 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 133 An isotopic study of surficial alunite in Australia 2. Potassium-argon MICHAEL I. BIRD, ALLAN geochronology...MCDOUGALL University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 (Australia) (Received June 28,1989; revised and accepted...(Isot. Geosci. Sect.), 80: 133-145. alunite in Australia, 2. Potassium- The potential for dating weathering...weathering and diagenetic events in Australia by the K/Ar dating of alunite-group minerals is assessed....62 Ma. K/Ar dating of an alunite sample from a central Western Australian laterite profile has provided |  | | Book | | the visitor may see and do at Lightning Ridge, Coober Pedy, Andamooka, and on the Queensland opal fields...Grawin field, thirty miles west-south-west from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales. JACKET FRONT: A REED...DEDICATION To the people of the opal fields .in Australia Overleaf: Precious opals. A display of gen1s...Fields in Australia Map Types of Opal Mining Visiting Lightning Ridge Visiting Coober Pedy Visiting Andamooka...have been unsuccessful until quite recently. Australia is now the main producer of ge1n-quality opals |  | | Book | | who found the multi-million dollar run at Coobcr Pedy and saw his opal. As a result he became an opal...miner for a holiday and, in 1965, struck it rich at Coober Pcdy. This was the beginning of his love a�air...219 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003 Copyright© 1971 by Thomas Nelson {Australia) Ltd Reprinted...Fields of Australia 9 Lightning Ridge I4 Lightning Ridge Lives Again I8 Cooher Pedy 27 The Nature...to men from opal fields scattered throughout Australia. That is how the terminology of the opal originated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...opal mined in Australia is sedimentary opal-A (Smallwood et al., 2008) with Australia supplying over...Quilpie Mintabie Lightning Ridge Coober Pedy Great Artesian Basin S Australia 50 30oS GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN...to 95 Ma when an epicontinental sea flooded central Australia (Frakes et al., 1987; Campbell and Haig, 1999)...Claystone deposited in a flood plain environment; in Coober Pedy within the early Cretaceous kaolinite-rich (Table |  | | Report (issue) | | taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423 |  | | Book (edition) | | cover is a spectacular opal find from Mintabie, Australia, photographed by the author. The back cover pictures...guess I will just have to keep going back to Australia again and again! The stories contained in this...times. We have traveled back and forth across Australia many times. It is less confusing for you if I...History of Opal in South Australia 31 35 To Find Opal 37 6. A Trip to Coober Pedy 47 Ts Mining...Mining in Coober Pedy 55 8. It’s Mintabie, Mate! 71 9.. Mining in Mintabie 77 10. An Opal Buying Trip |  | | Report (issue) | | Page: Robert A. Smith of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales takes stunning photographs vibrant with opal...Formation in Australia BY JACK TOWNSEND 70 22 Queensland Opal 75 White Cliffs in New South Wales: Opals...ELIZABETH T. SMITH 44 The Opal Fields of South Australia BY ANDREW CODY 100 Synthetic, Color Enhanced...assumption. In fact, while many European and a few North American museums have vast hoards of Roman antiquities...opal. 8 Opal became the state gemstone of South Australia in 1985 and was officially recognized as the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Venediger in the H o h e n T a u e r n towards the north-west. T h e H a y Brook (Habach) is the outlet of...of rock forming the Hohen T a u e r n — t h e central gneiss on the northern side and the schists on...residual solutions from the granitic m a g m a of the central gneiss. T h e local geological conditions are such...Siberian Urals. I n the H a b a c h Valley the central gneiss must have brought all the minerals. Free...dull. During a recent trip into the centre of Australia the writer was deeply impressed by the advantages |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A. An isotopic study of surficial alunite in Australia: 1. Hydrogen and sulphur isotopes MICHAEL I. BIRD...Canberra, ACT 2601,Australia %.S.I.R.O., Division of Exploration Geoscience, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2...2 113, Australia ‘D~a~ment of Geology, The Australian National Unive~ity, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 260...260 1,Australia (Received June 20, 1988; accepted fplrevised form September 20, 