| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Gobbinsite |
| Formula: | Na5(Si11Al5)O32 · 11H2O |
| Comments: | "The gobbinsite crystals form aggregates up to 4 mm across. They are water clear, with a wedge-like habit and lustrous faces that show evidence for lamellar twinning. Crystals are complexly interpenetrating and in some clusters show an apparent epitaxial relationship with a phillipsite crystal or with platy twinned aggregates of thomsonite." |
| Habit: | Radiating crystal group |
| Colour: | White |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gobbinsite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 820389 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:820389:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7dec518a-2a25-4706-afc8-d0679dd4639c |
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Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia