| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Gonnardite |
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10 · 3H2O |
| Comments: | "The gonnardite/natrolite intergrowth, considered mesolite prior to 1988, has been verified from all Melbourne localities, and occurs as small, opaque white hemispheres and tufts composed of radiating fibres and prismatic needles. The individual groups have diameters up to 6 mm, though typically are 1 to 3 mm. The groups show a variety of lustre-chalky, sub-vitreous or silky- and the prismatic needles appear quite glassy when viewed through the microscope. The clusters that have been studied are radially zoned, presenting a compact gonnargite-rich core and a soft fibrous natrolite-rich outer zone." |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Chabazite-Na | ⓘ1 photo of Gonnardite associated with Chabazite-Na at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gonnardite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Corporation quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 422772 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:422772:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f81b58bb-dc81-4606-867e-5f14e454063a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Gonnardite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘF-19 Freeway cutting, Fairfield, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘF-19 Freeway Cutting, Abbotsford, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘBoral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia |
| 72.5km (45.1 miles) | ⓘTylden quarry, Tylden, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 90.3km (56.1 miles) | ⓘRidge Road quarry, Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 93.4km (58.0 miles) | ⓘBoral Bluestone quarry (Dunnstown quarry), Navigators, Moorabool Shire, Victoria, Australia |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | ZEOLITES OF VICTORIA Editor: W. D. Birch The ralogical Society of Victoria Special Publication No...Northern Central Western THE ZEOLITE REGIONS OF VICTORIA CONTENTS Foreword Editorial Introduction. By...5. Eastern Victoria. By John Haupt 6. Northern Victoria. By Bernard Day 7. Central Victoria. By Derrnot...Derrnot Henry 8. Western Victoria. By John Bosworth 9. Chemistry of Victorian Zeolites. By Bill Birch Appendix...1: Recognition of the Fibrous Zeolites in Victoria. By Bill Birch Appendix 2: List of natural zeolites |
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Corporation quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia