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Diopside from
King Island, King Island municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view King Island, King Island municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1351993
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1351993:3
GUID (UUID V4):acf93feb-b786-4c3d-8006-724a5ebb192b
Localities for Diopside in this Region
Dolphin Tungsten Mine, Grassy, King Island, King Island municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Bold Head Mine (Investigator 1; No. 3 Orebody), Dolphin Tungsten Mine, Grassy, King Island, King Island municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
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Corporate Document (Series)
A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ŠCopyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magnetite-Scheelite Skarn Mineralization at Kara, Northwestern Tasmania: Evidence from Mineral Chemistry and Stable Isotopes...Research, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract The Kara magnetite-scheelite...located 40 km south of Burnie in northwestern Tasmania. The major orebodies at Kara are hosted by the...Clinopyroxene is diopside rich, generally having a mole composition of >80 percent diopside and <25 percent...located 40 km south of Burnie in northwestern Tasmania at latitude 41°18' S and longitude 145° 48' E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrogrossular from King Island, Tasmania By BERYL SCOTT Geology Dept., University of Tasmania (PLATE XIII)...and albite found in Spilitic lavas from King Island, Tasmania. Hydrogrossular is found pseudomorphing...along the south-eastern coast of King Island in Bass Strait, Australia, is a suite of volcanic rocks reputed...patches of unaltered felspar remain. As usual the diopside is quite fresh and has similar properties to those...assured in claiming that some of the albite in the King Island spilitic rocks is primary. In other types of
Book
MODELS IN E X P L O R A T I O N GEOCHEMISTRY, 4 .Australia 14. G. BÀRDOSSY KARSTIC BAUXITES 15. АЖ ROSE and...Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3083, Australia ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Oxford - New York — Tokyo... hand, and in the U.S.A., Western Europe and Australia on the other. This arises in part from the fact...or + chlorite assemblages (e.g. Renison, Tas., Australia - Patterson et al.,1981; Changpo, Jiangxi, P.R...ilmenite assemblages (e.g. Mt. Lindsay, Tas., Australia - Kwak,1983). Apart from their economic element
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CaCl2 IN FLUID COMPOSITION TRENDS--EVIDENCE KING ISLAND (DOLPHIN) SKARN DEPOSIT 955 FROM THE T. A...Geology,La Trobe University,Bundoora,Victoria 3083, Australia AND T. HING TAN Departmentof Geology,KebangsaanUniversity...tions deThis communicationwill show that in the King rived from fluid inclusion studies in the NaC1-KCIIsland...a vapor-richtype wasobserved.Na/K ratiosof seven King Islandsamples. compositions are significantly different...solubilitysurfacein the NaCI-KCI-H•O system mineralsfrom the King Island (Dolphin) deposit, 956 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rights reserved. 466 Granodiorites King Island (Australia) Limestones and dolomites Gneisses and...andradite, clh) clinohumite, cpx) clinopyroxene, di) diopside, en) enstatite, ep) epidote, fo) forsterite. gar)...pyrope; fm = Fe 3 + /(Fe 3 + + Al 3+ ). 28 King Island Ak-Dzhilga Beise 16 17 18 19(5116) 20 21...Chorukh-Dayron, 5) TyrnyAuz, 6) Beise, 7) Ak-Dzhilga, 8) King Island, 9) Tereziya, Darinskoye, etc. Here and in Figs...from calcareous skarns in the King Island scheelite deposit, Australia (Table 2, Analyses 24-28). garnet
Book (edition)
Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania Department of State Growth Mineral Resources Tasmania Occurrences of Gemstone...Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing) Compiled by R. S. Bottrill and W. L. Matthews...November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ISBN 0...As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly...sources. These include: Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania by W. F. Petterd, 1910 (a revised edition was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia 3083 Abstract. Fluid inclusions in ore skarn...retrograde skarn?) (= T,?); in "garnetite" In diopside rock In amphibole (retrograde) skarn Non-boiling...France T , = 190-230°C W (11) King Island, T , = 325-425"C Tasmania, Australia W, Mo (Bi) TF = 425-800°C...Cleveland deposit, Tasmania, Australia Sn, Cu (W, Bi) (22) East Midway, NSW, Australia (Sn, W) low? 500-...Kathleen T , = 300-800"C deposit T , = 2W750"C Qld., Australia TH = 200-550"C U (Ce, T h , rare earth)TH = 120-400"C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistryof Zoningin SkarnMinerals at the King Island (Dolphin) Mine T. A. P. Kw^ic ^ND T. H. TAN...Geology,LaTrobe University,Bundoora,Victoria8088, Australia Abstract Trendsof chemicalzoningin crystalsof...m from the contactin the main ore horizonat the King Islnd scheelite(Dolphin)mine showsystematicvariations...generallytoo high. Fluid inclu468 SKARNGEOCHEMISTRY,KING ISLAND MINE sion studies can decrease this variance...projectedontoa line passF•;. 1. The geologyof southeast King Island.The geologywas in subsequent determinedby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mylonitization of Proterozoic granite, King Island, Tasmania J . E . S T R EI T * A N D S . F. C O X...Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia A B S TR A C T The development of 10–30 m wide...depths in late Proterozoic granitoids on King Island, Tasmania, was associated with pervasive infiltration...University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. © Blackwell Science Inc., 0263-4929/98/$14.00...shear zones in late Proterozoic granite on King Island, Tasmania. The study focuses on two shear zones, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Otjua, Namibia from Steven and Moore 1994; Kara, Tasmania from Zaw and Singoyi 2000; Kozbudaklar, Turkey...Orhan 2017; CanTung from Khin Zaw 1976; King Island, Tasmania from Kwak and Tan 1981). Representative...Otjua, Namibia from Steven and Moore 1994; Kara, Tasmania from Zaw and Singoyi 2000; Kozbudaklar, Turkey...Orhan 2017; CanTung from Khin Zaw 1976; King Island, Tasmania from Kwak and Tan 1981). Representative...The compositional variation is plotted in the diopside-hedenbergite-johansenite ternary diagram together
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...intruded by Jurassic dolerite. Pg Granite (King Island). MIDDLE DEVONIAN– EARLY CARBONIFEROUS Dg ...Wickham Orogeny Polyphase deformation (mainly King Island) Schist, phyllite, amphibolite & blueschist with...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...intruded by Jurassic dolerite. Pg Granite (King Island). MIDDLE DEVONIAN– EARLY CARBONIFEROUS Dg ...Wickham Orogeny Polyphase deformation (mainly King Island) Schist, phyllite, amphibolite & blueschist with...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
skarndeposit.The principalreasonis that the quartz-diopside-garnet calc-silicate,biotite-quartzite,and wo...of thin (•--0.5-4.0 mm),red-brownquartzgarnet-diopside-molybdoscheelite veins,isrelatedto a highSiO2('•...ized by early Mesozoicdeformationwhich was asKing Island; W skarn 0.80 12.7 sociatedwith a west-dipping...recrystallizedreaction skarnsin the quartz hornfelses,quartz-diopside-garnet cates, and wollastonite-vesuvianite eale-silieates... Wollastonite-vesuvianite MASSIVE GARNET- DIOPSIDE BANDS VESUVIANITE PORPHROBLASTS ITE-CALCITEVESUVIAN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a relatively oxidized mineralogy dominated by diopside (Hd16–48Joh0–9), subcalcic garnet (Grs24–92Sps0–11Alm0–31)...skarn deposit having different redox conditions (King Island from Kwak and Tan, 1981; Los Santos from Timon...zone (Fig. 4e). In the distal zone, it contains diopside (Hd17.26–21.57 Di77.26–80.76Joh0.93–4.99), grossular...marble, wollastonite is accompanied by grossular, diopside, quartz and calcite in only one sample. This mineral...However, clinopyroxene (type II) has a dominant diopside (Hd15.56–47.68Di48.48–84.01Joh0.43–8.58) composition
Survey Bulletin 73 A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill...Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ŠCopyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved...the publisher in writing. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Bottrill, R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Granodiorite, Marulan Batholith, New South Wales, Australia a B. E. Chenhall & S. A. Mazaheri a a Department...University of Wollongong , Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article:...Granodiorite, Marulan Batholith, New South Wales, Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 40:5, 485-500, DOI: 10.1080/08120099308728099
