Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Andalusite from
Mount Stafford, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Stafford, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:510535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:510535:9
GUID (UUID V4):1c1dc9fc-3fdd-471a-8d3d-46baa2d25d39
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
53.3km (33.1 miles) ā“˜Anningie Pegmatite Field, Anningie Station, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic tectonic cycles in the northern Arunta Inlier, central Australia William J. Collins a, Ian S. Williams...University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S. IV.. 2308, Australia b Research School of Earth Sciences, TheAustralian...National University, Canberra, A. C. T. 2600, Australia Received 5 March 1993; revised version accepted...metamorphic terranes within the northern Arunta Inlier, central Australia, indicates that two discrete tectonic...tectonic cycles affected the region. Each cycle was associated with compressive deformation, coincident
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zircon During Low-pressure Anatexis (Mount Stafford, Central Australia) DANIELA RUBATTO1*, JOĢˆRG HERMANN1...0200 ACT, AUSTRALIA 2 SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES, MONASH UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE 3800 VIC., AUSTRALIA RECEIVED...low-pressure metamorphic sequence at Mount Stafford (central Australia). Three pairs of inter-layered metapelites...METAMORPHISM Mount Stafford is located 170 km NW of Alice Springs in central Australia. It constitutes...the Proterozoic Arunta Inlier (Fig. 1a). The Mount Stafford area is dominated by metamorphosed pelitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
partially melted metasedimentary rocks, Mt. Stafford, Australia Annie P. Palya a, Ian S. Buick b, Gray E...Migmatite Mount Stafford Partial melting Isotope fractionation a b s t r a c t The Mt. Stafford region, central...central Australia, provides well-exposed metasedimentary rocks whose protoliths were deposited at ca. 1...the shallow- to midcontinental crust. In the Mt. Stafford metapelitic/metapsammitic suite, whole-rock Ī“15Nair...Although assessments of element loss in the Mt. Stafford suite are greatly complicated by the large degree
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism in the southeastern Reynolds Range, central Australia: geological context, P-T path and overprinting...2109 Australia 'Department of Geology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT In the southeastern Reynolds Range, central Australia, a low-P granulite facies metamorphism affected...recrystallization during M3-D3. Key words: Arunta Block; central Australia; granulite facies metamorphism; KFMASHTO;...and Geophysics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. the Reynolds Range Group in the southeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia (rhvernon@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au) A B S TR A CT...Proterozoic LPHT granulite facies rocks of central Australia and Antarctica. Recent work in Antarctica...alone. Key words: Antarctica; Arunta Inlier, central Australia; low-P metamorphism; microstructure; polymetamorphism;...reference to examples in the Arunta Inlier (central Australia) and Antarctica. US I N G M IC R OS T RU C...without suitable precursors, such as garnet, andalusite, staurolite and cordierite, typically have few
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
migmatite and hybrid diatexite at Mt Stafford, central Australia J . E . G R EE N FI E L D, G . L . CL...& Geophysics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia A B S TR A CT Metasedimentary gneisses show...low-P/high-T regional aureole at Mt Stafford, Arunta Block, central Australia. Migmatites occur in all but the...characterized by: (1) muscoviteā€“quartz schist; (2) andalusiteā€“ cordieriteā€“K-feldspar granofels with small melt...relationships. Migmatites at Mt Stafford, in the Proterozoic Arunta Block of central Australia, are unusual in that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HIGH-TEMPERATURE METAMORPHITES IN THE NORTHERN ARUNTA BLOCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA" IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC EVOLUTION...Resources, Box 378, Canberra, A. C. T. 2601 (Australia) (Received November 6, 1986; revision accepted...high-temperature metamorphites in the northern Arunta Block, central Australia: implications for tectonic evolution...Proterozoic Reynolds Range region, northern Arunta Block, central Australia, included mafic and felsic...increases southeastwards: shown by the change from andalusite in metapelites in the northwest to sillimanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism in the Anmatjira Range, Arunta region, central Australia J. R. ANDERSON,1 D. E. KELSEY,1 M. HAND1...University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia. (jade.anderson@adelaide.edu.au) 2 NSW...Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, 2308, Australia. ABSTRACT LAā€“ICPā€“MS in situ Uā€“Pb monazite geochronology...Anmatjira Range in the Aileron Province, central Australia. All samples show age peaks at c. 1580ā€“1555...high heat production from older granites in the region. Key words: Anmatjira Range; Arunta; granulite;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