1989) Abstract-A suite...minerals from a variety of surficial environments in Australia has been analysed for 6D and 634S.The 6D values |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sun colliery, Bac~worth, Northumberland: baryte, gypsum, halite, marcasite, pyrite, sideronatrite, 983...995. Pengenna mine, St. Kew: meneghinite, 424. South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in Brannel: aerugite, xanthiosite...milarite, rhodizite, lvii. Shallowford Bridge, South ]lolton : meneghinite, 424. INDEX Yorkshire Turf...Mt. Misoba, Maniema district: anthoinite, 995. Central Africa Kangankunde hill, Malawi : strontianitc...291. Kuruman hills: erocidolite, 291. Malaysia South-west Africa Eureka Farm, Usakos: dolomite, monazite |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by J. E. Johnson and J. M. Scrymgour * i *• 1 £• ? -ts-7. mm? m ty... ■- y Extract from “South Australian Year Book 1975“ Minerals of South Australia Contributed by J. E...and J. M. Scrymgour, South Australian Museum The mineral potential of South Australia was recognised from...his services as a geologist to the newly-formed South Australian Company in May 1836 and was appointed...though probably the first authentic discovery in Australia was made in 1846 at the Victoria Mine, near Castambul |  | | Catalog/List | | AURICHALCITE Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. Tufts of sky blue acicular xls. with hydrozincite...BROCHANTITE Hatches Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. Emerald green xlsed. with chrysocolla on quartz...7/6d., lx2 15/-. GYPSUM Kirkby Thore, Westmorland. Stellate xline. in massive gypsum. Attractive. ld...15/-. OPAL Variety: PRECIOUS OPAL Coober Pedy, South Australia. Translucent white massive showing play...17/6d. ROSASITE Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. coatings on matrix. lxl 5/-, h:2 10/-. h: 1 |  | | Journal (issue) | | TREASURE 3 FROM OPAL Opal was discovered in Coober Pedy in 1915. The author discovered it 1994 but since...decided that our holiday destination would be Goober Pedy and all its wonderful opals, as the previous year...gold was the first object of fascination when South Australia has arguably the largest known deposit of opal...knew a miner in Coober Pedy and suggested we call on him. We arrived in Coober Pedy I Right: The 'Jupiter...Five' is a piece of solid opal discovered at Coober Pedy. It weighs more than five kilograms and is claimed |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasurer 8810 37th s.w., Seattle. WA 98126 Don SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Offlc:era Bill...Correspondenc:e and requests for Information to the South Central Federation should be addressed to: Mrs. Mignon...jewelry style by Carol Gunther FEATURES 8 COO BER PEDY TODAY A visit to the opal mines by Lee Cross 15...Mrs. Peg Norton, Preslden1 11945 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607 Lee Hollinshead, First Vice-President...Scarratt, F.G.A. 45 OURCOVER The opals of Coober Pedy 54 64 CFMS DIRECTORS MEETING THE AUSTRALIAN |  | REVELROLLAND, M, DEDECKKER, P, DELMONTE, B, HESSE, P, MAGEE, J, BASILEDOELSCH, I, GROUSSET, F, BOSCH, D (2006) Eastern Australia: A possible source of dust in East Antarctica interglacial ice. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249 (1) 1-13 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.028 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1 – 13 www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl Eastern Australia: A possible source of dust in East Antarctica...Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e del Territorio...Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia f CEREGE Université Aix-Marseille/CNRS/IRD UR161...new data show that the dust contribution from Australia could have been dominant during interglacial periods...During glacial times, studies have shown that the South American dust isotopic signature overlaps the glacial |  | Gaillou, E., Fritsch, E., Aguilar-Reyes, B., Rondeau, B., Post, J., Barreau, A., Ostroumov, M. (2008) Common gem opal: An investigation of micro- to nano-structure. American Mineralogist, 93 (11) 1865-1873 doi:10.2138/am.2008.2518 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diameter. In some play-of-color opals from South Australia, Akizuki (1970) observed a ripple-like pattern...concentric structure is typical of opals from the Central Australian fields, and stated that “American opals...mines in Mexico (77 samples), Ethiopia (18), Australia (18), Honduras (13), France (8), Turkey (8), Slovakia...cited above, and common opal-AG samples are from Australia, Honduras, Mexico, Slovakia, France, the U.S.A...to the Mexican high plateaus. Two samples from Australia (no. 733 and 824) with slight play-of-color were |  | | Book | | CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sé ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resources—Soviet Union |  | | Journal (issue) | | endevendt en betydelig mengde av berggrunnen i South Australia), og hvis utholdende stahet til overmel viser...Buskerud, konto nr. 2240 30 05030 OPAL ER fra South Australia S0L VSTUFFER fra Kon gsberg 7 Poengsystemet...tabe llen like anvendbar mel 10m lapideeren i Coober Pedy og hans eksporter, sam mellom juveleren i New...beklagelig tendens til dette. Feltene (begge i Coober Pedy - omradet ) befinner seg knapt 2 km. fra hverandre...har sedim enteer opprinnelse. All opal fra South Australia (sam forester mer enn 80 prosent av verdensproduksjonen) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072 Australia ren.zhe@uq.net.au; paulo@earth.uq.edu.au Phone:...microcrystalline supergene alunite aggregates from Coober Pedy, South Australia. Prior to diffusivity studies, all alunite...alunite Coober Pedy (CP) alunite Newberry (2005) conducted a regional geochronology study in South Australia...Australia, when alunites from Coober Pedy and Andamooka were investigated and dated by laser-heating 40Ar/39Ar...2005). Previous 40Ar/39Ar results for the Coober Pedy samples, both by laser (Newberry, 2005) and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | endevendt en betydelig mengde av berggrunnen i South Australia), og hvis utholdende stahet til overmel viser...Buskerud, konto nr. 2240 30 05030 OPAL ER fra South Australia S0L VSTUFFER fra Kon gsberg 7 Poengsystemet...tabe llen like anvendbar mel 10m lapideeren i Coober Pedy og hans eksporter, sam mellom juveleren i New...beklagelig tendens til dette. Feltene (begge i Coober Pedy - omradet ) befinner seg knapt 2 km. fra hverandre...har sedim enteer opprinnelse. All opal fra South Australia (sam forester mer enn 80 prosent av verdensproduksjonen) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian Museum; ex...Top row from left: • 6 cm, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • |  | | Journal (issue) | | air raid shelter 50 Coober Pedy, South Australia 52 Opal Prospecting in Coober Pedy 54 Local Legends 55...Railways_65 Front cover photo: This picture of the central plotting room at HMS Wildfire as it now stands...was provided for interchange between the City & South London Railway and the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead...gallery of Dark Cavern, Castle Hill, Dudley looking south in the thick bed limestone. The canal ran most of...Saturday 20th September — Open day at Paddock (north west London) October 2008 ** date to be confirmed |  | | Report (issue) | | GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA N. H. LUDBROOK HPRM 2018D037863 Cover Parabarana...and Energy South Australia A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by N. H...Government Pri nter South Australia , 1980 Frontispiece Cliffs of the Murray River south of Morgan. Geology...Premier's Department, Department of Lands, and Central Landscape Services of the Department of the Environment... . . . . . . . 46 Geological History of South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book | | �© W©lli� TI� The bustling, dusty town of Coober Pedy. Opal worth many millions of dollars is mined...mined here each year. (Photo by courtesy of South Australian Government Travel Centre.) �::;:;::;:.--------------;... Printed by Ouadricolor. National Library of Australia, Card Number and ISBN 909223 12 2 IV Chapter...popular and which has become synonymous with Australia. Its chemical formula is Si0 2 .nH 20 and its...the opal 'pineapples' found at White Cliffs in Australia. Some rock was porous and the jell was absorbed |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals in glowing colors. ; PRODUCTS, Dept € South Pasadena, California informat mplete P on NAME ADDRESS...across it to some of the finest cliff dwellings in North America.” This required completion of the spectacular...be receiving it, my subscription to start with North Bend, Oregon THE STORY OF THE 1 GEMS Pollyanna...miles south of Amarillo, only fifteen minutes from transcontinental High ways 60 and 66, and north-south...feet above the Montezuma Valley, with th steep north escarpments of the Mesa flank ng Highway 160, the |
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