| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Chabazite-Na |
| Formula: | (Na2,K2,Ca,Sr,Mg)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O |
| Comments: | "Chabazite occurs as colourless, water-clear sparkling crystals, which rapidly dehydrate and become opaque and crazed upon exposure. Micro crystals are very much less affected. The crystals are always twinned, and simple chabazite rhombs, or forms dominated by the rhomb, have never been observed at Bundoora. The 'Phacolite' form and complex clusters based on this unit, are exceedingly common (up to 15 mm across)and alternative forms are rare. Chabazite from Bundoora is almost always tabular and only very rarely is the pyramidal form present to any significant extent. Prismatic crystals from Bundoora are less than 1 mm across. The crystals sometimes look like a stack of hexagonal plates, doubly terminated by the perfect hexagonal pyramid and basal plane. The plates may show a graded increase in diameter towards the middle of the crystal, generating a barrel-shape, or a graded decrease in diameter towards the centre generating an hour-glass shape, or the plates may simply show uneven stacking generating the rough prisms." |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | β12 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Gonnardite | β12 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Gonnardite at this locality. |
| Natrolite | β10 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Natrolite at this locality. |
| Copper | β7 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Copper at this locality. |
| Phillipsite-Na | β6 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Phillipsite-Na at this locality. |
| Iron-bearing Calcite | β6 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Iron-bearing Calcite at this locality. |
| Thomsonite-Ca | β3 photos of Chabazite-Na associated with Thomsonite-Ca at this locality. |
| Phillipsite Subgroup | β1 photo of Chabazite-Na associated with Phillipsite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Basalt | 1 photo of Chabazite-Na associated with Basalt at this locality. |
| Analcime | β1 photo of Chabazite-Na associated with Analcime at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chabazite-Na data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 796491 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:796491:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a5939fa4-73f6-44a6-a20c-67d90ae44e9e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chabazite-Na |
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| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | βCorporation quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | βF-19 Freeway cutting, Fairfield, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | βF-19 Freeway Cutting, Abbotsford, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 17.0km (10.5 miles) | βChamber's Quarry, Richmond Quarries, Richmond, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 17.0km (10.6 miles) | βYarra River Quarry, Richmond Quarries, Richmond, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 42.9km (26.6 miles) | βPioneer quarry, Narre Warren North, City of Casey, Victoria, Australia |
| 89.3km (55.5 miles) | βLittle Bird Rock, Flinders area, Victoria, Australia |
| 89.4km (55.5 miles) | βWest Head, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 89.7km (55.8 miles) | βCairns Bay, Flinders area, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 90.1km (56.0 miles) | βPhillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| References |
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Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia