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Albite from
Unnamed Pegmatite, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia


Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Comments:Fluoresces green under LW UV light. This may be due to kaolinisation, which has been observed in hand specimen, however seems to be limited in thin sections.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Montebrasiteⓘ3 photos of Albite associated with Montebrasite at this locality.
Scorzaliteⓘ1 photo of Albite associated with Scorzalite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed Pegmatite, Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:633012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:633012:5
GUID (UUID V4):3bbf0071-eb11-4b22-a1c4-afe0f0f32bf4
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘKnocker dyke (South Blue Jacket), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘMt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBlue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef), Dorchap Dyke Swarm, Mt Wills mining district, Omeo, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03)...New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December 1997...Feature Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ............................. 103 Dr Bill Birch M11se11111 of Victoria Mr RaJph Bottrill Dept of l11dmtry. Safety &...associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser, K.M. Scott ...
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meurigite-Na is the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada, where it occurs as radial sprays of cream-colored...South Australia, Australia, Lake Boga quarry and probably Rixon’s Sandstone quarry in Victoria, Australia...Australia, and at an unnamed pegmatite prospect near Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The streak is white...2003 at the Silver Coin mine, Valmy, Iron Point district, Nevada. The sprays of yellow to cream fibers...specimen provided by the Museum of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia), also yielded a crystal fragment of
Report (issue)
studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...World-Class Beryl Guanghua Liu Page 76 Gem Beryl in Australia Dermot Henry Page 78 Beryl from Southern Africa...William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for...County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite, the geological environment in which this specimen...variety of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite...University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol...any more material. They found pericline variety albite coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small
Journal (issue)
................................. 2 Himalaya pegmatite,...................................................................................... 2 Unnamed pegmatite occurrence, Volcan Mountains ....................................... 3 Brown Derby no. 1 pegmatite ............................................................................... 3 Ridgefield pegmatite,............................................................................... 3 Strickland pegmatite, ............................................
Book
14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...Strontian crandallite from the Alto Benedeto pegmatite, Parai'ba, Brazil (by J.P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto)...21:409-412 --with J. P. Cassedanne: The Jaguara~u pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil 25:165-170 9 AUTHOR/TITLE...23:209-225. 23:228 Al 'JAJ\ABO~OINA The Anjanabonoina pegmatite. Madagascar (by W. E. Wilson) 20:191-200 A.'\...Diamonds from [the Argyle mine,] Kimberley, Western Australia (by J. D. Grice & G. L. Boxer) 21:559-564 AR1STARAIN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
those of the familiar localities in Clinton to the east and Penfield and Walworth to the west. Cavities...throughout the Wausau complex. I n the massive pegmatite, it commonly forms brown prismatic crystals surrounded...heart-shaped albite twins were found (see drawings). Goniometric and X-ray studies show that these albite crystals...ism with (010) of the other. Baveno twinning in albite was described over 150 years ago, but is very uncommon...modes. I n the first, they pro­ ject from a dense albite matrix, which often forms a coat­ ing around aegirine
Journal (issue)
e r a lo j g ic a l Volume Eight/Number Two PEGMATITE ISSUE #1 p u b lis h e r ls * h n Q n i. ‱ ;...83 by R. Lasmanis The Clear Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas............. Iores K IO i DITOR Here it is: our first Pegmatite Issue! Actually this accumulation is a happy accident;...our file of articles I realized we had enough pegmatite-related papers to fill an issue. One advantage...a certain article. The article on the Harding pegmatite, for instance, may not cause “Vol. 8, no. 2!”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to the sodic end of the solid solution between albite, NaAlSi3O8, and anorthite, CaAl2Si2O8. Dr. David...the potassic end of the solid solution between albite, NaAlSi3O8, and one of the K-feldspar species,...alkali feldspar is coarsely perthitic (consisting of albite lamellae exsolved from host alkali feldspar), the...(b) Beryl variety aquamarine with spessartine on albite and muscovite, 11.5 × 11.0 × 7.0 cm, Haramosh Mountains...photo. (c) Beryl variety morganite with “schorl” on albite, 16.8 × 16.0 × 14.3 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
buddingtonite is much rarer than the species microcline and albite.) The word specie is not the singular of species...Spertini during a collecting trip to the locality. Albite, allanite, andalusite, anthophyllite, apophyllite...Theodore Johnson of East Hampton submitted several samples from an unnamed pegmatite feldspar mine in Middleton...x 4 cm and consists of cleavelandite variety of albite, buff microcline, smokey quartz, lepi­ dolite,...Maine. Maine Mt. Mica Albite Mr. Duane Leavitt of Buckfield has found some inter­ esting albite crystals
Journal (issue)
Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England...but Espenshade (1954) identifies it as a short unnamed inclined adit accompanied by a small dump about...RiverRoanoke River manganese and iron mining district. Mining for iron ore began during the Revolutionary...period and extended into the 1880’s. Manganese mining began in 1868 and continued intermittently until...ore in 1885 and 700 tons in 1893 (Watson, 1907). Mining had apparently ceased at the locality by 1910 when
