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Violarite from
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Violarite
Formula:Fe2+Ni23+S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Violarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27948
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27948:8
GUID (UUID V4):1d594e79-4c20-48d7-8a25-64e2dbd5492c
Nearest other occurrences of Violarite
51.3km (31.9 miles) Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
54.3km (33.8 miles) Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour district, West 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 (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch
Report (issue)
7.139 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. 1.828 (10), 1.817 (10), 2.88 (9),...96 0.59 (2) 73.30 Total 99.23 (1) Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. (2) Ni3 S2 . 100.00 Ni Fe S insol...xenoliths. Association: Pentlandite, chalcopyrite, violarite, cubanite, millerite, mackinawite, orcelite, zaratite...Distribution: In Australia, in Tasmania, from the Lord Brassey mine, near Heazlewood [TL], and at Trial...Oregon; and in California, crystals from the Dorleska mine, Trinity Co. In Canada, at Miles Ridge, Yukon Territory;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAY_JUNE, 1959 A NEW NICKEL CARBONATE FROM HEAZLEWOOD, TASMANIA K. L. Wrr.r,raus,I. M. TnnoatcolD ANDA...identified in samples from the old Lord Brassey nickel mine, at Heazlewood, Tasmania. It occurs as thin, pale blue...a visit by one of us (K.L.W.) to the old Lord Brassey Mine, near l{eazlewood in north-westernTasmania...altered to millerite, and the pentlandite to violarite. The green mineral has been describedas zatatite...conducted surveys and exploration in north-western Tasmania in the period 1826-1830. Hellyerite is the naturally
Report (issue)
electron microprobe analyses. (2) Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia; recalculated after removal of 1.28%...(placers); copper, heazlewoodite, pentlandite, violarite, chromite, millerite (peridotites); kamacite,...Coolac, New South Wales, and in the Lord Brassey mine, Tasmania, Australia. From the Bobrovka River, Nizhni...California; and in the Line Pit mine, Cecil Co., Maryland. From the Lillooet district, Fraser River, British Columbia;
Book
# ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries... 41 FOSSIL FIELDS — 45 Royslea Farm; Emery’s mine, Avoca; Blackwells Road; Pear Hill; Fossil Bluff;...specimens are likely to be discovered in the State of Tasmania. Over the past decade the popularity of the lapidary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
obtainedin several data for pyrite, bravoite,violarite, millerite, godlevinstanceswhere different bulk...KGpyrite, sph = sphalerite, tr = troilite, vl -violarite, 90 at 230øCproduceda smallamountof tn, coexisting...53.18 Stobie Open Pit, Sudbury 3878 Thompson Mine, 5929 mpo,py,pn mpo pn 46.28 24.76 0.38 27... Manitoba Shebandowan, Ontario Lord Brassey Mine, 864 Tasmania 9635 Texmont, Ontario between45...Lorraine betweenthe hexagonalpyrrhotite and monoclinic Mine (seeNaldrettand Gasparrini,1971) andEngpyrrhotiteareasin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetite, plagioelase, hercynite, 513 Glomsrudkollen mine, Modum, ktenasite, unidentified CuZn-A1 sulphate...4o6; datolite, apophyllite, 4IO Yorkshire Boulby mine, Loftus, Saltburn, iron-boracite, 404 Hepworth Iron...Mtn., kerolite, 443 Greece ( 'E~t~tag ) Kamariza mine, Laurium, ktenasite, 65 ASIA Israel Menhamiya...piemontite, spessartine, 537 India Nausahi, Keonjhar District, Orissa, chromian dravite, 408 Sagar, Madhya Pradesh...Pradesh, basalts, 165 Korea Jan#gun mine, Bonghwa, janggunite, nsutite, todorokite, rhodochrosite, 519
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
