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Polybasite from
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Polybasite
Formula:[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Polybasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:35449
Long-form Identifier:1:3:35449:7
GUID (UUID V4):081359e8-c931-4849-87e2-898dcca104b9
Localities for Polybasite in this Region
Junction Mine, Block 39, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Browne's shaft, Junction Mine, Block 39, North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
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Book (edition)
Oman AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO •...practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding...compilation of this second edition. Many of the new samples had to be prepared as polished sections,...Descriptions section has been expanded by some 70 new minerals, now adding up to a total of 502 species...many minerals. • All Mineral Photos (previous and new) were electronically enhanced through an increased
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...com/loi/taje20 The mineralogical history of the Broken Hill Lode, NSW Ian R. Plimer a a Department of...& Geophysics , University of New England , Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia Published online: 01 Aug 2007...Plimer (1984) The mineralogical history of the Broken Hill Lode, NSW, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isolated a compound that he felt sure contained a new element, which eventually was named manganese (Strathern...enthusiast the Sunnyside mine, in the Silverton district of San Juan County, Colorado, has produced specimens...silicates friedelite and alleghanyite (Eckel 1997). South ter of the type locality, I personally favor the...of the Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia; specimen is 13.5 cm long. Arkenstone...collectors are those from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The Broken Hill alabandite was first found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology and Geography Pyrargyrite Downloaded by [New York University] at 17:35 07 October 2014 Fresniflo...displays an adamantine luster, particularly on broken surfaces. It has distinct ( l O i l } and very...amounts up to several percent. Pynte, acanthite, polybasite, and silver pseudomorphs after pyrargyrite are...acanthite, tetrahedrite, stephanite, miargyrite, polybasite, silver, calcite, dolomite, and quartz. There...Bastin (1923) reported crystals of pyrargyrite, polybasite, and chalcopyrite in ore from the Emma and Smuggler-Altmont
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localities are found in Asia-12, in Africa-B. in Australia-2, and in Antarctic-I. I would like to list in...fuchsite. ILMEN ZAPOVEDNIK, near town of MIASK, South Urals. Famous mineral locality in lImen Mountain...calcite, parargyrite, dyscrasite, stephanite, polybasite, native silver, arsen, hormotone, analcime, desmin...minerals: annabergite (nickel mineral), arsenic, polybasite, bizmuth, heidenbergite, uranium minerals and...M1NERALS YAKUTIA, East Siberia, USSR, Verkhoyansk district, new discovered mineral localities; diamond, native
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev Did the giant Broken Hill (Australia) Zn–Pb–Ag deposit melt? Paul G. Spry a...Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia c Teale & Associates, PO Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia...Australia 5006, Australia Received 9 May 2007; accepted 11 November 2007 Available online 4 December 2007 ...massive sulfide deposits, including the Broken Hill deposit, Australia, have partially melted. Here we discuss...the evidence for and against this process. The Broken Hill deposit is located in the Curnamona Craton within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISTRIBUTION COMMUNICATIONS OF SILVER IN THE BROKEN HILL OREBODY R. A. BOTH Departmentof Geologyand...Adelaide,G.P.O.Box498, Adelaide,SouthAustralia5001,Australia AND E. F. STUMPFL Instituteof Mineralogy,MiningUniversity...Introduction Although the Broken Hill orebody, New South Wales,Australia,hasbeenan importantsourceof...includingpyrargyyses of two samples of lead concentrates. rite, polybasite,stephanitc,argentitc,antimonialsilver, allargentum...samplesfrom the B emphasized by Gasparrini(1984). The Broken Hill orebodyconsistsof a seriesof lodeor A lodecontaintetrahedrite
Report (issue)
