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Paratacamite from
Leith, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Classification
Species:Paratacamite
Formula:Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Paratacamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leith, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:359150
Long-form Identifier:1:3:359150:5
GUID (UUID V4):004e3756-e1e5-4256-809c-4fa942932dc0
Nearest other occurrences of Paratacamite
14.9km (9.2 miles) Penguin Mine (Penguin silver mine), Penguin, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bollite. W. F. Pette~d. 1905. Rep. Seer. Mines, Tasmania, for 1904, p. 83. ' Chromo-arsenate of lead' occurring...needles or as powdery encrnstations at Magnet, Tasmania. [The analysis suggests a mixture of crocoite...quartz.] Named after W. R. Bell, a prospector in Tasmania. The name hellite has long been in use for an...and iron, occurrlt~g with manganese ores in the Central Provinces, India. The strong pleochroism (rose-pink... 398 L.J. SPZXCER. with ilmenite] from South Australia. Named after Professor T. W. Edgeworth David,
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or breccia tops) by continued movement in more central parts of the flow. Though hosted by volcanic and...moolooite? nantokite olivenite paramelaconite paratacamite pharmacolite picropharmacolite plancheite posnjakite...the pseudomorphs (Pumpelly, 1875). Van Hise and Leith (1911) state that the replacing material is a mixture...part of the Marguette range, in the Felch area of central Dickinson County, and in northeastern Iron County...JeffreyScovilphotograph. Keweenaw County: 1. Central mine. 2. CopperFa//.,_Fine reddish crystals associated
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tops) doubtless by continued movement in more central parts of the flow. A rare variant of the fragmental...includes: paramelaconite annabergite dioptase paratacamite anthonyite erythrite pharmacolite atacamite...of the range) in 1872 and near Crystal Falls (central part) and Iron River (northwestem end) in 1880...Hollandite Columbite Calumetite Fluorite Atacamite Paratacamite Carnallite 30 Carbonates Calcite Siderite...schists occur in the Ironwood formation (Van Hise and Leith, 1911). Marquette County: 1. Washington iron mine:
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(1891), Hubbard (1898), Grout (1910), Van Hise and Leith (1911), Butler and Burbank (1929), Brod­ erick (1929...Stevens (19Q0-1911), Rickard (1905), Van Hise and Leith (1911), Hore (1912-1915), Weed (19141920, 1922,...Phoenix mine), the Copper Falls, the Cliff and the Central mines were the four largest operations in Keweenaw...fame of this region, such as the Cliff, Phoenix, Central, Minesota, and National, were all characterized...extrusive and intrusive rocks stretching across the central part of the continent. Geophysical surveys have
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of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Herr H. Hofmann and Frau Heidrun Fuchs of the...Royal Museum, Dumfries; Mrs Margaret De Motte, Central Library, Manchester; Miss Julie Coleman, Department...Thomson's collection, National Museum of Victoria, Australia) and became national treasures, numerous aspects...fossils from Scotland belong to a western and central American assemblage, in contrast to English and...and Mull, and on the easterly northern mainland coast between Golspie and Helmsdale. Sands, clays and
Report (issue)
................................. . 50 Mexico-Central America .........................................~ : : ~:: ·: :::: ~ ~::: ~:: ~::: ~:: ::: ~:: Australia ................................................. Average composition of the igneous rocks of Central and South Ame~ica ............................·...the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. ·The amount of haria is almost invariably much...continents, notably Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia. The rocks of many .countries, also, are inadequately
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well-known physiographic areas (e. g. Appalachians, Gulf Coast). Examples of geographic headings are: Alabama,...shallow structure in certain specific areas in west central Texas, with particular reference to origins of...problems of oil exploration in MexiCO Within the Gulf Coast basins of Burgos, Tampico, veracruz, Salina del...Shimmin. Ages of pluvial lake shore lines of south-central Oregon [aba.]: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 61, no...The Becerra formation (latest Pleistocene) of central Mexico: Internat. Geol. Cong., 18th, Great Britain
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the neighbourhood of the Alai Mountains, Russian Central Asia. 5th List Alamosite. C. Palache and H. E....a fourth polymorph, additional to atacamite, paratacamite, and botallackite, and indexed on a monoclinic...[The powder data are identical with those of paratacamite and can be indexed on the rhombohedral cell...the latter: the mineral is possibly a zincian paratacamite—M.H.H.] [M.A., 73-1934; Bull., 96, 245; A.M...volcanic tuff on the Island of Linosa, off the coast of Tunis. The silica percentage is rather lower
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found in veins in greywacke and semischist in the central Southern Alps (Lillie et al., 1957, p. 124; Andrews...soils derived from volcanic ash, especially in the central part o f the North Island (Birrell & Fieldes 1952;...Recorded in shale, Nevis Valley, near Cromwell, Central Otago (Williams 1974b, p. 12). Anapaite Anatase...feldspar in the rhyolitcs and ignimbrites of the central North Island. Also in some metamorphic rocks, e...Bay, Ban ks Peninsu la, and near Dunedi n (e.g. Leith Valley quarry and Sandfly Bay, Otago Pen i nsu la)
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of mineral species. Ernest H. Nickel Wembley, Australia — aa 4 i | a4 ‘ eS wum iver) {ORE...University of Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk. allaktein...Archer, Curator of Mammals, Queensland Museum, Australia, who first drew attention to the occurrence. Petrogale...Petrogale cave, Madura, Western Australia, Australia. Named after Johan A. Arfvedson (1792-1841), Swedish...composition: arsenic plus florencite. Kimba, South Australia, Australia. Nickel, EH. & Temperly, J.E. (1987): Mineral
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen, Carson City, Nevada, USA; Peter... Moculta quarry, Angaston (near), South Australia, Australia. H= 2, Djn=?, 0^= 2.15, VHD 28. Harrowfield...Anarakite, Ir] Unnecessary name for zincian paratacamite. Min. Mag. 43 (1980), 1055. Adib & Ottemann...colorless. Petrogale cave, Madura, Western Australia, Australia. H=?, Djj3=?, Dq= 2.34, VHA 14. Bridge,
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formation of the Upper Silurian over a wide area in central and western New York. Salt also occurs near Cleveland...Landesanst., Arch, fur Lagerst., 67 (1940). 17. Leith, Univ. Toronto Stud., Geol. Ser., no. 46, 69, (1941)...hematite. Alter. In air alters superficially to paratacamite. Nantokite A r t i f.^ Obtained HCl, by the...Zeerust district, Transvaal, South Africa. In Tasmania with tin ores at Mt. Bischoff; in New South Wales...Kentucky, and in Mercer and Woodford counties in central Kentucky. Here the mineral (sometimes of optical
Report (issue)
Pete Canadian Mines Limited (1905) and by Cobalt Central Mines Company (1906-1908) which a l s o installed...earthy jarosite , bright green brochantite and paratacamite , and erythrite. Specimens of white calcite.... 372 Maps (T): 4 1 P/10 Gowganda (G): 2208 Leith, C h a r t e r s , and Corkill townships, Timiskaming...388-389; 187 p. 109; 203 p. 70; Maps (G): 2208 Leith, Charters, and Corkill Townships, Timiskaming district...Masters, Keith Hudson Bay silver mine; 2 Geology of Leith, Charters and Corkill town1971: ships, district
Report (volume)
Continued AGATES. See Gems and gem materiWest-central Continued als;Cuartz. Midway-Wilcox groups: Miss... ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr. West-central, Coastal Plain: Oil and gas: Jones, W. B., 1, 3...exploration: Baum, Geol. Soc., 5. R. B., 2. West-central, Coastal Plain fosPaleozoic-Mesozoic producing...Tertiary, Chickamauga limestone, Ordovician, west-central: LaMoreaux, Jones Valley anticline: Rogers, P....problems: Everett, R., 2. Malmberg, G. T., 1. West-central, Cretaceous-TerMarengo County, Cretaceous-Tertiary:
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mine Peterson Lake mine Nipissing 407 mine Cobalt Central (Penn-Canadian) mine, Bailey mine Provincial mine...mine, 1972 Trethewey cobalt-silver vein Cobalt Central mine, 1908 Right of Way mine, 1972 LaRose Mine...Lake and to Nipissing 407 mine (page 29), Cobalt Central mine and Bailey mine (page 29); the road log continues...(Ontario Geological Survey, 1:12 000) Cobalt Central (Penn-Canadian) mine, Bailey mine The silver-bearing...silver-bearing veins in the adjoining Cobalt Central and Bailey mines were discovered in about 1905. The orebody
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itself 40 km northwest of Lac Saint-Jean in south-central Quebec, very large and sharp ilmenite Cl) 1stals...gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo, near the Portuguese coast about 155 km north-northeast of Lisbon, is now closed...it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing the ilmenite paragenesis...l l ). AUSTRALIAand PACIFICISLANDS EUROPE AUSTRALIA GREECE Portland Harbor Trust quarry, Cape Grant...to the south of the Rio Marina iron mine. On the coast near Torre di Rio, near the clock tower for the