17]. Theophrastites from Shetland [18] and from Heazlewood River [19] form gel (or wax)-like mixtures with...occurs as a mixture with zaratite [18]. The Heazlewood (Tasmania) theophrastite is also finely mixed with...hellyerite) in an altered serpentinite from Heazlewood, Tasmania [20]. Nickel et al. [23] observed the in...in an altered serpentinite from Heazlewood, Tasmania [20]. Nickel et al. [23] observed the partial partial...Western Australia, where hydroxyl nickel carbonates (nullangite and peridotite, Western Australia, where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mount Isa Mines Limited, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, 4825 SUMMARY.Analyses are presented for an iron-rich...Zealand and three cobalt-hearing pentlandites from Australia. Examination of I4I published analyses indicates...(monoclinic) pyrrhotine. Cha!copyrite, cobalt violarite, magnetite present as well. 100.1 2.233 10,170...Wt% 43.8 18.7 5.0 31.8 atoms Lord Brassey Mine N.W. Tasmania t Total Fe:Ni 99.3 0.267 9.960 ...obtained from the Director, Mines Department, Tasmania. Chemical analysis also reported in Misra and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deccan, i65 Ammonium calcium phosphate, Western Australia, 33 Amphibole, see Hastingsite, Hornblende, Fluor-richterite...534 Anhydrite, lsrael, 233 Antigorite, Western Australia, anal., X-ray, paragenesis, 313 Antimonite, lran...Fluorapatite, Francolitc Aphthitalite, Western Australia, 33 Apophyllite, Somerset, 41o Appinite, Jersey...E.), see DUNN (P. J.), 437 Archerite, Western Australia, anal., opt., 33 Arisaig, Inverness-shire, tholeiite...RILEY (J. F.), An unusual chlorite from Western Australia, 54I BALTATZIS(E.) and WOOD (B. J.), Paragonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
heazlewoodite from the original locality in northwest Tasmania was performed by I. H. Milne for Peacock (1947)...on materials from Gap Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and from Viktoria Mine, Littfeld, Westfalen...member of the linnaeite series (Co3S4) of which violarite (Ni2FeS4) is also a member (Palache, Berman, &...with Ni3S4 (Erd, Evans, & Richter, 1957), and violarite may represent approximately the maximum amount...gave a list of d values for heazlewoodite from Tasmania, and his values for the cell parameters, which
Journal (issue)
France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...l0/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $7 v.l0/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan...(part II) $7 v.l l/#2 Red Cloud mine (NM), Malachite (Australia, Uraninite, Kornerupine v.ll/#5 Los...Hill $7 v.ll/#6 Broken Hill (Zambia), Cruziero mine (Brazii), Caplan Interview Rose Qtz. $7 v.12/#1...Zeolites $7 Enio (Brazil), Urubu (Brazil), Rock Candy mine (BC), Muddy creek (CO) $7 v.l2/#3 Pribram (Czecho
Book (edition)
grey isotropic Bornhardtite Hauchecornite Violarite strong very strong, white, yellow, violet, blue... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,... New South Wales, Australia; PPL B Anhedral native copper (dark; scratches) filling fine vein in jasper...jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
43, p. 1112. Vermiculite from the Roan Antelope mine, Northern Rhodesia, contains up to 7% Cu replacing...efflorescence on sandstone on a dump of the Jo Dandy mine, Montrose Co., Colorado. Named after A. M. del Rio...tetragonal phase. From Eheliyagoda, Raknapura district, Ceylon. Named after the discoverer, Mr. F. L...p. 654. A variety of muscovite from the Iimori district, Japan, near K~(Mg,Fe)Fc'"A13SiTO20(OH)4. Ferri-phlogopite...(English summary). A brown mica from Teshirogi district, Fukushima prefecture, having 15% F%03 and very
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:... Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White...Hydroboracite CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau region
Book (edition)
Jan H. Bernard (Czcch Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands)...Merlino (ltaly), Yves Mo!:lo (France), E.11. ickcl (Australia), Milan Novåk (Czech Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden)...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
Book
spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica), then those of pegmatitic origin...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
Book
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...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt
Book
Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...districts, Transvaal. Named from the Amosa asbestos mine, this word being formed of the initial letters of...occurring as an intergrowth with djurleite at the Ani mine, Akita, Japan, in pris¬ matic or platy crystals
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada I...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;
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,...Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western
 
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