c = 11.743(1) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Boulder Co., Colorado, USA. 2.345 (100), 2.794 (90), 2.740 (80)...sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, stromeyerite, polybasite, pearceite, tetrahedrite–tennantite, silver....Creek Co.; the Bulldog Mountain mine, Creede, Mineral Co.; the Hock Hocking mine, near Alma, Park Co.; also...also from Boulder Co., at the E.C. Hite mine, and the Caribou mine, near Nederland. From the Savage and...Jacket mines, Comstock district, Storey Co., Nevada; at Mogollon, Catron Co., New Mexico. From Kongsberg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
historically interesting localities. These include Cornish, New Hampshire (Hawes 1878); the Baker quarry near Billmeyer...North Carolina, including the well-known Silver Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin mine...County (Genth 1891); and mines of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia (Dietrich 1990). The...the White Raven and Black Jack mines of the Ward district, Boulder County, were coated with acicular crystals...County, and the Molly Gibson mine of the Aspen district, Pitkin County. Although acanthite was not a particularly
Report (issue)
supplies of minerals, especially within the Empire, new methods of usage and other commercial developments...formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S., Past-President...Cambridge. W. W. MOYERS, Esq. (Messrs. H. A. Watson & Co., Ltd.). *J. F. RONCA, Esq., M.B.E , A.R.C.Sc., Department.... . . . . 2 3 Australasia: New South Wales ; Queensland ; South Australia ; Tasmania ; Vi c t o r i a...a ; W e s t e r n Australia ; New Zealand . . . . 52 • • CHAPTER I I I SOURCES OF SUPPLY OF SILVER
Catalog/List
2xlf". ÂŁ9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp glassy transparent... ATACAMITE. Mina La Farola, Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Choice, bright green, radiated "stars"... 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select, gree to turq...extremely rare. CALCITE. Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Translucent, sharp, creamy to greyish hexagonal...Fluorite and quart z. lxlxl". ÂŁ1.25. CASSITERITE. Kit Hill Mine, Callington, Cornwall. Lustrous, brownish black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [New York University] at 08:48 19 February 2015 FEATURED lMINERAL AT THE l994 TUCSON...collectors to all comers of the world. Downloaded by [New York University] at 08:48 19 February 2015 SIL VER-the...mines, has greatly reduced the availability of “new” silver mineral specimens on the market. Only Mexico...Vohrnm 89, J.nurrylFobnmy 1994 17 Downloaded by [New York University] at 08:48 19 February 2015 though...mined, but Romans were unmotivated to prospect for new deposits. The Roman feeling is probably best summarized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the ComstockLode. In the Waihi districtof New Zealandargentiteis an importantmineralin the silver-gold...associations of native gold. In the Bridge River district Cairnesx4 found free gold commonwith acicularcrystalsof...mineralization indicatesgood values. In the Alleghany district•7 of California free gold occurs mainly with arsenopyrite...particularlyrich specimenfrom the Tightner Mine, Alleghany district,California,consistsof much fracturedarsenopyrite...Lake, and Little Long Lac in Ontario; Victoria, Australia; Salsigne,France; and many others. The data suggest
Catalog/List
ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal masses with a...interesting specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright...Serpentine. 2xl~x~" thick. £1.50. DANBURITE. Russell, New York, U,S.A. A large lustrous deep creamy coloured...l;;·xlt.>.Co. Durham. Very choice, sharp, transparent, bright...matrix. 2xl-7xlt". £2.25. 48. HEMIMORPHITE. Broken Hill, Zambia. Fine, transparent, sharp, tabular crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract The Haopinggou deposit in the Xiong’ershan district, southern margin of the North China Craton, comprises...Stage 2. Pyrites from Stage 1 are enriched in Au, As, Co, Ni, and Bi, whereas Stage 2 pyrites contain higher...of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia 4 Geological Survey of Finland, P. O. Box 96...alteration features, they are rarely found in the same district (e.g., Leach et al. 1988; Groves et al. 1995)...Within this metallogenic belt, the Xiong’ershan district (Fig. 1) contains numerous auriferous quartz-sulfide
Report (issue)
ILLINOIS LIBRARY i ^ 6^2.09 S ^^ 2 . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject...Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia:...name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and...north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
