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Azurite from
Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Galena1 photo of Azurite associated with Galena at this locality.
Malachite1 photo of Azurite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Chrysocolla1 photo of Azurite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1080821
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1080821:6
GUID (UUID V4):45c0ed64-53ea-49b8-b5af-919fdfc09b53
Localities for Azurite in this Region
Gwalla, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Martins Spring Mine (Martin Springs), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Narra Tarra Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Victoria Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wanerenooka Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wheal Fortune Extended, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Gwalla, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wanerenooka Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.4km (0.9 miles) Victoria Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.1km (2.5 miles) Wheal Fortune Extended, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.8km (4.2 miles) Martins Spring Mine (Martin Springs), Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21.2km (13.2 miles) Narra Tarra Mine, Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.2km (16.9 miles) Gelirah mine (Oakagee), Geraldton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
56.1km (34.9 miles) Geraldine Mine, Ajana, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
57.8km (35.9 miles) Surprise Mine, Ajana, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
60.1km (37.3 miles) Geraldine North Mine, Ajana, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been described. Well known are malachite after azurite, copper, and cuprite; less commonly reported are...sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, and even wood and bone. Azurite, shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite...FierroHanover district, malachite psuedomorphs after azurite from the Georgetown district, and “beautiful specimens”...of primary crystals, in stalactites (some with azurite cores) and thick crusts in which bands of green...green malachite alternate with bands of blue azurite, and as a pseudomorph after a wide array of minerals
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 9 LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUST by...available for this important work. Although Western Australia has never been a major producer of lead, zinc... . . . . Lead. zinc and silver mining in Western Australia .... History and production . . . . . . ....Origin of the lead ores . . . . . . . . .... Northampton District . . . . . . . . .... Baddera group ... .... Lady Florence mine .... .... .... Great Western mine .... .... .... .... .... Dingo mine . . .
Report (issue)
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 13 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R...Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 8002 11 1 PREFATORY NOTE Western Australia has never...D DIVERSITY OF COPPER MINERALIZATION I N WESTERN AUSTRALIA The geological setting: tectonic provinces.................... 144 144 144 CHAPTER 17 NORTHAMPTON BLOCK Gibsons prospect .......... ...........151 151 CHAPTER 18 PROTEROZOIC COVER ROCKS: WESTERN A N D SOUTHERN MARGINS O F T H E YILGARN BLOCK
Report (issue)
SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by K. M. Ferguson < < EWG1CAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTWCA DEPARTMENT...ENERGY LEAD, ZINC AND SILVER DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 . , .- FRONTISPIECE Sulfur and copper...deposit, Pilbara Craton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 15 S by K. M... Ranford DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA David Blight Copy editors: I. R. Nowak and...Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources
Report (issue)
Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p...p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cousin of Fuller's earth, mined extensively in some Western states. "One of the most interesting features of...'Osgood Farm' appears in an old handbook reporting azurite outcrops in the pasture. Three Osgood brothers...to have the slightest idea where it was found. Azurite did not make up any appreciable part of the copper... M. Shaub and B. J. Schenck, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. (pp. 661-664). MICHIGAN — The following...Avenue, Fountain Hill, in his city of Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Penn. The locality sounded most interesting
