City of Albany, Western Australia, Australiai
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| City of Albany | City |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Mindat Locality ID:
246351
Long-form identifier:
1:2:246351:6
GUID (UUID V4):
b307e88c-95ae-465a-bef1-2f17c1d70df9
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Albany Shire
Other Languages:
French:
citΓ© d'Albany, Australie-Occidentale, Australie
German:
Albany City, Western Australia, Australien
Italian:
cittΓ di Albany, Australia Occidentale, Australia
Cebuano:
Albany, State of Western Australia
Dutch:
City of Albany, West-AustraliΓ«, AustraliΓ«
Sardinian:
tzitade de Albany
Swedish:
Albany City, Western Australia, Australien
Urdu:
Ψ§ΩΨ¨Ψ§ΩΫ Ψ΄ΫΨ±, Ω
ΨΊΨ±Ψ¨Ϋ Ψ’Ψ³ΩΉΨ±ΫΩΫΨ§
The City of Albany encompasses Albany itself, surrounding agricultural areas and coastal national parks. It is 410 kilometres south south-east of Perth along the southern coastline of Western Australia. The shire western border is just east of the town of Denmark, and extends eastwards till just before the Bremer Bay turnoff. Population estimated at 36 000 (June 2010).
European settlement was established in 1826, making it the earliest in Western Australia. It was Western Australia's major port from the mid 1800's to early 1900's, especially for the goldfields around Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. When the Fremantle port emerged, the economy shifted to timber, agriculture and whaling. The whaling station at Albany closed in 1978, and is now a museum (highly recommended).
Albany is on one of the most scenic harbours in Australia. Several national parks are found in the shire, with scenic, sometimes dramatic coastal views, and rare plant life and fauna. The town itself contains several museums, and a sandalwood perfume factory a little north of the town.
The shire is part of the Albany Fraser Orogen, to the south and south-west of the Yilgarn Craton. The orogen is orthogneiss and granite with large sheets of metagabbro, remnants of mafic dykes, and widespread metasedimentary rocks. The granite has been deformed and metamorphosed during mesoproterozoic orogenic activity. The granites are dominated by biotite granite, porphyritic granite and monzogranite, which form numerous hilly outcrops.
In particular in the Albany area, megacrystic monzogranite is the main type consisting of quartz, microcline, oligoclase/andesine and accessory biotite, opaque grains and apatite.
No large scale mining in the shire is known. Very limited historic gold production is known just north of the shire, both south and east of the Stirling Range. There are two deposits of silica sand in the Narrikup area.
Epidosite and Unakite (known locally as Albany Granite) are the only specimens seen as slabbed and polished rock. Supply appears largely limited to a specimen shop in the town.
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| β 'Allanite Group' Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Dept of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Localities: Reference: Gemstones of Western Australia; Dept of Mines and Energy; Western Australian State Government; Perth 1997 |
| β 'Hornblende' Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β 'K Feldspar' Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Dept of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β 'Saussurite' Reference: fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Dept of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β Titanite Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Dept of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
| β Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) Localities: Reference: Fetherston, J.M. (2010), Dimension Stone in Western Australia, Vol 2, Mineral Resources Bulletin 24, Department of Mines and Petroleum, State Government of Western Australia, 2010 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | Titanite | 9.AG.15 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| β | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Allanite Group' | - | (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| β | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| β | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| β | 'Hornblende' | - | |
| β | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
| β | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| β | 'Saussurite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| H | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | β Allanite Group | (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| H | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | β Allanite Group | (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| O | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| F | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Al | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Allanite Group | (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ca | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Ca | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Ca | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Ti | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Fossils
There are 10 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 41.3 Ma (Eocene) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Fossil Localities | Click to show 10 fossil localities |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Kim Macdonald 2013.
Commonwealth Government of Australia and the Western Australian Government (1998): Assessment of Mineral and Hydrocarbon Resources in the South West Forest Region of Western Australia (1998)
Budd, A.(2001):Albany Fraser Province Synthesis, Geoscience Australia (2001)
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Albany |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1527935 |
| GeoNames ID: | 7839657 |
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