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Kunzite from
Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spodumene var: Kunzite
Formula:LiAlSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kunzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:890195
Long-form Identifier:1:3:890195:8
GUID (UUID V4):1158ed4c-793b-497e-bce2-e82dda6c8d2c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
heliodor, and aquamarine; the spodumene varieties kunzite and hiddenite; and watermelon tourmaline. LCT pegmatites...Canada (2.1 Mt at 0.215 percent Ta2O5), Greenbushes in Australia (70.4 Mt at 2.6 percent Li2O), and Bikita... One of the largest and richest pegmatites, Greenbushes, is only 3-km long and a few hundred meters across...surroundings. This is the case in heavily wooded western Maine, where many of the glacially sculpted hilltops...in some climates (for example, Tabba Tabba in Australia) (Sweetapple and Collins, 2002), the quartz core
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
17 with some notable exceptions such as Greenbushes, Australia which offers a high rate of 1,44 wt % with...with some notable exceptions such as Greenbushes, Australia which offers a high rate of 1,44 wt % Li...market, the sources of exceptions as2O) Greenbushes, Australia a high rate of 1,44 wt %market, Li (3.10...The main producers of lithium from minerals are Australia (40 kt Li), Chile (14.2 kt Li), China (6.8 kt...(minerals only) are located in Chile (8 Mt Li), Australia (2.7 Mt Li), Argentina (2 Mt Li), and China (1
Journal (issue)
The Smithsonian Institution Minerals of the Greenbushes T in field ....................................Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce .........length, collected in the Mindola open pit, Rokana mine, Zambia, by S. P. Korowski. The Mineralogical Record...underĀ­ ground miner at the 115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August...presented at his trial, Stokes began sneaking into the mine at night and stealing (ā€œhighgradingā€) gold. No one
Report (issue)
........................................... K15 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................leading producer of lithium from pegmatites is Australia. Other potential sources of lithium include clays...S. production lags far behind that of Chile, Australia, and several other nations. Additionally, two...about $40 million. This sample is from the Dunton Mine in Newry, Maine. Courtesy of the Mineralogical &...University (speciman number MGMH 125525. Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine. Copyright 2012. President and Fellows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
represents a globally important tantalum source. The mine produces around 120 t tantalum concentrate (~55%...unlike the well-known tantalum pegmatites in Australia (Greenbushes, Wodgina) or Canada (Tanco). We have carried...Kenticha rare-element pegmatite outcrops on the western flank of a Nā€“S elongated ridge of serpentinite...apatite, amblygonite, beryl, Li-muscovite, topaz, kunzite, cassiterite, petalite? Ta ore minerals Mn-tantalite...rare-element pegmatites (e.g., Tanco, Canada, or Greenbushes, Australia), the Kenticha pegmatite rarely carries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(e.g., the Ilmeny Mountains in the Urals; the Western Keivy on the Kola Peninsula; and Sludyanka-2 and...petalite, amblygonite, and by very large spodumene (kunzite is identified). Color tourmaline, spectacular cleavelandite...differentiation: there are no color tourmaline, vorobyevite, kunzite, lepidolite, high-tantalic tantalites, etc. Interestingly...uraniumā€“REE pegmatites in the western Ukrainian Shield (Zhmerinka, etc.), western Greenland, the Belomorian...of quartz grains (type B). To some degree, the Western Keivy (on the Kola Peninsula), as well as Abchad
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication
Report (edition)
Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, Septemberā€“October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...Septemberā€“October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record Septemberā€“October...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. ā€¢ 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western
Journal (issue)
dirty-brown colour and sometimes fractured. In the North-Western region, corundum is Introduction found in Tertiary...NorthKenya and Tanzania, in addition to the many western region of Kenya. This is in the Turkana unusual...the location of the star sapphires in the North-western region of Kenya. The mining area, dashed area in...south of Campo Formoso, covers an area at the western border of the north-south extending mountains of...Granites They ascended probably along the tectonic western boundary of the Serra de Jacobina and partially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zimbabwe, the giant Greenbushes pegmatite (Sn, Ta, Nb, Li) of western Australia, and the spodumene pegmatites...associations have been noted in other pegmatites (e.g., Greenbushes; Sweetapple & Collins 2002). They thus are relevant...analysis of this core by Gwalia Resources of Australia in 2002 provided the first extensive geochemical...Terrane of southern Nova Scotia, near 565 the western extent of the 380 Ma peraluminous South Mountain...(Fig. 3). Such material is best seen along the western side of the pegmatite (Fig. 3c), where there is
Book
On a 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...Greece 22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)...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
Report (issue)
