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Saponite from
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Saponite
Formula:Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Comments:Occurs as fine-grained white material intergrown with pyroaurite, palygorskite and brucite in altered serpentinite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saponite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:632459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:632459:9
GUID (UUID V4):0f60b12a-5c09-4b52-bef1-28e3021b25bd
Nearest other occurrences of Saponite
32.3km (20.1 miles) Hellyer River Bridge, Guilford, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
56.2km (34.9 miles) Cradle Mountain Link Road, Middlesex Plains, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
66.0km (41.0 miles) Chambers Bay, Table Cape, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
74.0km (46.0 miles) Redpa quarry, Redpa, Marrawah district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia
74.6km (46.4 miles) Penguin Beach, Penguin, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
81.1km (50.4 miles) Ulverstone Quarry, Ulverstone, Ulverstone district, Central 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
Journal (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tt'e 820 m. level of theKdnigshall-Hindenburg IIK mine, Reyershausen, Germany. The samplecontainedabout...wrr,r,ralrs. Nickel mineralization in western Tasmania. Austral,asi.an Inst. Mining and' Metallurgy,...secondarycoating on nickel ore at the Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood. A full tlescription was published inLhe...montmorillonites . BuII. groupe JranE. argiles magnesiennes (saponite-aphrodite-rassoulite-stevensite) 8, No.3,37-40...It is suggested that the single name saponite be used for saponite, aphrodite, rassoulite (ghassoulite)
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 2, Number 1 June 1996...Some mines of the Mt Isa District, Queensland Part 3 - The Mount Oxide mine ............ B. Day & B....England The Francis Collection A. Pring 21 Post mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Mimetite crystals from Sabine's Shaft, Mount Bonnie mine. 44 km north-west of Pine Creek. Northern Territory
Journal (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70...2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell, S. 1(1):3-19...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
Journal (issue)
F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ..............................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University...University of Sydney Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia INTRODUCTION Australia, the island continent with a land
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Philippines (Taganito/Adlay), in Western Australia (The Murrin Murrin deposit), in New Caledonia...samples at Genalysis Laboratory Services, Perth, Australia. This method allows for complete dissolution of...Ni and Co are enriched in clay minerals such as saponite and smectite in the mid to transition zone between...and the limonite zone. Murrin Murrin in Western Australia is a good example of a large Ni–Co deposit of...compared to other deposits in New Caledonia, Australia, and Cuba [9]. The Fe–Ni laterite deposits in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Aluminium-Saponit). Unnecessary name for aluminian saponite. A l u m i n i u m - s e p i o l i t e . L. E...43, p. 1112. Vermiculite from the Roan Antelope mine, Northern Rhodesia, contains up to 7% Cu replacing...efflorescence on sandstone on a dump of the Jo Dandy mine, Montrose Co., Colorado. Named after A. M. del Rio...tetragonal phase. From Eheliyagoda, Raknapura district, Ceylon. Named after the discoverer, Mr. F. L...p. 654. A variety of muscovite from the Iimori district, Japan, near K~(Mg,Fe)Fc'"A13SiTO20(OH)4. Ferri-phlogopite
Catalog/List
matrix mostly with Alstonite micro's (Fallowfield Mine, Hexham) 1 x ~ ins El.50 lxl E3 lx2 ES 072 BISHUTHINITE...Pb Sb O OH yellow masses on Quartz. (Trevinnick Mine, near Port Issac Cornwall) lxl .El lx2 El.90 504...Scotland) lxl E2.50 lx2 E4 2x2 E8 2x4 f15 457 SAPONITE Smectite group pure waxyyellow-grey mass. (Talisker...species) green crusts on rock. (Childs Aldwinkle Mine, Pinal County, Arizona USA\ lxl E3 lx2 f5 2x2 ElO...Fe)/12 As/4 S/13 qrey metallic mass in rock. (Go tdru Mine, Tipperary,Ireland) iine closed some ears ago. 1
Catalog/List
masses in and on matrix (HelbaHine, N.E.Dundas,Tasmania) lxl fl.90 lx2 f4 064 ASTROPHYLLITE (KNa)(FeMnTi...bright orange red micro crystals in slag. (Cetine mine, Sienna Italy) 061 BRITHOLIT8 Ce. Ce ca Si0/4 P0/4...pure greenish Scorodite (Fe Arsenate) (Gold Hill Mine,TooeleCountyUtah) ½" size El.SO lxl f4 lx2 ED 231...S/5 grey rnetallic fibres on quartz. (Cariboo Gold Mine, Wells, British Columbia,Canada) ½ ins f2. 50 116...someyellowish. Good coverage of crystals. (Hilton Mine, Cumbria) lx2 fl. 50 243 FLUORITE greenish to purple
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:... Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White...Hydroboracite CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau region
Book (edition)
Jan H. Bernard (Czcch Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands)...Merlino (ltaly), Yves Mo!:lo (France), E.11. ickcl (Australia), Milan Novåk (Czech Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden)...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
Book
Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...aluminian nontronite. 22nd List Al-saponite, variant of Aluminium-saponite (22nd List) (I. Rostov, Mineralogy...M., 57, 598. A regularly interstratified talc-saponite mineral from Monte Chiaro and other localities
Book
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen, Carson City, Nevada, USA; Peter...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt
Journal (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...l0/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $7 v.l0/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan...(part II) $7 v.l l/#2 Red Cloud mine (NM), Malachite (Australia, Uraninite, Kornerupine v.ll/#5 Los...Hill $7 v.ll/#6 Broken Hill (Zambia), Cruziero mine (Brazii), Caplan Interview Rose Qtz. $7 v.12/#1...Zeolites $7 Enio (Brazil), Urubu (Brazil), Rock Candy mine (BC), Muddy creek (CO) $7 v.l2/#3 Pribram (Czecho
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica), then those of pegmatitic origin...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
Book
Montmorillonite 3620–3632b Nontronite 3564b Saponite 3710w, 3676 Hectorite 3676 After Farmer and...41)(Si3.86Al0.10 Fe0.04O10)(OH)2 from Mikhailovskii mine, Zheleznogorsk, Russia (Chukanov 2014a). IR spectra...and Zn in octahedral sites. In the IR spectra of saponite samples close to the magnesium end-member, the...(Chukanov 2014a). Usually, all (or almost all) iron in saponite is trivalent because of rapid oxidation of Fe2+...3510 cm−1 (Chukanov et al. 2003). As compared to saponite, its Li- and F-bearing analogue hectorite shows
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada I...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;
Book (edition)
Base by Ernest H. Nickel, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, and Monte C. Nichols published by Aleph Enterprises...N SW, Australia. William D. Birch: Dept. of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Frank...Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar Raade: Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum,...Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western
Book (edition)
variant Place names Arg Argentina. Aust Australia. Belg Belgium. Berks Berkshire, England. ...Ches Cheshire, England. 5 Clev Cleveland iron district, England. Colom Republic of Colombia. Corn...Coalfield, England. N.S.W. New South Wales, Australia. N.Z. New Zealand. 6 Norf Norfolk, England...Canal Zone KS Kansas ND North Dakota DC District of Columbia KY Kentucky OH Ohio GU Guam ...Federal Land Policy & Management Act of 1976 Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 Federal Water Pollution
 
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