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Corundum from
Weld River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Comments:Some high quaity gems and good crystals, but usually somewhat broken and rounded; some "Ceylon" blue, also green, grey and yellow.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ruby1 photo of Corundum associated with Ruby at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Weld River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:996882
Long-form Identifier:1:3:996882:0
GUID (UUID V4):004b82a3-b2f0-4d6b-a232-d47e774bd991
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘFrome River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘDerby, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘPioneer tin field, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘBranxholm, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘBlue Tier tinfield, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘLisle goldfield, Scottsdale district, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania Department of State Growth Mineral Resources Tasmania Occurrences of Gemstone...Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing) Compiled by R. S. Bottrill and W. L. Matthews...November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ISBN 0...As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly...sources. These include: Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania by W. F. Petterd, 1910 (a revised edition was
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
Report (issue)
Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Book
Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data Perry, Nance Australian...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....wish to learn about the minerals and gems of Australia. PREFACE gemmologists, mineralogists in a specialised... It will travel throughout the backblocks of Australia and through the museums of our capital cities...Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. The study of gemstones has gained many adherents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/taje20 Gem-corundum megacrysts from east Australian basalt fields:...1797, Australia b Geoscience , Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia c CODES...Deposits, University of Tasmania , Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia d IRD U154 LMTG and CRPG...Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Australia Published online: 28 Sep 2009. To cite this article:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2006, Vol. 70(6), pp. 669–687 Contrasts in gem corundum characteristics, eastern Australian basaltic fields:...Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 2 Mineralogy, Australian...Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia 3 CSIRO Exploration and Mining, School of Physics...Physics, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia 4 Institute of Earth Science, Academica Sinica, Taipei...ACT 2601, Australia 6 McPherson Duncan & Associates, 18 Old Summerleas Road, Kinston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Continental Comparisons from Myanmar and Eastern Australia Frederick L. Sutherland 1, * , Khin Zaw 2 , Sebastien...NSW 2010, Australia CODES Centre of Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas...Tas 7001, Australia; khin.zaw@utas.edu.au (K.Z.); sebastien.meffre@utas.edu.au (S.M.); jay.thompson@utas...Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia; karsten.goemann@utas.edu.au Geology...University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; s.j.harris@student.unsw.edu.au Correspondence:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Barrington volcanic province, New South Wales, Australia F. LIN SUTHERLAND Mineralogy and Petrology Section... N.S.W. 2000, Australia AND ROBERT R. COENRAADS Gemmologicat Association of Australia (N.S.W. Division)...Division), 24 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, N.S.W. 2000, Australia Abstract Ruby-sapphire-sapphirine-spinel forms...forms small, corroded, crystalline aggregates in corundum bearing alluvials shed from the Tertiary Barrington...(MgO-AI203-SiO2) composition and, together with the corundum, shows reaction rims of pleonaste spinel. Spinel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag Wien 2016 Abstract Zircon megacrysts (± gem corundum) appear in basalt fields of Indo-Pacific origin...isotope studies on representative zircons (East Australia–Asia) indicate diverse magmatic sources. The U–Pb...Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia 2 School of Science and Health, Western Sydney...Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia 3 School of Biological, Earth and Environmental...University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia 4 Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basaltic gem field, New England, New South Wales, Australia Frederick L. Sutherland, Ian T. Graham, Stephen...basaltic gem ïŹeld, New England, New South Wales, Australia, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.02.004...basaltic gem field, New England, New South Wales, Australia a SC R Frederick L. Sutherland a, Ian T. Graham...NSW 2010, Australia b Gemmological Association of Australia, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia MA c NU...University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia d D Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
