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Topaz from
Moina Quarry, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kaolinite7 photos of Topaz associated with Kaolinite at this locality.
Cassiterite7 photos of Topaz associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Quartz5 photos of Topaz associated with Quartz at this locality.
Bismuth1 photo of Topaz associated with Bismuth at this locality.
Kaolinite-claystone1 photo of Topaz associated with Kaolinite-claystone at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moina Quarry, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420903
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420903:4
GUID (UUID V4):eee51a8c-8e65-4f58-9712-d3293b7ee17c
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
0.3km (0.2 miles) All Nations mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.1km (0.7 miles) Shepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.1km (1.3 miles) Sayers mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.6km (1.6 miles) Princess Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.9km (1.8 miles) Bell Mount, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
31.8km (19.7 miles) Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
47.8km (29.7 miles) Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
47.9km (29.8 miles) Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
58.7km (36.5 miles) Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
60.5km (37.6 miles) Henty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Corporate Document (Series)
A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@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 ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
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...November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ISBN 0...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesisof the F-Sn-W(-Be-Zn) Skarn (Wrigglite) at Moina, Tasmania T. A. P. KWAK Departmentof Geology,La TrobeUniversity...TrobeUniversity,Bundoora,Victoria3083, Australia AND P. W. ASKINS* ComalcoLimited, ExplorationDepartment...ExplorationDepartment,P. 0. Box691, Devonport,Tasmania7310,Australia Abstract The Moinaskarndeposit,with itsassociated...chemical relationships of the skarn and related THE Moina skarndepositis located40 km southwest rocks;the...of the mineralizingfluids;and the of Devonport,Tasmania,near the margin of the De- distribution of economic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphideproduction hasneverplayeda major economicrole in the district. For manyyearsthe mill headsaveragedhardly more...kilometersof diamonddrilling havebeendonein the district. The geologicinformation gatheredas a result of...publisheddata regarding these features of the district. A. R. GEYNE. PACHUCA,HIDALGO,MEXICO, January...Hills, South Dakota. At Greenbushes,in Western Australia, tin andtantalum(pluscolumbium)are intimatelyassociated...Tantalum and eolumbium: Mineral Resources of Australia, Summary Rept. No. 19, 1945; Min. Res. Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsof Tasmania M. SOLOMON GeologyDepartrnent,G. P. 0., Box252C, Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7001...Tasmania7001, Australia Abstract The major operatingmetallic ore depositsof Tasmaniaare (a) volcanic-hosted...mineral- reconstruction of the land masses around Tasmania just prior to the openingof the TasmanSea in... 1971). Unfortunately the relationshipbetween Tasmania and adjacentpartsof the Tasmanfold belt in earlier...River. tiary, covermuch of centraland southeast Tasmania Recentdevelopmentshave includedthe discoveryof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Range, Tasmania R. S. BOTTPdLL Mineral Resources Tasmania, P.O. Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania, Australia...corundum-bearing rocks occur in the Bond Range, northern Tasmania, in a hydrothermally altered Cambrian quartz porphyry...deposits in Tasmania. KEYWORDS" Corundum, quartz, diaspore, pyrophyllite, andalusite, Tasmania, advanced...Junction (40 ~ 30' S, 145 ~ 58' E), near Moina, northern Tasmania (Fig. 1), and is described herein, with...or muscovite + alunite __ pyrite _+ tourmaline • topaz _+ diaspore _+ dickite and other clay minerals (Evans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L L I N S a n d E. W I L L I A M S Tasmania Geological Survey...of Mines, p.o. Box 56. Rosny Park, Tasm. 7018 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 13, 1986 )...in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner (Editor). Metallogeny and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore...Ore Geol. Rev., 1 : 153--201. In western Tasmania, Precambrian sedimentary sequences form the basement...deposits. Pre-Middle Devonian rocks of western Tasmania differ, for most part, from those in the northeast
Book
MODELS IN E X P L O R A T I O N GEOCHEMISTRY, 4 .Australia 14. G. BÀRDOSSY KARSTIC BAUXITES 15. АЖ ROSE and...Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Oxford - New York — Tokyo... hand, and in the U.S.A., Western Europe and Australia on the other. This arises in part from the fact...or + chlorite assemblages (e.g. Renison, Tas., Australia - Patterson et al.,1981; Changpo, Jiangxi, P.R...ilmenite assemblages (e.g. Mt. Lindsay, Tas., Australia - Kwak,1983). Apart from their economic element
Book
# ' '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...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...specimens are likely to be discovered in the State of Tasmania. Over the past decade the popularity of the lapidary...Although easily thesmallest of the Australian States, Tasmania can rank with any of its mainland counterparts
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mount BischoffCassiteriteSulfide Skarn, Western Tasmania S.W. H^LLEY*^ND JOHNL. W^LSI-IE Geology Department...Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200,Australia Abstract The MountBischoff tin depositoccursin...tin-bearing fluidsarebelievedto havebeenmagmatic topaz,fluorite,andcassiterite aspseudomorphs of ortho...bodieswereminedout; WrightandKwaksuggested thatthequartz-topaz-fluorideshowever, a detaileddiamond drillingprogramby...P.O. Box 360, ChartersTowers,Queensland 4820,Australia. 0361-0128/95/1750/1676-1854.00 grades occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldsparsand biotite by fine-grained quartz with topaz, tourmaline,cassiterite,and sulfides.Greiseniza...pale brownbiotite (2-10%) with trace amountsof topaz and apatite. Small (5 to 10 cm) micropegmatiticveinsand...magnetite.On the whole, then, the where in the district (BrooksMountain and Tin granitemay be characterizedassiliceous...variallel to the steepeast-westfaults. able contentsof topaz, tourmaline,sulfides,and casNo major faults cut...intrusions.Three small north- fluorite, quartz, topaz, tourmaline, cassiterite,and southvertical faultsoffsetthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of North Queensland, Townsville, 481 l, Australia 2 Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques...themselves contain mineral species such as fluorite, topaz, tourmaline and Li-micas. Phosphates and carbonates...minerals such as F and/or Li-rich micas, fluorite, topaz and tourmaline. Individual regions or districts...character (eg. the SW England and Herberton (Australia) provinces). This enrichment in fluorine and boron...at the magmatic stage by the crystallisation of topaz, fluorite, tourmaline, Li-mica, etc. and/or at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