flattened on { 11 1 }. areas, including much of western South America, specifically that portion domCrystals rarely...Fine wire- and crystallized-silver south of Sing Sing Prison in New specimens are well known from the...Connecticut; and and nearby mines of the Caribou district, as as an accessory mineral in the are wiry masses...Bridgewater copper mines, New Jerfrom the White Raven mine, Ward district, sey. Wire silver has been...been found in Boulder County (Raines 1992). Locally New Jersey trap-rock quarries, abundant was silver as
Journal (issue)
Volcanic zeolites and associated minerals from New South Wales .............................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ............................................................... 407 by A. Pring Broken Hill, New South Wales; a brief review ...................... Minerals from the Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales ......................................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Baas-Becldng Geobiological Laboratory, Canberra, Australia Metamorphism in a restricted system i. e. one...textural and mineralogical changes, 2) generation of new or additional phases, 3) redistribution of major...considered to involve progressive removal of H=O and CO= from the system. This is supported by the few definitive...level at which recovery and recrystallization occur. New grains are thus made available for deformation. Secondary...the effects of confining pressure, (1950) for Broken Hill, N. S.W. ; VOKES (1963) temperature, diffusion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
through museum trades or when old collections were broken down and dispersed. Peruvian and Bolivian specimens...localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified locality in Chester...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with...States. Best known are those from the Park City district, Summit County, Utah, where at one time crystals...from the Albion mine in the Little Cottonwood district, Salt Lake County, Utah. It was an ore mineral
Book
MINERAL COLLECTING LOCALITIES OF THE BROKEN HILL DISTRICT I. R. PLIMER Dr Ian Plimer is a lecturer in...University College of the University of New South Wales at Broken Hill First published 1977 Copyright o...Plimer All rights reserved National Library of Australia Card and ISBN 0 909209 06 S Designed and produced...165 King Wiliiam Road, Hyde Park, South Australia Typeset in Australia by Typecraft Pty Ltd, Adelaide Printed...Printed in Hong Kong PREFACE The Broken Hill area is well known not only for its mineral wealth but
Book
Ellicott Station Buffalo, New York 14205 66 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1H1 Design and...destroyed in these changing conditions. In the process, new minerals and rocks are formed. RIGHT: Malachite...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species... where particles are cemented together to form new rocks. These are form from the bodies of once-living...rocks undergo weathering and erosion, the bits of broken-off rock are transported by rivers and streams
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral occurring in several mines of the Goldfield district, Nevada, as pearly scales of brilliant and almost...that of the recently described bismoclite.s The new analysis of the mineral from Nevada (from type specimenpreviously...164 (l9ll). 3 Mountain. E. D., Two new bismuth minerals frorn South A{rica (Bismoclite from Steinkopf...known whether the per cent and a half of HzO* in the new analysis indicates a trend towards daubreeite,or...of the silver minerals cerargyrite, petzite, polybasite, and proustite. Iodyrite, however, occurs at
Catalog/List
David New Post Office Box 278 • Minerals Anaconcs. Washington 98221 U.S.A Tclcphonc(206) 293-2255...1988 LIST of REFERENCEMINERALS 1. ADAMITE Tsumeb, South West Africa Choice light pale green drusy 1 mm crystals...(B) 1-1/2xl-3/4" $25.00 2. ANGLESITE Tsumeb, South West Africa Select frosty milky-white to tan 3/4xl-1/4"...$ 100.00 on 5. BARITE Muddy Creek, Ria Grande Co., Colorado Select pale blue-white elongated 1" to...2-1/2x2-1/2xl-l/2" slightly $ 7.50 16. CALCITE Tsurneb, South West Africa Choice glassy milky-white 1/2" to 3/4"
Journal (issue)
Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico .............................WULFENITE from the Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico; 6.6 cm across. Norm & Roz...early 1980’s, thanks to the recent discovery of a new and extremely rich vein which may well continue to...the Calumet and Arizona Company, then managed the New Cornelia mine at Ajo with great success. While still...he invested his own money in the Los Lamentos district and helped manage the operations there until his
 
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