Book
revise) © 1976, 1985, 1992 Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited © 1992 Reader’s Digest (New Zealand)...& Geophysics. Published by Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited 26-32 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills...identification Prospecting for gold Gemstone areas of Australia The collector's gear Polishing and cutting Fossicking...minerals are widely distributed over the surface of Australia, but some areas, because of different geological...water-soluble chlorides, nitrates or phosphates. In Australia sedimentary sandstones, in certain areas and under
Journal (issue)
oriented exactly parallel to the basal plane of the corundum crystals, but rather show a slight inclination...rim in some samples consist of non-gem-quality corundum, according to X-ray powder diffraction and microFigure...1970; O'Donoghue, 1971).In both mineral species, corundum and beryl, hexagonal single crystals are divided...and 749.7 cm-1 (not labeled) are assigned to the corundum host, Figure 14. In this view of a 5.9-mm-diameter...ap "negative" of Colombian Recently, trapiche corundum with a similar "negative" appearance was seen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Published: 30 June 2020   Abstract: Corundum is not uncommon on Earth but the gem varieties...of ruby and sapphire are relatively rare. Gem corundum deposits are classified as primary and secondary...secondary deposits. Primary deposits contain corundum either in the rocks where it crystallized or as xenocrysts...the Earth’s surface. Classification systems for corundum deposits are based on different mineralogical...is the red gem variety of the mineral corundum. The name corundum was introduced in the early 19th century
Journal (issue)
synthesis zer, 1986a,b). consists of natural seeds of corundum from Sri Lanka, With the basic knowledge of Lechtleitner's...and faceted samples of of Lechleitner synthetic corundum the present authors (Schmetzer, 1986a, b), by...overgrown with a thin layer of of synthetic of corundum in a flux process. This method of synthesis is...the Verneuil-grown Verneuil-grown corundum versus flux-grown corundum contact zone as well as without an...flux-grown flux-grown seeds, with thin layers of of corundum as overgrowth. Due to the presence of ISSN: 0022-1252
Book
The Australian Museum University of Tasmania Australia Australia Editorial OfïŹce MDPI St. Alban-Anlage...Wales. He graduated in geology at University of Tasmania and gained a MSc in Petrology in 1969. He was...and Volcanoes, and Gemstones and Minerals of Australia. Some 30 papers and book chapters have dealt with...Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences), University of Tasmania, Hobart. He has a BSc from Yangon University,...Canada, 1976 and a PhD from the University of Tasmania in 1990. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute
Book
Ian Graham The University of New South Wales Australia Editorial OfïŹce MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052...Continental Comparisons from Myanmar and Eastern Australia Reprinted from: Minerals 2019, 9, 28, doi:10.3390/min9010028...Nikolaev, Jasper Berndt and Wolfgang Hofmeister Corundum Anorthosites-Kyshtymites from the South Urals...Fallick, Maria Tsortanidis and Andreas Lampridis Gem Corundum Deposits of Greece: Geology, Mineralogy and Genesis...University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the
Journal (issue)
Colorless Blue Pale or colorless Colorless Pink Corundum Diamond Fluorite Pearl Quartz Spodurnene Topaz...Mexico, and Uruguay, with lesser deposits in Australia, Sri Lanlza, India, Madagascar, Southwest Africa...capital of the northern state of Para, lies the municipality Amethyst from Brazil and town of Maraba (figure...of Maraba, on the western bank of the Araguaia River (again, see figure 2). The approximate coordinates...southeast and then a barge across the Araguaia River to the town of Xambioh. From here, one continues
Book
xxv for 1916, p. 31). Trade-name for artificial corundum manufactured for abrasive purposes. Compare Alundum...75H20, as compact turquoise-blue masses, from the river Aidyrly (p. AnabipjiMbi), Urals. Named from locality...very near that of marcasite. Named for the Alazani river, Georgia. [The name should not have been given.—M...form of fused crystalline alumina, or artificial corundum, manufactured by the Carborundum Company, and...crystals obtained in the manufacture of synthetic corundum are stated to give chemical analyses corresponding
Book
suchen. Indessen haben die von ihnen gegrĂŒndeten „river diggings" doch immer noch, trotz der spĂ€teren viel...als „dry diggings" (trockene GrĂ€bereien) von den „river diggings", den GrĂ€bereien im nassen Fluß(blauer...nordwestlich von Kimberley gefunden worden. In der Orange River-Kolonie (Fig. 45, 50) wurde ganz nahebei Koffyfontein...des Diamants. Monastery-Gnibe, 4. SĂŒdafrika (river diggings). 217 etwas westlich von Ficksburg und...werden. bei Kimberley Grube) Wir betrachten „river diggings" nunmehr die einzelnen LagerstĂ€tten
 
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