forms huge crystals. At Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal district, Russia, it forms large, dark red-brown (but surprisingly...interesting associates such as cassiterite, wolframite, topaz, scheelite, tourmaline, and fluorite. A classic...xanthophyllite, in blue calcite from the Crestmore quarry, Riverside County, California, are typical of the...spessartine and white albite, Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Figure 9. Dark...California; and several sites in the Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey. Annite forms tabular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Mount Bischoff Sn-deposit , north-west Tasmania, Australia J.H. WRIGHT, Mt Kersen Mining, 44 St George’s...Western Australia T.A.P. KWAK, Department of Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 3083 Abstract...(360 Ma) tin deposit at Mt Bischoff, north-west Tasmania, formed from the interaction of unusual solutions...‘sericite’ muscovite + quartz tourmaline fluorite, topaz + quartz 2 tourmaline ? fluorite, weberite, prosopite...prosopite, ralstonite, Ca-ralstonite; and quartz ? topaz ? fluorite. Where the solutions interacted with
Report (issue)
Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district, showing the sequence of mineral deposition. Worldwide...Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district............................................G3...Cantabrian salt-related carbonate-hosted mineral district in north-central Spain..........................hydrofluoric acid JORC Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Australia) km kilometer km2 square kilometer m meter...(in phosphorites), various phyllosilicates, and topaz. Fluorite is currently the only mineral that is
Book
purpose; Mrs Pat Simpson for the coronet of agate and topaz, Bert Scheps, F.G.A.A. for opal and carnelian jewellery...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greisensof Mount Bischoff,NorthwesternTasmania,Australia J. H. WRIGHT* AND T. A. P. KWAK Departmentof Geology...Geology,La TrobeUniversity,Bundoora,Victoria3083, Australia Abstract The large Mount Bischofftin depositoccurswithin...endogreisen,with higher gradesoccurringnear the topaz + quartz-quartzgreisencontact. Replacementof dolomiteby...greisenminerals, such as mica, topaz, and tourmaline, in endo- and exogreisensare similar. Topaz, quartz, fluorides...Mount Bischofftin depositin northwesternTasmania,Australia(long 145ø31'16"E, lat 41o26' S) is a large high-gradetin
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...Newfoundland ; Lee­ ward Islands Australasia: Australia; New Zealand I3 IS 17 20 35 CHAPTER III SOURCES..."ore-bearing zone" 1'ead "ore-bearing zone of the Knaben district," and transpose the paragraph with that following...differentiation. The common association with tour­ maline, topaz, fluorspar, etc., is also of significance, and molyb­... has been more generally used, especially in Australia. In case an ore contains coarse molybdenite it
Report (volume)
_________________________________________________________ Australia----------------------------------------------------~ew...those in Southeast Asia, Brazil, and Western Australia. As a result, many economically important placers...areas are being found, the geology o:f each new district falls within that predicted from past experience...cassiterite in greisen (quartz-mica rock) or quartz-topaz-tourmaline rock that also contains wolframite and...Dakota 7. Franklin Mountains, Tex. 8. Black Range district, New Mexico 9. Climax mine, Colorado 10. Gorman
Report (issue)
States U nfederated Malay States • • . I .. Australia ••• New Zealand .• • • FOREIGN CO{lNTRIES : France...East ;Indies), the Northern 'l'erritory of Australia, Tasmania, New . Zealand and Peru, while Germany, Austria...Malay States (exports) U nfederated Malay States Australia: Wolfram and 205 182 4 - - 1,688 2.326 '...a mixture of quartz and mica, usually with some topaz ; cassiterite, fluorspar, tourmaline and other minerals...greisen, composed chiefly of 1nica, fluo rite, topaz, and .secondary f elspar. The· '' 1~eefs '' have
Report (issue)
formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...Wales; Victoria; Tasmania; South Australia; Northern Territory; ,vestern Australia; New Zealand . Africa:...Queensland t 443 662 515 549 908 684 831 48 • Tasmania. . 108 97 68 71 . 68 69 7 New Zealand . 145 140...scheelite about 80 ; and in some cases, as in Australia, concentrates are produced con­ taining as n1uch...End District.-Both wolfram and scheelite have been recorded from certain mi.nes in this district, especially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pre-proof Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted...Soufi, Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted...Pre-proof Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: contrasted...In highly evolved F-rich felsic igneous rocks, topaz Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 forms in different genetic re stages:...deciphering the origin of OH–F variations in topaz. We conclude that topaz compositions in magmatic and post-magmatic
Book
Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19a Boundary...Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press S A R L , 24 rue des Ecoles...continent or, in the case of Australasia, by Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua-New Guinea...the deposits are arranged by prov­ inces, in Australia by states, and in Japan by islands. In India,...Philippines... Turkey 2 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 21 Australia 27 Tasmania 13 New Zealand 2 Bougainville.... 1 Fiji
 
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