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Links between the Qilian-Qaidam block and SE Australia, and the reconstruction of East Gondwana Author:...Links between the Qilian-Qaidam block and SE Australia, and the reconstruction of East Gondwana, Precambrian...between the Qilian-Qaidam ip t block and SE Australia, and the reconstruction of East cr Gondwana...Geology, Curtin Ac ce p University, Perth 6845, Australia Corresponding author: Shuguang Song sgsong@pku...have compositions similar to present-day ocean island basalt (OIB) or continental flood basalts. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hodgson 1982; Pine Creek, USA, Newberry 1982; King Island, Australia, Kwak 1978) belong to this group. Detailed...hornblende) are common minerals in this group, beside diopside, dolomite, calcite and quartz. Since these rocks...members of the diopside-hedenbergite series with compositions ranging between diopside 4 8 64 mol % and...(grossular-andradite-almandine + spessartine) and clinopyroxene (diopside-hedenbergite-johannsenite) diagrams illustrating...Garnets from the ACC or from similar deposits in Australia (Ettelwood, Corruga calc-silicate rocks, Barron
Report (issue)
(GEOLOGICAL SERIES No.2.) , p , .' • '"' JfHE KING ISLAND SCHEELITE MINE BY P. B. NYE, M.Sc., B.M.E. ASSISTA...)... ... . • ._ " ' 9 Analyses of 'garnet from 'King Islal1d Sche'eii te Mine. ' 14 .l 2. • .. 1... 1.. Geologioal. sketoh map, vicinity of' King Island Scheelite Mine. Scale ~. 5 chains to 1 inch....Insets A and B - locality mapa~· , . 2.. Plan, King, Island Sch~eli te Mine. Scale - 50 feet to I, ioo.h...map, King Island Scheelit~ Mine • . Scale -.$0 feet to 1 inoh. , ,Geological' sections, King Island. Scheeli
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. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...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)
Hills, South Dakota. At Greenbushes,in Western Australia, tin andtantalum(pluscolumbium)are intimatelyassociated...Tantalum and eolumbium: Mineral Resources of Australia, Summary Rept. No. 19, 1945; Min. Res. Survey...Survey, Dept. of Supply and Shipping, Australia. On p. 7, Mr. Sullivan writes•"tantalum and eolumbium minerals...(Stanthorpe) from76.5to 77 percentsilica,and thoseof Tasmania(Blue Tier) from 74.5 to 77 percent silica. The...Queensland,and again in the Blue Tier district of Tasmania, the "tingranite" has intrudedan earlier barren
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North Island of New Zealand, namely the north side of Doubtless Bay, Mount Camel, and Great Island in the...Members of the group were described from Great Island by Bartrum (1936) and descriptions of their field...Colourless or purplish 6. Ophitic spilitc King I. Tasmania 51° 40° Biref 0 030 (Ca^Mgj^e,, after...rocks come from Wales (Cox, 1915, p. 328) and Tasmania (Scott, 1951b, p. 115) and probably also from...(brunsvigite) intersertal in spilite (spec. 6210), Great Island, 6Three Kings Group, New Zealand. Anal. M.H. Battey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contactmetamorphic(skarnoid):Stage0-grossularite + diopside+ quartz+ calcite;early skarn:stageI--andradite...percentSnwith substantial tin reserves,e.g., RenisonBell, Tasmania, a cutoffgradeof 0.30 percentSn. 24 million tons...(Pattersonet al., General Geology 1981); Cleveland,Tasmania,5 million tons at •0.5 percent Sn (Collins, 1981);...the JC Skarn Skarnoid Stage 0 Grossularite+ diopside + quartz + calcite Early skarn Stage I Stage...represent the earliest metasomaticfluids in the King Island scheeliteskarn.Theseinclusionshave averagetotal
Book (edition)
National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 207 12278 4 Registered in Australia for transmission...transmission by post as a book PRINTED "ill we IN AUSTRALIA BY HALSTEAD PRESS, SYDNEY To DR W. R. BROWNE...edition of this book only rocks occurring in Australia were described, but in this edition a short chapter...that this brief survey of the igneous rocks of Australia may stimulate research into some of the minerals...are in the Department of Geology, University of Tasmania, and three ignimbrites and a crystal lithic tuff
 
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