after three semesters to pursue an opportunity to mine placer gold near Quartzsite. He also bought and...and operated a decorative-boulder quarry north of Phoenix. He and Phoenix dealer Bob Lane collected a lot
Journal (issue)
National Geological Club, Mrs. 0 . P. Stockwell, Pres., Mt. Olympus, Kimmswick, Mo. Reno Rocks and Minerals...225A, Reno, Nev. Rocks and Minerals Association of North Jersey, Dover, N . J. Queens Mineral Society, Miss...Page) ............. .. .... ASBESTOS-A TALE OF THE NORTH. By Richard Hamilton ........ A GREAT SALE . . ...after azur:te, copper, and cuprite. Also massive whence it can be mined as an ore of copper--sometimes being...than it does as an ore Malachite is a carbonate of copper, bright green in color, whose hardness is 3.5-4
Book
org/details/cornishminerinau0000payt THE CORNISH MINER IN AUSTRALIA: Cousin Jack Down Under • /!)· Cooklo wl\...:10t"!to AOElAICi Al t:>ony '11. • - j s~RR\lR RANGES h ,;-y., \ Nulla(bOr P1a1n "' - - • SOv~ HERN... - 0 "- D Mt BothoAustralia (Cousin Jack Do...The Story of HMS Fisgard Cornish Carols From Australia (forthcoming) For Brigid Angharad \ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...Rowe, with their various volumes on the Cornish in North America, and their tremendous enthusiasm for my
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Nati 'fe Copper. -.. Red and Black Oxides Blue and Green Carbonates Silicate of Copper - COPPER. ......Arseniates of Copper Phosphate of Copper Copper Glance Copper Pyrites .. Purple Copper Ore - Tennantite...Ironstones - · - .. South Wales •• • • .. ... , North Wales - • Shropshire - · South Staffordshire Warwickshire...Warwickshire North Staffordshire Yorkshire .. Derbyshire •· - •· Northern Counties ... 26 27 27 28...54 55 56 56 57 59 • FOREI'GN ORES. . • I •• COPPER -" -... - - Galena Anglesite,- &c. Cerussite
Report (issue)
(aoc NEW SOUTH WAiLES.) %-tfc" (department of m a Vtgeological survey Government Geologist... AND BUDGERYGAR MINES. Part II OF THE COBAR COPPER AND GOLD-FIELD. BY E. C. ANDREWS, B.A., F.G.S...archive.org/details/mineralresources18geol NE\^ SOUTH WALhS. ^ ) (department of mines. V GEOLOGICAL... AND BUDGERYGAR MINES. Part II OF THE COBAR COPPER AND GOLD-FIELD. BY E. C. ANDREWS, B.A., F.G.S...volume really forms Part II work on " The Cobar Copper and Gold tions of and it Mr. Andrews' contains
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Wall-cases 1 to 14. - CoPPER - - - sº- - * - - - - • - Native Copper - Red and Black Oxides...Silicate of Copper Arseniates of Copper - . • *- - - - - - - - * • - e - -* • Copper Glance ->...Tennantite . - * Phosphate of Copper Copper Pyrites - , Purple Copper Ore. - l - - - - - - -...Black-band Ironstone - . Clay Ironstones - . as a South Wales - - • Mispickel, Pharmacosiderite, &c.... * , - North Wales -- - Shropshire . - * South Staffordshire. Warwickshire North Staffordshire
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Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 544, Potts Point, NSW 2011, Australia FRANCE...mining camps Ancient surface workings of the Ophir Mine worked by King Solomon (c. 900 B.C.) at Mahd adh...PALEOLITHIC (OLD) STONE AGE NEOLITHIC (NEW) STONE AGE THE COPPER AGE THE BRONZE AGE THE IRON AGE THE COAL AGE THE...18 19 20 21 MINE DRAINAGE UNDERGROUND HAULAGE HOISTING HARD-ROCK BREAKING VENTILATION MINE ILLUMINATION...Coal Mine Development Two Methods of Mining Coal Underground A Continuous Miner A Coal Strip Mine Operation
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Report (edition)
/ NEW SOUTH \ WALES. ' I V . V DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. E. F. PiTTMAN, A.R.S...No. 6. THE COPPER-MINING INDUSTRY AND THE Distribution of Copper Ores in New South Wales. BY E....archive.org/details/mineralresources06geol NEW SOUTH ^^^ALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES! GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...No. 6. THE COPPER-MINING INDUSTRY AND THE Distribution of Copper Ores in New South Wales. BY J....Chronological Order of Opening of New South Wales Mines Copper —probably the first Metal used by Man
Book (edition)
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