predictions and a case study from Mt Stafford, central Australia. WANG, WEI-(RZ).1,&, DUNKLEY, E.2, CLARKE...FO9, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid...Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia * corresponding author: geoffrey.clarke@sydney...temperature parts of a regional aureole at Mt Stafford, central Australia, comprising rocks that experienced 500ā€“800...of metamorphic zircon rims or overgrowths at Mt Stafford is explained by three concurrent processes: (1)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid flow in the Reynolds Range, northern Arunta Block, Australia J . VRY,' W . COMPSTON' A N D I. C...ACT2607, Australia 3Department of Earth Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3 168, Australia ABSTRACT...from the Reynolds Range region, Arunta Block, Northern Territory, Australia, show that the final episode...event prior to 1580 Ma. Most monazites from the region record only a single high-T metamorphic event at...emplaced at c. 1580 Ma. Key words: Arunta Block, central Australia; high-T and low-P metamorphism; metasomatism;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia 4 Zentrale Elektronen-Mikrosonde, Institut fĆ¼r...Geosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 1 Abstract Boralsilite, the only natural anhydrous...werdingite in B-rich metapelites at Mount Stafford, central Australia; its composition extends from close...mullite solid solution (Gielisse & Foster) Mt. Stafford "boron-mullite" synthetic Al borates boundary...taken from Figure 7. Solid solution in the Mount Stafford ā€œboron-mulliteā€ is based on the least-squares
Book
' Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen & Unwin (New...phase diagrams, and an example from Broken Hill, Australia Roger Powell & Jon Downes 105 ~ 5 Xll 90...and melting in the Acadian metamorphic high of central Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire, USA...and melting: an example in the Mount Stafford area, central Australia R. H. Vernon, G. L. Clarke & W... CONTENTS 11.4 The Mount Stafford area 11.5 The structure of the Mount Stafford area 11. 6 Metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
enclaves (SE Spain), and Mt. Stafford residual migmatites (central Australia). Various sets of Pā€“T pseudosections...enclaves (SE Spain) and the Mt. Stafford migmatites (central Australia) are presented and discussed. These...protolith is not explicit. On the other hand, Mt. Stafford rocks represent a well-studied metamorphic sequence...melt inclusions have not been documented in Mt. Stafford migmatites and, therefore, only calculated melt...1a). 3.2 Mount Stafford rocks (central Australia) Mount Stafford is located in central Australia, within
Report (chapter)
terrain reworking from the Arunta Inlier, central Australia M. H A N D 1 & I. S. B U I C K 2 1 Department...Geophysics, Adelaide University, South Australia. 5005 Australia (e-mail: martin.hand@adelaide.edu.au)...University, Victoria 3083, Australia Abstract: The Reynolds-Anmatjira Range region forms part of the Arunta...Arunta Inlier in central Australia and has undergone four tectonothermal cycles that span an interval of...of c. 1450Ma. The first two cycles were the Stafford Tectonic Event c. 1820Ma, and the Strangways Orogeny
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metapelites from the Mopunga Range, Arunta Inlier, central Australia I. SCRIMGEOUR, 1 , 2 J . B . SM I TH 3 AN...Austria 2 Northern Territory Geological Survey, PO Box 2655, Alice Springs, N.T. 0871, Australia (ian.scrimgeour@nt...Organisation, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 1 ABSTRACT A sequence of psammitic and pelitic...rocks from the Mopunga Range region of the Arunta Inlier, central Australia, preserves evidence for unusually...cordierite-andalusite-K-feldspar assemblages and cordierite-bearing leucosomes with biotite-andalusite selvages
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metapsammitic migmatites in the Cooma Complex, Australia R. H. Vernon (āœ‰) Ā· W. J. Collins Ā· S. W. Richards...GEMOC, Macquarie University, 2109 Sydney, NSW , Australia R. H. Vernon Ā· W. J. Collins Ā· S. W. Richards...University of Newcastle, 2308 Callaghan, NSW, Australia āœ‰ R. H. Vernon E-mail: rhvernon@laurel.ocs.mq...mperature (LPHT) Cooma Complex, southeastern Australia, contain magma (neosome and leucosome) confined...metamorphism in the Cooma Complex, southeastern Australia (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. Map of the Cooma Complex, showing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sequence of partial melting reactions at Mt Stafford, central Australia J . E . G R E E N FI E L D ,1 G . L....and Geophysics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia (email: geoffc@mail.usyd.edu.au) 2 School of Earth...Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia A B S TR A C T Metasedimentary gneisses show...low-P/high-T regional aureole at Mt Stafford in the Arunta Block, central Australia. Migmatite occurs in all but...Crdā€“Kfsā€“Btā€“Qtz. At slightly higher temperature, andalusite in leucosome formed via the reaction Kfs+Qtz+Bt+H