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specimens of crystallized gold from K.anowna.Western Australia, and Kingsbury's specimens labelled "Porthcurnick...he Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands off the coast of France (Alderney. Guernsey, l-lcnn, Jersey, Jethou...some 440km W of northern Skye, off the northwcst coast of Scotland. Because there have been many changes...because of the constantly evolving policies of central and local government (and its agencies such as...moved to Brazil. The remainder of southern and central England Most of southern England, particularly
Book (edition)
Base by Ernest H. Nickel, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, and Monte C. Nichols published by Aleph Enterprises...N SW, Australia. William D. Birch: Dept. of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Frank...Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar Raade: Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum,...United States, from east to west Canada Mexico Central America and the Caribbean Greenland Iceland European...Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities
Report (volume)
Washington, D.C. Assoc. Pacific Coast Geographers Yearbook Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Yearbook....the Advancement of Science Report. Brisbane, Australia. Battelle Tech. Rev. Battelle Technical Review...Chemical Engineering and Mining Review. Melbourne, Australia. Chemie der Erde. Jena, Germany. Chemist-Analyst...Geol. Soc. Australia Jour. Geological Society of Australia Journal. Adelaide, South Australia. Geol. Soc...Divulgaci6n T6cnica. Guatemala. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Socs. Trans. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
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952). p. 99. From (TL) Crackers Well. South Australia. Australia. Deposit located by air-borne scintillator;...muscovite. W.F. Pett.ard ( 1 9 1 0) Car. Mi11. Tasmania, 3rd ed .. p. 19 I . Originally named for an alteration...of topaz. The 1 969 revision of Cat. Min. Tasmania (Tasmania Dept. of Mines) confirms its nature as a...named following Lcvinson's rule. (TL) Beyun -Obo. Central Mongolia. China. 18.2. 1 5 Aeschyn ite- ( Y ) ...35-676). (TL) Mocult:i quarry, Ang:iston. South Australia. Named for A.R. Alderman. Aldzhanite, uncertain
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specialists along with geologists. Central to all this is geology; and central to good communication and to...Provinces. In Gaspe metamorphism named after the Central Abukuma plateau of and adjacent areas the climax...preferentially in syn¬ posed of strontium sulfate and a central capsule enclosed by optic statements of relative...three components: A = A12C>3 + Fe2C>3 - that the coast has been built out seaward (Fisk, 1959, p.111)....probably varied biological affinities consisting of a central cav¬ acid soil A soil whose root zone is acidic
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Remolinite, Smaragdocalcite (of Hausmann). 8.2.5 Paratacamite. 8[Cu.(OH),Cl], the rhombohedral phase. Dana...4)9(OH);2. 24H,O. Dana 6th edn, 966; Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1902, 27. Apparently a mixture of Copiapite and...20.6.1 (Breithaupt, 1832) Syn. of Paratacamite Syn. of Paratacamite Syn. of Atheriastite 16.23.11 (Weibye...by the impact of a meteorite from Mt. Darwin, Tasmania Syn. of Whitneyite Syn. of Dashkesanite 17.3.11...M.A. 3-551 Dana 6th edn, 932 Rep. Secr. Mines, Tasmania, 1904, 85 Dana 6th edn, 199 Dana 6th edn, 199
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Underwood Avenue Private Bag No. 5 Wembley WA 6913 Australia Mail: e.nickel@per.dem.csiro.au Cover Diagram:...coordination polyhedra. The black circle represents the central cation; the white circles represent the coordinating...shee ts 11(110}. dinoatacamite II (101). and paratacamite II (0001 ); the sheets are connected by single...(14) a = 6.14, b = 6.80, c = 9.l!A f3 = 99.6° Paratacamite (Smith. 19053) Cu2(0HhCi Trigonal , R3 (148)...three 3-membered B1 1B21 1rings an : linked by a central O atom into a structural unit [BPlB3"1O 9(OH),)'-:
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Underwood Avenue Private Bag No. 5 Wembley WA 6913 Australia Mail: e.nickel@per.dem.csiro.au Cm·er Diagram:...coordination polyhedra. The black circle represents the central cation; the white circles represent the coordinating...sheets //{110},clinoatacamite // (101), and paratacamite // (0001 ); the sheets are connected by single...a= 6.14, b = 6.80, c = 9.llA ~ = 99.6° Z=4 Paratacamite (Smith, 19053) Trigonal, R3 (148) a= 13.65...three 3-membered Bl3lB 2 [4l rings are linked by a central O atom into a structural unit [B} 3lB} 4 lQ 9 (OH)
 
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