Book (volume)
1889.) 12. CHALCOPYRITE. (21) Associated with azurite and malachite, chalcopyrite was observed by me...mine openings It is throughout the counties of Northampton, Lehigh and Berks, and at the various other limonite...Wharton's mine, three miles from Hellertown, Northampton Co. Considerable quantities have been occasionally...from Glendon, coating the limonite, at the Northampton Co. wad were mined, some years ago, at Great...good locality in Easton is at the vacant lot at Northampton and Twelfth streets. I have also observed fine
Report (edition)
County Lebanon County Lehigh County Monroe County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21...igneous rocks Goethite Native Copper Malachite Azurite Limonite Zeolites Mica Calcite Metamorphic:...crystals); bornite; chalcocite (rare); malachite; azurite (small crystals); cuprite (rarely crystalline);...the uranium ores of the Colorado Plateau in the Western United States. Since the Colorado Plateau uranium...and bornite (coatings); malachite (coatings); azurite (coatings); chlorite; actinolite (fibrous byssolite);
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA L RESOURCES SULLETIN No. 8 OF WE G. H. LOW, 8.Sc. ISSUED UNDER...knowledge of the known copper deposits i n Western Australia. Although no large copper mines have been...Scope of this Bulletin .. ........ ... Minerals in Western Australian Copper Ores Distribution and Mode o...STATEMENT Copper deposits have been mined in Western Australia from as far north as the Kimberley Division...and the Elverdton Mine at Ravensthorpe. The Northampton deposits lie in garnet granulite probably derived
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
Report (issue)
tenorite, melaconite; Hydroxy-carbonates: malachite, azurite, aurichalcite; Hydrous silicate: chrysocolla; Hydroxy-sulfates:...chalcocite. WEATHERING PRODUCTS: Hydroxides: azurite, (in goethite; Phosphates: part hydrometamorphs)...GENERAL GEOLOGY OF LEBANON, BERKS, LEHIGH, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES" Ordovician Formation Martinsburg ...Preliminary report on the talc and serpentine of Northampton County and the Portland cement materials of... Lafayette, Marble Hall, West Conshohocken; Northampton County: Chestnut Hill Philadelphia: Wissahickon
Book
zones in the Carboniferous Limestone of Derby¬ shire ........... 121 Mineral localities in the Trias...Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Warwick¬ shire coalfields present the usual problems of correlation...exploited in huge excavations that run from Northampton to Lincoln. Not far above the ironstone follows...clay plains and rolling hills of East Leicester¬ shire, beloved of huntsman and hounds. We have the grey...grained in the northwestern region {i.e., the north¬ western end of the southwestern limb of the fold) where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
archives. Alderley Edge copper mines – spheres of azurite found in the pore spaces in sandstone. The Vanadium...laumontite, prehnite and pyrolusite). Cuprite, and azurite associated with vésignéite and malachite from New...Northamptonshire (11 pages) – Review of the Jurassic Northampton Ironstone with a marvellous aerial photo of the...1386 Tankerville. Gemmy baryte from Chirbury. Azurite from Westcott Mine, Pulverbatch. Edingtonite from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Since October last, we've been doing our work in Northampton, Mass. We've attended meetings of the Connecticut...organization and much good taste. Dr. Ben Shaub, of Northampton, one of the founders of the club, and a foremost...with small dolomite xls on matrix, 2x3" $13.50. AZURITE (platyl on a malachite base, 1 Vix3" $15.00. Postage
Journal (issue)
SPECIAL: ROUGH OPAL PARCEL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE AUSTRALIA. LR15B-3oz: Three ounce rough opal lots from Grawin/Mulga...Lightning Ridge Opalfields in New South Wales Australia. This is a potch and color grade of rough opal...trip report of my 2014 buying trip adventure to Australia. Attached photo is of a close-up of a 1.5 kilo...massive form of quartz and three copper species: azurite, malachite and cuprite. AGATE Agate comes in...China is a more recent source of crystallized azurite specimens, which bear a striking likeness to the
Report (Issue volume)
Montour 106 Northampton 107 Northampton 108 109 110 Northampton Northampton Northampton Ill**'* Northampton...Northampton 112 113 Northampton Northampton 114 Northampton 115 Northampton 116 120 Northampton...Co. Northampton Cement Rock Quarry No. 1, Universal Atlas Cement Co. U. S. Steel Corp. Northampton Dragon...Montgomery Co. Rose's quarry, L. Merion Twp. Northampton Co. Flint Hill near Bingen Philadelphia Co. Princes...Buffalo Valley Winfield Opposite Northumberland NORTHAMPTON CO. Easton References WESTMORELAND CO. 11