. . (1922) . , 1 2s. 6d. (2s. 9d.) Part Ā· V. Australia and New Zealand . . ā€¢ (1922) ,, 4s. Od. (4s. 4d...Canada ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ India ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ Australia ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ Ll'tĀ·moM ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ā€¢...by their gĀ·iving to a noĀ·n -luminous flame a ca1~mine-red colour, whicl1 is visible as violet when seen...of lithium chl,o,r ide per litr-e . A number of mine waters, especially some in the Redruth district...val11ed as gems, include hiclde11ite (green), kunzite (lilac) and Brazilian spodurnen,e (pale y-ellow)
Journal (issue)
locality. Pyromorphite from on old localityā€”rhe Sherman mine, Burke, Idaho. A small lot of miniatures and hondsize...specimensā€” $15 to $500. Liebigite from rhe SchwarTzwalder mine, Golden, Colorado. Well-formed, bright yellow-green...Woo Feature articles Libethenite from the Rokana Mine, Zambia...........................................Mineralogical Notes Tilasite from the Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 385 by F. J. Parker Tveitite...Novemberā€” December, 1978 UBETHENITE from the Rokana Mine, Zambia by Stanley P. Korowski and Cor W. Notebaart
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archean pegmatites of the Pilbara field, Western Australia. The pegmatites can be linked to small and...include, for example, the Mole granite, Queensland, Australia: a well-documented I-type that culminates in topazquartz...Those in the Archean derive mostly from the Greenbushes, Tanco, and Bikita pegmatites. Paleozoic deposits...puts it in the same class as the Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia (Kesler et al., 2012). Jiajika...post-emplacement history of a pegmatite, the Harding mine near Dixon, New Mexico. They observed that the primary
Book
mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana Mā€™Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, JosĆ© Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm...Malawi * 10 x 10 x 7 cm Calcite, San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 10 x 8 x 6.5...feather. Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia * 7 x 6 x 6 cm Epidote, Brazil * 7 x 75 x Reniform
Journal (issue)
pressure (Derjaguin et al., 1968). Although many Western scientists were aware at that time of Derjaguin's... Fujian Province, China Summer 1986 The Coscuez Mine: A Major Source of Colombian Emeralds The Elahera...Occurrence and Gemological Properties of Wessels Mine Sugilite Three Notable Fancy-Color Diamonds The...potential comparable to that of De Beers's Premier mine in South Africa. Central Selling Organization Chairman...diamond project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia has recovered four gem-quality diamonds averaging0
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5Ā½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...County, California, USA and in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Fine dendritic aggregates occurred in the Hope's...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from
Journal (issue)
............... 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo...specimens are still recoverable from the dumps or in the mine workĀ­ ings. LOCATION, ACCESS AND REGIONAL SETTING...Laranjeiras and, after a short slope, reaches the mine at the elevaĀ­ tion of 250 m. The Baixio road runs...600 m.y. 67 Figure 1. The Boa Vista property. Mine dumps are white in the thalweg below the cliff.
Report (issue)
Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration. Back cover. A handful....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyā€™s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011...................
Journal (issue)
Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Robinson Ogdensburg, NY Malcolm Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey...Choice: Topaz from Granite Pegmatites, Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas...(c/eavelandite), and microc/ine, 72.5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais...14.1 cm, Pioneer mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; D: Elbaite, 8.9 cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San
Journal (issue)
Beach, California A. J. A. (Bram) Janse Perth, Australia Mark Newton Coventry, United Kingdom James E...Andesine from Tibet and Inner Mongolia ā€¢ Vivid kunzite from Pala, California ā€¢ Natural pearls of the Veneridae...diamonds traditionally associated with the Wesselton mine, ā€œCapeā€ for pale yellow COLOR GRADING ā€œD-TO-Zā€...those typically recovered from the ā€œJagersfonteinā€ mine in South Africa (Shipley, 1950b; Liddicoat, 1993)...With the influx of stones from Australiaā€™s Argyle mine since the mid-1980s, there has been greater industry
Journal (issue)
Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 i'6 MINELAB Visit our website www.minelab...personal alarm TM Proudly distributed throughout Australia by Macson Trading Company Pty Ltd Tel (03) 9489...bungy cord and bumps it around, I soon realised that mine, which has had far less use, had also split all...we were on the main track we met some fri ends of mine from Bunbury. Barry and Joyce said they had been...Returns FIND OUT WHY MORE MINERS AND PROSPECTORS AUSTRALIA WIDE ARE USING OUR EXPERIENCE AND FXPERI'ISE TO
Journal (issue)
calcite; crystal aggregates 15 cm in size. VŠµrklinii Mine, Dabugorsk, PŠæmorskii Krai, Russia. Specimen: V..."spherolitic" texture, which is outcropped over the western slopes of the Ayu-Dag. In the composition ofthis...the Kerch deposit (all in the Crimea, Ukraine), Western Mangyshlak, KeremetŠ¢as, aid Tekeli (all in Kazakhstan)...ā€” Finbo near Falun; * fluocerile ā€” Broddho. The mine was in operating since the middle of the 11th century...Shirley Fiske сŠ¾llŠµŃtroŠæ. i Š’Š¾Š³Šæite & calcite. Mine # 57, Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, 3.3 cm high. Šeliodor
 
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