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonomagmatic events in the northern Arunta Inlier, central Australia D . N . Y o u n g a, C . M . F...o a'c aNorthern Territory Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2901, Darwin, NT 0800, Australia bAustralian Geological...CT 2601, Australia CAustralian National University, R.S.E.S., Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Received...accepted August l 0, 1994 Abstract The Mount Doreen area of the northern Arunta Inlier has a Proterozoic magmatic...with the widespread Barramundi Orogeny of northern Australia. Two subsequent major deformations, the Hardy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
terrane: the Reynolds Range, Arunta Block, central Australia J . K . V R Y1 A N D I . C A R T W R I G H...Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia A B S TR A C T The Lander Rock Beds form the...the Reynolds Range in the Arunta Inlier of central Australia. These dominantly quartzose and pelitic lithologies...in some metamorphic terranes (e.g. Mount Lofty Ranges, Australia; Naxos, Greece; Trois Seigneurs, Franceā€“Spain;...complex of metamorphic and igneous rocks in central Australia (Fig. 1) (e.g. Stewart et al., 1980; Black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia (srichards@geology.newcastle.edu.au) ABSTRACT...Complex of the Lachlan Fold Belt, south-eastern Australia, is characterised by a large (c. 10 km wide) low-P...hornfelsic aureole some 50 km north of Cooma. At its northern extremity, the batholith has intruded its own...high-temperature (LPHT ) metamorphic belts, characterised by andalusite-sillimanite mineral assemblages, reĀÆect some...of the Lachlan Fold Belt (LFB), south-eastern Australia, is one of the classical high-T, low-P metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Low Pressures: Migmatites from Mt Stafford, Central Australia 1 SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY...VIC. 3010, AUSTRALIA 2 SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, N.S.W. 2006, AUSTRALIA RECEIVED...2002; ACCEPTED APRIL 25, 2003 The Mt Stafford area in central Australia preserves a lowpressure greenschist-...metapelitic and metapsammitic rocks at Mt Stafford in central Australia. The textural, mineralogical, and partial... JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 44 MT STAFFORD Regional setting Mt Stafford occurs in the Anmatjira---Reynolds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
radiogenic heating in the Reynolds Range, central Australia Kiara L. Alessio, Martin Hand, Derrick Hasterok...radiogenic heating in the Reynolds Range, central Australia, LITHOS, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.lithos...Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Aileron Province of central Australia exposes a differentially exhumed metamorphic...radiogenic heating in the Reynolds Range, 3 central Australia 4 Alessio, Kiara L1, Hand, Martin1, Hasterok...Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia; kiara.alessio@adelaide.edu.au; martin.hand@adelaide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, South Australia, Australia AC CE PT E D MA NU SC RI PT *Corresponding...from granulite facies rocks. CE Keywords: Mt Stafford; monazite chemistry; gamma-ray spectrometry; Electron...sequences ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT from Mt Stafford, central Australia and show that metamorphic monazite from...temperature. SC 2 GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND Mount Stafford, central Australia (Fig. 1) records an uninterrupted...north and east by two granite bodies, with the Northern Granite being PT E emplaced syn-post-metamorphism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
P-T-t path for the Hazeldene area, Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland, Australia M. J . RUBENACH Department of Geology... Queensland 4811, Australia ABSTRACT In the Hazeldene area, situated in the Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland...steep foliation (S2), was replaced by biotite, andalusite and sillimanite at the metamorphic peak late...plutons; low-Plhigh-T metamorphism; microstructures; Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland. INTRODUCTION In recent...common for Proterozoic metamorphic belts in Australia, the Mount Isla Inlier is characterized by Buchan-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granulite facies metamorphism in the Arunta Region, central Australia L. J. Morrissey1, M. Hand1, T. Raimondo2...SA 5005, Australia 2 School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide...Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia ABSTRACT In situ LAā€“ICPā€“MS Uā€“Pb monazite geochronology from the Boothby Hills...Hills in the Aileron Province, central Australia, indicates that the region records more than 80 Ma of hightemperature...cooling, culminating with the development of andalusite. Integration of the geochronological dataset
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 25, 2024 07:10:40
Go to top of page