Report (Issue volume)
Montgomery Co. Rose's quarry, L. Merion Twp. Northampton Co. Flint Hill near Bingen Philadelphia Co. Princes...Buffalo Valley Winfield Opposite Northumberland NORTHAMPTON CO. Easton References WESTMORELAND CO. 11...class are known in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia Counties. Molybdenum is associated...number of metals occur in the Easton locality, Northampton Co., where the host is serpentinized marble....well-defined group of deposits is located mainly in western Adams County in late Precambrian metabasalt and
Journal (issue)
including Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Malachite, Azurite, Linarite, Hemimorphite, Chrysocolla, Cerussite...occurring in "gulls" in the basal unit of the Northampton Sand Formation as pale orange-coloured nodules...Jurassic. For example, several divisions of the Northampton Sand Formation are rich in members of the kaolinite...example, in a pit opened in the grounds of the Northampton Mental Hospital (Natn. Grid. Ref. SP770600),...the surfaces of joints in the ironstone of the Northampton Sand Formation (Herman, 1871). During a routine
Book
Leadhills. in Lanarkshire, and at Strontian in Argyll­ shire. Across the Irish Sea in Co. Wicklow the lead-zinc...of Man). Copper mines predominate in the south western tip of Ireland, while some iron occurs to the north...gemstone beaches along a large part of the south-western coastline. THE 1 SOUTH WEST The south-west of...Phoenix (O.S. map 186.263723). Here malachite, azurite and native copper can still be dug out of the old...collector. There are several 4 mines in the western corner, a continuation of those in North Devon
Report (volume)
County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho;...where it has been found are Nickel Mountain in western Oregon; near Vis alia, Calif.; Buncombe and Macon...distributed in the United States, especially in the Western States. The largest jasper deposit in the world...Campbell County, Va. OTHER COPPER GEM MINERALS Azurite Malachite Cbrys ocolla Chemical composition--...CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Table Continued Azurite Malachite C h ry s oc o I la Physical properties
Journal (issue)
Icassi1ite~9~7,O)+O Chatham, USA CR Crystal Res.Com.,Australia O extra flinty o extra dersedense fljnt~(6J1)...-hydrogrossular South Afr"pinkjade"§,li) 1,68 azurite (3,80)+b O ...ASiliated Associations: Gemm.ologieal Association of Australia Canadian Gem.m.ologica1 Association Rhodesian...methane-produced diamonds, which is being carried out at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is to grow...is discussed. R.A.H. ANON. Gem stones of Western Australia. Rocks and Minerals, 1968, 43, p p . 651-653
Journal (issue)
Associations: GeDJ.DJ.ological Association of Australia Canadian GeDJ.DJ.ological Association Rhodesian... 157 AZURITE By L. C. TRUMPER, I B.Sc., F.G.A. N the gemmological literature, azurite is almost...refractive indices, or rather in this case index, for azurite is one of those few interesting examples where...latter is above the upper limit of the instrument. Azurite is biaxial and positive in sign. T h e lower reading...a reading somewhere in the middle is obtained. Azurite is said to be pleochroic with two shades of blue
Report (edition)
Lycoming County Monroe County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Sullivan County Union...Copper Enclosing Rocks Chalcopyrite Malachite Azurite Cuprite Limonite Zeolites Igneous Rocks: Granite...aniphibole and probably chrysotile; small fibers Azurite; small crystals and coating Bornite: rare; coating...the uranium ores of the Colorado Plateau in the Western United States. Since the Colorado Plateau uranium...Catskill Formation; the Colorado Plateau in the western part of the United States. REFERENCES Dyson, James
Book
- - -- - f - .” -- - , BRITISH OREs, Western side. . t Wall-cases 1 to 14. - CoPPER - -... - - - - - - • - - 127 127 to 129 Australia, continued (Pedestal Case, No. 11, West Side:...the depth of about 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet. WESTERN SIDE. Wall Cases 1 to 14. 3a. NATIVE COPPER,2...arranged topogra phically in the following order:-" Western mines of Cornwall. Eastern district of Cornwall...fragments of killas. Huel Friendship, Tavistock, Devon shire. 255a. & 255b. CoPPER PyRITEs, in slate near the
 
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