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Pyrite from
Coober Pedy, Central North, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coober Pedy, Central North, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:958812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:958812:7
GUID (UUID V4):0c8184b2-5f23-4860-ba3f-4850fab8d2d9
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Cairn Hill mine, Coober Pedy, Central North, South Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
49.5km (30.8 miles) ā“˜Cairn Hill mine, Coober Pedy, Central North, South Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basement inthe buried northern Gawler Craton, South Australia Author: Anthony J. Reid Elizabeth A. Jagodzinski...basement inthe buried northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, Precambrian Research (2014), http://dx.doi...basement inthe buried northern Gawler Craton, South Australia ip t Anthony J. Reida, Elizabeth A. Jagodzinskia... Bruce F. Schaeferd Geological Survey of South Australia, Department of Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade...3800, Australia us 1264, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...com/loi/taje20 Remarks on the age of precious opal in central Australia: reply to comment by Bruce Dickson P. F. Rey...The University of Sydney, ā€“ Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia Published online: 17 Feb 2014. To cite this article:...(2013) Remarks on the age of precious opal in central Australia: reply to comment by Bruce Dickson, Australian...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 60:8, 835-838, DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2013.870229
Book
480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough...Formed from Surface Water: 19 The Opals of Australia PART II Gemstones of Igneous-Hydrothermal Origin...129 The Diamond Deposits of Argvle, Western Australia Index 141 FOREWORD Each gem deposit-whether...surlace waters, focusing on the opal deposits of Australia. Part II of this book is devoted to those gem... Egypt and the new find at Argyle in Western Australia are used as examples. It is worth noting that
Book
480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough...Formed from Surface Water: 19 The Opals of Australia PART II Gemstones of Igneous-Hydrothermal Origin...129 The Diamond Deposits of Argvle, Western Australia Index 141 FOREWORD Each gem deposit-whether...surlace waters, focusing on the opal deposits of Australia. Part II of this book is devoted to those gem... Egypt and the new find at Argyle in Western Australia are used as examples. It is worth noting that
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), 1946ā€”supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogyā€”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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Northumberland: baryte, gypsum, halite, marcasite, pyrite, sideronatrite, 983. Sandford Hill, Weston-super-Mare...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...spessartine, 386. Neve Midbar, Negev: jarosite, pyrite, sideronatrite, sulphur, 84. Pakistan Choian, Arab...Mt. Misoba, Maniema district: anthoinite, 995. Central Africa Kangankunde hill, Malawi : strontianitc
Journal (issue)
IFORNIA .. ............. . . 305 THE COOBER PEDY OPAL FIELDS, AUSTRALIA. By Geo. Burford ... 306 PLATINUM...New York, on the Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad and on highway Number 6, less than two...interested when in London and a frequent visitor at the South Kensington Museum where I saw the labe's; "Tilly...Phlogopite Prehnite Prochlorite ( ripidoli te ) Pyrite Pyroxene Pyroxene- augite Pyroxe ne- Hedenbergi...ripidolite; and in sca'y bright green aggregates. Pyrite is found sparingly in cubes U:J to quarter inch
Book
CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sĆ© ... 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...resourcesā€”Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resourcesā€”Soviet Union
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are: quartz (in conglomerate beds called "reefs"), pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and stibnite...they are found chiefly in Colorado and western Australia. C A L A V E R I T E (AuT e ) , contains 40% gold...traditional prospecting. Australia provides 95% of the world's opals mainly from the Coober Pedy and Andamooka fields...fields in South Australia and the Lightning Ridge deposit in northern New South Wales. All are remote...remote, intensely hot areas. At Coober Pedy, miners live in underground homes, blasted and hewn from rock
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 ā€˜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 (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 ā€” 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...glittering specks of brass-yellow cubes of pyrite. T h e same pyrite inclusions may also be found interstratified...Siberian Urals. I n the H a b a c h Valley the central gneiss must have brought all the minerals. Free
Book
MINERALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by J. E. Johnson and J. M. Scrymgour * i *ā€¢ 1 Ā£ā€¢ ? -ts-7. mm? m ty... ā– - y Extract from ā€œSouth Australian Year Book 1975ā€œ 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
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
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, Septemberā€“October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...Septemberā€“October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record Septemberā€“October...Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian Museum; ex...Top row from left: ā€¢ 6 cm, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. ā€¢
Catalog/List
from the Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa (Ā£120, Ā£95, Ā£75 and Ā£48) From Madagascar...attractive specimens from Peru, mostly combinations of pyrite, sphalerite, <, ..... tetrahedrite, quartz, calcite...Saxony at Ā£20 up to Ā£100; precious opal from Coober Pedy, Australia; various Jā€ ') axinite, lazulite etc.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Department of Earth Sciences, School... University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article...holes in the northern Gawler Craton, southern Australia, reveal the presence of ca. 1.45 Ga magmatism...development and isotope resetting throughout the South and North Australian Cratons that shows that this event...event was widespread in eastern Proterozoic Australia. This event is stylistically similar to ca. 1.45
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
noted, which are probably the resultant of some pyrite. Under the microscope it is seen to have faint...mineralogical similarity of precious and common opal from Australia PaECIOVS opal (' colour') exhibits an optical...each were taken from the main opal fields of Australia. Only typical material was obtained, which in...and a blue sub-translucent common opal from Coober Pedy, and a clear transparent precious opal and a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Derby-Doerun Fm. contact in a new road cut y2 mile south of the # 2 9 Shaft. Chalcopyrite ā€” occurs as small...pebbles and fragments in the overburden locally after pyrite crystals. ROCKS AND MINERALS Marcas/te ā€” found...in radiating groups from vugs in the Davis Fm. Pyrite ā€” occurs as drusy crystals, large masses, and up...I have Ā”ust returned from the opal fields of Australia and brought back with me a large and assorted...of rough gem material. Included is opal fromā€” COOBER PEDY ANDAMOOKA LIGHTNING RIDGE AND OTHER REMOTE AREAS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
find something unusual will advise." LaGrange, in central Troup County, is in western Georgia. ILLINOISā€”An...Libertyville, Illinois."ā€”on label. Libertyville, in central Lake County, is in N/E Illinois. MAINEā€”The following...right beyond 116, going northwest on Route 112 from North Woodstock, N. H., at the junction of Route 3. Specimens...Polkville, in western Cleveland County, is in S/W North Carolina. N E W MEXICOā€”From southwestern New Mexico...Reservoir extends from southern Socorro County into central Sierra County in S/W New Mexico. UTAHā€”The following
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2012 Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia IAN T. GRAHAM1,2 ROSS E POGSON1 1 Geoscience...Museum 6 College Street, Sydney New South Wales 2010, Australia ian.graham@austmus.gov.au ross.pogson@austmus...Sciences University of New South Wales, Sydney New South Wales 2052, Australia Figure 1. The Albert Chapman...when most of it was purchased from him by the New South Wales Government in 1988. Included in the purchase...the finest crystallized specimens ever found in Australia, representing an important part of Australiaā€™s
Catalog/List
THE PEBBLE PEDDLER 100 North Lake Park Bottineau, North Dakota 58318 (701)263-4948 NEW LOW PRICES ON...new house two miles form the Canadian border in North Dakota, we couldnā€™t find our house key, and the...very affordable $6,95 each. RAMS HORN SELENITE; South West Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: Another very uncommon...00 each. CLEAR BARITE BLADE CRYSTALS; McCormack, South Carolina: These interesting little critters are...mostly of crystalline galena with minor calcite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and other minerals. These are very
Journal (issue)
minerals in glowing colors. ; PRODUCTS, Dept ā‚¬ South Pasadena, California informat mplete P on NAME ADDRESS...across it to some of the finest cliff dwellings in North America.ā€ 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
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greenhill Road, Dulwich, Adelaide, S.A. 5065, Australia Abstract The discovery of iron oxide copper-gold...Prominent Hill in the Mount Woods inlier (South Australia) by Minotaur Resources Ltd. in November 2001...iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposit in central South Australia in November 2001 was the successful outcome...Gawler craton, midway between Olympic Dam and Coober Pedy (Fig. 1). Outcrop is virtually nonexistent and...Archean to Neoproterozoic terrane of southern Australia (Fig. 1). Its geology, chronostratigraphy, and
 
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