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Biotite from
Spargo's Reward Gold Mine, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spargo's Reward Gold Mine, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1019624
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1019624:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
1.2km (0.8 miles) Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite (Giles Prospect), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.5km (0.9 miles) South Spargoville Columbite pegmatite, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.6km (2.9 miles) Lady Allison gold prospect, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9.1km (5.6 miles) Cave Rocks Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
12.3km (7.6 miles) Location 1A deposit, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
13.3km (8.3 miles) Location 3 (Location 5D; Andrew's Shaft), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
14.4km (8.9 miles) Location 2 deposit (Location 5B), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
14.8km (9.2 miles) Wattle Dam gold mine, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16.9km (10.5 miles) Logan's Find gold mines, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
18.0km (11.2 miles) Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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