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beryllium and the crustal Be cycle from migmatite to pegmatite JOSEPH M. EVENSEN*† and DAVID LONDON School of...Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, 810 Energy Center, Norman, OK 73019...from 680 – 850°C), quartz (0.24 at 800°C), and albite (0.10 at 750°C). The partition coefficients are...08 from 750 – 800°C), but higher in the case of albite (0.37 at 750°C). With other data sources, these...the final stages of the petrogenesis of granite–pegmatite systems. In combination with reported data on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]...of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some of the world’s...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from...of the gem and specimen market. High points of mining activity occurred during the first decade of the...laboratory management. He is also a partner in the UK Mining Ventures specimen recovery project at the Rogerley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 SEC, Norman, Oklahoma 73019...the temperatures recorded by feldspars in the pegmatite that surrounds the miarolitic pockets, then the...compositions. Keywords: miarolitic, granitic pegmatite, modal analysis, bulk composition, alkali feldspars...mine are located within the Ramona pegmatite district, ~7.5 km east of Ramona, San Diego County, California...The Main dike contains the thickest section of pegmatite, 1026 the canadian mineralogist up to ~2.5
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-1945 Black Hills, South Dakota By LINCOLN R. PAGE and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL..._______________________ Mining, preparation, and uses of mica. _____________ Mining.___________________________________... VI Descriptions of mines and prospects Continued Dyke Lode.________-___-______________--------Earl Lo...pocket] PLATE 1. Index map showing locations of pegmatite mines and prospects. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9....Dakota. Geologic map and sections Beecher Lode pegmatite, Ouster County, South Dakota. Geologic map and
Journal (issue)
Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...acquired his first rare book (an early German work on mining laws . . . incomprehensible as to subject matter...Stan Tourmaline) into a general San Diego County pegmatite collectic of nearly 200 superb specimens. Fine...garnets stood side-by-side with rare and exotic pegmatite specie It was widely acclaimed as the finest such...thing, the great increase in specimen hunting and mining produces more material for research, including
Book (volume)
been an indefatigable researcher and collector of mining history. Among his specialties may be mentioned...Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to...a story to tell concerning Maine's minerals and mining history. The ranks of invited contributors have...California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North America. Its wealth of tourmalines...scientific study, mining, and collecting ventures. While reading the history of mining can be fascinating
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...numerous crystal pockets, associated with small albite crystals; the platy, flattened-rhombohedral ilmenite...Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world of classic Swiss Alpine...Swiss hematite iron roses are quartz, ortboclase, albite, rutile, and zeolites (especially stilbite), whereas...Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing the ilmenite
Journal (issue)
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................Britain, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Ceylon, Australia (including Tasmania), China, South Africa, Namibia...“German Silver: An Historical Perspective on Silver Mining in Germany” (1986) and “Famous Mineral Localities:...antiquarian to modern mineral books and mineral or mining-related artifacts. A part of their collection was...AustroHungarian Epoch of mining history. Consequently mineralogy, historical books, art and mining are reflected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF AN EVOLVED DICKINSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, PEGMATITE. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster 2, W. B. Simmons2...(1961) documented approximately ninety known pegmatite occurrences in central Dickinson County in the...Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A small beryl-rich pegmatite was investigated to describe its mineralogy and...determine its degree of geochemical evolution. The pegmatite is emplaced in Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks...probable that the pegmatite is late- to post-Penokean in age. Local control for pegmatite emplacement appears
Journal (issue)
Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England...of the private mineral-collecting boom hitting Australia at the time. He was soon able to build a fine...of which he sold to the then National Museum of Victoria in 1974. One of Brian’s greatest loves was gold...had become a popular recreational pastime in Australia and many new nuggets were being found. Brian’s...central Victoria, which became known as the “Pride of Australia.” Trying to find a buyer in Australia for
Report (issue)
Helpful suggestions on field occurrences and pegmatite mineralogy were received horn Dr. James J. Norton...Professor Edwin H . Oshier, Head of the Department of Mining Engineering, made the photographs included in this...Group (Orthoclase) (Microcline) (Anorthoclase) (Albite) (Oligoclase) (Andesine) (Labradorite) (Bytownite)...areas in Townships 1 and 2 South, Ranges 4, S and 6 East. Hamilton (1) p 8. Occur. Blbllor. ‱ Ha111lllon...of the tunnel entrance to the Greene pegmatite three miles east-northeast of Pringle has been described
Report (issue)
OF THS FUJKTKSS SPRUCE PIHB DISTRICT, ISOlCffl CABOLIHA by Donald A* Brobst This report la praliminary...Geologic map of the Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, Forth Carolina.................................Photomicrographs of 0 -Q-B gneiss from *K)Q feet east of the function of !7. S. route 192 and tho Pluwtree...Figure 1. Index map of Plumtree area, Spruce Pine district, North Carolina .................................. 42 ?. Muscovite in the vail zone of the pegmatite in tha Meadow mine, Avery Co. ...............
Book
Roland Bouhelier in 1973 from the "Bouhelier pegmatite", and shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian...Organic compounds 491 Partially studied and unnamed MSH minerals 494 Gemstones 514 Pseudomorphs...an accumulated repository of partially studied (unnamed) minerals. This is likely to continue for many...case of the island of Laven in the Langesundfjord District of Norway. Interestingly, and in contrast to its...and partially studied and unnamed (UK) minerals. For the unresolved unnamed minerals, all available technical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma 100 East Boyd Street, SEC 710 Norman, OK 73019, USA IP ...hambergite, danburite, and axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine)...patterns of ÎŽ11BTur from margin-to-core of each pegmatite attest to a negligible fractionation of boron...only the bulk isotopic US composition of the pegmatite-forming melts. KEYWORDS AC CE PT ED M AN...influx of fluids from the host rock into the pegmatite (Trumbull et al., 2013). 3 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT
 
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