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Portlandite from
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Portlandite
Formula:Ca(OH)2
Comments:Specimen was not in situ. Confirmation needed.
See discussion in http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-55384.html
"A pale grey chert like mass, measuring about 45 x 30 x 25 cm was found in August 1995. The specimen had apparently been dislodged from where it had been enclosed in granite in the northeast corner of the quarr, about 6 metres from the top of the eastern wall. Thin quartz/calcite veinlets cut the portlandite."
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Portlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:67153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:67153:4
GUID (UUID V4):e4c3db62-7ca8-4c86-9220-eb94616b34c7
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/taje20 Lake Boga Granite, northwestern Victoria: mineralogy, geochemistry and...3010, Australia b Geosciences , Museum Victoria , GPO Box 666E, Melbourne, Vic, 3001, Australia Published...Phillips & I. R. Plimer (2008) Lake Boga Granite, northwestern Victoria: mineralogy, geochemistry and...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 55:3, 281-299, DOI: 10.1080/08120090701769449
Journal (issue)
Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03)...New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria CONTENTS Volume 2, Number 2 December...Articles: Portlandite and other recent mineral discoveries in the granites at Lake Boga, Wycheproof...Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria W. D. Birch ................................ 47 Sector zoning in epidote...epidote from the Jamieson River area, Victoria T. Kwak and M. Hendrickx .................... 51 Minerals from
Journal (issue)
Julie Newnham 10 Heyington Close, Croydon Victoria 3136, Australia Telephone (03) 9725 5386 Facsimile (03)...New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 2, Number 1 June 1996 ISSN...diffraction. This is the first known occurrence in Australia of the species. common on the north-east bench...extending from the top bench through to the top of the hill above the north­ east bench. The Mt Oxide assemblage...England and Sutherland, 1988), while at a roadside quarry on the east bank of the Krui River 22.7 kilometres
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CaMgB2O5 Locality: Sayak-IV deposit, Balkhash lake area, Karagandy region, Kazakhstan (type locality)...Locality: Fuka mine, Bicchu-cho, near Takahashi city, Okayama prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan (type...Strontioginorite (Sr,Ca)2B14O23·8H2O Locality: Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia...Locality: Fuka mine, Bicchu-cho, near Takahashi city, Okayama prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. Description:...Locality: Fuka mine, Bicchu-cho, near Takahashi city, Okayama prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. Description:
 
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