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Limonite from
Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Penrice, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Penrice, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:103700
Long-form Identifier:1:3:103700:5
GUID (UUID V4):0941a9a4-f509-4e62-961f-2497bb2e5d74
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
8.7km (5.4 miles) Wheal Barton, Truro, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
12.6km (7.8 miles) Moppa Goldfield, Moppa, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
12.9km (8.0 miles) Heggie's, Moppa Goldfield, Moppa, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
13.2km (8.2 miles) Moppa Hill, Moppa Goldfield, Moppa, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
16.8km (10.5 miles) St John's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
31.7km (19.7 miles) Para River South, Barossa and Para Wirra Goldfields, Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
32.0km (19.9 miles) Menzies Barossa Mine (Lady Pearce; Royal Phoenix), Barossa and Para Wirra Goldfields, Williamstown, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
41.0km (25.5 miles) Gumeracha Quarry, Gumeracha, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
44.4km (27.6 miles) Kitticoola Mine (Great Wheal Orford; Plush and Omond; PM 53; Reedy Creek; Tungkillo), Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
53.0km (32.9 miles) Victoria Gold Mine, Montacute, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423
Report (issue)
86 . 100.00 29.99 12.33 (1) Sydney Basin, Australia; by electron microprobe and X-ray fluorescence...nordstrandite (Sydney Basin, Australia); lazulite, siderite, “limonite”, quartz (Big Fish River, Canada);...the Buffels River, Spektakel Valley, west of Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa. From the Big Fish River-Rapid...USA. In the Hospital quarry, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. At the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland...Switzerland. In Australia, from Glen Alice and elsewhere in the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, and in the
Report (issue)
Forms a series with frondelite. Occurrence: In “limonite” iron ore deposits; an alteration product of primary...Triphylite, huréaulite, barbosalite, roscherite, “limonite”. Distribution: Widespread; may be locally abundant...abundant. In the USA, in Virginia, on South Mountain, southeast of Midvale, Rockbridge Co.; at the Palermo...Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; in the Tip Top, Bull Moose, and...and other mines, near Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota. From the Énio pegmatite mine, northeast
Report (issue)
jarosite (Bruguers, Spain). Association: Jarosite, “limonite” (East Tintic district, Utah, USA); montgomeryite...East Tintic district, Utah Co., Utah; in the Gold Quarry mine, near Carlin, Maggie Creek district, Eureka...Foote mine, near Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina. From Bruguers, 15 km southwest of Barcelona...Uzbekistan. At the Moculta phosphate quarry, northeast of Angaston, South Australia. From the Suwa mine
Report (issue)
stewartite, laueite, leucophosphite, triphylite, “limonite”. Distribution: Many localities are known; some...USA, from the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; at Raccoon Creek...and the Big Chief mine, one km south of Glendale, Pennington Co., South Dakota; from the Foote mine, near...Cleveland Co., North Carolina. In the Moculta phosphate quarry, northeast of Angaston, South Australia. Name:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
additional minerals, all characterized by the phosphate radical, are some of the most attractive species...situation in some pegmatite districts. Of course, phosphate is a highly sought economic commodity, both as...collections, some interesting issues arise. Some phosphate minerals are quite colorful yet are relatively...today. It is likely that many collectors’ first phosphate specimen was a wavellite from one of the traditional...considered rare. Wavellite is a hydrated basic phosphate of aluminum that contains essential fluorine,
Book (volume)
atoms by their characteristic absorption bands. The ranges of frequencies of characteristic vibrations of...determined by their absorption in characteristic IR ranges. The individuality of numerous new mineral species...Kazakhstan, was detected by characteristic bands in the ranges 1,400–1,500 and 2,800–3,200 cm1 (Sidorenko et...Fig. 1.2 IR spectrum of kyanoxalite from Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola peninsula, Russia...vibrations of the framework tetrahedra (in the ranges 550–581 cm1 for νI, 608–630 cm1 for νII and 667–704
Book (edition)
Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...rile 1) -l see eke4 | ase re KO 4! dat wi 6 eae Mt: = So injaih, ag ur t- Gee Vice, ‘3 emd wih fH e4agi"”...JH JL JP 1X JZ, KE LC LH LM LE MA MC MJ MP MR MS MT MW Gary Nagin Harvey Gordon Harvard Mineralogical...Although density ranges are often entered, they are not necessarily the widest ranges possible. Densities
Book (edition)
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada I...Michael P. Cooper MR Mark Rogers MS Marshall Sussman MT Michigan Technological University MW = Marcelle Weber...Although density ranges are often entered, they are not necessarily the widest ranges possible. Densities...constants of most minerals tend to vary o,·er ,vide ranges because of chemical substitution. Although ,ve...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram
 
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